Tap List | Downtown Shawnee Gets Another Brewery
Business partners Brent Anderson and Nathan Ryerson plan to open Friction Beer Co. in the former Hartman Hardware space in downtown Shawnee.
Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Focus on Inequity in Education, Not Critical Race Theory
Educators, students and advocates urged state lawmakers Monday afternoon to focus on tackling larger issues of inequity across education rather than latch onto the academic concept of critical race theory
curiousKC | The Lost History of Greystone Heights
Greystone Heights once existed where Interstate 35 now sits. So, what happened?
Hungry Hatch Opens in City Market
The Hungry Hatch has opened a permanent location at 23 E. Third St. in the City Market in addition to the food truck its been selling its bowls, wraps and salads from the past couple years. The restaurant specializes in healthy dishes that cater to people with special dietary needs including dairy-free and/or gluten-free diets…
Nick’s Picks | Here’s the Latest on COVID-19 Mask and Vaccine Requirements in KC
Nick Haines offers a roundup of Kansas City area COVID-19 news, as well the evolving rules for masks and vaccinations, as students return to schools and campuses.
Persistence Bears Fruit at 2000 Vine Redevelopment
By Kevin Collison The developers of the 2000 Vine historic redevelopment are beginning to taste the fruits of their hard work over the past three years, but are candid describing how tough it can be doing projects on the East Side. “It’s become painfully clear and obvious why development has been difficult east of Troost,”…
Art House Extra | Former KU Athlete Chases Gold at Tokyo Olympics
Art House visits with the filmmakers behind “Chasing Gold,” a documentary about former KU discus thrower Mason Finley’s preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
Once-Segregated Cemetery Gets Memorial for Hundreds of People in Unmarked Graves
The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial seeks to memorialize 758 people interred – most of them in unmarked graves – in the once-segregated section of what is now Fairview and New Hope Cemetery in Liberty.
World-Class Sculpture Shattered at Bartle Hall Plaza by Errant Driver
By Kevin Collison Jun Kaneko, a world-renowned sculptor, has works displayed publicly throughout the country and internationally, but last Thursday Kansas City apparently became the first where one was destroyed. One of the seven, large ceramic works making up his “Water Plaza” installation in the plaza south of the Bartle Hall Grand Ballroom was shattered…
Weekend Possibilities | Planet Comicon, Pride Parade and Bird Bootcamp
Live music, comic book characters, chocolates and various other celebrations fill August’s fourth weekend with strong entertainment options.