People & Places
New Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum to Take Flight in STEM Exploration
The new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, set to open in 2023, will trace the famed aviator’s career and legacy through interactive, STEM-based exhibits. It will also feature the last known Lockheed Electra 10-E plane, the very model Earhart flew in her final, tragic flight.
Read More‘Surviving Hitler’ … And Never Forgetting
A new play, “Surviving Hitler,” depicts Jack Mandelbaum as boy and his resilient journey toward manhood during one humanity’s greatest acts of evil, the Holocaust.
Read More‘Womyn’s Land’: A Rural Version of ‘Womontown’
Like Womontown, Womyn’s Land was created as a place for lesbians who wanted to withdraw from an oppressive “mainstream world” to feel safe and empowered.
Read MoreSláinte! Browne’s Irish Marketplace Turns 135
A longtime landmark in Kansas City’s Irish community is set to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with even more joy than usual this year.
Read MoreThe Boy In The Woods: The Story of Frank McGonigle
A new book written by Jim Cosgrove, better known as children’s performer “Mr. Stinky Feet,” documents the disappearance and subsequent murder of Frank McGonigle, a member of the prominent Kansas City family that operated McGonigle’s Market.
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