Finding a clinical-stage biotechnology company in the heart of Kansas City might seem incongruous. “People tend to think of us as ‘flyover’ territory,’” says Brent Kreider, president of BioMed Valley Discoveries. However, since 2007, this member of the Stowers group has been doing research that may lead to treating the world’s most deadly diseases. Kreider… Continue reading A local biotech company has a $2 billion endowment and a mission to “de-risk” research
Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros March 5. 7 pm. Best known for being a founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir started this new project in 2018, with the band performing songs from both Weir and the Grateful Dead, adding in a string and brass quintet accompaniment for a new sound. March 5. 7… Continue reading The best events in KC for March 2023
When Eric Flanagan, owner of the new Jim’s Alley Bar in the Crossroads (500 E. 18th St., #103, KCMO), lived in Chicago, he ate too many Italian beef sandwiches. “I spent my twenties there and fell in love with the city and the sandwich,” he says. “I had it three times a week, which was… Continue reading This dive bar’s Italian beef is straight outta Chi Town
Vine Street Brewing, Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery, is set to open this March with an official grand opening event in April. The highly anticipated brewery has been a long time in the making with owners Woodie Bonds Jr. and Elliott Ivory beginning as home brewers and collaborating with twenty different breweries across the metro. As… Continue reading Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery is set to open in the Jazz District
Jhy Coulter has been making waves in KC’s pizza scene with her popup, Devoured, which specializes in charred woodfire pizzas with fluffy crusts. You may remember Devoured’s pies from the cover of our March 2022 pizza issue. Her flavorful pies also won her Hulu’s “Best In Dough” contest. Now, she’s giving her popup a permanent… Continue reading Beloved pizza popup Devoured is working on a permanent location
