Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Girl Scout Cookies & Wine, Donuts & Beer & Other Weekend Possibilities
Just like a friend with a pick-up truck, mezcal is a spirit you should know. Sample mezcal from Bozal, a small-batch Mexican distillery, from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mitch e Amaro (306 Armour Road, North Kansas City, Missouri), a new spot with a built-in bar dedicated to spirits from independent producers and cocktail…
Step Inside The Glittering Universe of Mother Earf
Mother Earf has a pixie haircut, faux lashes for days and glitter shimmers on her cheekbones. Her velvet gown matches the curtains between the bar and the stage. She sits at the foot of that stage, the vibrant queen of the “Slow Your Roll: Slow & Sensual Show.” The Uptown Arts Bar is dimly lit,…
Pi Day, Burnt Ends Reuben & Other Weekend Possibilities
Here are the five words you’ve been longing to hear … corned beef burnt ends Reuben. The limited-run sandwich is back at Joe’s Kansas City on Thursdays in March and this Saturday, March 16. [FLEX-CONTENT] The U.S. Coffee Championships will be in Kansas City this weekend. The championships will crown the top barista, brewer, roaster…
All The Pancakes, All The Coffee & Other Weekend Possibilities
I hope you’re drinking coffee right now, as we have a lot of coffee news to get through this week. Go get some. I’ll wait. Checks email. Signs up for Flatland’s newsletter. Follows Flatland on Twitter. Just kidding, I follow Flatland and you do, too. Got a cup? Good. Let’s go. Ever wonder how coffee…
Chicken & Waffles, Lime Daiquiris & Other Weekend Possibilities
The last eggs will be cracked at Cascone’s Grill (15 E. 5th St.) today. The long-time diner will close after more than 80 years in the River Market. Next up for the space, CitySceneKC reported that Anton Kotar, the owner of Anton’s Taproom on Main Street, will open Estelle’s Diner in the space. [FLEX-CONTENT] It’s a concept…
Tea Time, A Drinking Circus & Other Weekend Possibilities
Hummus and pita and baklava and oh, why are we not yet eating? Kinzi Mediterranean Cuisine is open at 5329 Johnson Drive in Mission, Kansas. Get gyros, falafel, kabobs or curry. Kinzi is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Genovese is now the 1856 Bar and Grill (941 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas). The…
Party Like It’s 1860 & Other Weekend Possibilities
Do you long for a simpler time when butter was still churned by hand? The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Historic Farm site in Olathe, Kansas, is hosting a dinner ($49) straight out of the 1860s from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Staff in period garb will take you by stagecoach to the historic home and to…
Be Our Neighbor With A Cardigan-Inspired Beer & Other Weekend Possibilities
Slip on a cardigan sweater and meet your neighbors. Strange Days Brewing Co. (316 Oak St.) is hosting a watch party from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — the documentary about the life and career of Fred Rogers. Strange Days will debut Hoppy Cardigan, its hop-laden pilsner at the event. Kansas…
Farmers & Friends, a Tiny Brewery Celebration & Other Weekend Possibilities
Don’t have a friend who is a farmer? You do at Cultivate Kansas City’s annual Farmers & Friends meeting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Second Presbyterian Church (318 E. 55th St.). The day kicks off with a potluck pie breakfast (there is also a potluck lunch) and continues with workshops on…
A Burger State of Mind & Other Weekend Possibilities
Football season is wing season. Since the football season has ended in Kansas City (sorry), perhaps you’d consider a different kind of wing? VegLife Kansas City is putting on the third annual plant-based Wing Bowl from 6 to 9 p.m. at the City Market. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance. They include…