Crossroads

Explore the history of the area, along with arts galleries, restaurants, breweries and more with this beginner's guide to the Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City's creative heart.

The Kansas City Royals need to get moving if the team wants a new stadium by 2031. Decision makers in Jackson County, Clay County and North Kansas City do not want to repeat the mistake of working out details after it’s been placed on a ballot.

Protesters gathered in Kansas City's West Side, one of the city's historically Latino neighborhoods, to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies and stand in solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles.

First opened as a pop-up kitchen inside Dodsons Bar & Commons in Waldo, Cosmo Burger's smashburgers and tots quickly became a Kansas City favorite. Their new location on Locust Street sits in a popular corner of the Crossroads Arts District, and will add new menu items like fries, milkshakes and cocktails.

Musicians and Fat Tuesday marchers have made their way through 18th & Vine, the Crossroads, and the Westside neighborhood for decades — rain, sleet or snow. The colorfully-dressed revelers, known as krewes, celebrate Mardi Gras, the final day of Carnival, before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.

In Good Company is setting itself apart from nearby Power & Light hot spots. Members will pay a minimum of $50 a month for access, which includes four drink credits and up to four guests per visit.

Kansas City's Crossroads already is already a hub for craft beer. Brookside-based BKS Artisan Ales, which first launched in 2017 and expects to produce 1,400 barrels this year, is opening a second location to serve existing customers who work downtown.

While the snowstorm closed many Kansas City restaurants and kept diners at home, one short-staffed kitchen offered a special soup service after the blizzard. It was up to customers to supply their own noodles.

The fundraiser for the popular comedy club in the Crossroads Arts District runs nonstop from Friday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. through Saturday, Dec. 21 at 11 p.m. Local comedians will perform improv, sketch, stand-up, musical numbers and more.

The Crossroads bar Society has become Kansas City's hub of social dancing, with two nights every week dedicated to salsa, bachata, cumbia and merengue. For beginners, it's a place to practice your moves — for experienced salseros, it's an "injection of life."

The Crossroads bar Society has become Kansas City's hub for Latin dancing. For beginners, it's a place to practice your moves. For experienced salseros, it's an "injection of life." Plus: Frog gigging is a dying art that still draws thousands to Missouri marshes.

Nearly 75% of Kansas City, Missouri, residents live in a heat island where temperatures can be at least eight degrees higher on any given day. That presents serious health and energy concerns, but efforts to cool these areas down are gaining steam.