Fourteen Things To Do In KC This Weekend, May 18-21

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Here are fourteen great things to do in KC this weekend, May 18-21, including: The Princess Bride in concert, Thomas Rhett at T-Mobile Center and Willie Nelson at Azura Amphitheater. Peter Pan and Wendy Taking the original spirit of adventure and wonder from J.M. Barrie’s classic, Lauren M. Gunderson’s fresh adaption, Peter Pan and Wendy,… Continue reading Fourteen Things To Do In KC This Weekend, May 18-21

KC business making small batch gourmet vanilla

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We’ve seen craft cocktails with homemade syrups and shrubs, fancy charcuterie boards, and, recently, even butter boards as trendy artisanal food meant to wow and to share. But our newest obsession is small-batch vanilla extract. In recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis on specialized and unique artisanal products, especially as gifts or for… Continue reading KC business making small batch gourmet vanilla

A twelve-acre farm near Lake Jacomo is home to a “darkness retreat”

Photography by Samantha Levi

Although the concept of a “darkness retreat” has been around from time immemorial, a spiritual practice used in many religions, it recently started trending when Aaron Rogers announced he was going to hunker down in utter darkness for a few days and contemplate his life choices. Dark therapy is about depriving yourself of light and… Continue reading A twelve-acre farm near Lake Jacomo is home to a “darkness retreat”

MU anthropologist says relationships are better between people with similar levels of desirability

Is it true that opposites attract? What makes relationships work? How can we find the best potential match? Sean Prall, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri, is close to answering those questions. He’s been observing and studying the behavior of Himba, a group of semi-nomadic agro-pastoralists in northwest Namibia, for five… Continue reading MU anthropologist says relationships are better between people with similar levels of desirability