Can one local entrepreneur’s dirt blocks solve Kansas City’s affordable housing crisis?

Photography courtesy of Civic Saint.

Godfrey Riddle was 12 years old when his family lost their home to foreclosure. It was the summer of his 7th grade year and they were temporarily homeless, living with relatives and in hotel rooms before securing a rental. “I couldn’t understand why we live in a society where housing is such a precarious thing,”… Continue reading Can one local entrepreneur’s dirt blocks solve Kansas City’s affordable housing crisis?

Eleven Things To Do In KC This Weekend, November 2-5

The Sound of Music. Courtesy image.

Here are eleven great things to do in Kansas City this weekend, November 2-5, including: The Sound of Music, two Día de los Muertos celebrations and Dale Hollow.

A Tiki Bar Will Open In The Former Mocking Bird Lounge

The Former Mockingbird Lounge / Photo Taken By Kansas City Magazine

When popular Strawberry Hill bar Mockingbird Lounge closed unexpectedly in September, patrons were a bit dismayed, but there’s good news on the horizon. The former lounge is being transformed into an intimate tiki bar – The Blue Palm (204 Orchard St., KCK).  “The bones of any great tiki bar are really great drinks, really great… Continue reading A Tiki Bar Will Open In The Former Mocking Bird Lounge

The best events in KC: November 2023

Photography by Darrien Case.

LEE SAMSON Music is in Lee Samson’s blood. “Music has been in my family before I was walking—before I was even thought of, really,” says Lee Samson, the grandchild of Lee Williams, lead singer of Tupelo, Mississippi gospel quartet Lee Williams & the Spiritual QC’s.  Samson is part of a burgeoning group of hip-hop and… Continue reading The best events in KC: November 2023