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During Ramadan, halal markets in Kansas City are critical to the Islamic community’s month-long celebration and traditions. Learn how some help make Ramadan in the metro feel like home. Also, for nearly a decade, Blip Coffee Roasters has offered Kansas City bikers a place to hang out and admire motorcycles. Meet the cast of regulars at a West Bottoms coffee shop.
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Edith Chapin, National Public Radio's editor in chief, manages news coverage for one of the largest media organizations in the country. With the presidential election, the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, Chapin is gearing up for an extremely busy 2024.
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Doug Frost, who holds the titles of both master sommelier and master of wine, joined Up To Date to talk all things wine.
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The inaugural market had more than 10 Indigenous vendors as well as dancing exhibitions and a vaccine station. Organizers said it brought people of many different tribes together and taught the public about Native American culture.
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Kansas high school students are taking part in an exchange program that doesn't send them to a foreign country but instead sends them to a "foreign" town in the U.S., somewhere different from where they've grown up.
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A poll from the Middle West Review asked respondents from 22 states whether they consider themselves Midwesterners. The geographic sample included states not usually listed as part of the region.
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The cultural phenomenon of Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop role-playing games has a strong following in the Kansas City community. Whether you're looking to roll your first d20 or just searching for a new campaign to join, here's how you can get started.
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In the tiny community of Cuba, Kansas, the annual 'Rock-A-Thon' features a unique and longstanding tradition: a rocking chair marathon.
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McFadden performed for decades with his brother Lonnie McFadden. The two danced, sang and played instruments. "I love entertaining," Ronald McFadden told KCUR's Up to Date last year.
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When the daughter of an American missionary returned from Japan in 1923, she brought along some of her most cherished possessions. Now, her collection has returned to the Japanese school where she grew up.
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After a century, a collection of Japanese antiques has made its way from Kansas City back to a Christian girl’s school in Yokohama, Japan. Plus: Kansas native and opera star Joyce DiDonato is up for her fourth Grammy Award.
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Shawnee Mission South High School is home to one of the country's oldest high school Arabic programs.