Mayor pushes the city in speech and song

Mayor Sly James delivered his State of the City speech in Midtown today and closed it with a surprise shot of panache. The city advocate struck a new chord at the Uptown Theater when he closed by singing “Going Back to Kansas City” with ...

President Obama feels the love in Midtown

At the Uptown Theater today, President Barack Obama spoke of a revived economy and said it would be stronger still if Congress did its job. He took the stage to chants of “we love you” and more cheers followed, combined with jeers for Republicans. (See ...

Who’s first in line to see the President?

Darlene Ford of Hyde Park and Trish Harmon of Brookside hope to be the first in line to get into the president’s speech at the Uptown today. In fact, they were already in line at 8 p.m. last night, prepared to spend the night. Ford was first ...

Traffic and transit alerts for Presidential visit to Midtown

The ATA says we need to be prepared for road closures and rerouting because of the President’s visit to Midtown tomorrow. President Obama is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. and crowds lined up yesterday at the Uptown Theater to get tickets ...