Here are fourteen things to do in KC this weekend, August 20—23 including Ethnic Enrichment Festival, Bluey’s Big Play and 5 Seconds of Summer.
Here are fourteen things to do in KC this weekend, August 20—23 including Ethnic Enrichment Festival, Bluey’s Big Play and 5 Seconds of Summer.

The best cocktail Madeline Buechter ever had was a seafood-washed martini created by Affäre’s bar manager Chase Ihde circa 2018. “We had this octopus bacon

Like Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, Kansas City’s Tom Jacobs and the rest of the College Baseball Foundation’s Board of Trustees are answering that

Here are fourteen things to do in KC this weekend, August 20—23 including Ethnic Enrichment Festival, Bluey’s Big Play and 5 Seconds of Summer.

Kansas City has a history of turning food trucks into brick-and-mortar restaurants. Port Fonda, TC’s Fully Loaded, Mattie’s Foods and Pigwich are just a few

At the Overland Park Arboretum, you’ll find all the things you should, like beautiful rose gardens, babbling streams, towering oak trees and chirping birds. But

Over the past seven years, Flew the Coop Sessions has built a dedicated following through its video series highlighting local bands. Now, the nonprofit organization

When Jeff Covitz took over his family’s menswear business more than 15 years ago, he was 30 years younger than most of his customers. Covitz’s

As Kansas City’s heat and humidity reaches its summer peak, River Market’s Enzo Bistro & Wine Bar has just the cure: a limoncello slushie. This

This Sunday, August 16 marks Kansas City’s citywide celebration of itself, 816 Day. In the Power & Light District, the official 816 Day celebration kicks

Veganism has long been the red-headed stepchild of food movements: tolerated but rarely respected by outsiders. Celebrity chefs—Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Anthony Bourdain—even made

Ben and Beth Foster both like things a little bit rustic and a little bit modern, so when they embarked on building their own house,

If there is one thing that the 2026 World Cup has shown this country—and the world—it’s that Kansas City is a major sports paradise. We’re
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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.

After having hands in almost every creative pot, Grant Kratzer’s clothing brand Cheatin Snakes is taking off, with Kratzer most recently acting as tour merch designer and stylist for rockstar Post Malone.

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