Tap List | Pancakes, Oysters, and Letting the Crow Fly
Flight Path Red Crow Brewing Company began shipping its first kegs for distribution to area bars last week. The brewery is shipping kegs of its Isabelle Belgian Blonde, Louise IPA, and limited quantities of Margaret Old Ale, a winter seasonal, to select bars in Kansas. The beers should be on tap in coming weeks at…
The Cost of Our Public Transit | Episode 5
Get an insider’s look at what’s being done to improve the region’s public transit system and increase access to jobs in “The Cost of Our Public Transit | Episode 5,” the final of a five-part digital series looking at our city’s aging infrastructure. Public Works? The Cost of Our Aging Infrastructure is a months-long project taking you underneath the pavement to tackle the state of…
Bus vs. Streetcar Debate: No Easy Answers
More than a decade ago, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority launched an express bus system along Main Street between the Country Club Plaza and the City Market. Known as the Metro Area Express, or MAX, that 6-mile route proved so successful that five years later, in 2010, the authority added another line along Troost…
Some Kansas Farmers May Turn To Local Produce In Search Of Profit
Low crop prices have many Midwest wheat and corn farmers looking for ways to supplement their incomes. One possibility for conventional farmers: producing food for farmers markets. “Food is a multi-billion-dollar economy in Kansas,” says Missty Lechner of the American Heart Association, who works with local governments to encourage the development of local food systems….
English Language Learners: How Your State Is Doing
The number of English language learners in public schools is nearing 5 million. Many are struggling academically, despite well-intentioned efforts to help them learn English.
Send Us Your Pothole Pictures
If you drive in the Kansas City metro, chances are you’ve hit a pothole and cringed as you imagine what it may have done to your car.
Irish Winterfest & Other Weekend Possibilities
Irish Winterfest is this Saturday at the Irish Center of Kansas City (19 W Linwood Boulevard) from 3 to 11 p.m. They’ll have live music, traditional dancing, whiskey tasting, and food from Browne’s Irish Market. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. One More Cup (7408 Wornall Road) — the folks who…
Leadership Is An Activity, Not A Position
Browse the list of summer youth camps at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and parents are bound to find something to suit just about any childhood personality. There are classic youth activities for softball players, theater performances for emerging actors and trendy Lego camps for the STEM-obsessed. The Jewish Community Center, situated…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Make Your Tuesday the Fattest
Thanksgiving is full of food. Christmas is full of sweets. But neither holiday holds a candle to the level of indulgence that happens on Mardi Gras. In fact, the concept of overdoing it plays a central role in the holiday’s origin story. Mardi Gras, French for “fat Tuesday”, is anything but holy. Yet, the celebration…
The Cost of Our Public Transit | Preview
If you’ve ever thought about the importance of the city’s public transit system, follow The Cost of Public Transit, the final in a five-part general overview series on our city’s aging infrastructure. Here’s a preview in advance of Monday’s Episode 5. All five overview episodes culminate in a 30-minute documentary at 7:30 p.m., March 2 on KCPT. — Follow the entire project online…
Order Up| Kitty’s Cafe’s Pork Tenderloin
Order Up is a regular series that takes a layered look at drinks and eats across Kansas City. Got a dish you think we should feature? Drop us a note below or on Twitter @FlatlandKC.
The Weekend Starts Today
Do you like getting drunk and throwing beads at strangers? That’s what people do on Fat Tuesday, after all. Given that most of us will be working that day, however, this weekend is your best chance to get out and celebrate Mardi Gras. Like at the Mardi Gras party on Friday night at Drexel Hall,…
In The Face Of More Missouri Abortion Restrictions, One Woman Tells Her Story
Anti-abortion groups in Missouri helped boost many Republican candidates to victory in November, and they’re now eagerly waiting to see how those lawmakers advance their cause. Missouri legislators have filed dozens of restrictive abortion bills, including two that would outlaw abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy rather than the current 21-weeks and six days….
Tap List | Standout Stouts
Several stouts on tap around town show the versatility of a beer style worth exploring. Before the Golden Age of micro-brewing, Guinness, an imported dry Irish stout, was one of the few stouts commonly available on tap. Now, this dark beer style is available year-round from many craft breweries. Double Shift Brewing’s Huck Stout is…
D.C. Building Gains Dollars, Doors Via KC
To enter the huge new Museum of the Bible when it opens this fall just off the National Mall in Washington, D.C., you’ll have to go through Kansas City. Not literally, but almost. That’s because the amazing 40-foot-tall bronze doors — a replica of the bed of Johannes Gutenberg’s press from which he printed the…