Heart of America Hot Dog Festival & other weekend possibilities
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (1616 E 18th Street) is hosting the second annual Heart of America Hot Dog Festival from 12 to 10…
Events
The Recommended Daily is a go for 1 Million Cups on August 13
We know where you’re going to be in two Wednesdays. It’s the same place that we’ll be: 1 Million Cups (4801 Rockhill Road). On…
Knife & Pork: A KC Craft Butchery event on September 27
Get ready for something porktacular to happen. Knife & Pork — a craft butchery event from The Recommended Daily and the Local Pig is…
Wyandotte County Fair & other weekend possibilities
The Wyandotte County Fair (13700 Polfer Road, Kansas City, Kansas) wraps up Saturday (12 to 10 p.m.). Tonight, there’s a carnival (5 to 11…
Kansas City’s Big Picnic & other weekend possibilities
You probably won’t get a chance to see a bigger picnic this summer than Kansas City’s Big Picnic on Sunday from 5 to 8…
A taste of 1900 Barker and other weekend possibilities
[Editor’s Note: This post originally listed the Twinkies Festival as happening this Saturday. It’s actually next Saturday, July 19. We apologize for the error.]…
On A Stick — a taste of the State Fair — is August 14
A taste of the State Fair is coming to Kansas City on Thursday, August 14. The Recommended Daily is throwing On A Stick —…
Matthew Warner Osborn to discuss Rum Maniacs at the KC Library Wednesday
American history is full of bigger than life characters with bigger than life appetites for all manners of vices. The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s…
Adult root beer floats and other three-day weekend possibilities
A three-day weekend means you 24 more hours to eat and drink. Let’s not waste them. Let’s begin with where you should take in…
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle and other weekend possibilities
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle (which counts as the Kansas State Championship) kicks off tonight at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park (14915 W 87th Parkway, Lenexa)….