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Food halls have added an important component to the Kansas City region's restaurant scene in recent years. These communal spaces provide opportunities for new food ventures, and offer flavors from around the world.
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Latino men's basketball has been a Westside tradition since the 1950s. An iconic basketball tournament that honors a former youth coach in the neighborhood, Tony Aguirre, has been paired with Cinco de Mayo weekend celebrations to raise money for local Latino sports.
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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum accepted on Thursday the remnants of the vandalized statue. The cleats will be added to an existing exhibit about the first Black American to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
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One of the best restaurants in Kansas opens four days a week on the wind-swept plains, an hour beyond the nearest stoplight. In a county that’s lost more than half of its population, Fly Boy Brewery & Eats offers a renewed sense of hope — and a cheeseburger worth driving for.
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Once seen as a musical relic, audio cassettes have survived the eras of CDs and streaming to win over music lovers of a new generation. That’s in large part thanks to the National Audio Company in Springfield, Missouri, the largest cassette manufacturer in the world.
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Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from St. Louis to Houston took turns craning their necks for a midair view of the total solar eclipse.
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Total solar eclipses occur every year or two, but it is exceedingly rare for the paths of two of them to intersect only a handful of years apart, as it has in a swath of southern Missouri and Illinois.
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This will be the last chance to catch a total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. for about 20 years, so here's what you need to know to safely enjoy! The Kansas City area can expect to see about 89% coverage, with the peak occurring around 1:54 p.m.
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This tool from NASA allows you to get your exact window to see Monday's eclipse; all you need is your ZIP code. For the Kansas City area, expect just above 89% coverage, with the most coverage occurring around 1:54 p.m.
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Some people with expensive photo equipment are hoping to get the perfect shot during Monday's total solar eclipse. But for the rest of us, a cellphone camera is what we have to work with.
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Native plant species are better adapted for our environment, great food for bees and butterflies, and available to purchase at nurseries and plant shops across the Kansas City region. Can you dig?
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Manor Records, the nonprofit record label aimed at helping local musicians fund their work, is opening a new storefront on Troost Avenue. The record store will offer a small stage for concerts and a space in the back for music lessons. The foundation is celebrating its grand opening Friday with a concert.
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Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan every year by fasting from sunup to sundown, and then breaking bread with friends and family at the end of each day. Halal markets help feed believers by providing hard-to-get supplies from around the globe and offering discount prices to those who need them during the monthlong celebration.
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When you think about the guitar, your favorite rock band or a singer-songwriter might come to mind, but classical guitar rocks just as hard as its more mainstream counterparts. April is International Guitar Month: celebrate by learning more about Kansas City’s classical guitar scene.