Last winter, I attended my first-ever roller derby bout at KCK’s Memorial Hall. With a cold domestic beer in hand and the raucous crowd as background music, I watched in awe as the Kansas City Roller Warriors pushed, shoved and skated their way to a nearly 200-point lead against Northwest Arkansas’ Natural State. Did I… Continue reading Inside Kansas City’s fast, fierce and fearless roller derby league, where community, confidence and chaos collide
A low concrete wall split down the middle. It’s not quite a bench, and not quite a barrier—which is exactly the point. For eight years now, sculptor Jill Downen’s Architectural Folly from a Future Place has lived in Swope Park, just steps from General Swope’s Greek-Doric mausoleum. Originally commissioned for Kansas City’s citywide arts initiative… Continue reading This Swope Park art piece is part wall, part bench and part invitation to rethink the boundaries around us
