Tag: Maker Faire

Hammerspace at Maker Faire Kansas City 2019

Custom retro arcade gaming consoles take Hammerspace workshop down memory lane

By Tommy Felts / September 10, 2019

When Hammerspace Community Workshop moved into its space off Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard in 2017, a small gaming console served as a showpiece for a room designed for creative and crafty children. Mimicking the look of a classic Nintendo GameBoy-turned-arcade game, the apparatus allowed kids — and adults alike — to play retro titles in an environment…

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More than 17K people expected for the biggest KC Maker Faire yet

By Tommy Felts / June 9, 2017

For children, hardly a day goes by without the experience of arts, crafts, show and tell, building blocks or tinkering with toys. But in Kansas City, that young-at-heart spirit of creativity doesn’t have to be forgotten. In fact, it’s rekindled each year in a public outpouring at Union Station. On June 24 and 25, thousands…

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Nick Ward-Bopp: Local maker community harkens to KC’s creative roots

By Tommy Felts / November 22, 2016

Editor’s Note: Nick Ward-Bopp co-manages the MakerSpace at the Johnson County Library, helping the community use tools for digital fabrication like 3D printers and laser cutters. He also spends his nights and weekends co-running Maker Village — a small wood and metal shop in Midtown Kansas City — where it focused on building community through workshops…

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Gallery: The 2016 Kansas City Maker Faire

By Tommy Felts / June 28, 2016

Kansas City creativity was on full display at the 2016 Maker Faire. To learn more about the event, check out this video from Startland News.

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A festival of creativity, the Kansas City Maker Faire inspires yet again

By Tommy Felts / June 27, 2016

The Kansas City Maker Faire affords an amalgam of ingenuity, nerdom and unbridled creativity  What do I mean? Let me paint a picture of the first 20 minutes I spent moseying through Union Station. I waited in line for coffee with Start Wars villain Kylo Ren (ironically he enjoyed a light roast). An affectionate hippogriff nuzzled my…

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