Denver Investor has Discovered his Development ‘Play’ in River Market
By Kevin Collison Craig Slawson knows a lot about oil exploration, a business his family has been in for 60 years. In that industry, when you find a ‘play,’ you’ve identified a geological region where conditions are ripe for discovering oil fields, lots of them. Now that he’s expanded into real estate, the Denver-based founder…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Going Back in Mind
When you think of chamber music composed hundreds of years ago, “cutting edge” is probably not the first phrase that comes to mind. Trilla Ray-Carter is hoping to change that. Ray-Carter is the executive and artistic director of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium, a group of local musicians dedicated to performing and educating the public…
Crossroads Crooks with Appetite for Apple Computers Nabbed by Kansas City Police
By Kevin Collison Kansas City police have arrested two men in connection with a series of smash-and-grab business burglaries in the Crossroads Arts District in recent months that mostly targeted Apple computers. Det. Tim Mountz said Tuesday the men were arrested Monday in connection with at least five of the more than dozen burglaries in…
Second Base: Around The Horn
In this week’s episode, get to know Kansas City’s long and dynamic history of sandlot baseball. Learn about it from Royals’ historian Kay Cee, and discover a hidden modern sandlot game in Kansas City. Call of The Sandlot takes you back to the time when kids played until their mothers called them in for dinner….
Scientists Aim For Better, Cheaper Tests For Alzheimer’s
The goal is to find accurate, painless tests that can help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s early and track the progression of the illness and any response to treatment. A few tests seem promising.
Crossroads Arts District Celebrating the Eclipse with Solanoir Street-Art Festival
The Crossroads Arts District is living up to cosmic form with a five-day, street-art celebration of the upcoming total eclipse called Solanoir. Thirty street artists from around the country and the world have been invited to paint murals on two dozen buildings around the downtown district. The festival begins Wednesday and its celestial culmination occurs…
Tap List | Calibration Brewery’s Back to Black IPA
Behind the Beer: Calibration Brewery Goes Back to Black IPA Calibration Brewery (119 Armour Road, North Kansas City, Missouri) put Back to Black IPA on tap in mid-July as a special release that’s still available. Previously, brewer Jack Owen once made 10 gallons of a black IPA using a homebrewing recipe. When brewery owner Glen…
Downtown Treat: Free Scoop of Ice Cream to Serve a Good Cause
Here’s a sweet downtown challenge. Denali Flavors will donate $10,000 to the Salvation Army of Kansas City if it can attract enough ice cream lovers to the Power & Light District to eat 10,000 free scoops of its Hiland Moose Tracks Ice Cream between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday). All you have to…
Plan to Tame Crossroads Stretch of Oak Street with Diagonal Parking Delayed Until Spring
By Kevin Collison Oak Street through the Crossroads District of downtown sometimes can be a speedway, the worse incident perhaps occurring in late 2014 when a car plowed into a building at the corner of 18th Street during a police chase. The East Crossroads area it serves also has attracted a host of new bars,…
Which Schools Are Integrated?
Lisa Gooden was set on finding the right school for her children in Kansas City. The choices were complex — public, private, charter, signature — but she felt good about all the buildings she visited. There were probably a dozen or so public elementaries within a couple miles of her neighborhood, so she didn’t understand…
Crossroads First Friday to Include Kids Scavenger Hunt, Rooftop Party, Sporting KC Flip Cup and Yes, Art
By Kevin Collison Today’s First Friday in the downtown Kansas City Crossroads Arts District continues a growing trend of not just being a festive place for adults to congregate but families as well. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., “C is for Crossroads,” an event promoting literacy for younger kids, will kickoff this month’s First…
Tomato Tasting, BLT Challenge & Other Weekend Possibilities
Give summer a proper sendoff with a pair of tomato-focused events. The ninth annual tomato tasting is at Local Pig (2618 Guinotte Ave) from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Think of it as a tomato potluck — bring a tomato dish or ripe tomatoes from your garden — and then dive into the bounty of fruit. Later…
Gordon Biersch Pulls Plug on Downtown Power & Light Location
One of the downtown Power & Light District’s original tenants, Gordon Biersch brewery and restaurant, is closing after anchoring a strategic corner at 14th and Walnut since 2008. In a release, company officials described the departure as a “natural end at this location. “We have enjoyed being a part of the renaissance of downtown Kansas…
Order Up | Paleterias Tropicana’s Paletas
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Kemper Arena Developer Receives State Historic Tax Credits, Last Hurdle Before Beginning Mosaic Arena Project
By Kevin Collison The $39 million redevelopment of the former Kemper Arena into an amateur sports and fitness complex that’s expected to draw a half million out-of-town visitors yearly to the West Bottoms has cleared its last financial hurdle. Developer Steve Foutch of Foutch Brothers LLC expects to begin work within two weeks on his…