KC restaurant openings and closings for December 2021

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Here’s a round-up of Kansas City restaurant news for December 2021, including an exciting new lounge in the basement of the Hotel Kansas City and three big announcements in Westport, headlined by a thirteen-square-foot megaclub and a successor to the beloved Joe’s Pizza window. Claws Out The Hotel Kansas City, in the century-old former city… Continue reading KC restaurant openings and closings for December 2021

Photographer and ‘hype person’ Tayanna Nelson is on a quest for the city’s best steak

Photography by Adri Guyer

When Tayanna Nelson and her husband started looking for a wedding photographer, they searched high and low for an inclusive photographer. “Everywhere I turned, people in our city had a stacked portfolio, but it was full of thin, white and conventionally attractive folks,” Nelson says.  The frustration from that experience inspired her to leverage her… Continue reading Photographer and ‘hype person’ Tayanna Nelson is on a quest for the city’s best steak

Broadway is back—meet an Overland Park native touring with ‘Tootsie’

Maverick Hiu, a Kansas City area native, is coming back to his hometown this week and bringing an entire Broadway troupe with him.  Hiu, who was born in Overland Park and lived there most of his childhood, landed roles in the ensemble and as an understudy for the two-time Tony award-winning musical Tootsie. Hiu says… Continue reading Broadway is back—meet an Overland Park native touring with ‘Tootsie’