Newsletter
5 Reasons to See “Swan Lake”
Tonight, the Kansas City Ballet premieres “Swan Lake.” There are a lot of good reasons to see the show, which runs through Feb. 28. For instance, going means you’ll be able to post selfies from the Kauffman Center. Which will make you look cultured and sophisticated. If you need more than that, we have five…
Read MoreSunny Side up at Sundown
Breakfast for dinner – long a refuge for working parents and college students – is heating up on restaurant menus. Leeway Franks (935 Iowa Street) in Lawrence and Cleaver & Cork (1333 Walnut Street) in Kansas City’s Power & Light District are preparing to roll out egg sandwiches and sweet potato hash to show how…
Read MoreLook Ma, No Hands!
Bad news, “Back to the Future” fans. Cars of the 21st century will probably not be able to fly. But the vehicles will drive themselves. They will find their own parking. They will let you relax and stream multimedia on your way to and from your destination. And they just might make you money as…
Read MoreThe Weekend Starts Today
We’ll have unseasonably warm weather this weekend. Call it a false spring. Because of it, there’s no excuse to stay home, especially since we’ve rounded up for you the world-class entertainment coming to town. Sports fans, sadly, are living in a lull. Football is over. Baseball is yet to begin. KU and UMKC basketball are…
Read More5 Questions with Re:Dream’s Christopher Cook
Are you living the dream? And what does that dream look like? One national project, Re:Dream, is exploring what opportunity — and our definition of success — look like in the 21st Century. The project is both video-based, with 40 micro documentaries rolling out from the end of February, and events-based, with ongoing community engagement activities across the US. We asked series producer…
Read More