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FEBRUARY 2021 PUBLISHER

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Creation Itself DEAR READERS,

MANAGING EDITOR

Rachel Murphy | rmurphy@lifestylepubs.com ACCO UNT MANAGER

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Miranda Read

If you're anything like Jeron, our Publisher, or myself, you've almost reached the

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end of the internet when it comes to children's craft projects. It turns out that

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given ten months of staying at home coupled with the holidays can make even

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the most Pinterest-averse amongst us look for an activity to do with the kids, a

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recipe, or a new hobby.

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Ashley Elwell, Aaron Leimkuehler

That's what makes the people in our Arts and Makers issue even more inspiring--they didn't start crafting when the pandemic hit--they've done this all along. For instance, the Scola family has been making delicious Italian wedding cookies for years, but it wasn't until 2020 that they were able to share them with the entire Northland.

And if you're done crafting and just need to get out of the house, pack the car, and head due south to the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art for their pandemic friendly North Forest Lights exhibit. It's wonderful to be able to experience the outdoors and the creativity of artists at the same time. And there's cocoa!

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INSIDE THE ISSUE FEBRUARY 2021

FEATURES 20 Light up the Night Crystal Bridges Museum of Art's North Forest Lights gives a safe way to experience art

28 Family Matters The Scola tribe comes together to bring their family traditions to your home

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34 Local Flavor The Exchange in Parkville brings locally made goods to the Northland

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ARTICLE RACHEL C. MURPHY PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

THE BLACK ARCHIVES AT ST. JOSEPH MUSEUMS SHOW HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO 14

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Essential Perspectives

“ I ’ve he a r d f r o m a lot o f p e op le t h at we ne e d t h i s k i n d o f ex h i b it , but we h ave o ne! I r e a l ly l i ke wo rk i n g w it h t he s c ho ol s .”

TO MANY SCHOOLCHILDREN, TWO WATER FOUNTAINS

on famous African-Americans from the area and their contribu-

MEAN NOTHING. To Black children growing up during deseg-

tions from sports to music to civil rights.

regation efforts in the United States, two water fountains meant a reminder that they were perceived as ‘less than.’

Co-director Alonzo Weston says that the Archives are an ever-evolving exhibit featuring historical documents donated by

Those days of civil rights are just one of the eras of natural

local citizens such as himself. Weston recently retired from the

history documented in the Black Archives Museum at the St.

St. Joseph News-Press and is excited to get the word out about

Joseph Museums. The Archives Museum, started in 1991 by Jewell

the Archives.

Robinson, has evolved over time and now includes sections on

“I’ve heard from a lot of people that we need this kind of

not only the Civil War and Antebellum times in St. Joseph, but

exhibit, but we have one! I really like working with the schools.

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T he Black A rch ives Museu m of fers va lue f rom its perspect ive f rom loca l residents.

R ather tha n just docu ment i ng the jou r ney of Black A mer ica ns, it g ives a u n iq ue perspect ive f rom Black M issou r ia ns.

For the past five years or so, we’ve brought schoolkids through for tours and speakers,” says Weston.

Music and sports are a major focus of the Archives since Coleman Hawkins, the ‘Father of the Tenor Saxophone,’ is a St. Joseph native. The exhibit focuses on his early influences and commercial successes, such as his famed recording, “Body and Soul.’

The four-room exhibit also offers a glimpse into the Underground Railroad, the Middle Passage, Desegratation, and contributions to education and civil rights in the area.

One way in which the museum is growing is through the Hall of Fame. Nominations focus on the St. Joseph area residents that made a significant and lasting impact through community involvement, economic impact, or educational contributions.

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ROAD TRIP

ARTICLE RACHEL C. MURPHY | PHOTOGRAPHY AARON LEIMKUEHLER

Tempest by Brian Tolle offers a Fibonacci spiral for patrons to navigate.

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CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF ART'S NORTH FOREST LIGHTS GIVES A SAFE WAY TO EXPERIENCE ART

FEBRUARY. It’s a month of love but it’s also one of the coldest months of the year. After January resolutions wear off and March’s promises of spring seem so far away, February is the perfect month to pack up for a short road trip. Destination? Bentonville, Arkansas.

Bentonville is a short three-hour drive south of Kansas City on Interstate 49. Once there, visitors will find a plethora of activities, most of them safe even with pandemic precautions. The community is known for its vibrant mountain biking community, with bike shops readily available and the hills of the Ozarks calling the daring and nimble on two wheels.

Alas, I’m neither nimble nor daring so Bentonville drew my attention for other, more intellectual reasons--the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Founded in 2005 by arts patron and philanthropist Alice Walton, Crystal Bridges uniquely blends art formed by man’s hands with the creation in which it sits.

