News & Issues
Beloved City Market Flutist Marvin Hollinshed ‘Played Right Up Until the End’
He was the Saturday soundtrack for visitors to the City Market for many years. On hot mornings, Marvin Hollinshed was often the first person you’d encounter entering the Market from the west, staying cool in the shady passageway to the vendors’ stalls before he ventured outside. But you heard his flute sweetly piping tunes long…
Ghost (Signs) of KC’s Past
Ever see those faint old words painted on Kansas City buildings? Flatland’s curiousKC has the story on why and who put them up.
816 Day Celebration Returns to Downtown Friday
The city’s newest civic celebration, 816 Day, will focus on downtown again this Friday with the City Market and the Power & Light District as anchor locations. The event got the official seal of approval at City Hall last year when the Council passed a resolution endorsing it, and was originally launched by the Downtown…
A Chicana in the Midwest
Accessibility to youth arts programs is important to Deanna Muñoz, who considers herself “200% Chicana.” “Queer Eye” helped make her dream come true.
Grad School Diner Opens for Class in Crossroads
By Kevin Collison The Grad School, a restaurant specializing in a take on classic diner food called “New School Americana,” has opened at 18th and Broadway. The new place also offers an array of canned regional and local beers plus basic liquor offerings. It’s the first expansion beyond Springfield, where the original Grad School is…