Founded in 2005, Kansas City magazine began its life as 435 South, a lifestyle publication focusing on southern Johnson County. The original magazine was started by Gannett, the national media organization that owns USA Today, and it promised lots of gloss and glamour. But early on, the team discovered what readers really wanted was authenticity… Continue reading Celebrating 20 Years: From suburban experiment to citywide voice
Here are fifteen things to do in KC this weekend, December 4—7 including Winter WonderBand, Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve and PJ Party Crawl.
This holiday season, after an estimated 1,100 performances of A Christmas Carol, local actor Gary Neal Johnson will be taking his final bow as Ebenezer Scrooge. Johnson took over the lead role in 2000 after playing many other characters over the KC Rep production’s 40-year history, including Jacob Marley, Charles Dickens and Old Joe. Although… Continue reading After more than 20 years, Kansas City’s Scrooge takes a bow
A KC chamber ensemble brings a candlelit performance of Handel’s Messiah to the historic Folly Theater We’ve all heard the Messiah’s Hallelujah chorus plenty of times. Films, TV shows, advertisements, holiday compilation albums—the list goes on. “It’s embedded in pop culture,” says Ben Spalding, artistic director of KC’s Spire Chamber Ensemble. But witnessing the bombastic… Continue reading The best things to do this month in KC: December 2025
