Nelson-Atkins Museum, Lunar New Year Celebration in 2015.

Weekend Possibilities | Lunar New Year at Nelson-Atkins Museum, ‘Let Me Explain My Blackness’ Comedy Show, Valentine’s Pop-Up

Pounce into the Year of the Tiger with a Lunar New Year celebration at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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Sign on a mirror reads: hemp engineered manufactured products

‘Highway to Hemp’: Building, Making and Dreaming Big with Hemp Fiber

Manufacturers are finding new ways to make sustainable products using hemp fiber.

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River Bluff Brewing Opening Soon at Second and Main

(Editor’s note: River Bluff Brewing will officially open March 5) By Kevin Collison River Bluff Brewing, the latest addition to the greater downtown microbrewery scene, expects to open in mid-February on a cozy street near the Town of Kansas Bridge at the foot of Main. “We feel like with Second Street, we’re in the heart…

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Fran Marion is a leader in the Fight for $15 movement

Feeling the Effects of a Widening Wealth Gap

A recent study from WalletHub ranked 50 states and the District of Columbia in terms of wealth gaps by ethnicity. When you add it all up, Black families are still getting the short end of the stick nationwide.

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The long-vacant historic City Workhouse Castle opened in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants.

Boutique Hotel Proposed for Historic Workhouse Castle on Vine

By Kevin Collison The ruined former City Workhouse Castle built in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants would accommodate a far more upscale clientele as a boutique hotel in a new redevelopment proposal. The massive limestone curiosity at 2001 Vine St. near the 18th & Vine Jazz District and 23 acres of nearby property…

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A field of sunflowers belonging to Grinter Farms soaks up the sun Northeast of Lawrence, Kansas, on Sept. 3, 2014.

Tap List | Kansas Breweries Celebrate Kansas Day

Many Kansas breweries are marking the 161st anniversary of statehood with special brews.

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The long-vacant historic City Workhouse Castle opened in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants.

Boutique Hotel Proposed for Historic City Workhouse Castle on Vine

The ruined former City Workhouse Castle built in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants would accommodate a far more upscale clientele as a boutique hotel in a new redevelopment proposal.

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Investigators search through a highway construction site, Nov. 29, 1988, in Kansas City, where explosions shattered windows over a 10-mile area and killed six firefighters.

Security Guards May Have Been Involved in 1988 Explosion that Killed 6 Kansas City Firefighters

Newly released government documents involving a 1988 arson fire that killed six Kansas City firefighters affirm the guilt of five people who were convicted of the crime but also find that two other individuals may have been involved.

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Natural gas meter.

curiousKC Resource Guide | 10 Places to Go For Help With Utility Bills and Weatherization

Flatland has compiled a list of resources for people seeking help with utility bills or weatherization.

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Pembroke Ward Parkway Campus Completes $52M Expansion

By Kevin Collison Pembroke Hill has completed a $52 million expansion of its Ward Parkway Campus that includes a new athletic center and a dining hall illuminated by windows featuring striking sculptural screens. The new 53,000 square-foot Bellis Athletic Center replaces the aging Pierson gymnasium and expands the private school’s ability to host athletic and…

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