Posts Tagged ‘curiousKC’
Where, Exactly, is Midtown?
Ask a Kansas Citian where Midtown is, and you’ll hear a pretty wide swath of responses. Oleha Verlander, who lives in South Waldo, submitted a curiousKC question asking us to narrow it down. “Where/what exactly is considered Midtown,” she asked. So curiousKC spent an afternoon crisscrossing the city to ask others that same question. We…
Read MoreEyes on the Eagle
On the median separating Ward Parkway near 67th Street stands a giant eagle bronze statue. Stephanie Hamil, of Leawood, Kansas, had heard a rumor in high school and asked curiousKC: Who’s responsible for the eagle, and did it really once have ruby eyes? We contacted The Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department, which handles the…
Read MoreChurch Without the Dogma
Fewer people believe in God these days, and now there is a local church for it. Just don’t call it church. Members of Kansas City Oasis, which serves atheists, agnostics, and “everything in betweens,” gather every Sunday at the Tony Aguirre Community Center on Kansas City’s West Side. The group has about 200 participants, and…
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