News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
New Year’s Eve Reflection: First Six Months of CityScene KC
By Kevin Collison It’s been six months since I launched CityScene KC and I hope you’ve enjoyed it so far. The plan has been to produce a regular, reliable news source for downtown residents, employees and everyone interested in our city’s heart, a small-town newspaper for a unique, growing urban community. My greatest satisfaction so…
How Do Real Estate and Art Overlap?
Despite the popularity of Kansas City’s gallery-saturated Crossroads Arts District and its First Fridays mania, the cultural hub retains some of its image as a starving artists colony. Kim Weinberger, owner of Weinberger Fine Art, is challenging that perception with a business model that is decidedly unromantic, though what came before has the underpinnings of…
What Do You Want To Know About Housing in the Metro?
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New Made in Kansas City Cafe Serves Culture and Collaboration with Coffee
By Kevin Collison If the founders of the new Made in Kansas City Cafe at 1114 Baltimore achieve their goals, it will brew some revolutionary ideas and fresh culture along with its coffee. “It’s important to think of the function of coffee shops throughout history in the Western world,” said Ozzie Mendoza Diaz, beverage director….
World War I Museum Celebrates 1914 Christmas Truce with Soccer Tournament, Watch Party
The National World War I Museum and Memorial is hosting its fifth annual commemoration of the moment in 1914 when soldiers from both sides paused from their killing to celebrate Christmas together this Tuesday, Dec. 26. Activities include a free English Premier League Watch Party with optional all-you-can-eat and drink beer and bloody marys buffet…
Fire and Justice
This podcast is from the Center for Investigative Reporting, which co-produces the “Reveal” radio show and podcast with PRX. “Reveal” features CIR’s reporting, as well as stories from public radio stations and a wide range of media partners, both nonprofit and commercial. For “Fire and Justice,” CIR relied on decades of reporting from Flatland’s Special Projects Reporter…
Papa Keno’s New Crossroads Pizzeria Savors Backdoor Success
By Kevin Collison The Crossroads newest pizzeria is a new spin on a 20 year-old franchise that started in old Overland Park. Papa Keno’s opened in October in the former Snow & Co. space at 1815 Wyandotte, and aside from causing nearby Pizzabella some billboard indigestion, it’s been great fun so far for its owner,…
Our 10 Stories From 2017 We Think You Should Read (Or Read Again)
Like any publication, this magazine cranks out content all year long. Every article we post resonates with us, but we each have our favorites — the pieces we really, really, really hope find their way to you. Here are our 10 staff picks of stories from 2017 we think you should read and watch — if you didn’t the first time…
Kemper Arena Developer Picks Up Pieces After Mosaic Naming Rights Deal Falls Apart
By Kevin Collison The developer transforming the former Kemper Arena into a massive amateur sports complex shrugged of the loss of his naming rights partner Wednesday, saying it won’t interfere with completing the $39 million endeavor. “We knew ahead of time that Mosaic (Life Care) was going to make an announcement, but we couldn’t say…
View Could Bridge Divide Between Christians and Jews
The normal weekday lunch-hour crowd has collected at Michael Forbes Restaurant in Brookside. Old friends laughing, business folks talking deals. Well, normal except at my table. I’m with religion scholar Mark D. Nanos. I’ve asked him here to explain himself. And Nanos, a Kansas Citian who’s been stirring up the world of biblical scholarship for…