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The Hearth pulses with light and sound like a glowing heart in the forest.

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The building, designed by Moshe Safdie, (who coincidentally designed Kansas City’s own Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts), allows natural light to play a character in the art it holds. The collection is expansive, featuring works

by American artists dating back to the Colonial era all the way to modern art. In its galleries, you’ll find works by Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keefe, Ansel Adams, and Andy Warhol, with well-curated traveling exhibits to draw you back for more.

But the physical building that houses Crystal Bridges is only half of the equation. Nestled on 120 acres of parkland is a sculpture walk, where, from September to April, the North Forest Lights Exhibition has lived.

The North Forest Lights is now in its second season at Crystal Bridges. Created and produced by Moment Factory, the company behind a projected nativity scene exhibition on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain and luminary walks in Japan and Singapore, the production company uses the North Forest and its permanent collection of art as a backdrop for five light-and-sound installations.

Walking along the paved trail through the park, visitors are ensconced in sound with subtle lighting variations intensifying until they come upon their first installation, the Crystal Grove. LED light strips glow in sequence, seemingly sighing with the breeze.

One of my favorite pieces was the Hearth, a bonfire-inspired sculpture that glowed with warm tones and smoke.

Viewers feel as though they are staring directly into the beating heart of the forest as a four-to-five minute soundscape plays around them.

The Crystal Grove welcomes visitors into the North Forest Lights.

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Deer by Tony Tasset stands 20 feet tall in the North Forest.

The Memory of Water also impresses with undu-

accessible. For a break, you can grab a hot bever-

lating laser lights mimicking a stream as viewers

age and lounge by the fire or order ahead of time

stand on a bridge overlooking a dark abyss. When

and reserve one of the Snow Globes to enjoy the

blue lights illuminate the dry creek bed below, it’s

view from the comfort of a warm, translucent igloo.

mesmerizing to watch.

Once you’ve experienced Crystal Bridges, head

The installations of the North Forest Lights

downtown to experience the charm of small-town

are only one section of the walk. Patrons will also

Bentonville. Although Bentonville has grown signifi-

be able to view permanent installations by Dale

cantly over the years, the square retains the same

Chihuly, Buckminster Fuller, and Brian Tolle, all

sense of Americana that existed when Sam Walton

with the added element of artificial light. Seeing

started his empire.

these works illuminated accentuates shape and

In fact, you can visit The Walmart Museum right

challenges the perspective of color outside of day-

there on the square. The Walmart Museum goes

light hours.

back to the early years of Walmart through artifacts

As an outdoor exhibit, the North Forest Lights

and exhibits. If you want a taste of the historical

provide a perfect opportunity for safe viewing with

Walmart, stop into the streetside soda shop window

timed entrances, social distancing, and masks

for a scoop of ice cream or a phosphate. Tickets to

required. Paths are clearly marked, with docents

the museum are currently timed and available at

for guidance, and all paths are handicapped

WalmartMuseum.com.

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Once you’ve strolled the square and popped into a few of the locally-owned boutiques, bike shops, and gift shops, you’ll have worked up an appetite. Luckily, downtown Bentonville is home to more than twenty eateries and coffee shops, such as the Onyx Coffee Lab, The Hive, or The Preacher’s Son, which is housed in a converted church.

When in Arkansas, you have to respect the razorback, so James Beard Award-nominated Tusk and Trotter is a sure stop. This bastion of all things pork offers nose to tail cuisine. Start with a bowl of freshly fried pork skins flavored with garlic and shaved parmesan cheese.

For those with a big appetite, dive into the Hogzilla sandwich. This ground pork burger is topped with house bacon, swiss cheese, housemade bacon jam, and horseradish remoulade.

With a side of hand-cut french fries and a local beer from one of the many neighboring breweries, you’ll have just enough energy for a walk on one of the trails leading away from the square to Crystal Bridges or the nearby children’s museum, the Amazeum.

For just a short jaunt from the city, Bentonville offers a richly diverse experience--art, sport, and dining all in one picturesque setting. With plenty of opportunities to stretch your legs, even in the midst of a pandemic, it’s time to head south.

Admission to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is free but timed tickets must be reserved in advance. The North Forest Lights exhibit runs on the weekends through April 4.

Tickets are $22 for nonmembers or $15 for members. Children 7-18 are $10 for nonmembers or $7 for members. Children 6 and younger are free. For more information or to purchase timed tickets, visit CrystalBridges.org.

