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  • Who said you can only try one item off the menu? These Kansas City restaurants — spanning Korean, tapas and other cuisines — encourage ordering big dishes for the table, family-style, or picking a handful of small plates and passing them around.
  • Kansas City is home to scores of locally owned breweries, each with its own identity and approach to crafting one-of-a-kind beer. Here’s where to find some of the metro’s most crisp lagers, juiciest IPAs and richest imperial stouts.
  • Whether you’re craving dim sum, pasta, or empanadas, here's where to find the best dough-covered eats in the area.
  • Our memories are a big part of what makes us human. But why do some moments tend to stick in our brain for years, while others fade away? Neuroscientists Kausik Si and Elizabeth Kensinger explain the different types of memories and share tips for how we can remember better.
  • A sweeping historical epic, an eerily relevant political dystopia and an adult fantasy book from a beloved children’s author are just a few of the recommendations from KCUR’s book experts this spring.
  • Michael Stern and Dan Margolies will explore music by three Russian composers in live performances by the Kansas City Symphony. We'll hear Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2 and Daniil Trifonov's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat minor with the composer as soloist.
  • This week co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies highlight works that feature multiple soloists. We'll hear music by Jennifer Higdon, Zoltán Koldáy, Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Joseph Haydn and Johann Sebastian Bach. These pieces include solo turns from members of the Kansas City Symphony, violinist Pinchas Zukerman, and the chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird.
  • Kansas City Public Schools has shifted its code of conduct away from strict discipline, and a local Astrologist gives Steve Kraske a reading.
  • The former Kansas City Symphony executive director and current host of "From the Archives" on Classical KC joins Michael Stern and Dan Margolies for a trip down memory lane. We'll find out what an orchestra's executive director does, how repertoire is chosen and hear fantastic performances, including one led by guest conductor Jefferey Kahane and another featuring violin soloist Gil Shaham.
  • Chef Lidia Bastianich has been bringing Italian food to public television viewers since 1998. Now, she's bringing the tastes of Carnevale di Venezia to…
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