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With 1500 members, Arts Alive is a lively arts-hopping bunch
By Jill Draper Like other board members of the group he founded 25 years ago, John Hoffman keeps his ear to the ground about the local art scene. If something particularly imaginative, engaging or...
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“Poor Things” is a fascinating portrait of self-discovery
Poor Things Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos Starring: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef Comedy/Drama/Romance | R | 2 hr 21 min By Reed Ripley Coming-of-age stories are almost always...
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Encore Coffee Company’s chocolate deserves applause too
By Pete Dulin Encore Coffee Company in Grandview stores treasures from around the world. Coffee beans sourced from farms in Colombia, Guatemala, and the Congo rest in bins next to storage containers...
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With a new owner comes a new plans for The Martin Event Space
By Brad Ziegler The new year brings anticipation and excitement for many small businesses, but even more so when it brings new ownership and management, as is the case with The Martin Event Space in...
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Waldo Astoria: Event space brings new life to historic old home
Story and photos by Sarah Pope Hidden in a cul-de-sac of commercial businesses just off of Wornall Road sits a proud house that has lived several disparate lives. Presumably it started out as a family...
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Avila theater students add sign language to latest performance, “Eurydice”
By Jeanne Beachwood Communication is one of the rules of being human. You know, as in, “the school of life.” Communication can take on many different forms and is made up of so much more than...
View ArticleWaldo Week kicks off with Ghosts and free cocktails
The Waldo Area Business Association is celebrating leap year by kicking off its 9th Annual Waldo Week on February 29. The kick off event includes live music and free cocktails at the 75th Street Events...
View ArticleWine and secrets spill in Main Street Theater’s “Drinking Habits”
By Jeanne Beechwood I was eight years old attending school at St. Madeline’s in Tulsa Oklahoma. Nuns had just been given permission to wear knee length habits. My entire fourth grades class couldn’t...
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Oscar-nominated Past Lives brilliantly portrays “what if” in life choices
Past Lives Directed by: Celine Song Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro Drama/Romance | PG-13 | 1 hr 46 min Best Picture Nominee By Reed Ripley There’s a familiar game most have played with a...
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Marching on! Martin City, Brookside and Belton celebrate St. Paddy’s Day
By Kady Cramer St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. Here’s what you can expect from local parades. Martin City Shamrocks and Smiles Parade Martin City will be packed with parade-goers and local businesses on...
View ArticleOn a given Saturday night at Conroy’s comes an Irish jam with your Guinness
By Jill Draper Irish music always seems especially apt this time of year as the landscape begins to turn green and Midwest temperatures kick up and down in a lively stepdance. You can listen to this...
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Beautiful Body Tattoo moves to Martin City
By Brad Ziegler Beautiful Body Tattoo and Piercing has opened in Martin City at 135th and Cherry Street, in a space most recently occupied by Related Home Furnishings and across the street from Jess...
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Dune: Part II is audacious filmmaking on a grand scale
Dune: Part Two Directed by: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler Sci-Fi/Adventure | PG-13 | 2 hr 46 min Dune: Part Two comes at an...
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Kansas City Bier Company and Rizoma Liquid Creations release collaboration...
By Pete Dulin Kansas City Bier Company and Rizoma Liquid Creations release their collaboration beer Neoxmexicanus Wit on Tuesday, March 19, 3 pm, at KC Bier Co., 310 W. 79 St. Available on draught and...
View ArticleWhy does Martin City Melodrama feature canine pawformers in their theatrical...
By Jeanne Beechwood The infamous vaudeville director, W.C. Fields, of the Ziegfeld Follies, once stated, “Never work with animals or children.” Thank goodness not everyone agrees with that philosophy....
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Is Watt’s Mill south KC’s newest entertainment district?
By Kathy Feist Watts Mill Plaza at 103rd and State Line Road attracts a lot of shoppers to its anchor tenant Cosentino’s Price Chopper. But lately this area has been bustling with the opening of...
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Rey de Oros Taqueria opens in Martin City
By Brad Ziegler Rey de Oros Taqueria has opened in Martin City in the former Martin City Coffee space at 13115 Holmes Road. The owners plan to hold a formal grand opening ceremony on April 7. Formerly...
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Glenwood Arts offers topless surprise
Picturehouse’s “Carol Doda Topless at the Condor” opened exclusively in theaters March 22 in New York and San Francisco, and March 29 in Los Angeles, and is continuing to roll out to more than 40...
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Catch one of 135 films during the Kansas City FilmFest at Ward Parkway
By Jeanne Beechwood Need to relax, need to escape? Go see Faye Wray in the paws of an ape, Watch Errol Flynn shooting his bow, Just go the movies, Just go to a picture show!” These lyrics from the...
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