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Autumn Harvest Festival brought Autumn charm to South Park
The Autumn Harvest Festival took place in South Park on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. The festival offered a lineup of various small businesses selling artisanal items, including food, clothing, fragrances, crafts and jewelry. The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department puts variety at the forefront of its goals with this event.
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Garth Brooks announces Kansas City shows
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'Demonic' KC coffee shop sees boom in business after viral video
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Joe’s Records, selling vinyl and CDs, plans first KC-area store in Overland Park
Since he was a teenager, it’s come naturally to Joe Smith to be surrounded by records. It all started when he landed a part-time job at a record store in 1987. After 15 years of working for entertainment retail company Trans World Entertainment, which owned multiple chains of music stores, he launched his own: Joe’s Records.
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Day on the Hill makes triumphant return with Turnstile / Slayyyter / Die Spitz
When the University of Kansas first announced a return of their iconic concert series Day on the Hill, there was a volcano of reactions stirring through Lawrence. The younger generation was thrilled to see the all-star lineup right on the college campus. The older generation was a little nervous about making it back out to relive the glory days (hey, some of us don’t have the same knees that we used to). But trust us, this show was exceptional.
University Daily Kansan
Know before you go: Day on the Hill
A decades-old tradition returns this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, with the University of Kansas’ Day on the Hill, an outdoor concert featuring Grammy Award-winning rock band Turnstile, Slayyyter and Die Spitz on Mount Oread, overlooking the stadium and the campanile. Dating back 34 years, the performance was organized through a partnership between the university and Mammoth Live, a Lawrence-based event production company, in celebration of their 20th anniversary.
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A TikTok review called this Kansas City coffee shop 'demonic.' Locals rallied around it
In late September, two young customers posted a TikTok review of Oddly Correct, a local coffee shop in Kansas City, Missouri. “It was a little scary driving here,” one girl said in the video, which has since been deleted. “It felt demonic in there. Everything about it just felt demonic.”
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PHOTOS: Sunshine graces Roeland Park’s 75th anniversary party, RoeFest
The mood was festive Saturday afternoon as Roeland Park put on RoeFest to celebrate the city’s 75th anniversary. Featuring carnival games, a craft fair, live music, food trucks and more, the festival drew lots of people to the Price Chopper parking lot at 4950 Roe Blvd. For Roeland Park...
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Ku’s day on the hill returns after 19-year hiatus
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Water Lantern Moon Festival returns to Overland Park to celebrate start of fall
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Culture, community and good wishes for the future came together in Overland Park as the Water Lantern Moon Festival returned to celebrate the start of fall. This year’s event featured cultural performances, like Peking opera and lion and dragon dances, all ending with the signature...
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5 Mom and Pop Restaurants in Olathe, Kansas that Locals Swear By
Olathe, Kansas is a city that hums with the quiet confidence of the Midwest—where red-brick storefronts line sunlit streets, where the scent of cut grass and barbecue mingles in the air, where families gather in parks and neighbors greet each other by name. It’s a place where the old and the new dance together: historic downtown squares, sprawling new developments, and the gentle sprawl of prairie all stitched together by the stories of those who call it home.
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Kansas City to pay $900,000 to resolve lawsuit linked to viral Harrison Butker tweet
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New Parade of Hearts Piece Finds a Home in De Soto
One of the 2026 Parade of Hearts pieces, “Goals in the Sky – A Kansas City Dreamscape,” created by Carol Waller, is officially ours!. For now, you can catch it outside City Hall — but it won’t be sitting on the sidelines for long. Once work wraps up at the new soccer complex later this fall, “Goals in the Sky” will head to its home field at Riverfest Park.
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Kansas City's pioneering Black queer nightclub Soakie’s honored with a historic marker downtown
Soakie’s, one of Kansas City’s last Black gay bars, closed its doors more than 20 years ago. But last Saturday, the critical gathering space got a permanent acknowledgement when the city of Kansas City, in partnership with community archive Black/queer Kansas City (stylized as {B/qKC}) installed a historical marker at the H&R Block Pavilion, across from the site of the original Soakie’s location.