Tag: social

Two Wine Bars With Something New to Say

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:49 +0000

Photo: Matt Russell

Did you know it’s hot? Did I mention it’s hot? Have you heard — hot.

This Is Your Sign To Throw A House Party For Your Gen Z Friends

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:17:52 +0000

ThisBowl Has Been Sending People to the Bowl

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:21:56 +0000

Photo: Instagram.com/@theschwartztwins

Since opening in New York in 2024, ThisBowl has become New York’s hottest Australian import since Jacob Elordi.

Bar K dog bar closes all locations, calling out KC riverfront construction, rising inflation

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:17:12 +0000

Owners of the award-winning Bar K dog bar — a popular destination for four-legged Kansas Citians and their friends — announced its closure Tuesday, after nearly a decade in business that saw the concept expand to St. Louis and Oklahoma City before suddenly shuttering all operations.

Months after taking over century-old tailor shop, owner putts his new golf apparel brand in play

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:42:05 +0000

Even when an entrepreneur hyper-obsesses over the details, Michael Jerwick learned, opportunity isn’t always tailor-fit to the most conveniently designed timing. The Slabotsky’s owner just transplanted his century-spanning family business to River Market — a mere week before launching a brand new apparel side project.

Good-bye to Pencil Factory

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:55:00 +0000

Photo: Charlotte Klein

Yesterday was the bar’s last day. People had started lining up for any remaining merch before they’d even opened, and by 2 p.m. there was a crowd on the sidewalk. A few hours after that it’d turned into an ad hoc block party, with customers spilling into the streets, including one person in a pencil costume, and a man holding a cold beer in each hand while cradling a baby.

‘Stablecoin summer’: Crypto community greets GENIUS Act with optimism, caution

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:02:56 +0000

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the Kansas City Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon.

How KC transformed entrepreneurship from counterculture into a model for the mainstream

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:38:44 +0000

Veteran ecosystem builders returned to the Heartland this week, urging a new generation of entrepreneur advocates to embrace Kansas City’s style of experimentation and its uniquely collaborative startup culture.

Late Show Writer Kate Sidley Is Afraid of Her Friend’s Coffee

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:19 +0000

Illustration: Maanvi Kapur

“This is my first experience where everyone in my life knows I lost my job,” says Kate Sidley, who has been a writer on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert since its second season.

Go Eat an Ice-Cream Sandwich

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:00:47 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu/

Not so long ago, innovation in ice-cream sandwiching amounted to stuffing a brioche bun with some gelato.

Qmmunity: Social Spirits Stay Up

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Queer Austin fun hasn’t “stall”-ed out despite bathroom bill buffoonery

Not So Little India

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

The chile-pepper string lights of First Avenue, two stories’ worth of them, have long been the beacon of the East Village’s Indian-food corridor, the compact shorthand to generations of New Yorkers for the whole variegated sub-continental cuisine.

Nike’s Scottie Scheffler Dad Ad Signals A Serious Cultural Vibe Shift

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:31:44 +0000

The path forward isn’t paved with more slogans, more division, or more social experiments — it’s built on the foundation of family.

Crossroads distillery asks KC to make a toast in honor of founder lost in weekend motorcycle wreck

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:15:32 +0000

Update: A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support the family of the late Jeff Evans. Click here to learn more or to donate.

With doors temporarily closed early this week to mourn the loss of co-founder Jeff Evans, the team behind Mean Mule Distilling is asking its community to “grieve with us, raise a glass with us, and share the stories and laughter he gave us.”

KC govtech startup: You shouldn’t have to know how local government works to get answers (or make impact)

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:39:16 +0000

Even a ripple can make waves, said Mitch Mabrey, an exited cleantech founder whose new cause finds him on a mission to ensure that the voices of residents from all walks of life are more broadly heard — and answered — by their government officials.