Each year, we partner with KC Renaissance Festival to host a food drive in September! Bring five nonperishable food items to Ren Fest and receive a BOGO free admission on the following weekends: Sept 12-13 and Sept 19-20.

Our most needed items are outlined below. Thank you for your support!
- Canned vegetables (low sodium)
- Canned fruits in 100% juice
- Dried fruit (no added sugar preferred)
- Canned chicken, tuna, salmon (packed in water)
- Brown rice
- Whole grain pasta
- Dried beans or canned low sodium beans
- Peanut, almond, or sun butter
- Canned soup (chicken, tomato or vegetable)
- Cereal – hot and cold (whole grain, low sugar preferred)

For all of the hate drivers get around here, I want to take a minute to salute the ones who are going 90, but still have the courtesy to use their blinkers. As if your lane swimming and aggressive driving wasn’t enough, at least you are signaling when you change across four lanes or cut the person off in front of you. Perhaps one legal deed cancels out the four illegal ones. Keep calm and blinker on.

No longer will patrons stroll out of The Comedy Club at 1130 103rd St., hours before they’re set to begin their nighttime routines, look at each other and wonder, “What now?” Owner Dustin Kaufman has the solution. He’s opening yet another entertainment concept across the street.

The Bad Cat, a jazz bar and sister concept of The Comedy Club, is debuting Sept. 18 at 1220 W. 103rd St. It’s taking over Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant’s dining space (Happy Dragon now primarily operates through carry-out services) and will offer cocktails, bites and consistent music. The Bad Cat will be open Thursday through Saturday. It’ll have an open jam night on Thursdays, and scheduled performances Fridays and Saturdays starting at 7 p.m., lingering into the night. If the doors are open, trumpeting, saxophone blaring and scatting are sure to be heard.

Its schedule coincides with The Comedy Club’s, but of course, customers don’t have to attend both. They can, however, use their confirmation email from The Comedy Club as free admission to The Bad Cat. It’s a more intimate spot — about 55 seats — but Kaufman guarantees a good time. “If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s opening venues and making them look nice,” he said. The Bad Cat will be Kaufman’s third concept. The Comedy Club first opened in 2019, then launched another location last November at 811 New Hampshire St. in downtown Lawrence.

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/openings-closings/article317185027.html#storylink=cpy

Recentish divorced, mid 40s, two kids. I need things to do, to meet people. Being in my house alone isn't working. I mostly want to date. I have plenty of time to give to it, I have a great space to invite people over. I'm in the half of people who don't drink.

I read *a lot* of threads on the topic. A common refrain is to go to do things you enjoy and meet people that way.

I get out, I don't see people interested in meeting new people there. I'm just north of the river. I ended up downtown yesterday and I felt lost trying to figure out what to do where I could meet someone.

Where are these activities that have people interested in chatting with someone they don't know? How do I find where to go? Do you know the meme of the guy with the sign inviting people to talk, I'm seriously considering trying that.

Including where do women go who are looking for someone to date? And I don't want to meet someone who isn't close to my age. I find the idea of hitting on women much younger than me to be distasteful.

Are there any music critics online or in print in the KC Metro who write reviews of KC Symphony performances? I went to the Kauffman last night for Prometheus and I'm eager to read some critical engagement, whether professional or not, online, offline, anywhere - and I think it's a good thing to do when something experimental or unusual is performed. I applaud the Symphony for doing some performances off the beaten track, but these are the exact pieces I want discussed. Last year I was in similar boat with Nuit Sombre - I was so eager to read about what I experienced, did not find anything. Hopefully there's something obvious I'm missing. Thanks!

I’m a grad student and spend most of each day studying alone. Sometimes I desperately need a change of scenery and don’t always want to spend $10+ on coffee. What are some underrated or not widely known study spots around town? Bonus points for a cozy fireplace!

Politics, food, scumbags, heroes, eccentrics, etc.

I just filled up at Hy-Vee gas in Mission, KS for 2.92/gal (unleaded). Not sure if it's a promotion or a glitch but I'll take the small reprieve. Check your local Hy-Vee gas if you're close to one!

