All Star Mania opens today in Downtown KC

Downtown Kansas City is buzzing today, as Major League Baseball's All Star Game festivities begin a five-day run at Bartle Hall. Doors opened at 9 a.m. today with more than 100 people waiting to get in. Today's Fan Fest activities, which…

Downtown is Home Base for All Star Fan Activities

Downtown KC will serve as Home Base for most fan activities related to the Major League Baseball All Star Game from July 6-10. In addition, to major events planned daily at the Power & Light District, Crown Center and the Negro Leagues…

Maker Faire to celebrate invention & creativity

Union Station is gearing up for Maker Faire, Kansas City’s biggest show-and-tell festival celebrating innovation, invention and creativity, this Saturday and Sunday in Downtown. Highlighting the things people make themselves, Maker Faire:…

Downtown to serve as Home Base for All Star Week fun

Downtown Kansas City will serve as Home Base for fan activities during the Major League Baseball (MLB) All Star Game week, July 6-10 with special events throughout greater Downtown. More than 125,000 visitors are expected to enter Bartle…

Maker Faire: Kansas City 2012 Call for Makers is officially open, and you are invited to participate!

Makers, Inventors, DIYers... Here is your chance to shine! Now is the time to reserve your booth at this year's expanded Maker Faire: Kansas City, set for June 23-24 at Union Station. The Maker Faire is seeking all types of Makers to apply…

Saveur and Today Show Agree: KC’s Food Scene is On the Rise

Saveur and Today Show Agree: KC's Food Scene is On the Rise Kansas City as a top culinary destination for 2012 Kansas City made a national splash on NBC’s Today show on Thursday for the second time in three months. Saveur, one of the nation’s…

Extra, Extra: Latest News on Kauffman Center grand opening

The long-awaited grand opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performance Arts is nearly here. The free public open house is set for 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. It will be supported by a series of Experience Downtown! events in the neighboring Crossroads,…

Kauffman Center grand opening

Downtown parking is abundant and shuttles will be running for Sunday’s public grand opening of the Performing Arts Center Thousands of visitors are expected to experience the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts for the first time at…

Kansas City Ballet to Open New Home On Friday, August 26th

The Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on Friday, Aug. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. at 500 Pershing Avenue. “This may well be the most significant…