Level Up Entertainment is home to many fun attractions from an arcade to a ropes course. Opening in the Columbia Mall, Level Up is something owner Nic Parks wishes will bring people to the mall with their...

Local nonprofit The Center Project prides itself on being a safe space for the queer community. The nonprofit’s community center, located a few blocks west of Columbia College, hosts a variety of support...

The fabrics that surround us every day have long and dramatic journeys to end up in our closets. Your favorite wool sweater began as a fiber growing on a sheep. That fiber was then spun into a yarn, which...

Goat yoga is a relatively new and unique experience that has appeared across social media. After noticing its growth in popularity, local farm owner Jessica Baker started her own program in her family’s...

Talking to dead people, understandably, draws a lot of skeptics. Britney Lyn Buckwalter, the self-titled “Missouri Medium,” came to The Blue Note on Oct. 28, to get people in the Halloween spirit...

With pink hair and a sparkling scepter in hand like Glinda the Good Witch herself, Columbia drag queen Autumn Equinox makes her way to the front of Skylark Bookshop. It’s the Halloween celebration of...

Outside The Blue Note Friday night, crowds lined up around the corner and down the alley waiting for doors to open. College students and families, some spanning three generations, waited excitedly outside...

Unlike the definition of famous in the past, celebrity now comes in shades of gray. Being “famous” could be starring in a movie or having a lot of followers on Instagram. Now, people who hours ago...