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Two Kansas City Artists Bring Elders’ Words to Life

By | March 11, 2022 |

Handwritten "I wish ..." across a 1950s era portrait exemplify one elders' wish to be remembered at her best. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

In a new exhibit in a Crossroads gallery, older Americans’ wishes have been transformed into artwork that fill two rooms. Artists Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom interviewed over 200 people to learn what they wish for the world.

Womontown: How 12 City Blocks in Kansas City Became a Radical Enclave By and For Women

By | March 8, 2022 |

The Womontown documentary features co-founders Andrea Nedelsky and Mary Ann Hopper walking through their old neighborhood in Midtown Kansas City. Emily Woodring and Brydie O'Connor of Kansas City PBS film Nedelsky discussing Womontown's history.

Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could “walk hand in hand, freely down the streets.” So they created Womontown. The radical enclave encompassed 12 city blocks and attracted women from all over the U.S.

Fired Up Belger Glass Annex Aims to Build a Community of Glass Blowers in Kansas City

By | March 4, 2022 |

A look inside one of three Belger Glass Annex reheating furnaces, which burn at over 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Belger Glass Annex hopes to ignite the artistic glass making potential of Kansas City.

The Boy In The Woods: The Story of Frank McGonigle

By | March 4, 2022 |

The cover of "Ripple: A Long Strange Search for a Killer," features a photo from the low country in coastal South Carolina.

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.