Julie Denesha
Reporter, PhotographerJulie Denesha is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Kansas City. Contact her at julie@kcur.org.
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Roger MacBride, the captain of The Kansas City Lady, wants more people to engage with the river he loves. The boat has become a friendly space for friends, artists, musicians and just about anyone hanging around onshore. -
Steve Snell encountered rough weather, angry cows, swarms of mosquitoes and hard paddling. The paintings and videos that he made along the way tell the story of his adventures on the Mighty Mo.
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Musician Camry Ivory wondered what it would be like to paint with music, so she invented an instrument that lets an artist create a painting and compose a song at the same time.
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Under the Paseo bridge at 77th Street in Kansas City, native flowers and insects are springing up thanks to one local artist bringing beauty to a neglected corner of the metro.
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Vintage typewriters were once banished to basements and attics, but they’ve been making a comeback. For some collectors and enthusiasts, the machines are the ultimate remedy to the distractions of the digital age.
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Henry Ford’s first Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908, ushering in the age of the automobile and becoming a symbol of America's modernization. By 1927 he'd built more than 15 million cars and trucks . In Kansas City, the KC Chuggers are dedicated to keeping these old Fords running.
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Steve Snell will spend this summer paddling from the Missouri River's headwaters in Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri. Along the way, he’ll create paintings and videos that tell the story of his adventures on the Mighty Mo.
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A group of Kansas City musicians is getting together to honor a woman who lived through the most turbulent years of the 20th century and is considered "one of the greatest women poets of all time.”
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After headlining on stages around the world, Lonnie McFadden opened his own nightclub in the midst of the pandemic. Now the trumpeter and tap dancer is "celebrating life" — and Kansas City jazz — at Lonnie's Reno Club in the Ambassador Hotel.
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Artist Warren Harvey created 10 iconic paintings of Hollywood luminaries that will eventually hang in the Black Movie Hall of Fame at the Boone Theater in the historic 18th & Vine jazz district.
