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For most Kansas Citians, the only time we interact with the Missouri River is when we drive over one of the many bridges that span it. Local author…

For decades, Kansas City's jazz community has celebrated Charlie Parker's birthday with a musical tribute at his grave site in Lincoln Cemetery. In recent…

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's classic character, turns 150 this year. The Kansas City Public Library is kicking off a two-month celebration of…

In honor of the winter solstice, a conversation about an exhibit of contemporary Finnish paintings called Dark Days, Bright Nights. What we can learn…

When Anthony Ladesich found his father's youthful correspondence with an old Navy friend on a stack of reel-to-reel tapes, he also found so much more: a…

You’re driving uphill along winding roads in Wyandotte County, Kan.You turn the corner and see a high chain-link fence surrounding a foreboding house out…

"The Story of a Song" is monthly segment on KCUR's Central Standard, in which local musicians tell the story behind a recent song, and explain how it was…

In the small, rural city of Liberal, Kansas, a neighborhood of old trailer homes sits just off the main street. The small trailer at the end of the block,…

As one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kansas City, the Historic Northeast has been home to immigrants, the wealthy and the white collar and blue collar…

Many Kansas Citians have heard of the Union Station Massacre or the River Quay explosion — two of the more infamous episodes in KC's mobster history. But…