Virtual chess tournament

Virtual Chess Tournament Checkmates Pandemic

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, LINC migrated its long-running chess program online with great success.

Wayne Hubbard and Candice Price

Kansas City Based Outdoors Show Breaks Down Color Barriers on TV

Wayne Hubbard and Candice Price created one of the first outdoors shows in the nation owned and produced by a female African American, hosted by an African American and with content driven by African Americans.

Charlie Parker Memorial statue

Weekend Possibilities | Celebrating Charlie Parker, an Outdoor Movie and a Social Justice Bootcamp

Socially distanced concerts, virtual events and volunteer opportunities mark August’s first full weekend in and around Kansas City. For anyone with plans to get out and about, be sure to wear a mask.  Friday, Aug. 7 The National World War I Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, has reopened for in-person visits, but with COVID-19…

An Air Force reconnaissance photo taken several hours after an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.

A Tale of Atomic Bombs and Paper Cranes

For the past decade, President Harry Truman’s eldest grandson has engaged in a continuing public dialogue with survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago.

Quinlan Development Bring Affordable Apartments to Eighth and The Paseo

By Kevin Collison The developers of Paseo Gateway have opened residential projects totaling 79 affordable and market-rate apartments on the northeast edge of downtown at Eighth and The Paseo. The 57-unit Quinlan Place apartments and 22-unit Quinlan Row townhomes are the latest round of residential investment by Brinshore Development and its public partners that’s added…

Online dating keyboard illustration.

Looking for Love During a Pandemic

Online dating is surging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s some advice on how to pursue romance remotely.

Playground at Troost Park

New City Beautiful Movement: Restoring KC’s Parks and Boulevards

A new Urban Land Institute study recommends ways the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department can improve parks more equitably across the city.

Loews Opens Rooftop Bar, Restaurant Begins Dinner Service Next Week

The new Loews convention hotel has opened an outdoor bar and lounge called Horsefeather Social with dramatic views of the Kauffman Center and Bartle Hall Sky Stations, and socially-distant seating for 56 people. The Horsefeather space, which opened in mid-July, is located on an outdoor deck at the seventh floor of the hotel that also…

Cinder Block Brewery

Tap List | Summer Breeze Makes You Feel Fine

As summer crests, breweries all over the Kansas City area are taking advantage of the clear blue skies and the summer breeze.

KC Tenants organize at eviction court July 30

Tenant Issues Are Also Race Issues, Organizers Say

Local tenants’ rights group KC Tenants say their fight for tenant rights is also a fight for racial equity.

Security is heightened in minority neighborhoods. But why?

curiousKC | A (Mis)perception of Crime

Why are security measures heightened in some KC neighborhoods and not others? curiousKC looked into how public and private buildings are secured to find out why.

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Prepping for Primary Election Day in Kansas City

Here’s a guide to Primary Election Day in the Kansas City area.

Medicaid symbol, Kansas and Missouri with dollar bill and downward pointed arrow

Parsing Medicaid Expansion in Missouri

On Tuesday, voters in Missouri will decide if the state will become the 39th in the country to expand its Medicaid program.

Michael Douglas and Annette Bening in "The American President."

Art House Extra | ‘The American President’

Kansas City screenwriter, actress and producer Michelle Davidson recommends “The American President.”

SONIC Drive-In

SONIC Drive-In Restaurants Booming During Pandemic

A new study by TOPdata suggests that SONIC, America’s only remaining national drive-in chain restaurant, is a fast food stop of choice during the age of coronavirus – particularly in Missouri and Kansas.