A 5,800-seat arena, with an adjacent ice rink, opens in Independence this weekend.

On Halloween night, freaks of all ages flocked to the West Bottoms loft of John Bersuch for live music, a home made haunted house and pageantry bordering on the surreal.

Our photographer Scott Spychalski survived Halloween night at downtown's Power & Light District. As to the fate of the folks in his photos ... we're not so sure.

A costumed crowd came out to the Beaumont club and environs for KRBZ 96.5's yearly Halloween show, starring Jet, A Flock of Seagulls, the Raveonettes and others.

What once was the commercial heart of the Kansas City's black district is now a shell of its former self. This week's cover story, Historian in Chief, details UMKC professor Pellom McDaniels' efforts to reacquaint Kansas City with its lost history, and reintroduce forgotten African American role models to inspire the next generation of historians. This slideshow compares photographs from the 1940 Tax Assessor's survey to present day pictures of the same places.

The Pogues played their first KC show in the band's nearly 30-year career. Sunday, October 25, at the Midland by AMC.

Ailey II, the young cast of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, brought the crowd to its feet Friday night at The Folly theater.

Raising money for the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the AIDS Service Foundation never tasted so good -- that is, while the beer lasted.

An announced crowd of 17,116 jammed into the Sprint Center Thursday night to see two of the NBA's biggest stars -- Dwayne Wade and Chris Paul -- duel on the hardwood. D-Wade's Heat won a sloppy game, 97-81 over the Hornets.

Grunting and staggering, the bloodied undead prowled the Plaza for the 2009 Zombie Walk on Saturday afternoon.

This weekend Juggalos converged on Lawrence to see their favorite bands play and shower each other in cheap soda. Come, embrace the clown heart of darkness.

Photographer Phil Shafer caught some chrome-motion flicks Sunday at the annual Hoptoberfest car show in Minor Park.