Five Twenty East Opens, First Project in Big Armour Crossing Development

By Kevin Collison Mac Properties has completed Five Twenty East, the first of five apartment buildings planned as the $78 million Armour Crossing redevelopment. The seven-story building at 520 E. Armour is nestled among similar scale, former apartment-hotels built in the 1920s and 1930s along Armour from Main to Troost, and was designed to fit…

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A scene from "The Land."

Art House Extra | How KC Filmmakers Steve and Mary Pruitt Do It

Art House visits with Steve and Mary Pruitt, among Kansas City’s most prolific local filmmakers, to discuss their process in producing “The Tree,” “Terminal” and “The Land” since 2017.

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Derek Robinson (left), Falayn Ferrell and Warren Luckett founded Black Restaurant Week in 2016 to celebrate African American, African and Caribbean cuisine nationwide.

The Return of Black Restaurant Week: July 23-Aug. 1

The 10-day “No Crumb Left Behind” campaign focusing on the road to recovery for Black-owned restaurants kicks off today in Kansas City and runs through Aug. 1,

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Demonstrators stand outside of the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City on July 1, 2021 and hold signs urging Gov. Mike Parson to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion is Constitutional

The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that voter-approved Medicaid expansion is constitutional, making 275,000 Missourians eligible for health care coverage.

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Developers Reviving 150-Year-Old Buildings Near 18th & Vine District

(Updated July 21, 2021: A press release this week announced construction has begun on the project. This article originally appeared in CityScene in August 2018) By Kevin Collison Right now, two of the city’s oldest buildings near the 18th and Vine Jazz District look the part, limestone ruins straight out of Medieval Europe. But Jason…

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A fair food stand.

Weekend Possibilities | Platte County Fair, Christmas in July and Movie On The Water

If you are looking for creative ways to defy soaring temperatures this weekend, we’re here to help.

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Members of the Cauldron Collective embrace a “collective” approach to their pop-up restaurant business.

Cauldron Collective Shares the Power and Profit of Their Vegan Pop-Up

Members of the Cauldron Collective — Olive Cooke, Kim Conyers and Sylvia Metta — embrace a collective approach that shares both the power and profit of the vegan pop-up business equally.

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Syringes of COVID-19 vaccinations are filled during MU Health Care’s mass vaccination clinic at the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia on Feb. 4, 2021.

Parson Announces Missouri Vaccine Incentive Lottery With $10,000 Prizes

In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an incentive program that will feature chances to win $10,000 for those who get a shot.

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Fahrmeier Farm creates a farm destination to last all day with photo ops, snacks and toys.

Harvesting a Bumper Crop in Agritourism

Agritourism revenue tripled nationwide from 2002 to 2017, and it’s still on the rise in Kansas and Missouri.

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Art in the Loop Adds Live Music to Streetcar Stops This Summer

This summer’s Art in the Loop Performance Art & Music series continues Thursday (July 22) with a show by Corey Clark at the KC Streetcar Library Stop Northbound near Commerce Tower. The free concert is part of a series of live performances that are accompanying the Eighth Annual Art in the Loop project, which once…

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