KC Streetcar Celebrates 2 Millionth Rider and First Birthday This Saturday
By Kevin Collison The Kansas City streetcar celebrates its first birthday Saturday at Union Station and is expected to host its two-millionth rider either late today or tomorrow. Supporters hope the success of the 2.2-mile starter line linking the River Market and Crown Center boosts the effort now underway to extend the line down Main…
Design for New Downtown YMCA Would Keep Lyric Facade
By Kevin Collison Backers of a planned Downtown YMCA that would incorporate the facade of the historic Lyric Theater as part of the $30 million project hope to wrap up fundraising this summer. David Byrd, CEO of the YMCA, told the Downtown Council board Thursday that $21 million has been raised and anticipated the remaining…
5 Ice Cream Scoops You Need Right Now
Long before we turn on the air conditioning in Kansas City, we seek other forms of sweet relief. And tops on your list should be ice cream. Since there are new treats and flavors to explore, we decided to put them all in one handy little round-up for you. Here are the five ice cream…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Make It A Musical Staycation
The seventh annual Middle of the Map Fest kicks off this evening, with shows at venues across Midtown and the Crossroads. The festival, which has become a darling for regional music enthusiasts, boasts a wide range of genres from more than 100 bands who will travel from all over the U.S. to perform. The…
School Tours | A Simplified Guide to Investing in Our Schools
Choosing which school to send your child to can be a complicated process. Depending on where you live, your options may include private, charter or public schools, but many parents in Kansas City aren’t aware of the options available to them or how to find helpful information to make the best decision for their child….
The Weekend Starts Today
Cinco de Mayo, Spanish for “Fifth of May” is an annual celebration held, wait for it, on May 5. The holiday, which commemorates a Mexican victory over French forces, has become, at least in the United States, a celebration of all things Mexican. Flatland can help you do that and more. Start with the annual…
Rightfully Sewn | Designing a Garment District Revival
Is Kansas City’s Stockyard District poised to be our next Garment District? Rightfully Sewn’s Jennifer Lapka thinks so, and she’s playing her part in making that happen. Rightfully Sewn is focused on revitalizing the Kansas City garment and fashion scene — a once thriving industry here — by training at-risk women as seamstresses and placing them in apprenticeships. Lapka says it’s…
A Lazarus Patient And The Limits Of A Lifesaving Stroke Procedure
About 800,000 people have strokes each year in the U.S. Most are caused by clots that block blood to the brain. In some cases, doctors can remove the clot using a device that looks like a fishing net.
Tap List | Game On at Tapcade NKC
It’s game on for Tapcade NKC (1735 Swift Ave., North Kansas City, Missouri). Aiming for a different audience than the family-friendly flagship location in the Crossroads, Tapcade NKC is a 21-plus arcade bar at all times. Tapcade NKC is for those that love craft beer and gaming. It features more than 60 drafts, two Skee-Ball…
A Jolt to Electric Car Drivers?
Kansas City Power & Light could soon deliver sticker shock – along with the kilowatts – as it seeks to wring more cash from its network of charging stations for electric vehicles. The utility is pushing for an optional “session fee” of up to $6 per hour for time spent at one of its charging…
The Cocktail King Of Cuba: The Man Who Invented Hemingway’s Favorite Daiquiri
Ernest Hemingway liked to get up early. He did his best writing in the morning, standing in front of his typewriter, plucking the keys as fast as the words might come to him. This was fortunate, because by 11 a.m., the Havana heat began to creep into his rented room at the Hotel Ambos Mundos….
As Bird Flu Strengthens In China, Midwest Farmers Prepare For The Next Outbreak
Midwest farmers are warily watching as one strain of a highly contagious bird flu virus infects and kills humans in China and another less-worrying but still highly contagious strain infects a Tennessee poultry farm. Two years after a devastating bird flu outbreak in the Midwest, many farmers here say they now have a better idea…
The Day Before The Fall of Saigon
Nguyet Ha-Le was born in Thai Binh, Vietnam, in 1953. She was born into a large family – the fifth of 10 children. Life was comfortable in North Vietnam. Her parents were teachers with generational wealth that allowed them to live in a three-story, stone house with maids for each of the children. But only…
Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers
DoggoLingo is a rising language on the Internet that’s full of cutesy suffixes and onomatopoeias. It might even change the way you talk to your pet.
Rev. Adam Hamilton Strains to Prevent Schism in United Methodist Church
Forgive the Rev. Adam Hamilton, founding pastor of the 20,000-member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, if his attention seems divided these days. One minute, he’s celebrating the opening of a new $81-million sanctuary — complete with a breathtakingly large stained glass window — at its main campus in Leawood. The next, he’s worrying that…