Here are fifteen things to do in KC this weekend, October 15—18 including The Wizard of Oz, the Kansas City Mavericks’ season opener and Dark Forest.
Here are fifteen things to do in KC this weekend, October 15—18 including The Wizard of Oz, the Kansas City Mavericks’ season opener and Dark Forest.

Moving to Kansas City: A Newcomer’s
Guide to Neighborhoods, Timing, and
What to Expect

The story of Chris George Sr. and his home-building business began in the 1950s. He launched Chris George Construction with his wife, Neva, who balanced

Michael Stuckey uses the word “tinkering” a lot when discussing his distillation methods. It’s an appropriate word for the improvisational approach he uses as owner

It’s been over forty years since two suspended walkways collapsed in the Hyatt Regency Kansas City hotel during an evening dance. One-hundred-fourteen people were killed

Before Prohibition, breweries both small and mighty seized opportunity in a climate of ceaseless social change and fierce regional competition. Author Pete Dulin’s Kansas City

Financial Planning in Kansas City: From Your Saving Years to Your Spending Years

Here are fifteen things to do in KC this weekend, October 15—18 including The Wizard of Oz, the Kansas City Mavericks’ season opener and Dark Forest.

To paraphrase a riff from Kansas City native son Calvin Trillin, the best winemakers in Oregon are, of course, from Kansas City. Not all of

Prickly Pear Nature Trail (2 miles, easy) Located in Lee’s Summit, the Prickly Pear Trail contains a variety of rock formations that keep the hike

At trumpeter Nick Hmeljak’s house, somebody is usually making music. The leader of local jazz fusion band Open Channel, Hmeljak lives with two of his

Here’s good news and bad news when it comes to donuts in Kansas City. The bad news: LaMar’s Donuts and Coffee, debatably our city’s most

For thousands of Kansas Citians, the dentist’s office isn’t a private practice tucked into a suburban shopping center. It’s a dental chair at UMKC. The
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Moving to Kansas City: A Newcomer's Guide to Neighborhoods, Timing, and What to Expect
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Beyond the Capitol are some of the best views, whether you’re swinging or swaying. Joe Wilson’s Serenity Point Located in the North Jefferson City Recreation...
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HISTORY
We scoured the history books, took a look at the last 180 or so years of Kansas City history and cherry-picked the moments and movements that shaped the city we live in today. Some events called for instant celebration or quick action, others for somber reflection and disciplined planning, but each moment in time led us to where we find ourselves now.

Monarchs baseball player outfielder Travis Swaggerty’s day has begun like any other in the relentless dog days of summer, which in Kansas City can be devastatingly hot. The weather doesn’t care if you have a doubleheader and a night on the road ahead. The sun keeps shining, the humidity thick in the air—it’s baseball season.

After having hands in almost every creative pot, Grant Kratzer’s clothing brand Cheatin Snakes is taking off, with Kratzer most recently acting as tour merch designer and stylist for rockstar Post Malone.

We scoured the history books, took a look at the last 180 or so years of Kansas City history and cherry-picked the moments and movements that shaped the city we live in today. Some events called for instant celebration or quick action, others for somber reflection and disciplined planning, but each moment in time led us to where we find ourselves now.

There’s a line in the iconic film Selena when Edward James Olmos, who plays Selena’s father, is in the driver’s seat of the tour bus,