Anne Kniggendorf
ContributorAnne Kniggendorf writes about arts and culture for KCUR. Follow her on Twitter, @annekniggendorf.
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John Pryor's furniture business was just three years old when the pandemic struck. He put away his saws and sandpaper, and enlisted the help of Kansas City's refugee community to produce thousands of masks in the interim. -
Throughout the pandemic, restaurants have carried the burden of public health and safety as well as the safety of their employees and their own bottom lines. Now they face a new round of closures as employees test positive.
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Michael Pritchett's novella "Tania the Revolutionary" takes place in the 1970s, following a young woman newly-escaped from a cult and obsessed with news of Patty Hearst and the Manson Family murders.
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Cedar Cove Feline Conservation and Education Center in Louisburg, Kansas, is home to 28 apex predators, and falls within a gray area of oversight.
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Aaram Salam has two primary interests: piano, and Alzheimer's disease. At only 15, he's dedicated himself to combining the passions by playing recitals at nursing homes.
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Kanbe's Markets began three years ago as a way to give people access to fresh produce in food deserts. Today, Kanbe's is a hub, attracting other organizations that want to team up to feed the hungry.
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Director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City says he did not like the Kansas City Police Department using the museum's grounds as a staging area for protest response.
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Dining in is once again possible in and around Kansas City, with COVID-related practices in place. Customers seem happy, but some restaurants are struggling to keep up with the competing demands of the times.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has given movie theaters the green light to reopen Friday, but the coronavirus pandemic means there aren't any new movies to show.
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On the surface, these three Kansas businesses — all more than a hundred years old — may not have a lot in common, but they all say customers want two things right now: comfort and escape.
