Crossroads

First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District may not return as a big street party anytime soon. But, with fewer visitors for the monthly event, some say it’s returning to its roots: looking at art.

After two decades of transformation, the Crossroads Community Association continues to put its imprint on the Kansas City neighborhood centered at 19th and Baltimore.

Renowned Kansas City civil rights activist Alvin Sykes has died, Westport's homeless encampment is catching the eyes of Kansas Citians, and the Crossroads Community Association celebrates 20 years.

Artist Phil Shafer, who's known as Sike Style, has created murals and installations featuring Kansas City Chiefs players across the metro.

Howard Hanna loves being a chef with every fiber of his being, but he won't bring back the Rieger unless he can figure out how to make restaurants better for the people who work in them.

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.

Art galleries are considered "non-essential" during metro-Kansas City's stay at home order, so April's First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District is…

Women are partly responsible for the private art gallery scene that's flourished in Kansas City over the past 20 years. And despite the stereotype of the…

Kansas City's relatively new problem of affordable housing is also squeezing artists out of studios.That's especially noticeable in the Crossroads Arts…

Caitlin Morton used to dread Valentine's Day.That was before she met Sudiebelle Hare, a Kansas City artist who regularly paints colorful circles on canvas…

Segment 1: An exhibit at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art explores the theme of British colonialism.The artist behind the exhibit grew up in Guyana…

Singers often travel to Kansas City from places like San Francisco, New York and Moscow to perform at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. And they arrive with…