The Rent Is Due

• Kansas City Restaurant Week: Our favorite week of the year to enjoy discounted food from the best restaurants in town is finally here! Hooray!

• Monster Jam: Do you like watching large trucks do ridiculous stunts and crush smaller cars in the process? Of course you do!

• Kansas City Tattoo Expo: Come experience KC’s first tattoo expo hosted by Ink Matters. Meet tattoo artists, swap ideas, and maybe get a new tattoo!

• Wizarding Wine Flights: If you can’t fly to Universal this weekend, you might as well try some Harry Potter-inspired wine flights and snacks.

• Chiefs v Dolphins: Look, we know it will be cold… but tickets are starting at $60. Wouldn’t Patrick and Travis show up for you?

Real Estate

The Rent Is Due

This week, RentCafe released an analysis that showed Kansas City and Overland Park as two of the hottest rental markets in the US.

• Top 10, Baby!: RentCafe, a publication geared toward empowering renters across the country, compiled a list of the hottest rental markets in the US. Kansas City was ranked 2nd on the list while Overland Park placed 10th. KC was the only metro with two cities on the list.

• Going to Need a 4 Light Soon: Several times in 2023, Kansas City saw the most rental activity according to RentCafe. Last year saw a 63% increase in page views for apartments in Kansas City.

• Rocking The Suburbs: Overland Park placed #10 on the last thanks to placing second for rental activity during June and October. The city saw a 28% uptick in searches and had 22% more personalized searches saved by apartment hunters.

There are several macroeconomic takeaways you can pull from this list, but the most clear is that the Midwest, and specifically the KC metro, is seeing an increase in rental demand not yet seen in this part of the country.

Events

Oi! You Better Come To This Show!

Brett Goldstein, the actor and comedian who helped write Ted Lasso and played Roy Kent, is coming to Kansas City.

• Top 2 Nights Of Your Life: The comedic writer who hit gold with hits such as Ted Lasso and Shrinking, Brett Goldstein, is coming to Kansas City for his comedy show The Second Best Night Of Your Life.

• A Comedian’s Dream: After seeing initial demand, the Kauffman Center announced a second show has been added. Both shows will take place on April 20-21.

• Quite The Takeoff: Goldstein, who grew up in the UK and studied acting in New York, came to prominence as a writer for Ted Lasso. Since then he has written the Apple+ show Shrinking featuring Heidi Gardner and appeared in movies such as Thor: Love and Thunder.

Tickets went on sale for the general public this morning with a 6-ticket limit per customer.

Events

Calling All Artists!

The Brookside Art Annual also known as the Brookside Arts Show is right around the corner, and it’s not too late to be a vendor.

• Arts Are Alive: The Brookside Art Annual is an annual art show hosted by the Brookside Business Association, a non-profit that organizes the event, attended by thousands each year.

• Arty Like It’s 1986: For the 38th year, Brookside will welcome local artists who can apply to exhibit their art at the art show. Applications are due January 16th at midnight.

• Artists Welcome: Not only is the event attended by much of the Kansas City metro, but artists enjoy full security, booth sitters, free food, and a host of volunteers who want to cater to your needs and help you sell more art.

The Brookside Art Annual is May 3-5 with artists able to set up on the 2nd. Artists can submit applications online here!

KC Daily Picks

In Other News

• 🐓 Eatin’ Breakfast In The Neighborhood: First Watch is placing a new location in Lenexa where a former Applebees operated.

• 🏎️ New Logo, Same Need For Speed: The Kansas Motor Speedway may have a new logo, but it’s hoping it won’t impact demand for tickets on sale now.

• 🤵🏾 For Men, It’s a Clothier: Newton James is a new men’s designer brand clothier that is opening in Overland Park.

• ⛸️ Let Them Go: The sisters from Frozen, Anna & Elsa, will be skating on the Ice at Park Place this Sunday.

• 💰 All The Meat: Aramark, in charge of concessions at Arrowhead, is offering a three-meat burger for the playoffs!

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