-
Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3/When she first postponed her wedding in 2020, Lauren Hughes focused on the privilege of safety. "It's just a party," she thought. But planning a once-in-a-lifetime event, three times, during global crisis has given her perspective on what matters. -
Julie Denesha/After being canceled due to COVID-19 concerns last year, the Plaza Art Fair returns this weekend. The 90th annual event is a celebration that covers nine blocks of the historic shopping center. Three local artists have spent months working in their studios to prepare.
-
Internationally known printmaker Hugh Merrill shared some welcome news on Facebook: He was gifting artwork to anyone who showed up at his door. Merrill's work is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums, the Cranbrook Museum and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. -
The fossils of the now-extinct worms had been tucked away for decades in the University of Kansas paleontology collection before researchers reexamined them.
-
The Detroit native started hosting KCUR's "Night Tides" 27 years ago this month. She found exactly what her listeners now seek: "That Sunday night space became an island in the storm of my life."
-
Este año se celebra el bicentenario de Missouri. Una nueva exposición en el Museo Kemper de Arte Contemporáneo explora los 200 años de la historia del estado y revela algunas de sus historias desconocidas a través de la imagen del arte.
-
Arthur Bryant took over his legendary family's barbecue joint in 1946, the same year the first Gates Bar-B-Q restaurant opened. Years later, both Kansas City restaurateurs take their rightful place in the American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame.
-
A never-before-seen collection of work featuring artists of color collected by the Nerman family is showing at KCAI's gallery through October 17.
-
Meet a pack of alpacas, milk a cow and help bring in the harvest at local farms and vineyards around Kansas City.
-
The brown-headed nuthatch was extirpated from Missouri more than 100 years ago due to extensive logging of their habitat, short leaf pine forests.
-
This year marks Missouri’s bicentennial. A new exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art explores the state's 200-year history and some of its untold stories through the lens of art.
-
Missouri researchers have devoted years learning about Picture Cave and are appalled by the prospect of its auction. They would like to see the property in the care of the Osage Nation.
-
Jazz performances can be found in venues across Kansas City every day of the year. Whether you're looking for a late-night concert or dinner and a show, here's where you can go to experience live jazz.
-
Lawrence, Kansas, bluegrass band Unfit Wives had one of KCUR and 90.9 The Bridge's favorite songs in the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest.