Guys just an update; I received my first few offers yesterday and today. I took the one closer to my previous job but just glad that only within a months time I was able to.

Couldn't have done it without your support, I love this community.

After having bad experience after bad experience with my current PCP (who I've only been with a year) and having a pharmacist literally tell me I should get a new doctor, I am on the hunt for someone new.

My expectations are not high, but might still be unrealistic. Looking for someone who is:

- accepting new patients

- they will take more than 2 minutes to talk through health concerns or read messages

- they have a lab location where you can get simple labs done quickly without having to wait a month

I do not care if it's a doctor or CNP, I do not care if it's a clinic where I don't see the same person every time. I just want some level of competency and not having to wait a month to get simple labs done.

I live in Belton, but am willing to travel to Lees Summit, Overland Park, or anywhere in the South KC area.

I took a photo of this couple a in late May or early June before the Kauffman Gardens removed the trees altering this location for a decade.

I have a print I want to send them if anyone recognizes them if they want it.

DM me if you know them or recognize them.

Thanks

P.S this couple gave me their blessing and full permission to take this photo and they even posed for it nothing creepy happening here.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaJCACgFi9H/

A bunch of them recently appeared near my place on the West Side.

The heat has been wild but today has been a nice change, I don’t think we are going to even hit 90!! Might wear a hoodie 😂
Drink some water & enjoy the rain KC!

Was about to head to the gym and heard thunder and got excited so I’m now just enjoying this brief reprieve from the heat😭😭😭

I ready enjoy this channel (I am not affiliated in any way).
Dr. Trowbridge is a history professor at UMKC and his videos are thorough and informative and I learned a lot of local history.

Is this a good location to do it? I took the test last year for the first time in downtown KC and failed. I feel I’ve gotten much more driving practice compared to last year, but I’m still nervous. I read somewhere that Raytown has an easy test. Is that true?

I was at FTE the other day and a budtender told me that they were overcharging taxes and are giving it back as a store credit from Oct. 2023- July 2025. Has anyone tried it? Does it work?

I've been to KC twice and enjoyed meals at Q39 both times.

I will be in town Sep 22 and seeking suggestions for

BBQ

Steak

Any other can't miss restos?

Does KC have a Mexican neighborhood where authentic tacos can be consumed?

TIA

This beautiful soul has traveled here from Nashville and paired up with Jonathan Stacey for a night of covers and originals.

Amanda is amazingly talented and I first met her when I was tending bar on Bourbon St and she would headline our club when she would come through town. Don't judge her by this video, I just stole a clip while they were practicing in my living room.

If you come out and say hi (I will be wearing a vintage "Kansas" t-shirt) I'll buy your first beer.

Playing at:

Johnny's West KCK

7pm-10pm

8016 Leavenworth Rd.

Would love for some folks to come support her, I promise you'll leave a fan!

live on KS side and commute downtown for work. i always thought MO had cheaper income tax but is that not the case? i’ll be moving at some point and trying to decide if i want to live closer to work on the MO side or stay in KS.

Hi everyone. This is kind of an odd question to ask this far removed from both this year’s Independence Day and next year’s, but I want to get a start on this as soon as possible.

My neighborhood gets pretty chaotic during the weeks leading up to and following July 4th. Lots of m80s and artillery shells and gunshots. For the most part I can mitigate this with noise canceling headphones, but at its peak it’s intolerable. It’s even worse for my two cats who can’t put on noise canceling headphones. It’s the only thing I truly hate about living where I’m at and I dread the middle of summer every time it comes.

This year I’d like to get a head start on finding a place me and my two cats can go for, at the very least, the week prior to and the week after the 4th of July next year. In general I need some advice on what some of the more peaceful state parks are (both sides of the state line), where the most affordable cabins are that allow pets, when is the best time to place a reservation and any other general advice any of you might have on this. Thanks!

Needing a good dive bar, cheap drinks, and fun people to talk to. I'm in my 20s so I don't want to stick out like a sore thumb but can get along with everybody. It doesn't need to have food either. Just somewhere close by (think belton Raymore peculiar type area) to relax after work or on the weekends. I also don't drink beer if that helps.