Tag: social

In Good Company: This ‘hidden gem’ offers escape from club chaos, KC’s corporate nightlife

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:26:53 +0000

A new East Crossroads venue on McGee offers no clues of what’s inside.

The black facade out front features no marquee. No neon lights.

It’s the first indication that In Good Company is something different from neighboring Power & Light District hot spots.

The goal: Good people. Good drinks. Good vibes.

Torrey Peters Always Spatchcocks Her Chicken

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:00:14 +0000

Photo-Illustration: Maanvi Kapur

For the last four years, writer Torrey Peters has been splitting her time between Colombia and New York City.

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Author Torrey Peters Always Spatchcocks Her Chicken

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:00:14 +0000
Photo-Illustration: Maanvi Kapur
For the last four years, writer Torrey Peters has been splitting her time between Colombia and New York City.
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Notre Dame Undermines Catholic Mission In Pursuit Of DEI

admin — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:59:52 +0000
Notre Dame faculty conflated the goals of DEI with Catholic social teaching, doubling down on its diversity push in the days before Trump's inauguration.

Cafe Commerce Offers Easy Uptown Glamour, Day or Night

admin — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:00:01 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
When did we stop dressing for lunch? La Côte Basque is a distant memory, and the suit-and-hat midday feast is consigned to the occasional Ryan Murphy miniseries. Sometime around the Bowl Revolution, with its plastic sporks and Guacamole Greens, athleisure became the uncontested norm.
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She made kitchens her classroom; now this young foodie has her own Olathe bakeshop

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:43:40 +0000

Oreo cheesecake cookies. Take-and-bake cinnamon rolls. Pina Colado sodas. After seven years as an home-based business in Olathe, Cake Loft now has a storefront and even more attention-grabbing offerings.
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How Cinnamon Rolls Became the Anti-Croissant

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:55:25 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
Before opening the Cooper Square bakery Hani’s last fall, co-owner Shilpa Uskokovic knew the cinnamon buns would be popular.
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Education Department Slashes $600 Million In Funding For ‘Social Justice Activism’ Teacher Training

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:13:36 +0000
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it cut over $600 million in grants spent on training teachers in “social justice activism,” critical race theory, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology.
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NXTUS launches bracket-style pitch competition for Kansas startups with $20K in prizes

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:34:03 +0000

A new, high-energy pitch competition is expected to help startup founders collide with angel investors and innovation leaders from across Kansas — all set against the excitement of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this spring.
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Chris Boyle wants you to reach for kombucha on instinct; his plan: make it as accessible (and tasty) as your favorite beer

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:19:30 +0000

Daily Culture Kombucha’s expansion is not quite as effortlessly self-replicating as the scoby that powers the Kansas City brand’s bold, full-bodied flavors — but a commitment to consistency and authenticity has fermented a strategy founder Chris Boyle said keeps his company on the tip of consumers’ tongues.
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America Is Paying The Hefty Social Cost Of ‘Free’ Trade

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:32:56 +0000
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The Cool Restaurants Are on OpenTable Now

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:05:19 +0000
Photo: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet
Last September, members of the restaurant industry converged on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the Welcome Conference, a see-and-be-seen day of networking and inspirational speaking that has become over the past decade something like a Davos for the hospitality set.
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Olathe restaurateur brings comfort food home from the Mediterranean (starting with falafel bowls)

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:17:25 +0000

Summer Salem looked around her city for an authentic Mediterranean restaurant and found a gap in the Olathe marketplace.
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DOD ‘Social Engineering’ Program Developed Bots Capable Of Psychological Warfare

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:14:14 +0000
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How this founder’s hobby (plus a little trouble) became Oak Park retail incubator’s biggest success story

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:13:58 +0000

“Big Chunky Blankets” — soft as a baby’s cheek and custom knitted in any color of the rainbow — folded into the foundation of what would become Maryann Nzioki Hult’s resilient, nearly pandemic-proof foray into entrepreneurship.

They put local Tabu Knits on the online map of must-have-items, and then became the seed of two Johnson County retail shops.

Nzioki Hult took up knitting as a 9-year-old at her mother’s side. She was top-notch by her teens and even learned tailoring.
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