Here are fourteen things to do in KC this Independence Day weekend, July 2—5 including Stars and Stripes Picnic, Bob Dylan and FIFA World Cup: Colombia vs. Ghana.
Here are fourteen things to do in KC this Independence Day weekend, July 2—5 including Stars and Stripes Picnic, Bob Dylan and FIFA World Cup: Colombia vs. Ghana.

As someone who grew up in rural Missouri, nothing says summer quite like a float trip. While we may be hundreds of miles from the

4 Stars and Stripes Picnic Returning for its sixth year, Stars and Stripes Picnic has become KC’s biggest Independence Day gathering, bringing live music, fireworks

Here are fourteen things to do in KC this Independence Day weekend, July 2—5 including Stars and Stripes Picnic, Bob Dylan and FIFA World Cup: Colombia vs. Ghana.

You’ve heard it before, probably more times than you’d care to: These are “uncertain times.” Mostly, that means we’re in an era rife with challenges,

The suburbs were never part of Lauren and Dan Nguyen’s plan. Inspired by the row houses in Chicago, the couple envisioned a forever home that

With the World Cup in full swing, KC’s matches are a gold mine for stadium food and drink vendors—especially breweries.

The idea for sisters Gwen McClure and Teri McClure Elliott’s business began in Lyon, France. In the mid-90s, Teri visited Gwen, who was living there

Flat tire? Mercury is in retrograde. Spat with a coworker? Mercury is in retrograde. Computer goes haywire? Mercury is in retrograde. It’s one of those

In the Depths of LaBudde Special Collections at UMKC’s Miller Nichols Library sits a growing stack of the Westport Trucker, their covers scattered in neon

Designer Kelee Katillac doesn’t see historic properties as stodgy and stuck in the past. To her, they’re part of an ever-evolving story to be embraced.

Food is love. Just ask Jyoti Mukharji. “In India, we don’t express our love in words,” she says. In the Western world, Mukharji explains, everybody

There’s no argument about whether Tiny Davis could play at an elite level. The jazz trumpeter and vocalist was labeled the “female Louis Armstrong.” As
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HISTORY
We scoured the history books, took a look at the last 180 or so years of Kansas City history and cherry-picked the moments and movements that shaped the city we live in today. Some events called for instant celebration or quick action, others for somber reflection and disciplined planning, but each moment in time led us to where we find ourselves now.

There’s a line in the iconic film Selena when Edward James Olmos, who plays Selena’s father, is in the driver’s seat of the tour bus,

In 1956, Dwayne Steinle opened a small film processing facility in Parsons, a town of 10,500 west of Joplin, Missouri. At the store’s peak—before digital

Dr. Kimberly Marrow starts her morning as most people do. She wakes up, brushes her teeth, gets dressed, makes her coffee and catches up on

The gruesome torture-murder of Artemus Ogletree in a Kansas City hotel has a mythical status among true crime geeks. We obtained access to the complete