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adminBy Erin William and Grace Kertz Named a federal holiday in 2020, Juneteenth celebrates the formal emancipation of Black enslaved persons in 1865. Despite Juneteenth only recently declared a federal…
adminUNESCO Creative City of Music – USA, in collaboration with the American Jazz Museum, will present a 12-hour jam session at the Blue Room at 18th and Vine on Thursday,…
adminBy Aniaya Reed KIPP: Endeavor Academy, a tuition-free, open-enrollment public school, opened its doors in Kansas City in 2007 as a fifth grade school. After five years, KIPP expanded into…
adminA redevelopment agreement for the historic Boone Theater in the 18th and Vine District was discussed during City Council’s Neighborhood Planning and Development committee meeting on September 22. Plans for…
adminOne man is dead following an overnight shooting near 19th and Vine Street. This morning at 10 minutes after midnight, Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) officers were dispatched initially to…
adminIn conjunction with the opening of Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues, Northeast News Publisher Michael Bushnell sat down with Topeka, Kan., native and 20-year Major League veteran…
adminBy Corbin Smith, Editorial Assistant United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver II announced that the INVEST in America Act includes more than $22.6 million for infrastructure projects throughout the Fifth Congressional…
adminThis week on the Northeast Newscast we’re sitting down with Rashida Phillips, Executive Director of the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City’s historic 18th and Vine District. After nearly a…
adminHy-Vee announced Thursday that it is partnering with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) to host a weekly community COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Kansas City’s 18th & Vine District residents.
adminThe museums at 18th and Vine will reopen next week, following weeks of being closed due to COVID-19. The American Jazz Museum and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 1616 E. 18th…
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