Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
The Elements of Sandwiching & Other Weekend Possibilities
Your restaurant week journey doesn’t have to end Sunday. It’s the final weekend for Kansas City Restaurant Week, but after Sunday, you won’t have to go back to ordering things a la carte. Friday kicks off the first weekend of the fifth annual Downtown Lawrence Restaurant Week. [FLEX-CONTENT] Restaurant week works a bit differently in Lawrence,…
KC Restaurant Week, Adventures in Dairy & Other Weekend Possibilities
You have 200 excuses to dine out this weekend. The 10th annual Kansas City Restaurant Week kicks off Friday, and more than 200 restaurants are offering prix fixe lunches ($15) and dinners ($33). Restaurant week runs through next Sunday. Check out a few unexpected spots in Jill Silva’s piece highlighting three female chefs you should…
Regional Effort Aims to Improve Health and Education of Native Americans
If you want to know how many American Indians live in the United States, the Census Bureau will tell you — sort of. That’s because its count of approximately 2.6 million Native Americans, or about 0.8 percent of the population, mostly groups them together with indigenous Alaskans. The same goes for federal health and education…
The Butcher, The Cinnamon Roll & Other Weekend Possibilities
The death of the deli may have been exaggerated. Leeway Butcher (935 Iowa Street, #9, Lawrence, Kansas) is a new venture from Leeway Franks co-founders Lee and K Meisel. The butcher shop, which is next to the snack shop that serves sausages and poutine, works with small producers and also has old-school deli rounds —…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Avoiding the New Year’s Eve Dud
Whether you plan months in advance or you try to throw something together at the last minute, the odds are that your New Year’s Eve is going to suck. And that’s not your fault. We unfairly build up the holiday as the remedy to all of our holiday ails. We use it as an opportunity…
’80s Ski Party at Bar K, 1 Last Meatloaf at Anna’s Oven & Other Weekend Possibilities
Kansas City is losing a bit of comfort food. Anna’s Oven (1809 W. 39th St.) is closing Saturday, Dec. 29. Anna’s, which has been open for more than 7 years, is like a diner-meets-your grandma’s kitchen with lasagna (a square slab and architectural marvel of layered pasta, cheese and tomato sauce), meatloaf and fried chicken….
Celebrating Kansas City And All Its Traditions (From Here and Abroad)
For some, it is art. For others, it is food and music. The common thread, however, is that these activities are touchstones for transplants to the Kansas City area — some of whom arrived from halfway around the world as refugees from violent conflict and political turmoil. The holiday season is a time to celebrate…
It’s Time We Stopped Shaming Patrick Mahomes For Loving Ketchup
I never thought we’d be fighting about ketchup for a month. But here we are, and the world has stopped revolving because Patrick Mahomes, the quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, likes to arm curl his ketchup onto a bowl of macaroni and cheese. People assume all the time that I’m judging them for what…
BBQ Duck Tacos, Christmas Sangria & Other Weekend Possibilities
Say it with me. BBQ. Duck. Tacos. Mission Taco has opened its second area location at 5060 Main St. (the original is in the Crossroads at 409 E. 18th St.). The drinks range from Tiki (rum-fueled, tropical concoctions) to mezcal and tequila cocktails. The food is just as playful with carne asada on top of…
Lawrence’s LK Ultra Ushers in a New Generation of Punk
LK Ultra is the most punk band in Lawrence, Kansas. Yes, Young Bull is louder, and yes, Stiff Middle Fingers is faster. But when it comes to the core principles that make a punk band punk, LK Ultra checks nearly every box. Their Instagram bio describes LK Ultra as an “indigenous-fronted queer indie rock band.”…