First Friday

When a fan greeted Alan Wayne "The Pradagy" with a personal twist on a Buddhist phrase, it helped him through a dark time and inspired a T-shirt line. Now Pradagy has a thriving business with his Lincoln College Preparatory Academy classmate Andrew Beck.

Mid-America Arts Alliance is still closed to the public, but their latest exhibition, "Forgotten Stories," will reach the public through external speakers.

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.

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…

Mike McLaughlin has a slightly unusual grievance: He has more blacksmithing equipment than he can actually use. His backyard smithy is 16-by-24 feet and…

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…

Segment 1: Weekend shootings in Kansas City spark concern about public eventsThis weekend saw multiple fatal shootings in Kansas City, one of them…

Updated 7:45 a.m. Aug. 4: When he was campaigning, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas often spoke of the need to fix the city's persistent problem with…

Segment 1: Monarch Glass Studio becomes a community hub in Kansas City.The glass scene in Kansas City is on the rise. The owner of Monarch Glass Studio…

When First Fridays started in Kansas City, the whole point was to bring more people to the Crossroads to experience art. But for years now, critics have…

Painter Melissa McCracken says ugly music does exist, but nothing that looks so bad she has to turn it off. It really only gets as homely as some brown…