The Royals need a translator to communicate with outfielder Nori Aoki, who was acquired from Milwaukee in the offseason and who is the team’s first Japanese-born position player and just their fourth overall from Japan, but it looks like a snug and happy fit so far.
Why aren’t more airports like ours? Because it was built for a future with supersonic passenger service — a future that never materialized. Still, KCI has many local fans who say it remains one of the most convenient airports in the world. They do not want its three circular terminals replaced with a single modern one.
It’s not always easy to define Midwestern cuisine. At its heart and soul, Midwestern cuisine is rooted in comfort foods, but that doesn’t mean we can’t imbue staple dishes of meat, potatoes, farm-fresh vegetables and fresh-baked goods with a comfortable dose of creativity.
Thinking Bigger Business Media held its annual 25 Under 25 reception and awards banquet Saturday evening at the Downtown Marriott’s Muehlebach Tower. The 25 Under 25 program has honored 325 Kansas City small businesses since 2002.
25 Under 25 awards banquet
West Bottoms Warehouse Weekend: Saturday
Gala of the Royal Horses attendees
Leprechaun Lane 5K/10K
First Friday in the West Bottoms
2014 KC Gem & Mineral Show
Greater KC Int'l Auto Show
Network After Work: March 6
Sporting KC Takeoff
Beads, Beans & Beer
Johnson County Home & Garden Show
Hotel & Lodging Association Recognition Dinner
It’s an astonishing project for a congregation just 24 years in existence and already boasting a hulk of a building that opened a decade ago. The plans call for one of the largest stained glass windows in the country. But they also call for more intimacy. The Rev. Adam Hamilton describes the challenge for this megachurch with 18,700 members: “To grow larger by growing smaller.”
A review by The Star of public records from Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Overland Park and Olathe tracking the replacement of residential heating and cooling units in 2013 determined that permits were rarely pulled. The records showed that some of the area’s well-known and established heating and cooling companies took out few if any permits. This means many homeowners don’t get safety inspections to ensure carbon monoxide is vented properly.
After becoming international sensations two weeks ago when the judges ran out of words, Kush and Sophia Hoffman met again Saturday for a chance to go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. When Kush finally won, the polite young man gave the moderator a handshake before hurriedly going to Sophia. They hugged.
Gustavo Dudamel, the 33-year-old Venezuelan-born conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has set audiences on fire with his dynamic personality and passionate conducting. You’ll have a chance to experience his talent Friday night, when the Kansas City Symphony presents Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Sure, sauces get nearly all the public attention, but if you’re interested in legitimate Kansas City barbecue, the rub is the other very important half of the equation. “It’s said that Kansas City didn’t invent barbecue, we just perfected it,” says barbecue pro Rod Gray of Leawood. That includes creating the products that make perfection possible.
The three-day negotiating window for NFL free agency began Saturday, and the Chiefs have about $9.62 million to spend, barring any restructures or other cap moves. That’s not a lot, but it’s enough to seek some cost-effective solutions at various positions that are considered to be team needs.
Outrages are being committed by Muslim fanatics throughout much of Africa and the Middle East. This is in no way a broadside aimed at the followers of the prophet. I respect their devotion to their sacred text. What I cannot respect is the evil done in its name.
Spring marks the annual arrival of new books on America’s pastime, and this year’s crop of baseball books comes in many flavors, and several of them feature players with Kansas City ties.
In February, New York film director Zach Lowry’s hunt for the perfect barn in Kansas elicited more than 2,500 responses. We also want to see these beautiful barns — both in Kansas and Missouri. Do you have a fully functional century farm barn? Or a picturesque red barn? Does your barn have a great story?
Depending on your point of view, either the Kansas Supreme Court brought sanity to the issue with its decision that cuts in education funding since 2010 led to an unconstitutionally imbalanced playing field between rich and poor schools, or it dodged the issue. Either way, the question of the adequacy of funding Kansas schools has hit the reset button.
The Leprechaun Lane 5K and 10K run/walk, the second event in 2014’s Healthy Holiday Run series, started in front of Blue Springs City Hall on Saturday morning.
Chalk paint or chalk-enhanced paint is everywhere: on dressers, cabinets, candlesticks, mirrors and pillows. The easy-to-apply paint that forgives funky brushstrokes has found its niche in Kansas City and is drawing do-it-yourselfers willing to take a class and smear on a coat or two. Grandma Bettie’s china hutch has never looked so fun
Welcome to The Kansas City Star’s annual summer camps and programs guide. This year, we partnered with The Family Conservancy to present the publication, which is included in the March 7 edition of the Star and features information from local organizations about their summer activities for children.
