Arts & Culture

Buck O'Neil stands with a statue of himself in the Negro League Baseball Museum in 2005.

Weekend Possibilities | Buck O’Neil Hall of Fame Plaque in KC, Mystic Fair and Melissa Etheridge

Your weekend possibilities including honoring Kansas City’s new Hall of Famer Buck O’Neil or enjoying a show from music star Melissa Etheridge.

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Baba’s Pantry, a Palestinian delicatessen, is Chef Yahia Kamal’s (right) most recent food venture with family: son Omar, wife Yusra and daughter Yasmine. Not picture: Son Kamal Kamal and Hannah Kamal Nsenki.

KC’s Hummus King Turns to Family to Create Baba’s Pantry

Baba’s Pantry, a Palestinian-American deli, is a labor of love for a family that has lived the high and lows of Kansas City’s food and restaurant industry.

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A small theater showcasing Harry Truman's experience as a World War I artillery battery captain displays a field gun used by American troops.

Harry Truman’s Remarkably Fraught First Political Campaign

Harry Truman almost was the president who never was. His first campaign, waged a century ago, was fraught with missteps that could have ended his political career.

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Union Station at night with the downtown skyline in the background.

Union Station Named Among ‘Most Beautiful Train Stations’ in the World

Kansas City’s Union Station has been named one of the 37 most beautiful train stations in the world by Architectural Digest.

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Horseman and children's book author Trae Q. L. Venerable.

Black Cowboys: Then and Now

Horseman and children’s author Trae Venerable is a living legacy of underappreciated Black cowboys.

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