Charlie Parker celebration set for Aug. 14-30

A city-wide, 17-day celebration of legendary Charlie Parker will get underway on Thursday in Downtown and throughout Kansas City, Missouri. The festivites will run from Thursday, Aug. 14 to Saturday, Aug. 30. Events will include performances…

Union Station preps for Centennial celebration

Union Station will celebrate its Centennial this fall with a series of special events that were announced this week. The celebration will begin on Friday, Sept. 5 with a night of free festivities. "The story of Union Station will be…

World Cup Watch Parties – Downtown ranks among planet’s best

Here they were again Tuesday, during work hours, no less, 10,000-plus fans swarming the Power & Light District, The Kansas City Star reported on Wednesday. They were shoehorned and sardined in every crevice and cranny and stairstep not…

Taps at the Tower – every night this week at dusk

Taps, a musical piece sounded at dusk and at funerals, has a rich and storied history in the United States. It has long been associated with the U.S. Military, and is often played at civilian events around the country. The National World…

Maker Faire to present a Creative Extravaganza this weekend

  This weekend - yep, this Saturday and Sunday - the coolest inventions, innovators, creators, products, robots, exhibits, crafters, artists and young Makers in the Midwest will all gather at one place - Kansas City’s Union Station…

Art in the Loop Celebrates Public Art in Downtown Kansas City

Nearly 100 people visited The Box Gallery on Friday, June 6, to view the art exhibition "Art in the Loop: 10-Years of Revitalizing Downtown KC with Public Art".  The exhibition takes a new look at the organizations’ successful projects and…

Kauffman Center to celebrate attendance milestone with Future Stages Festival

You and your family are invited to the first-ever Future Stages Festival at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts this Sunday, June 22. To celebrate reaching 1 million visitors since the Kauffman Center opened, the Kauffman Center…

UMKC’s Downtown Arts Campus Takes Big Leap Forward

Downtown and the University of Missouri-Kansas City together will take a major step forward today with the announcement that land has been acquired for a new UMKC Conservatory campus. That step came at 8 a.m. Monday morning, as leaders from…

Downtown site proposed for UMKC Conservatory

In what is being hailed as a critical boost toward moving the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance to Downtown Kansas City, supporters have obtained an entire city block immediately south of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The…

Revitalized Downtown KC draws millions more visitors

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Attendance at the leading 15 attractions in Downtown Kansas City soared by millions over the last 10 years, according to research by the Downtown Council. Thanks to a significant investment in Downtown over the past 10 years -- particularly…

Downtown to host MLS All Star fan festivities beginning Saturday

The Power & Light District will be at the heart of fan festivities for Major League Soccer this weekend and next week, as the 2013 MLS All Star Game comes to Kansas City. Centered at the KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District,…

Makers, Fringers, fireworks and, aargh, them pirates; what’s hot in July

Fireworks, What the Fringe!, inventors and,, oh, those pesky pirates. July begins to heat up early in Downtown this weekend with the Maker Faire at Union Station. Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth—a family friendly showcase…