Butterfly Effect: Dan Marschalek is More Than a Collector
Dan Marschalek’s fascination with butterflies began innocently enough. Then he learned the crucial role butterflies play as pollinators in sustaining life as we know it.
Lunch Tray Education and Local Economics
Missouri’s Farm to School program allows producers big and small to partner with local schools. It helps the farmer have a reliable buyer, and it helps schools to provide fresh, local produce to students.
Party to Help Revive Garment District Park
By Kevin Collison The developer of the Carnival building hopes a party it’s helping host this Wednesday (Oct. 12) will spur interest in a downtown pocket park that’s become threadbare after losing its major corporate supporter. The “Garment District Grooves” party is being held at what’s known as the Garment District Park. It is co-sponsored…
Tap List | Trio of KC Breweries Medal At Great American Beer Fest
Three Kansas City breweries came home with medals from the Great American Beer Festival. Here are the medalists.
This City in Kansas Really Conserves Water, But That Might Not be Enough to Survive
Thanks to decades of conservation efforts, Hays has become a place where thinking about your water use is a way of life. But as climate change brings drier, hotter weather to Kansas, more cities may have to follow a similar path.
curiousKC | How Mexican Communities Kept KC Boxcars Cold
This is the story of “La Hielera” aka “The Ice Plant,” the tiny Mexican community nestled behind the 42nd Street Bridge and Santa Fe Railroad main line.
Mending Our Broken Heart: Kansas City Trails Peers in Transit Race
“Downtown KC: Mending Our Broken Heart,” was a groundbreaking series originally published by The Kansas City Star 20 years ago this month. It was written by former staffers Jeffrey Spivak, Kevin Collison and Steve Paul, with photographs by Rich Suggs. It was edited by former deputy national editor Keith Chrostowski. CityScene KC thanks The Kansas City…
KC Election Guide: What Voters Need to Know About the 2022 Ballot
In addition to statewide questions over marijuana legalization and police funding — plus elections for local, state and federal office — Kansas City, Missouri, has its own set of local issues.
Mending Our Broken Heart: Minneapolis Strategy Can Teach Downtown a Lot About Transit, Parking
“Downtown KC: Mending Our Broken Heart,” was a groundbreaking series originally published by The Kansas City Star 20 years ago this month. It was written by former staffers Jeffrey Spivak, Kevin Collison and Steve Paul, with photographs by Rich Suggs. It was edited by former deputy national editor Keith Chrostowski. CityScene KC thanks The Kansas City…
Art House | KC Filmmaker Vies to Share Black Perspective
More diverse representation in local cinema comes through strongly in two compelling short films by DeVonte Brown, “Vie” and “Now What?”
6 Reasons to Rethink Early Retirement
People who have tried early retirement advise others to think about how they will fill their days and not empty their savings.
We Are Latinos | KC Artist Reconnects With Her Childhood in Mexico
Aquetzali (Kiki) Serna preserves fading memories of her early childhood in Mexico through her art today in Kansas City.
Mending Our Broken Heart: Parking, Transit Woes Drive Folks From a Barren Loop (Part 2)
“Downtown KC: Mending Our Broken Heart,” was a groundbreaking series originally published by The Kansas City Star 20 years ago this month. It was written by former staffers Jeffrey Spivak, Kevin Collison and Steve Paul, with photographs by Rich Suggs. It was edited by former deputy national editor Keith Chrostowski. CityScene KC thanks The Kansas City…
Weekend Possibilities | Oktoberfests, Catfish Conference and Browne’s 135th Anniversary
The first weekend of the month calls for two of Kansas City’s biggest Oktoberfest celebrations, a scary dinner-and-a-movie experience and 18th & Vine’s first Gumbo Festival.
Kelly, Schmidt Paint Competing Visions of Kansas in Gubernatorial Debate
Two competing versions of Kansas emerged during an hourlong debate Wednesday between Gov. Laura Kelly and her opponent Derek Schmidt, the state’s current attorney general.