Crossroads

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…

A $63 million luxury hotel proposed near the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will face a tougher road to a city incentive package after a big…

After last month's fatal shooting of 25-year-old Erin Langhofer at the Crossroads' First Friday event, the Crossroads Community Association lost its…

Segment 1: The Gay Softball World Series comes to Kansas City.As the Gay Softball World Series gets under way here in town, the Kansas City Royals host…

Segment 1: A llama show gains popularity.What is it about llamas? They're everywhere. And that includes the Douglas County Fair. Mason Kelso, interim…