KC Studio editor Alice Thorson, photo by Mark Berndt. Summer is here, and the arts are embracing it with many opportunities to gather outdoors. A community favorite is the annual Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Southmoreland Park, which winds up its nightly performances of Macbeth on July 5. The influx of World Cup visitors was an impetus for the expanded Crossroads Night Market, a festive night out offering food, music and art.