Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Dive-In Movie & Other Weekend Possibilities
A new food truck season kicks off at Farm to Market Bread Co. (100 E. 20th St.) from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Flatland contributor Jill Silva hosts a gathering of trucks with Food Truck Friday in the bakery’s Crossroads parking lot. Magnolia’s on the Move, Cirque du Sucre, Beauty of the Bistro, Crave, and El Tenedor…
The Art of (Street Art)
Get lost* in our new photography series, “The Art of (KC)”, where we bring you beautiful, thought-provoking and compelling images of our city and surrounding areas every other week. Swipe through the slideshow for some creative street art. Then, get out your phone, your camera, your sketchbook — whatever — and let us see your…
Hello Atelier | Hunter, Gatherer, Storyteller
I discovered this week’s guest Jillian Youngbird and her work on Instagram. I was fascinated by the many different forms her art took – one day she would post a stunning piece of embroidery, another day it would be an image of a 7-foot bear sculpture. I like how her artistic style manifests itself across…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Counterpoint: Who Wants Boring Kids?
A week ago Ed Fugit, the best man at my wedding and my brother-from-another-mother, emailed me a link to an article chastising hipster parents who insist on bringing their kids to concerts. “Would read your take on this in Flatland…,” Fugit said of the story, written by Steven Hyden. OK, I’ll bite. We’ve all seen…
Boba KC Is Open & Other Weekend Possibilities
Take a moment to admire the llama beach towel or a neon pink minidress. Then walk another hundred feet inside the Midway Shopping Center and discover the newly opened Boba KC (4305 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas). “We want to welcome everybody in and make sure we have something for everyone,” co-owner Mike Her said….