United WE To Honor Brittany Mahomes As a Champion For Change

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On May 6, Kansas City nonprofit organization United WE will celebrate 35 years of championing women leaders at its Champions for Change event—and Brittany Mahomes will be a part of the spotlight.

Tiny, volunteer-run Stray Cat Film Center is screening stuff no other theater in town will

Photography by Kayla Masisak

It’s a Thursday night, and seventies electro-funk is thumping through the lobby of Stray Cat Film Center in the Crossroads. The lobby of this microcinema is styled like the Forman family den, with a Pam Grier poster on the wall and a yellow and orange floral print sofa facing a constellation of artfully arranged tube… Continue reading Tiny, volunteer-run Stray Cat Film Center is screening stuff no other theater in town will

A Leap of Faith

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Growing up immersed in the arts, singer-songwriter Malek Azrael recalls being surrounded by the sounds of Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and singer-songwriter Monica in his childhood home. But Azrael credits his big sister, a poet, as one of his first idols (in good company with Beyoncé).  “I remember kind of reading her poetry journals—which I… Continue reading A Leap of Faith