5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (195+ words) Registration is now open for Kansas City's FIFA Fan Festival, the free local celebration of soccer that will run during the World Cup tournament in June and July. "It's a big day people have been waiting for and we're glad…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1010+ words) You're reading KCUR's Soccer City '26 newsletter.Subscribe herefor twice-monthly updates through the end of the tournament. You can't always hit the ground running. Sometimes it takes a little bit of start-and-stop before you hit your stride. Take Kansas City's pro…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (575+ words) For cellist and filmmaker Nicholas Canellakis, making humorous sketches for the internet wasn't just some hack to get more followers on social media, but a way to live a courageous, artistic life. "I feel emboldened by the times we live…...

2+ day, 19+ min ago  (657+ words) A Japanese-style pub in Kansas City is a finalist for the James Beard Foundation's 2026 Best New Restaurant award. Anjin, created by chef and owner Nick Goellner and his sommelier wife, Leslie Newsam Goellner, was inspired by the lively spirit of…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (366+ words) After losing their opening series in Atlanta against the Braves, the Kansas City Royals begin their first homestand of the season at Kauffman Stadium this week. Royals owner John Sherman told KCUR's Up To Date, ahead of the team's home…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1298+ words) Orchestra leaders said with the new venue, they hope to attract national touring artists and expand year-round concert offerings while generating new revenue to support the group's core mission. Symphony President and CEO Danny Beckley said it is an ideal…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (991+ words) Recent changes to federal food aid mean some immigrants have been cut off from grocery assistance payments. Refugees, asylum seekers and human trafficking survivors without a green card are among the noncitizen groups who are no longer eligible for the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (454+ words) When hundreds of thousands of people from around the world touch down in Kansas City International Airport this June for the FIFA World Cup, it could be their very first time in the United States. And it will most likely…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (306+ words) With the FIFA World Cup only three months away, soccer fans will get one final chance to buy tickets this week. FIFA's "last-minute" sales phase will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday. This window for ticket sales will remain open until the end…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1320+ words) For as long as anyone around there can remember, a large field at College Boulevard and Ridgeview Road in northwestern Olathe has remained mostly undeveloped. Even as developments sprouted up around it, including sports bars, shops, hotels and the Garmin…...