Dining in style in Downtown hotels

Looking for dinner out with friends, prior to a concert at the Sprint Center or as a prelude to enjoying a Broadway show or the Kansas City Symphony at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts? Well, here's a refreshing idea. Extend…

Party at the Platform: What’s hot this weekend

The Downtown Streetcar will be in party mode with its Party at the Platform event on Friday. The celebration marks a wild and fun weekend ahead in Downtown. Here's the highlight reel of what's happening in Downtown from Friday to Wednesday,…

Return of the Royals & What’s Up in Downtown

The American League Champion Kansas City Royals make their first official 2015 public debut this weekend in Downtown. Make plans now for the Royals Fan Fest on Friday and Saturday at Bartle Hall. Royals Mania leads the list of what's…

Lunch Bunch to dine in Crossroads on Wednesday

Downtown's new Lunch Bunch has its sights set on dining in the Crossroads Arts District this Wednesday. And, you are invited to join in the tasty fun. The mission is the weekly Lunch Bunch is to get out and support restaurants along…

Art in the Loop Reception & Artist Talks, 11/13/14

Art in the Loop will celebrate the success of its 2014 Downtown KC Street Art/Placemaking Project with a reception and artist talks on Thursday, November 13, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Downtown Council, 1000 Walnut, Suite 200.  Artist talks…

Royals celebrate the ALCS sweep in Downtown

Downtown became the focal point of the Kansas City Royals' championship celebration late last night, as players dropped into the Power & Light District beginning around 10 p.m. Click here to see video coverage of the celebration in Downtown.   For…

What’s happening in Downtown: Oct. 15-22

The Downtown Council’s weekly blast of the top happenings of the week ahead has revealed a new look and feel. Here you will find the top 10 events and cool things to do in greater Downtown for the week ahead — this week and, well, every…

Become Part of the Art in Oppenstein Park

People as Monuments Thursday, 10/16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. @Oppenstein Park, 12th & Walnut People as Monuments is an interactive public monument series that challenges the here and now of Kansas City. This temporary public art installation…

KC earns high marks from Travel + Leisure

Announced in the magazine’s November 2014 issue, the readers of Travel + Leisure have chosen Kansas City as America’s Most Affordable Getaway for the fourth consecutive year and the third best city overall. More than 50,000 votes were cast…

Huffington Post ranks KC as its #1 cool city

Green Lady Lounge in Downtown KC is one of the reasons that The Huffington Post believes Kansas City is the coolest. Too cool. That is (in essence) what The Huffington Post thinks about Kansas City. "Whether it's a revamped corner of…

Zebra looms large over Downtown

There is an Angry Zebra loose in Downtown Kansas City. In mid-September, a provocative new mural joined Kansas City’s Downtown streetscape, the Kansas City Star reported. “Angry Zebra,” a signature image of KC artist Phil…

WWI Museum named one of nation’s best

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, named the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial among the top 25 museums in the United States as part of its 2014 Travelers’ Choice awards. The National World War I Museum, which…