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N O T T O M I S S : 01

02

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THE MOMENTARY

OLD SPANISH

MUSEUM OF NATIVE

Crystal Bridges Museum of Art

TREASURE CAVE

AMERICAN HISTORY

has expanded! The Momentary

Capture the imagination with a

Look into the wisdom and

is a home for traveling exhibits,

guided tour through an Ozark

history of the First Americans

culinary arts, and performing

mystery, the Old Spanish

at this 10,000 piece strong

arts. Just off the square, it

Treasure Cave. The cavern is

collection of Native American

offers a place for art to evolve

said to hold hidden treasure

artifacts. Admission is free.

and grow.

buried by Spanish conquistadors. It’s still down there. . . will you be the one to find it?

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THE SCOLA TRIBE COMES TOGETHER TO BRING THEIR FAMILY TRADITIONS TO YOUR HOME

“HOT BREAD!” That was the cry from the Roma Bakery at one or two o’clock in the morning when Joe Scola was a boy.

Now, that same bread is flying off the shelf at Scola’s Italian Cookies, the newest haven of carbohydrates in the Northland.

Loaves of the artichoke bread (named for the shape, not

The bakery, located at 8002 North Oak Trafficway, Suite

ingredients) would come out the Roma Bakery door into

105, is a truly family-oriented project. And while cookies

the eagerly waiting hands of the children of the Historic

may be what brings in passersby, an army of nostalgic

Northeast, long a haven for Italian-American families.

Kansas Citians are descending on the shop for fresh bread

Once home, the bread was torn apart and stuffed full of mama’s freshly fried meatballs for an on the spot treat that got them through the morning.

and desserts.

The shop is owned by Dianna and Joe Scola, with help from their three children, Linda, Charlie, and Paula, as well

The Scola clan: from Left to Right: Tj, Paula, Dianna, Joe, Stella, Linda, Linda aka Nani, and Charlie

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as Joe’s mother, Linda (aka Nani), and Paula’s fiance, TJ. The first granddaughter, Stella, features prominently as the mascot.

It’s Nani’s recipes, along with nostalgia, that draw people into Scola’s Italian Cookies. The cookie business started in the Scola

With Nani now living with Dianna and Joe, they had the master

home many years ago, first as a request from a cousin, Nick Silvia,

to learn from. Linda Scola is notoriously particular about how the

owner of Em Chamas, for cookies to include on his buffet. Next came

cookies are iced, and her commitment to quality shows. The cookies,

requests from friends and neighbors.

which include figs, Neapolitans, thaythus, almond slices, and more,

Soon, Dianna made cookies for weddings and holidays, including the St. Joseph table at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. After 18

are soft, beautiful, and delicious.

When Scola’s opened in early December, word traveled fast.

years as a stay at home mother, she took a job at Cascone’s Italian

“The second day we were open was December 12. And by one

Restaurant, where she became the banquet manager. What came

o’clock or two o’clock, we sold out and just couldn’t keep up. Well,

next? More cookies.

Frankie Scola, our cousin, called. He said, ‘I saw you guys on Facebook.

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“The second day we were open was December 12. And by one o’clock or two o’clock, we sold out and just couldn’t keep up.”

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You sold out? Yeah, I’m on my way.’ His sister-in-law Robin, our cousin, called and said, ‘I’m on my way.’ Her daughter Jenny, who’s our cousin, ‘I’m on my way.’” Dianna laughs, “They all came and started making cookies. They were here every day during the holidays to make sure we could keep up because we didn’t think we were gonna need a staff and that we could just handle it.”

The support of family got them through the holidays, but not without incredibly long shifts, especially from Joe. At one point, after nearly 40 hours of making cookies to keep up with demand, he pulled two chairs together and slept in the shop.

Part of the hustle is because the cookies are very labor-intensive to make, with some taking up to 17 ingredients and many steps for icing and decorating. Add bread, bagels, and pies to the mix, and their little family bakery has quickly become all-consuming.

But if the Scola clan is tired, they are exhausted and happy--happy to see grateful faces as their customers pickup artichoke bread, hoagies for Italian subs, and trays of cookies to bring home for dessert.

Since the beginning of the year, the mad rush has become more manageable, and the Scola’s have more time to chat with their clientele that comes from across the metro to fulfill their longing for cookies or just the memories of ‘hot bread!’.

Find Scola’s Italian Cookies on Facebook or call them at 816.728.1351.

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the idea was to have about three, maybe five little two-top tables.

We have a little section on our front step for tables. But I would like to get some tables in here and kind of push the retail out a little bit and introduce that café aspect with hot food to go or to enjoy here with a drink," says Dessert.

Right now, Dessert is bringing in specialty items from local chefs all the time. Recent offerings included mini-quiches from local pastry chef Jessica Riek of Jax Fish House and take and bake lasagna.

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