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Kansas City Square Dance Clubs Still Kicking Up Heels
The Schemmers and their 23 companions meet the third Friday in September through May. The Harmony Dancers and the 15 other square dance clubs in the Kansas City metro carry on a long tradition that continues today.
What’s Behind the Plane Behind the House Off Ward Parkway?
Ever wondered why there’s a nose of an airplane enclosed in a glass shed? curiousKC has the answer.
Keeping The Faith in Kansas City
In the best of all worlds, religion fosters a common cause for self improvement and good works. Yet, as we have seen, harmony disintegrates when some followers espouse views that seem to contradict the basic tenets of their faith. Such divides led to this question posed to curiousKC: “How do the religiously devout reconcile their…
Steamboat Arabia Seeks New Quay
curiousKC tapped David Hawley, founder of Steamboat Arabia to help answer a question about the museum’s future.
Finding Friends When You Are Over 60
Sheryl Raineri grew up in the Chicago suburbs, relocated to the warmer climes of San Antonio for almost two decades, and then found herself in Kansas City, North, of all places, nearly seven years ago. She came here for family support when her husband was dying from lung disease. A career move had brought her…
Not Quite a Hat Trick | Kansas City’s Two Seasons of Pro Hockey
Joe Lynch makes slow, easy circles on the Crown Center Ice Terrace testing the edge on his newly sharpened ice skates. A pair of sisters watch wide-eyed, waiting for help to tie the brown laces on their skates. I approach Lynch, an ice rink attendant, explaining that we might catch him in the background for a…
For the Planners and the Dreamers
“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” — Andrew Carnegie, entrepreneur Explore the entire four-part video series, Libraries Out Loud. Then tune-in to hear the four heads of the library system discuss the series during a special Kansas City Week in Review at…
Celebrating SevenDays | Discover
This story is part of our coverage of Kansas City’s SevenDays project, which aims to bring people together to conquer hate and celebrate diversity. The project is led by Mindy Corporon, who lost two family members in the April 2014 shootings at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas. For each of the seven…
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