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Day: June 8, 2026

Jazz trombonist and bandleader Marcus Lewis chats about music, KC and Juneteenth

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He’s a professor at UMKC and a wildly accomplished musician who’s performed all over the world, including gigs at the Kennedy Center, the Grammys, Glastonbury and the White House. On June 20, he’ll be performing with his band, Brass and Boujee, at Kansas City’s Juneteenth Heritage Festival. Kansas City magazine sat down with Marcus Lewis… Continue reading Jazz trombonist and bandleader Marcus Lewis chats about music, KC and Juneteenth

Kansas City was once home to the largest building west of the Mississippi River

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If you’re anything like me, you’re always amazed at how massive Nebraska Furniture Mart is. It feels like pulling into the parking lot of a cruise ship terminal. Well, the former Montgomery Ward building in KC’s Northeast neighborhood is that—times two. At 2.2 million square feet, the warehouse was the largest building west of the… Continue reading Kansas City was once home to the largest building west of the Mississippi River