The Weekend Starts Today

A music cast.

Are you already sick of the Olympic Games? Have you seen enough swimming to last a lifetime? Do you fear that your eyes will pop if you watch another ping-pong match? If so, we have a few, more entertaining, ways to spend your weekend. Unfortunately, team sports aren’t among them. The Royals finish up against…

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The Weekend Starts Today

A woman and man stand next to each other.

August is when summer gets old. There is a reason they call it the dog days, after all. It’s because you need dogged determination to slog through the relentless heat. Beat it, or beat the contrapositive cabin fever, by getting out to enjoy some of what our city has to offer. The Chiefs started training…

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The Weekend Starts Today

A woman stands on a stage.

With the Republican convention just over and the Democratic gathering in full swing, you might be thinking about nothing but politics. Then again, given that we’ve still got more than three months left of this before the election, you might want to take a break from politics and enjoy some of the culture the city…

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The Weekend Starts Today

Band Duran Duran

In just a few weeks, those dismal dog days of August will be upon us, and our will to live sorely tested. But not quite yet. In fact, this is a weekend chock full of life-affirming options. Chief among them, the return of Fringe. That’s the annual KC Fringe Festival, which kicks off Thursday. Twelve…

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The Weekend Starts Today

Comedian Louis C.K.

Let’s be realistic. Summer is for the great outdoors. People camp. They travel, heading off to visit national parks or see family and friends. Accordingly, many of our cultural institutions go on hiatus for the summer months, too. The ballet, symphony and many of the city’s bigger theater companies, for instance, are all on a…

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