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50 Miles of Art

By Lauren Foreman   Missouri’s 50 Miles of Art festival and semi-annual Studio and Gallery Tour decorate the cities of Hannibal, Louisiana, and Clarksville the weekend of April 27. For the last six years, this celebration has grown to include fifty-three artists and artisans and more than forty studios and galleries. Art aficionados can watch skilled local artists create a work of art and can later purchase those very pieces. Cla…... Read more >

Don't Blink

  At the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17, Blue Springs residents will carry their St. Patrick’s Day floats in their hands. In 1978, Pat Mayers commenced what is dubbed the world’s shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade. Officially sixty-six feet in length, the parade grew from Mayer’s simple wish of town pride. He felt Blue Springs should have its own St. Patrick’s Day parade, s…... Read more >

Journey

The Great River Road Delivers Scenic Byways, Eagles, City Lights, River Heritage, & Adventure By James Bondank For nearly four hundred miles, the Missouri portion of the Great River Road meanders along the west bank of the Mississippi River. It visits charming small towns, a big city, locks and dams, fine architecture, well-known restaurants, and more on its path from the Iowa border to the Arkansas state line, and while it could be driv…... Read more >

Nuts about nuts

Missouri supplies 70 percent of the world’s black walnuts By Nina Furstenau There’s something of eternity in the cycle of walnuts. Each fall, they rain down, pebbling the earth under black walnut trees throughout Missouri. The sound of the yellow-green balls hitting the earth makes a remarkably soft thump for such a hard husk. Maybe you’ve stooped to pick the harvest, stained your hands or gloves, and kept a few to sprinkl…... Read more >