Owen/Cox and Gilda’s Club enlist dance, music, and poetry to address cancer’s impact  Dance is in many ways an ideal art form for expressing big emotions, for putting forth ideas that start where words fail. The human body itself becomes a messenger of fear, joy, pain, or trauma. Thus it felt entirely natural for Gilda’s […]

The 1900 Building was full of Rising Stars and Top Ten winners, as more than 200 guests gathered to celebrate with The Independent on February 20th. Seven of Our Town’s most dedicated leaders of philanthropy were honored as the 2025 Class of Rising Stars, while more than 50 star-studded events were recognized for outstanding fundraising […]

Featured in the March 8, 2025 issue of The Independent Photo credit: Mark McDonald

I’m not sure if it was the deluge of snow or the frigid cold that followed, but now warm weather vibes are all that I want. When I can’t get away from life here, I make sure to escape into a book that suits my mood. Evoking the spirit of summer and the warmth that […]

In order for the show to go on, the invitations must go out! The ladies of The Lyric Opera Circle gathered recently at Studio Dan Meiners to assemble the elegant invitations for the upcoming Lyric Opera Ball, “Classically Opera – A Black and White Ball,” which will be held at Loews Kansas City Hotel on […]

May 9th is the date for Life Unlimited’s annual Hats Off to Mothers luncheon. Jeanette Prenger is serving as the chairman of the event which will be held at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center. The event celebrates mothers who have demonstrated the remarkable ability to balance family life, personal achievement, and service to […]