Zach Dinicola, the Kansas native behind the viral social media success of Mr. Mixer, got started with equal parts curiosity and spite. Now, Dinicola runs a KitchenAid mixer repair business in Augusta, Kansas, employing five technicians and servicing machines sent to them from every state and even one from Australia. In 2019, with an eye… Continue reading Zach Dinicola’s KitchenAid mixer fix-it videos have made him a social media sensation and spawned a business
Cole Lindbergh still thinks about Worlds of Fun like a manager. More than a decade after leaving the park, the former games supervisor—once featured on National Public Radio program This American Life’s “Amusement Park” episode, spotlighting Lindbergh’s outsized enthusiasm for theme parks—still tracks pricing, attendance and industry trends. So when ownership of Kansas City’s amusement… Continue reading As Worlds of Fun changes hands again, a former park manager wonders if Kansas City’s coaster staple will finally reinvest or stay in neutral
The 27th three-day Kansas City Planet Comicon was bigger and better than ever this year. With thousands of attendees, many wearing intensely detailed outfits depicting characters from their favorite book series, film series, or comic books, it was one for the record books. At the convention, there was all manner of Comicon fun in the… Continue reading Hobbit Revelations at 2026 Planet Comicon
