The number of cases of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is growing and our economy is reacting to that with ups and downs almost daily. Experts say it’s not if, but when the virus will damage the global economy. How will the coronavirus impact businesses across Greater KC? The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will host “The Emerging Impacts of the Coronavirus” on Wednesday, March…
Louise Erdrich // Photo by Hilary Abe On March 11, the Lawrence Public Library, the Raven Book store and Haskell Indian Nations University will welcome a titan of American literature to Haskell Auditorium. Louise Erdrich is the author of 15 novels, as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, children’s books and a memoir on early motherhood. The number of…
Fitz and the Tantrums // Photo by Archana Sundar Wednesday night, a crowd of all ages danced their hearts out to Fitz and the Tantrums on their All the Feels Winter Tour, with Twin XL opening for the band. They performed off their recent album, but also included fan favorites such as Handclap during their encore. With a heartfelt thank…
Illustration by Jack Raybuck Dear Dan: I’m a middle-aged gay man and I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. This is a disorder caused by the soft tissue in the throat collapsing during sleep. On top of making me feeling tired and awful all the time, sleep apnea is associated with a long list of health complications. I’m writing you…
With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner and at least $6.16 billion expected to be spent for the holiday this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best Cities for St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations as well as accompanying videos, along with stats about the holiday in its St. Patrick’s Day infographic. To determine the best cities for celebrating Irish-American heritage,…
Courtesy of Bernie 2020 Bernie 2020 this weekend officially opened four new offices in Missouri, building on the grassroots support of thousands of active volunteers already organizing across the state ahead of the March 10 primary. With office openings in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia, hundreds of volunteers came out for a weekend of action, knocking over 15,720…
Credit: Andrea Laws Reality TV show Ink Master, from Jessica Wilde and Dave Navarro, has a local Lawrence woman in competition for their new cover model. Not only does that winner get featured in the premiere tattoo arts magazine, but they also win a grand prize of $25,000. So consider us pulling for Andrea Laws. Voting to support her run…
Photo courtesy of Bluestem Thursday, March 5 Celebrate International Women’s Week with a beautiful five-course wine dinner featuring female winemakers at Bluestem (900 Westport Road). Cocktail hour kicks off at 6 p.m., and dinner begins soon after, with courses like halibut rillette with enoki mushroom on house-made country wheat bread (paired with Meix Foulot, Mercury 1er Cru, Burgundy, France ‘15);…
Ahead of the possibility of free busses coming to KC, a new report suggests that Missouri is the 4th most car-dependent state in America. While the country as a whole continues to rely heavily on cars, a new trend towards less car dependency is emerging among certain demographics. In addition to fewer teen drivers, more Americans are working from home. Between…
Ahead of the opening of baseball season, here’s a poem we enjoyed from a member of the community about the season of the sport. Not everything in journalism needs to be doom and gloom. The Play of the Game April softens earth and hearts, boys of summer begin their play, of balls and strikes, bases and bats, a child within…
Photo by Brandon Forrest Frederick Have you ever seen an art exhibit that just floored you? You couldn’t stop thinking about it on the drive home, or days later, and even now, months or years later, you think: That show!! It really did something. Rearranged how you think about the world in some way. Maybe, just maybe, one of the…
In addition to our premieres of Cuee’s “Who’s Back” and Una Walkenhorst’s “Pretty Face,” there are so many local music videos for you all to lay your peepers on, it’s likely to make your head spin. There’s more moody pop and laid-back hip-hop, but there’s also metal, riot grrl, and so much more. Feast your eyes upon this bounty. Pistol…
The Midland announced that Dániel Sallói, a forward for Sporting Kansas City, will be their chosen heartthrob for The Bachelor Live on Stage. The 23-year-old from Hungary who has played for Sporting KC since 2016 will attempt to kindle a love connection with one of the 10 local women competing for his affection. https://twitter.com/SportingKC/status/1234507791638896645 Sallói was the Sporting KC’s top…
Team Warren hits the streets. // Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Warren for President As the first early voting states have kicked off the 2020 Democratic primary season, Elizabeth Warren has had a slow start. In the first caucuses and primary elections, she came in near the middle of the pack of her fellow Democratic candidates. On a national scale, those…
Celebrate your favorite team by wearing their colors while running along this great course that begins and ends in the heart of downtown Kansas City. Choose from the 1-mile, 5K, or 12K distance. Or, challenge yourself to a combo race!! Runners of all experience levels are encouraged to participate in this family-friendly event. Strollers are welcome for the 1-mile and…
Illustration by Jack Raybuck We won. What do we do now? Well, we’ve got some power here to make big changes. Long overdue changes. This is the time to make said changes. “They use our people as mascots,” says Gayle Crouser, Executive Director of the Kansas City Indian Center, and who is Standing Rock Sioux. “They perpetuate stereotypical negative behavior.”…
Credit: Bojack Images Two Saturdays back at the Riot Room, Dirty Honey cranked out guitar riffs to a sold-out crowd with opening support from UK bluesy-garage rockers the Amazons. Headlining this tour after successful supporting gigs opening for Alter Bridge, Slash, The Who and Guns N Roses last year, Dirty Honey seeks to pick up where rock seemingly left off…
Destroyer with Eleanor Friedberger The Granada Friday, February 28 Never have I ever attended a show at the Granada where the crowd was as quiet and attentive as they were for Friday’s Destroyer show. I’ve been to shows in actual churches where there was more murmuring than for this one. It wasn’t as if there were folks shushing other folks…
