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Saving Shakespeare's Legacy From 'The Ash Heap'
Literature lovers owe a debt of gratitude to industrialist Henry Folger, who assembled the largest collection of William Shakespeare's folios, including…
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ReShonda Tate Billingsley: The Secret She Kept
Tia Giles is pregnant, she’s also suffering from a mental illness and her husband Lance must make the difficult decision of committing her to a mental…
The Story Of One Kansas City Block
The 400 block of Delaware Street always had charm, but for the longest time, no foot traffic. I know because my dad ran a bookstore there in the 1990s — right before he died.
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Why Senator Hawley Is Objecting To Electoral College Votes
By challenging the votes cast by state electors, Hawley and other Republicans are looking ahead to 2022 and 2024.
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School Lunch
We produce a lot of food in this part of the country, and some of it ends up as school lunch. But with every cafeteria tray comes a large helping of…
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Johnson County Librarians' Book Gift Ideas For Kids And Teens
Have a little last minute shopping to do for the young bookworms on your list? With a visit to your local bookstore, and these recommendations from the…
Kansas City’s Southwest Boulevard gets new sidewalks and bike lanes to make the road safer
Residents hope the Westside and Crossroads neighborhoods will be safer and more walkable once the road diet is complete. But some businesses are still struggling in the meantime, and others say there still won’t be enough parking in the area.
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Kansas City’s streetcar could extend north of the Missouri River. Here’s what to know
The streetcar’s 3.5-mile Main Street extension opened in October 2025, and another extension to CPKC Stadium opened last month. A team is now studying extending the north-south line farther, to North Kansas City. The Kansas City Streetcar Authority will host two open houses this month for residents to learn more.
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How Brookside Soccer became a Kansas City youth sports institution
Youth soccer programs seem almost ubiquitous in modern America. But not that long ago, there weren’t many options for young athletes who wanted to play the sport. Bill Finn, who co-founded Brookside Soccer Club with two other local dads in 1977, joined KCUR’s Up To Date on Tuesday to talk about how it all got started.
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'An anticipation of the life to come': Mahler's 'Tragic' Symphony
Michael Stern and Dan Margolies are your guides for the human and musical drama of Mahler's monumental Sixth Symphony. Plus Franz Liszt's majestic Les préludes.
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