Vote Now in Flatland’s 2020 BBQ Bonanza Bracket

Flatland has launched the KC BBQ Bonanza Bracket for voters to select their favorite local barbecue joint.

Jim Tyrer of the Kansas City Chiefs

Art House Extra | Remembering KC Chiefs Great Jim Tyrer

A new film explores the life and tragic death of Kansas City Chiefs great Jim Tyrer and his wife through the eyes of their surviving children.

A Chiefs flag hangs on barrels of whiskey at J. Rieger & Co. Distillery

Weekend Possibilities | Chiefs Watch Parties, The Hey! Hey! Supper Club and Live Music Left and Right

With a lot of live music in the cards and a game to watch come Sunday, here’s a full guide to a weekend’s worth of good times to be had across town.

Stephen Van Rhein

KC Parks Department Plants Seeds of Savings With New Sustainability Plan

Kansas City is converting some park land into more a more natural state, hoping to harvest both environmental and economic savings.

Bar K Fetches New Markets, Continues Romping on Riverfront

By Kevin Collison Bar K, the pioneering bar and café where dogs frisk with humans and one another, is expanding to St. Louis and Oklahoma City, and continues to thrive at its original downtown riverfront location that opened two years ago. “It’s great to see the vision come true,” said Leib Dodell, who co-founded Bar…

No Other Pup

Bar K Fetches New Markets, Continues Romping on Riverfront

Kansas City-based Bar K is expanding its “dog-human recreation” concept to St. Louis and Oklahoma City.

California wildfires

Good News on Climate Change: Most Americans Now Agree It’s Real, Even in the Midwest

The new 2020 Yale Climate Opinion Map concludes that a majority of Missourians and Kansans believe in climate change.

New Grocery Store Opening on Main Along Planned Streetcar Extension

(Editor’s note: CityScene KC is taking a little time off to recharge its batteries in the Black Hills. Following the recent FTA decision to fund the planned extension of the streetcar from downtown to UMKC, the next few days will feature previous stories about the plans and ideas already set in motion along Main Street in…

KC Bier Co. Oktoberfest kit

Tap List | KC Bier Prepares to ‘Prost in Place’ for Oktoberfest

KC Bier Co. has created a “Prost in Place” to-go kit for Oktoberfest.

Derrick Barnes, Kansas City author

KC Author’s ‘I Am Every Good Thing’ Highlights the Beauty of Black Boyhood

Derrick Barnes, the author of “I Am Every Good Thing,” spoke with Flatland about his latest work and to share a message to his hometown.

Big Redevelopment Plan in Works for Historic KC Armory on Main Street

(Editor’s note: CityScene KC is taking a little time off to recharge its batteries in the Black Hills. Following the recent FTA decision to fund the planned extension of the streetcar from downtown to UMKC, the next few days will feature previous stories about the plans and ideas already set in motion along Main Street in…

Houseboat on the Blue River

curiousKC | Houseboats Once Thrived on the Blue River

The curiousKC team shares the story of the houseboat community that once thrived on the Blue River.

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Will Return of Fall Sports Lead to a Spike in COVID-19 Cases?

Public health officials are closely monitoring COVID-19 cases to see if the return of fall sports leads to a spike.

Promise of Streetcar Expansion Prompts Developers to Pursue $16.3 Million Apartment Project on Main Street

(Editor’s note: CityScene KC is taking a little time off to recharge its batteries in the Black Hills. Following the recent FTA decision to fund the planned extension of the streetcar from downtown to UMKC, the next few days will feature previous stories about the plans and ideas already set in motion along Main Street in…

Art House Extra | ‘The Disrupted’ Explores Working Life in America

“The Disrupted,” a new film by Sarah Colt Productions, shares the stories of three hardworking Americans struggling to make it economically.