Pizza on the Plaza 🍕

Yesterday, it was smash burgers. Today, we’re craving pizza. Here’s why:

🍕 Martin City coming to the South Plaza

⏳ Mapping the Heavens at the Nelson-Atkins

✍️ The return of KC Design Week

🤔 Trivia Night at Wonderscope Children’s Museum

Food & Drink

Martin City Brewing Company To Open Location in the South Plaza Neighborhood

Martin City Brewing Company will open its sixth metro location later this spring in the South Plaza neighborhood.

• Pizza Out, Pizza In: The new concept will be called Martin City Tavern and will replace the former Spin! Pizza at 4950 Main, which closed earlier this year. In addition to the other six restaurants, Martin City also operates Station 7 Tavern in Lee’s Summit, Love, Coffee in Lee’s Summit, and Pizza & Drafts inside CPKC Stadium.

• Beyond the Bar: Martin City Tavern will feature an expanded menu beyond pizza. The full-service kitchen will serve burgers, sandwiches, and other elevated pub fare. Of course, Martin City’s award-winning craft beers will also be on draft!

Martin City Tavern is scheduled to open by Memorial Day (5/26).

Sponsored by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Explore Astronomical Sciences at Mapping the Heavens at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Where are we? When are we? How these questions drove the development of astronomical sciences is explored in the free exhibition Mapping the Heavens: Art, Astronomy, and Exchange between the Islamic Lands and Europe, on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

• Stellar Exploration: The works presented in this exhibition introduce the advancement of astronomy as a multi-cultural and multi-faith dialogue between Islamic and European scholars and scientists in the Early Middle Ages.

• To the Stars: Featured works include an original edition of Nicolaus Copernicus’ revolutionary text De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and a 13th-century astrolabe from Seville, Spain. Additionally, guests can learn how to operate an astrolabe through an interactive display, calculating the hours of the day through remarkable analog technology.

Mapping the Heavens is on view in gallery 203 through Jan. 11, 2026.

Events

KC Design Week Returns April 22-30

KC Design Week returns on April 22-30 to showcase thousands of designers across a variety of industries in Kansas City.

• 15 Years of Innovation: Since 2010, KCDW has offered creativity-boosting programming and opportunities for the community to interact with experts in multiple areas of design, including architecture, graphic design, interior design, urban planning, and more.

• Design Driven: This year’s event features a huge selection of events open to the public throughout Kansas City. Some notable events include The Aladdin Revival (1215 Wyandotte St.), Brew & Renew at Boulevard Brewing Co. (2534 Madison Ave.), Selection Celebration at the Nelson-Atkins (4525 Oak St.), Columbus Park Scavenger Hunt, and many more.

Get your tickets to all the KCDW events HERE.

Events

Wonderscope Children’s Museum to Host Trivia Night on April 5th

Get ready for a night of friendly competition and mind-boggling questions at Trivia Night at Wonderscope Children’s Museum.

• Trivia Time: The event on Saturday, April 5th, will put teams of 10 against each other in a friendly competition. Teams have the opportunity to purchase mulligans to tip their team’s hand, as well as the chance to win raffle tickets to win great prizes.

• Supporting Play: Doors open at 6:30, and trivia will begin at 7:30. There will be open bars, tasty eats, sweet treats, and bragging rights for the winning team. Even proceeds will benefit Wonderscope’s Wonder Fun, a 100% donor-supported fund helping under-resourced families to experience Wonderscope.

Get your table for Trivia Night HERE.

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In Other News…

• 🍦 I Scream, You Scream: Grab your Stanley (or any 40oz tumbler) and head to Betty Rae’s today or tomorrow for Stuff Your Stanley! Get four scoops of your favorite flavors for just $10 all day long at any location.

• 🍨 More of a Custard Person: Andy’s Frozen Custard has officially opened the doors to its newest area location in Metro North Crossing at 650 Northwest Barry Road.

• 🪄 Magic On Stage: Magician Michael Carbonaro of truTV’s “The Carbanaro Effect” brings his Carbanaro: Lies On Stage tour to the Midland Theatre this Friday at 7 pm.

• 🏟️ Stadium Psych: Tired of the Royals stadium drama? Us too. Developers from the Aspiria Campus in Overland Park dismissed the talks of the Royals moving to 119th and Nall as “just rumors”.

• 🏈 Heartfelt Hikes: A viral video showed female football players from the Kansas City Glory giving a Minnesota family a trip to Kansas City. They did this after the family's daughter was told that girls can't play football.

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