Arts & Culture

A food truck and a hungry crowd.

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…

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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.

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Baseball players waiting in the dugout.

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….

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Knitted koozies, one in the shape of a cat.

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…

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Hip-hop star Malik Isaac Taylor

Sympathetic Vibrations | Remembering Phife Dawg

It was a rough Wednesday morning for hip-hop enthusiasts like me, who learned that Malik Taylor, aka Phife Dawg, aka The Five Foot Assassin, had passed away at age 45. The MC was best known for his work with A Tribe Called Quest – a Queens-based hip-hop trio featuring Phife, Q-Tip, and Ali Shaheed Muhammed,…

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