‘Legends’ is still the new kid on the block. Here’s why that might be great for KCK.

Nine years after its opening, Legends Outlets Kansas City continues to surpass expectations — despite a public perception that the stores are struggling. “I believe the song is, ‘The haters gonna hate, hate, hate, and we’re gonna shake, shake, shake it off,” says Mark Holland, mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. Borrowing his words from musician Taylor Swift, who recently…

The 1908 painting, Water Lilies, by French Impressionist Claude Monet, will be auctioned by Sotheby's for the William I. Koch collection. (Credit: Sotheby's via AP)

Picasso, Monet from William Koch collection to be auctioned

NEW YORK (AP) — An erotic painting of a cabaret singer by Pablo Picasso with a second picture on the reverse side could bring over $60 million at auction. Picasso’s “The Night Club Singer” from his Blue Period was created in 1901. A bawdy picture of his dealer, Pere Manach, is on the back. Sotheby’s…

Men in high heels

Raising Heel Heights To Raise Money For Abuse Victims

KU Med Students And Faculty participate in “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event

The entrepreneurs behind Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch want to grow insects, like these mealworms, for people to eat. (Photo: Luke Runyon | Harvest Public Media)

Choice Cuts: Ready For a Cricket Taco?

This is the fifth and final part of Harvest Public Media’s week-long series Choice Cuts: Meat In America, examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet. The documentary on the subject, which aired Thursday on KCPT, will re-air Sunday at 9am and Monday at 10pm on KCPT.  Beef, poultry and pork are staples of the American diet,…

Sounding Smarter

News for People With No Time for News

The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall

Celebrating, Bemoaning the passage of time

The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall is celebrating its 75th anniversary tonight, and it’s a good thing that the celebration is happening during the evening: In the light of day, the museum is clearly in need of a facelift – possibly an estimated $36 million dollar facelift. Starting in 2005, the Kansas City Museum…

art sculpture at Synergy Services

Children’s services tax on table for Jackson, Clay Counties

Jackson and Clay counties are hoping to join a handful of Missouri municipalities that have enacted a local tax to fund services for at-risk

Royals edibles

Eat Your (Royals) Heart Out

It’s all blue in Kansas City right now. Folks have donned shirts and hats to tell the world that they’re ready to see the Kansas City Royals take the crown. We don’t have an ocean, but we’re a sea of blue. Since the quickest way to your heart is through your stomach, we set out…

The cattle at Covered-L Farms are a mix of Herford and Red Angus breeds. Farmer Steve Landers converted his cattle ranch to 100 percent grass-fed beef in 2007. (Photo: Kristofor Husted | Harvest Public Media)

Choice Cuts: Farmers raising meat look to keep up with your changing diet

Harvest Public Media’s series “Choice Cuts: Meat In America” examines how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and diet

Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers, from left, Logan Pachciarz and Liang Fu rehearse for "The Three Musketeers". (Credit: Kansas City Ballet)

The Weekender

Don’t kid yourself. This weekend – and, with luck, most of the next few weeks – Kansas City nightlife will be completely dominated by the Royals’ playoff run. It doesn’t matter if you are promoting a rock concert, staging a ballet, or just throwing a birthday party, crowds are going to be real hard to…

Pigs in containment area

Choice Cuts: With lifesaving antibiotics at risk, farmers, veterinarians asked to curtail use in livestock

This is part three of Harvest Public Media’s week-long series Choice Cuts: Meat In America, examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet. The documentary on the subject will air 7:30 pm this Thursday on KCPT.  One of the most important tools of modern medicine is in jeopardy. In the 20th century, antibiotics turned once-lethal…

Because it’s root-root-root for the home team…

Contributor Hampton Stevens and Multimedia Producer John McGrath get hyped at the K.

Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson

Agreeability trumps algebra, Kansans tell state education officials

Kansas residents, educators and business leaders agree that academic know-how takes a backseat to “soft” skills.

Cremalab founder George Brooks

90 Seconds with Cremalab

Ed’s Note: Flatland and Startland News have partnered to highlight Kansas City’s innovators and entrepreneurs, all in 90 seconds. This is the third episode in the five-part series.  With a team of sharp, trendily dressed bohemians, Cremalab is where speed meets creative dynamism. The Kansas City firm, founded in 2009, transformed itself from a design shop to a…

A corn harvester

Choice Cuts: Massive corn crops form backbone of meat industry

This is part two of Harvest Public Media’s week-long series Choice Cuts: Meat In America, examining how the meat industry is changing the U.S. food system and the American diet. The documentary on the subject will air 7:30 pm this Thursday on KCPT.  Drive down a dirt road, a two-lane country highway, even many Interstates in the Midwest and the view…