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Shopping for chips and guac for this weekend? You’re not the only one. Even in the Barbecue Capital of the World, Tex-Mex still reigns supreme at Super Bowl parties.
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In the late 1970s, a group of musicians in Topeka, Kansas, formed what became one of the first all-women mariachi bands in the country. Mariachi Estrella broke down barriers in a male-dominated music scene, before a deadly disaster almost ended the group for good. Decades later, the band’s descendants are ensuring their legacy shines on into the future.
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Twenty-two Kansas City-based Latino artists spent close to a year curating an exhibit called “A Layered Presence.” It is the third installment of the KC Art Now initiative to display more local work in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Taking place Oct. 7 in the West Bottoms, Kansas City's Chicano Art Festival includes live music, dancing and a lowrider hop competition.
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Marissa Gencarelli says that winning the national James Beard Award for Outstanding Bakery speaks to Mexican diversity and the importance of the "humble tortilla."
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The Westside tortilla bakery beat out two bakeshops in North Texas, an Italian bakery in New Orleans and a Miami bread maker.
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Lowrider culture in Kansas City began as a strictly Mexican American thing, but founders of the scene say the subculture has grown more and more diverse. Plus: What the end of the coronavirus public emergency means for Missouri patients.
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What started as a point of pride for many people in one of the city’s historic Mexican American neighborhoods, now includes car shops all over the metro, and builders and riders from every background.
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Visit KCK relaunched the food rewards program this week to give newcomers and frequent visitors a chance to explore Wyandotte County via its eclectic Hispanic food culture. It has added new prizes for potential “Taco Champions.”
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Just west of downtown, this neighborhood blends Victorian architecture and Mayan design, community gathering spaces, family homes, fine dining, manufacturing, and unparalleled views of the Kansas City skyline.
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It's believed to be the first time a tortilleria has been recognized for a James Beard Award. Yoli Tortilleria is one of two Kansas City-area restaurants named as semifinalists this year.
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Artist Vania Soto is a prolific muralist and art teacher who was born in Juarez, Mexico. She now lives and works in Kansas City, Kansas. Lately she’s been making an impact around town — and not just on the walls she paints.