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What’s your favorite coffee shop in Kansas City? | Graphic by 6AM City
Welcome back to our KCtoday coffee shop bracket, where we’re asking you to determine the best coffee shop in Kansas City.

After our second round of votes, we’re down to two “teams” left:
  • Black Dog Coffeehouse and Café Corazón | Settle in for a cozy cup at Black Dog’s homey digs or stop by Café Corazón, a Latino + Indigenous family-owned business known for local roasts and yerba mate.
Ready to decide who moves on to the final two in our bracket? Cast your vote here.
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Events
Monday, Feb. 26
  • Journey to Oz | Monday, Feb. 26-Sunday, May 5 | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Crown Center, KCMO | Free | Families can follow Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
  • PoetryIs | Tuesday, Feb. 27 | 3-6 p.m. | The Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc., 1722 John Buck O’Neil Wy., KCMO | Free | Join some of Kansas City’s best spoken word poets + storytellers as they let it all go at this lyrical literary experience.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
  • Family Night | Wednesday, Feb. 28 | 5-8 p.m. | Lenexa Public Market, 8750 Penrose Ln., Lenexa, KS | Free | Eat your way through special Family Night deals and connect with your kiddos over free indoor activities, like balloon artists, yard games, and coloring.
  • KC Craft Ramen x Shishimaru Pop-Up | Wednesday, Feb. 28-Sunday, March 3 | KC Craft Ramen, 6830 W. 119th St., Overland Park, KS | $16.50 | It’s exchange season at KC Craft Ramen as professional chefs from Nagoya, Japan bring their expertise and authentic flavors to metro tables for one week only.
Thursday, Feb. 29
  • Basehor Farmer and Craft Market | Thursday, Feb. 29 | 12-6 p.m. | 2705 155th St., Basehor, KS | Free entry | Find all your farm fresh and homemade items at this year-round market.
  • The Booking Show | Thursday, Feb. 29 | 9:30 p.m. | The Comedy Club of Kansas City, 1130 W. 103rd St., KCMO | $10 | Eight comedians compete for a weekend booking spot.
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News Notes
Development
  • Transformation is taking off at Honeywell... to the tune of an $84 million expansion. The Olathe aerospace facility, which manufactures aviation equipment + electronics, will create 150 new jobs by the project’s end. A timeline is TBA. (Johnson County Post)
Award
  • Another win for Olathe comes in the form of a 2024 Kansas Master Teacher award. Sara Hoffman, a second-grade teacher at Canyon Creek Elementary, was surprised with the honor in her classroom last week. Hoffman joins six other educators, who will all be awarded $1,000 in addition to the title. (KCTV5)
Feel Good
  • What’s 12 in dog years? Ask Virgil of Virgil’s Plant Shop, the four-legged plant proprietor behind the name, at his birthday bash on Saturday, March 16. Celebrate with local makers, free cocktails, tattoos, and 15% off all plants. Want your own very good boy? The shop is sponsoring four senior dogs adoptions from KC Pet Project.
Development
  • Kansas City is flying high with another aerospace company landing in the metro. Eastern Airlines, a cargo/charter service, is consolidating its operations with a new KC headquarters. The move is expected to create 165 full-time jobs. (Startland News)
Drink
  • A new stadium isn’t the only thing the Royals have been cooking up in the off-season. Quirk Blueberry Slam is the newest partnership between Boulevard Brewing Co. + the team, offering “a seltzer built for the ballpark.” The fizzy blueberry, lemon, and bubblegum-flavored refreshment is now available across the metro.
Biz
  • KC India Mart is moving on to bigger + better things... just two miles down the road. The grocery store and neighboring Desi Bites Indian cafe will take over a 13,000-sqft space at 8201 W. 135th St., Overland Park, KS. An opening date for the new location is TBA. (Kansas City Star)
 
Award

🎨 KCAI goes global with international award

Kansas City Art Institute named Fulbright Top Producer
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You don’t need hands to clap for KCAI’s latest accomplishment. | Photo by KCtoday
Listen up, class — Higher education in Missouri just earned another top mark thanks to the Kansas City Art Institute‘s recent designation as a Fulbright Top Producer.

Not ringing a bell? It’s our country’s most prestigious international academic exchange program, sending US citizens to teach, research + carry out professional projects in over 135 countries.

The award recognizes colleges + universities with the highest number of faculty selected for the Fulbright US Scholar Program. KCAI sent two for the 2023-2024 academic year:
  • Professor Laura Berman of KCAI’s Printmaking Department, who is currently researching at the University of Canberra’s Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in Australia.
  • Professor Cyrus Console-Soican of KCAI’s Liberal Arts Department, who is writing and translating contemporary Romanian poets and teaching at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași, Romania.
This is the first time an art institution in the state of Missouri has been awarded this honor.
The Buy

The Buy 2.26.24 (Affiliate + Six & Main)
Spring vacation clothes to bring some color and life with you on this year’s vacation. We’re liking: Santa Barbara Design Studio’s “Le Beach” bag and this crochet swimsuit cover up.
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
Madison
From the editor
ICYMI — I asked readers last week to send me must-trys on my quest for KC’s best cinnamon roll. And you all did not disappoint.

Charmaine and I are splitting up the sweet search this week and personally trying the top 10 recommendations. In the lead so far: Tin Pan, Anita’s, Rye + Stroud’s.

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