Food Truck Friday and Other Weekend Possibilities
Dinner is getting ready to take to the streets. With spring in swing, food trucks are officially out and about across the metro. The unofficial kickoff is Food Truck Friday — the six-year-old series from The Kansas City Star. Over the next six First Fridays, food trucks will gather in the downtown parking lot of The…
More Charter School Real Estate News
Another Kansas City, Missouri, charter school has secured classroom space. Citizens of the World Kansas City (CWCKC) said Thursday that it’s a week or two away from finalizing a lease agreement on a building on the northeast corner of Broadway and Armour boulevards. That news followed Wednesday’s announcement by Academy for Integrated Arts that it…
Hashtags For The Month Of MARCH
At the end of each month, we share four hashtags that trended locally, nationally, or simply caught our eye. Here’s the list for March, and they all happen to be relevant to Kansas City. What four would you choose? Share with us on Twitter @FlatlandKC.
Eat Like You’re at The K… Even When You’re Not
Baseball is back, and with it comes the joy of finding new cheese, meat, and sweet things to love. True fans cheer with their mouth full. But since you may not have $100 to shell out for Opening Night at Kauffman Stadium, we thought there’s another way for you to experience the joy of ballpark…
KC Charter School Purchases Former Bowling Alley
A Kansas City, Missouri, charter school that teaches core content through the arts plans to make a former bowling alley its new home. The Academy for Integrated Arts (AFIA) said Tuesday that it has purchased a roughly 40,000-square foot building at 7910 Troost Ave., built in 1955 to house King Louie East. AFIA is an…
The Weekend Starts Today
Forget what astronomers tell you. The true start of spring has nothing to do with the vernal equinox. Spring actually starts when baseball season begins. In other words, the sneeziest season starts in earnest this weekend when our world champion Royals play Sunday night. The game, a World Series rematch with the Mets, will be nationally televised on ESPN….
Johnson County Establishes Healthy Foods Advisory Panel
Johnson County has created a panel to advise the county commission on food issues. One of the Food Policy Council’s goals will be to increase county residents’ access to healthy foods, according to a news release from the county. But the council might also touch on other areas, such as economic development, agriculture and food…
And the State of the City Is …
Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James delivered his annual State of the City address today to a lively, packed audience that nearly filled Midtown’s Uptown Theater. Here are five takeaways, and some interesting tweets, from the mayor’s speech. 1. Since Mayor Sly James has taken office in 2011, the city is doing a whole lot better,…
Take 5 For Your Health
Alliance Forming To Push For Kansas Medicaid Expansion A new organization is forming to strengthen the lobbying effort for Medicaid expansion in Kansas. The Alliance for a Healthy Kansas will focus on passing an expansion bill in 2017, not in the waning days of the current session, according to Billie Hall, the chief executive of…
The Sweet Heat of Hot Helga Nordic Mustard is No Myth
Developed by Noreen Schwein, Hot Helga Nordic Mustard inspires spicy visions of fierce and shapely, flaxen-haired valkyries and brawny, muscled Vikings. The mustard’s spiciness actually comes from the use of jalapenos balanced by a touch of sweetness. While the mustard doesn’t have ancient ties to Norse myths, the story of Hot Helga is one to…
Fountain City Frequency | Tending the Troostwood Garden
Community gardens have been a source of food stability and financial savings for Americans since the 1800s. During the Great Depression, they provided food to the unemployed, and The Victory Garden campaign during WWII encouraged people to help a rationed economy by growing their own fruits and vegetables. And although many of those national campaigns…
Flatland and The Recommended Daily Launch a New Partnership Today
Hi, My name is Jonathan Bender and I’m writing to you between bites of a pastrami sandwich and sips of iced coffee. If I can ever devise a harmonica-like device that hangs from my neck and allows me to do both, you’ll get the notice about my Kickstarter. Until then, we’ll just make do with…
Kansas City Council approves health funding increase
The Kansas City Council on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year that boosts spending from health fund reserves to pay for indigent care. After some last-minute lobbying from providers, the council took $300,000 from the reserve to bump up next year’s allocation for Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center and Children’s Mercy…
Crafts & Drafts and Other Weekend Possibilities
Shopping is always better with beer. The Pitch’s Crafts & Drafts — a mash-up of local artists, crafters, and beers — is Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Uptown Shoppes (3600 Broadway). Check out DarkHumorGirl’s knit drink koozies (pictured above, some are in the shape of kitties) and 928 Woodworks’ nail head bottle openers…
Muslim Like Me | A Journey Toward Islam
According to the Pew Research Center, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world, and Muslims currently make up just less than 1 percent of the total U.S. population. Pew projects the numbers of Muslims in America to grow to 2.1 percent of the population by the year 2050. What these findings suggest is that Islam,…