Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
The Weekend Starts Today
This week is the Jewish holiday of Passover. Sunday, of course, is Easter. Both holidays are celebrations of rebirth, among other things. Whether you eat unleavened bread, hunt for painted eggs or just enjoy the feeling of spring, Flatland has a ton of life-affirming stuff to do around town. Like baseball. Royals home games have…
Apple Blossom Festival & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Cider Hill Family Orchard (3341 N 139th Street, Kansas City, Kansas) is hosting an Apple Blossom Festival on Saturday (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to celebrate the season. Three words, folks: apple cider slushes. They’ll also have apple cider donuts, barbecue, and hayrides. [FLEX-CONTENT] The Kansas City Star’s…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Jon Batiste’s Social Face of Jazz
On Friday, the American Jazz Museum will welcome music icon Jon Batiste to Kansas City to recognize his successful music career and his work as a mentor and steward of jazz music with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which has been given annually since 2005, seeks to commend those individuals who have made contributions…
The Weekend Starts Today
Friday is No Housework Day. That means you have the perfect excuse for not spending all your time at home wrangling dust bunnies. Instead, why not get out of that oh, so messy house and see what the city has to offer? Flatland has culled the best of all that’s happening around town. That does…
Suspended In Time
Suspended In Time A Box of KC Mafia Documents Makes Its Way to Special Collections Story by: Jonathan Bender, Jesse Howe and Mike McGraw Anthony “Tony” Gizzo mug shot. (Kansas City Public Library) “That’s quite a pair of shoes that Tony Gizzo has on…do you remember him?” Flatland Special Projects Reporter Mike McGraw asks, looking at…