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Silver Bells holiday pop-up bar at Canary; photos by Ashley Elwell

It’s a Wonderful Life: Holiday pop-ups offer KC business owners a second chance, Canary owner says

Sophistication is on the menu as Canary Bar and Bistro unveils its first holiday pop-up, Silver Bell Supper Club, a nostalgic cocktail and culinary experience set to pour hope for a pandemic-fatigued Kansas City and inspired by a classic Christmas film. “We’re going for a chic Christmas vibe. White warm lights, hanging 3D snowflakes, Christmas…

Healium’s mental fitness wearables earn innovation award from world’s largest tech show

A Columbia-based startup’s patented technology that brings wearable biometric data to life via virtual and augmented reality apps has earned a major industry honor, announcing Healium’s selection for a 2022 Innovation Award from the Consumer Technology Association. The awards program is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in 27 consumer technology product categories….

A rendering of how a gondola line could look crossing the West Bottoms at State Line Road and West Ninth Street. (Rendering from SOM/HR&A Advisors report)

Planner pitches two-mile gondola over West Bottoms, linking KCK, KCMO downtowns

Editor’s note: The following story originally published by CityScene KC, an online news source focused on Greater Downtown Kansas City. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for the weekly CityScene KC email review. The idea of using gondolas for mass transit in Kansas City is back, but this time it’s being floated by…

Isaac Collins, Yogurtini; Photo by Scott Suchman

Retaking the ‘entrepreneur’ label: ‘You need to have a good product, but ultimately it needs to be about more’

In “The New Builders,” written by Times of Entrepreneurship founder Elizabeth MacBride and venture capitalist Seth Levine, the authors look at the landscape of entrepreneurship across America. In this excerpt — from Chapter 3: The Definition Of Success — the authors focus on Isaac Collins, a Kansas City entrepreneur who also faces and fights added obstacles…

Pabst entry logo at 9th & State

Some mysteries at historic 9th & State might never be solved — and bar owner Heather Hamilton is OK with it

Feeling invincible is a thing of the past, Heather Hamilton said, revealing a diagnosis that stopped her in her tracks and poured a change of perspective for the West Bottoms bar owner.  “Knowing that I’m gene-positive for Huntington’s disease has made me even more motivated to make a difference,” Hamilton said, noting the disease has…