Travis Meier
Opinions Editor at The Washington Post
Downtown Kansas City. Editor for the Washington Post. Journalism, mountain biking, saxophone, coffee. Ideas + opinions are my own.
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1 week ago |
kctoday.6amcity.com | Madison McMillen |Travis Meier |Patrick Sidwell
Hop on, KC — we’re pulling into Southmoreland, the fourth stop on the Main Street Extension tour, for fine art, funky bars, and more good eats than you can fit in a to-go box (plus, it’s walkable to Westport — so, yes, you can make it a twofer). If you’ve been riding with us since the beginning, you already how the original Kansas City streetcar got its start (and it’s end), so we figured it was time to catch a connection...
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1 week ago |
kctoday.6amcity.com | Madison McMillen |Travis Meier |Patrick Sidwell
If your Easter prep is looking more “fashionably late” than fully hatched, don’t sweat it — we’ve rounded up some last-minute egg-cellence to fill your baskets and brunch tables with local love.
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3 weeks ago |
kctoday.6amcity.com | Madison McMillen |Travis Meier |Charmaine Merriweather |Dayten Rose
The Parade of Hearts is taking a breather before its grand 2026 return with a brand-new design — but KC’s love affair with larger-than-life sculptures? That’s been going strong for decades. Kansas City has been playing host to herds, bears, and hearts since the new millennium, turning the metro into a rotating gallery of fiberglass whimsy. And while some of these creations have found permanent homes (hello, Brookside’s Chiefs + Royals cow), others have vanished into the art history archives.
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1 month ago |
kctoday.6amcity.com | Madison McMillen |Michael Beausoleil |Kristen Templeton |Travis Meier
What started as a one-off art installation following the COVID-19 pandemic has become a beloved annual sculpture fest spanning seven metro counties. Now, in the midst of its one-year hiatus, the Parade of Hearts has debuted a new design and theme for its 2026 revival. Personally, we think the fresh fiberglass sculpture shape — a circle featuring a central heart cut-out — is ripe for the picture-taking.
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1 month ago |
thepitchkc.com | Travis Meier
A lone light pole festooned with KC Current banners stands near a row of its fallen clones amid a sea of churned dirt. In the distance, heavy machinery crawls over heaps of earth. Construction workers prepare the land along the Missouri River for a project unlike Kansas City has ever seen. Down at Berkley Riverfront, the next 10 years have already begun.
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