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Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’

Nick’s Picks | MLK Boulevard, COVID Vaccine Incentives and KC Police Budget Fight

By | June 7, 2021 | 0
Nick Haines

As you move around Kansas City this week, you may notice a big change. There’s no more Swope Parkway, Blue Parkway and Volker Boulevard.   Over the weekend, public works crews installed 42 new street signs along that five-mile stretch of roadway. It is now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The Kansas City Parks Board…

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Live Venues Shuttered by Pandemic Could Start Getting Grants

By | June 1, 2021 | 0
Wick and The Tricks performing at Lemonad(e) Park.

For an industry all but completely shut down since March 2020, getting back to normal is going to take a major jumpstart.

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How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic

By | May 28, 2021 | 0
An aerial view of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.

Whether in-person of virtually, here are six ways to reflect and remember fallen Americans on Memorial Day.

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What the Pandemic Taught Us About the End of Life and Grief

By | May 26, 2021 | 0
What did the pandemic change about the way we process loss, grief and life? (Illustration by Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Canva)

What did the pandemic change about the way we process loss, grief and life? Everything.

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Surveys Say: People Ponder Life in a (Nearly) Post-Pandemic World

By | May 19, 2021 | 0
Rochelle Walensky, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing

Three surveys conducted by data company Invisibly show that some attitudes about returning to pre-pandemic life have not changed significantly over the last 10 months.

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