Fermentation tanks at Crane Brewing Co. in Raytown.

Tap List | Collaborations Create Community

Alma Mader, Crane and Casual Animal are among the Kansas City area breweries that are embracing collaborations.

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A dog available for adoption from KC Pet Project.

KC Animal Shelter Dealing With a Post-Pandemic Onslaught of Pets

Kansas City’s municipal animal shelter is dealing with an onslaught of pets in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What you need to know for curiousKC this month. (Flatland)

Here’s Which Question Won in June and Your New Voting Round

The people have spoken. With nearly 30% of all votes during June, this is the question most folks wanted to learn about:  “I wonder who the Native Americans were that first lived in the KC area. What was their culture like?”  Our team will start to sift through research and reach out to experts in…

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Dean Hotel was more than a 12th Street one-stop-shop for Della Reynolds. It was what she called home for her formative years. (Courtesy | Della Reynolds)

curiousKC: Home Sweet (12th Street) Hotel

The Dean Hotel – in Kansas City’s famed 12th Street thoroughfare – housed lots of riff-raff and lots of stories. This woman decided to share hers of growing up in a hotel.

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Downtown Council Seeks Federal Grant to Advance South Loop Deck Plan

By Kevin Collison The Downtown Council is applying for a federal grant to continue planning an estimated $160 million South Loop Link that would create a four-block park spanning the busy freeway that divides the central business district from the Crossroads. The application is seeking $2.4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation that would…

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A scene from "Withdrawal."

Art House Extra | Exploring the Pain of ‘Withdrawal’

Art House host John McGrath talks to filmmaker Jacob Harding about “Withdrawal.”

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Tap List beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer taste tests yard beers.

Tap List | Do KC Yard Beers Outdo the Classics? (Blind Taste Test)

Tap List beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer taste tests some local and national yard beers just in time for the Fourth of July.

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The iconic Katz Drug Store opened in 1934 at Westport and Main streets.

Katz Owner Seeks Demo Permit After Redevelopment Plan Denied

(Updated July 1: The City Council voted 9-2 to reconsider the Katz redevelopment project and send it back to committee at the request of the proposal’s sponsor City Councilwoman Katheryn Shields. Shields said Councilman Eric Bunch, who sponsored the amendment to reduce the proposal’s property tax abatement and add a requirement for affordable housing and…

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fireworks

Weekend Possibilities | Fireworks, KC Air Show and True Crime Podcast Festival

Between fireworks, the air show and a reggae music festival, Fourth of July weekend offers plenty of opportunities to make some noise.

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The Good Shepherd Conservancy is a nonprofit organization devoted to preserving Standardbred poultry and historical purebred lines such as those shown here for agricultural use.

Kansas Farmer Fights to Save Heritage Poultry From Extinction

For 20 years, Frank Reese has been working to build a modern-day Noah’s Ark for poultry. His goal is to save 10 rare breeds of chickens and turkeys by growing the flock to 100,000 by 2025.

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UMKC Proposing Student Housing, Retail by Planned Streetcar Terminus

By Kevin Collison A new UMKC master plan that calls for developing housing for 500 students along with retail space at the terminus of the planned streetcar route has been approved by the University of Missouri Board of Curators. The proposed development is part of a larger UMKC Master Plan 2021 for the Volker and…

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The University of Missouri-Kansas City is proposing housing for 500 students at the planned streetcar terminus by its campus.

UMKC Proposing Student Housing, Retail by Planned Streetcar Terminus

A new University of Missouri-Kansas City master plan calls for developing housing for 500 students along with retail space at the southern terminus of the planned KC Streetcar route.

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Greenworks In Kansas City, a local nonprofit, works to connect kids and young adults with environmental education and job opportunities.

Environmental Camp About More Than Making S’mores

Greenworks In Kansas City, a local nonprofit, works to connect kids and young adults with environmental education and job opportunities.

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In 2019, Kansas City hosted a ballroom event where performers were able to walk, vogue and pose in front of "Pose" star, Dominique Jackson. (Sandy Woodsen | Flatland)

KC’s Grandfather of Ballroom Works for Greater Acceptance of the Culture

Ballroom culture has been around for longer than many realize, but it’s only recently arrived in Kansas City.

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Grand Avenue Temple Closes, Downtown Sanctuary Since 1912

GUEST COMMENTARY By Bryan Cisler After more than 100 years, today (June 27) was the final service for Grand Avenue Temple – a Methodist church in downtown Kansas City at Ninth and Grand Avenue. I wasn’t a member there but I decided to attend the last service. I hung around afterwards and talked to some…

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