Weekender

Celebration on basketball court

The Weekend Starts Today

What happened to winter? It barely got cold, we saw almost no snow, and now it seems like spring is almost here. Granted, the lack of a hard winter might mean a particularly nasty allergy season, but it’s nevertheless tough to argue with sunshine and short-sleeve shirts. If you’re ready to get out and enjoy…

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Cars in showroom for auto show

The Weekend Starts Today

Another unseasonably warm, dry weekend is on the way. While you’re waiting for some badly needed rain, you might as well get out and enjoy our city’s fine nightlife. And, for that matter, its daylife. First Fridays are back. Actually, of course, they never went away. You just might have forgotten about them while the…

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Pianist Yuja Wang

The Weekend Starts Today

This remarkably mild February of 2016 is almost over. While you’re preparing for the big, quadrennial Leap Day parties on Monday, we’ve got a few other things to do around town. The Harriman-Jewell Series is like a trusted Yelp reviewer. If they bring a performer to KC, you can trust that it’ll be top-notch show….

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JB Mauney rides Cornwell Bucking Bulls's Blue Hurricane for 85 during the first round of the New York City Built Ford Tough series PBR. Photo by Andy Watson

The Weekend Starts Today

We’ll have unseasonably warm weather this weekend. Call it a false spring. Because of it, there’s no excuse to stay home, especially since we’ve rounded up for you the world-class entertainment coming to town. Sports fans, sadly, are living in a lull. Football is over. Baseball is yet to begin. KU and UMKC basketball are…

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While not nominated for Monday's telecast, the three-time Grammy nominees The Steeldrivers are at the Folly this weekend. (Credit: Robert Rausch)

The Weekend Starts Today

Ah, Valentine’s Day. For single people, it’s a festival of loneliness. For anyone in a relationship, it’s a Hallmark-hyped minefield of unreasonable expectations. The holiday is especially hard for men. The best any guy can do is put enough thought and money into the holiday to avoid getting in trouble. Then again, you may not…

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