Kansas Citian Faith Tyrell has a friend to thank for her upcoming appearance on CBS’s lovingly lurid summer reality series Love Island. Producers reached out to one of Tyrell’s friends, but she…
Local News
Big news this morning from our friends at Union Station. They just announced the June 2021 opening of Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away—the most comprehensive Holocaust exhibition about Auschwitz ever…
One week ago today, six artists took to the streets alongside more than 1,000 volunteers to paint Black Lives Matter murals on six Kansas City, Missouri, streets. Organizers say the KC Art on…
As everyone searches for warm fuzzies (any warm fuzzies will do!), the time-tested and approved cure for grief remains true: giving. Reaching outside the self sooths the aching soul. Now—more than any other…
Photographer Amber Dawkins is a self-proclaimed lover of all things Kansas City. With her camera in tow, she spends her time shooting listings for real estate agents, freelancing for local magazines, and…
Three Prairie Village friends who love entertaining and hosting parties wanted to put their creative energies to good use. So they put their collective heads together and Jubilee Balloon Co. was born.…
People
Kansas City’s own AY Young is the hardest working man in showbusiness. At age 29, his extensive bio reads more like a veteran performer: singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, entertainer, non-profit founder and entrepreneur.…
Whether you know her as Dr. Botros, board-certified family physician and business owner or @AmberCurveModel, an Instagram-famous, plus-size model/body positive advocate, she’s dedicated “to empowering others to love the skin they are…
Like many of you, my life has been turned upside down in the last six months; my livelihood put on hold. As a singer who cannot currently tour, I still believe deeply…
Betsy Smith has a soft spot for humanity—both the living and those who have crossed over. This local intuitive energy healer says she believes life “is about the journey and not just…
She is 5-feet-zero of incandescent, electrifying star power. At 34, singer/songwriter/actor/producer and Kansas City, Kansas, native Janelle Monáe is harnessing her celebrity to liberate the world. On Twitter, she regularly calls out…
With more than 15 years of experience as an esthetician, Alexia Wambua has a more expansive take on what defines beauty. While some say it’s in the eye of the beholder, Wambua…