Donning their favorite cosplay costumes, fans by the thousands flocked to Planet Comicon 2022. The Kansas City-based pop culture convention didn’t miss a beat with its second gathering in eight months. The pandemic threw a wrench in the con’s usual spring time frame when it was canceled in 2020, and rescheduled a couple of times […]
A little bit of NASA history finds its way to Planet Comicon in Kansas City April 22-24. Liberty 7, a Mercury capsule piloted by Virgil “Gus” Grissom, is being loaned to the pop culture convention at Bartle Hall. It’s part of an exhibit at the Cosmosphere, a space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas. Grissom flew the […]
The spotlight would come on, the orchestra would play beautiful melodies and Jackie Nguyen would take the stage, singing and dancing with other cast members of the national touring company of the Broadway hit “Miss Saigon.” Then, Covid-19 hit. The lights on Broadway went dark. Theaters around the country shut down. Nguyen and other actors […]
They came from all over the galaxy. Some beamed down in their Star Trek unis. The Empire and Rebellion joined together to bring the Force to Kansas City. Even “Spaceballs” joined the fun, as thousands of “geeks, nerds and wannabes” filled the exhibition halls as Planet Comicon returned after a 21/2-year hiatus caused by the […]
Dinosaurs. Indigenous people. Lewis and Clark. Wagon trains hauling White settlers westward. Hopping aboard a train and traveling to new adventures. Growing up in rural Shawnee. These are among the interesting discoveries we encountered during a month-long tour of some of the Kansas City area’s historical attractions on the KC History Trip. We teamed with […]
Kansas City loves its art. Between museums and galleries offering free admission to street art, murals, architecture and water fountains, you can spend days soaking it all in. Now, there are guided tours to take you through some of the city’s amazing art scene. Urban Hikes Kansas City combines exercise with people’s love of art. […]
They’re coming from everywhere to help celebrate Planet Comicon’s 20th anniversary in Kansas City March 29-31. Admiral Kirk is beaming down from the intergalactic future, Superman is flying in from not one Metropolis and Smallville but from at least two universes. And let’s not forget Westley and his nemeses are going to visit Bartle Hall […]
Walking along a mud-packed path topped with wood chips amid shops and attractions at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival harkens back to what life must have been like during Medieval times. With authentic-looking buildings, the faire is the closest to authenticity I’ve seen for a renaissance event. Knights, jesters and fairies highlight the 16-day event […]
Voted to the Omaha Storm Chasers All-Franchise team as the shortstop by fans, Buddy Biancalana returns that love to the fans. Biancalana spent parts of five seasons with the then-Omaha Royals, while also seeing action with the parent Kansas City Royals 1982-87. “I enjoyed and really appreciated the great fans, who also were very knowledgeable and […]
In the fall of 1967, the Athletics said goodbye to Kansas City and hopped a bus for greener turf on the West Coast, calling Oakland their new home. The A’s dominated Major League Baseball for the next decade winning three World Series titles. Meanwhile, Kansas Citians wondered what was to become of them in the eyes […]
