A Brief History Of America’s Middle Class
“The middle class is disappearing” has been a standard line during this election cycle. As it turns out, it’s not wrong. Last year was the first recorded year that middle-income families no longer made up the majority in America, according to the Pew Research Center. What this actually means economically is a mixed bag, but…
Rewriting The History Books
A chance discovery by a local historian rewrites the architectural landscape of West Plaza. There’s poetry in that.
The Weekend Starts Today
Let’s be realistic. Summer is for the great outdoors. People camp. They travel, heading off to visit national parks or see family and friends. Accordingly, many of our cultural institutions go on hiatus for the summer months, too. The ballet, symphony and many of the city’s bigger theater companies, for instance, are all on a…
Order Up | Cafe Europa’s Lemon Cake
We use our “Order Up” series as a way to take a layered look at food and drink all over town. This week we also used our “Order Up” series to have a lemon cake party in the newsroom. Sorry not sorry.
Rock and Run Brewery Reopens in Liberty, Plans to Expand in Kearney
History has a way of writing its own story. Rock and Run Brewery and Pub owners Gene DeClue and Dan Hatcher had initiated plans to expand into an adjacent space in the 130-year-old Bedinger Building near Liberty’s historic downtown square. But then that building collapsed into rubble on Tuesday, May 3, destroying the future expansion…
Take 5 For Your Health
Kansas City-Area Hospitals Vary Widely In Percentage Of Doctors Who Take Drug Company Payments Kansas City-area hospitals vary greatly when it comes to the percentage of doctors who accept money from drug and medical device companies. The hospital with the highest percentage is Providence Medical Center, where nearly 89 percent of its doctors took such…
Five Ways You’re a Mosquito Magnet
The rain. The heat. The rain. The heat. We’re in a weather pattern that leaves Flatland confused about what to wear in the morning and certain of this: The mosquitos are in heaven. Our graphic explains why you may be a target.
Ferment Nation | Wine is Physical
Like Science? Like wine? Join master of wine and master sommelier Doug Frost — only one of four people in the world to hold both distinctions simultaneously — in “Ferment Nation” as he breaks down the science of fermentation, explores the culture of Midwest wine, and cuts out the pretension in this six-part series. What are the…
Does Your Body Really Refresh Itself Every 7 Years?
The latest episode of the podcast Invisibilia explores the idea that personality — something a lot of us think of as immutable — can change over time. That got Invisibilia co-host Lulu Miller wondering if anything about us stays the same. Do all the cells in our body turn over every seven years as is…
Which Park is for You?
It’s hot and you need a park. Sure, you could spend the whole summer inside, but where’s the fun in that? Summer is for getting out, getting sweaty, and getting bug bites. (Okay, maybe not the last one.) The question, though is what kind of park do you need? Check out Flatland’s new flow chart…
These Midwest Farmers Think They Know The Next Trendy ‘Superfruit’
Peggy Fogle and her dog, Abe, walk among rows of aronia berry bushes on the family property outside Carlisle, Iowa. Plants on the ends of rows are smaller from years of being nibbled by deer and rabbits. But on nearly nine acres, filling four separate fields, the bushes are reaching maturity, eight years after Fogle…
Common Grounds | Discussing Life After Orlando
This week’s episode of “Common Grounds” comes to you from our down-the-street neighbor, the Good Samaritan Project, where we visited with six members of Kansas City’s LGBT community. Ash R. Allee, Gina Vidal, Greg Razer, Hugo Ximello-Salido, Matt Parker Green, and Stuart Hinds were the diverse coffee conversationalists who gathered at the project’s offices,…
Party for America & Other Weekend Possibilities
Colony Espresso & Beer (312 Armour Road, North Kansas City) is hosting a free Party for America from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday. There will be barbecue, Wiffle ball, yard games, and specials on good old-fashioned American beer. New beer is always exciting. Border Brewing (406 E 18th Street) tapped its Strawberry Blonde (made with 100…
The American Restaurant sets a new course for 2017
The American Restaurant, one of Kansas City’s signature eateries, is changing course for 2017. The American, located in Crown Center, will host a series of guest chefs next year for what was termed “limited culinary engagements,” in a news release earlier this afternoon. The reinvention of the restaurant comes with the news that executive chef Michael Corvino…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Run DMCA
No one better than a music-loving lawyer to break down for us why T. Swift & Co. have been in a petition-signing frenzy of late. We look at the DMCA and why it has industry giants raising up battle flags against YouTube.