Woman-led Stories
Gumbo takes a community of ingredients: Chef rallies food lovers behind culinary students
Community spirit simmered Saturday afternoon ahead of storms as The Prospect KC’s Gumbo Fest returned to Kansas City’s 18th & Vine district. The fundraising event marked a meaningful homecoming for the event after a temporary venue change, said Chef Shanita McAfee-Bryant.
Mersea founders kept their sea legs; now they’re setting sail with the brand’s first storefront
More than a dozen years after it was founded, Lenexa-based Mersea has its first celebrity and designer collaborations, as well as a new pop-up on the Country Club Plaza — its first brick-and-mortar store.
Kansas City opens its favorite menus to FIFA Fan Fest
Some of Kansas City’s best-known restaurateurs have opened at the 2026 FIFA Fan Fest atop Liberty Memorial — offering teasers of local diners’ favorites and tapping into the diverse palates of visitors from across the globe.
Pipeline gala celebrates a startup crowd moving toward the world’s problems (not hiding from them)
When the world feels fractured and hopeless — heavy with economic uncertainty and political division — it needs people who still believe that change is possible, Melissa Vincent told a black-tie crowd of entrepreneurs gathered Friday evening in the Grand Hall at Union Station.
KC’s latest sports franchise takes the field as pro softball players add to local portfolio of women athletes
They might not be from Kansas City, but players for the KC Diamonds — the newest professional sports team in town — have already scored a taste of how the city shows up for women’s sports.
