Harry & Nancy Cold winter days are the perfect opportunity to find respite in our city’s many museums. A few weeks ago, I did just that and landed in Independence for a…
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There’s a rock climbing gym under Kansas City. In the ground below a quiet area of downtown KC called Coleman Highlands, a business park called Downtown Underground splays out like the cosmos…
Just before the weekend, Union Station Kansas City announced its next major exhibition: The Science of Guinness World Records. The traveling exhibition, which will center on world records and how people set…
Kansas City Repertory Theatre announced its 2025-26 season Tuesday, with two of its shows associated with recent Hollywood hits. The five-production lineup includes Dracula and The Wizard of Oz. The source novel…
PNC Broadway in Kansas City announced its 2025-26 season this morning. The season will conclude with a three-week run of Wicked. Wicked will take place at the Kansas City Music Hall from…
Do you know a soul who’d complain about a box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day? We don’t—but there are levels to this. You could rush it with a quick drugstore buy, or…
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Hand-painted wallcoverings and textiles from Kansas City are sought after by luxury clients around the world, hanging in rarified spaces such as Princess Marie Chantal of Greece’s pied-a-terre in New York to…
In early 2020, Dee Ferguson was physically and creatively drained. She’d just sold the service business she’d owned for 15 years and wanted to explore every option for her future—and then the…
The first Black author to write for Harlequin’s Historical Romance line is a Kansas City girl through and through. She goes by the pen name Elle Jackson, but her large family and…
Elon Kebede is a fashion designer and executive, but she’s always aimed at something greater: acquiring knowledge and helping others do the same. Kebede started learning early. She spent her earliest years…
Having a dad who’s a Mission Hills stockbroker and diplomas from Rockhurst High School and William Jewell College might be an unexpected bio for someone who’s been making a living at standup…
Dylan Welter’s dream of becoming a filmmaker was born in a Kansas City theater in 2001. On January 24, 2025, his second feature film, The Militia, will premiere at the B&B…