KC Artist Finds Eternal Beauty in a Dead Leaf
Artist Bruce McClain strives to merge plants and people in an effort to evoke the elegiac process of aging and dying for all living things.
Tap List | KC Breweries Set to Celebrate Halloween
Kansas City area breweries are leasing into Halloween with nine separate themed events this upcoming weekend.
Here’s the rundown.
East Crossroads Apartment Plan With Affordable Units Moving Forward
By Kevin Collison Design work has begun on a 190-unit apartment project in the East Crossroads that will include affordable housing and a fitness center open to the public. Developer Michael Collins has acquired the 1.2-acre site southeast of Truman Road and Holmes from the city and is anticipates beginning construction on his ‘Mohawk at…
KC Named ‘Tech Hub,’ Opening Door to Massive Federal Grants
The Kansas City region — stretching from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri — is now a federally designated tech hub, offering access to grants.
Two New Restaurants on the KC Power & Light Menu Next Year
People hungering for breakfast downtown will have a new option next year when HomeGrown opens at 101 E. 13th St. in the Power & Light District. The restaurant is one of two concepts being opened in 2024 by the Thrive Restaurant Group in the P&L District. The other is Modern Market Eatery, a fast-food place…
Nick’s Picks | Here’s Your Kansas City News Forecast
This week’s Kansas City news forecast calls for changes in the unseasonably warm weather and a slew of local elections in early November.
We Are Latinos II | Partners in Art at ITRA
Isaac Tapia and Rodrigo Alvarez are partners in ITRA, which has created more than 45 murals and other artworks. Their story is part of “We Are Latinos II.”
Big West Bottoms Redevelopment Project Wins Key Tax Incentives
By Kevin Collison A $526 million plan that would revitalize a big section of the West Bottoms by restoring dozens of historic buildings and repairing its crumbling infrastructure won vital tax incentive support from a city development agency Thursday. The sweeping proposal by New York-based SomeraRoad, which already has backing for its plan at City…
Art House | ‘No Place Like Home’ Grapples With Hate
Our relationship with home is complicated. Just ask Kevin Willmott and C.J. Janovy, filmmakers behind “No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas.”
East Side Development Sales Tax
In 2017, voters approved a 1/8 cent sales tax with the goal of spurring economic development in disadvantaged neighborhoods of the city. So far, the Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax has awarded over $53 million and funded 39 projects. This month, Flatland in Focus investigates these projects and gages their effectiveness in addressing…