Weekend Possibilities | JoCo Home & Garden Show, Live Music and Arts and Crafts
Ease into 2023 with a variety of events across the arts and music scene or find inspiration at the Johnson County Home & Garden Show.
River Bluff Expands River Market Craft Beer Scene
(Editor’s note: This article originally was published Feb. 2, 2022) By Kevin Collison River Bluff Brewing, the latest addition to the greater downtown microbrewery scene, expects to open in mid-February on a cozy street near the Town of Kansas Bridge at the foot of Main. “We feel like with Second Street, we’re in the heart…
Missouri Lawmakers Reconvene Focused on Sports Betting, Teacher Pay, Initiative Petitions
For a vocal slice of Missouri’s population, sports wagering is the most important item on the agenda as lawmakers begin their annual session.
From Streetlights to Potholes: A New, Tech-Savvy KC Emerges
Kansas City is leaning into technology to address some of its most vexing problems.
Pedestrian Plaza Plan to Enliven 18th and Vine District
By Kevin Collison The 18th and Vine District is looking forward to transforming its main drag into a more pedestrian-friendly corridor that can be closed temporarily for events thanks to $4 million in the new federal budget. The money obtained by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and matched by at least $2.5 million and up to $4…
Pedestrian Plaza Plan to Enliven 18th and Vine District
The 18th and Vine District’s main drag will become a more pedestrian-friendly corridor that can be closed temporarily for events thanks to $4 million in the new federal budget.
Ferguson, Missouri, Experience Inspires Marketer to be ‘Incubator’ for Creatives
Daniel Gilmore plans to start a nonprofit marketing agency, Chosen Creative Concepts, to link people of color with a network of resources and opportunities.
Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2022: 5-1
Flatland is presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2022 in chronological order between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2.
Opinion: Twenty Years Later, Our Downtown Heart is Healthier to Live and Play, More Work Needed
(Editor’s note: This column was published Oct. 31, but the review of the “Mending Our Broken Heart’ series also is a good way to anticipate the New Year in greater downtown Kansas City.) By Kevin Collison Twenty years after The Star published its groundbreaking “Mending Our Broken Heart” series, downtown is back in the game,…
Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2022: 10-6
Flatland is presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2022 in chronological order between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2.
Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2022: 15-11
Flatland is presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2022 in chronological order between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2.
Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2022: 20-16
Flatland is presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2022 in chronological order between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2.
Savoy Tea Brings ‘Tea Culture’ to Crossroads
By Kevin Collison The Arkansas owners of the new Savoy Tea Co. shop in the Crossroads are looking forward to brewing more interest in a beverage they believe remains relatively unappreciated and unfamiliar to many people. “We had traveled and had tea at different places and realized there was no place at home in Fayetteville…
Weekend Possibilities | New Year’s Eve, Laser Lizzo and World Peace Meditation
Pick a party, any party. There are plenty of options when it comes to ringing in the new year.
Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2022: 25-21
Flatland is presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2022 in chronological order between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2.