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LIFESTYLE LETTER

A love of all things local

February 2022 PUBLISHER

Zach Traphagan | zach.traphagan@citylifestyle.com EDITOR IAL COOR DINATOR

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February is our local love issue, and while every month of our magazine is a love letter to our local Northland community, we’re shouting it even louder this month!

Our cover story is a celebration of public art and murals, with a tour of many of the painted murals in our Northland community. I drove from Weston to Liberty, through Kearney and Parkville and North Kansas City to capture all our local murals — some of them brand new or even still in progress! If I missed any, please let me know — I had a lot of fun cataloging them all and learning about the artists and the meanings behind them all.

We’re also celebrating Harriet Tubman this month for her 200th birthday and all she did for our country. Local travel guru Diane Lambdin Meyer took a trip to Delaware and Maryland and visited all the historic sites in Harriet’s story to make a guide for anyone from Kansas City to recreate.

This month, Tyler Shane wrote about her new chocolate launch, a celebration of Latin and indigenous ingredients and heritage in collaboration with coffee shop Café Corazón, and she even developed some chocolate recipes for you to recreate at home — for your Valentine or yourself!

And lastly, Dee Ferguson of Parkville-based plant business rOOTS gave us plenty of tips on keeping those indoor plants alive. Plants are so trendy right now! I don’t know about you, but having green things in my home is essential during these cold months, even if I struggle to find space for them all when the temps drop and they have to come in from outside.

Thanks again for opening us another month, reader, and for helping us celebrate all the local things we love during this month of love.

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Local Experiences

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Events

Take a historic trip inspired by Harriet Tubman for her 200th birthday

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A guide to murals and public art in the Northland

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Plant peddler Dee Ferguson gives tips on keeping plants surviving and thriving

36 More than chocolate

Local chocolatier develops a chocolate bar inspired by Latin and indigenous ingredients

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Photography: Katie Currid Mural in the Iron District in NKC

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1: Seaman Gianni Trook, from Lenexa, mans the helm on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. 2: 2nd Class William Peek, left, from Olathe, and 3rd Class Gervin Flores perform maintenance on an F-35C Lightning II. 3: Clay County Economic Development County Executive Director David Slater stands with Julie Sola, new EDC chairwoman. 4: Horses Slick, JJ and Dolly change pastures in Weston 5: A snow hike at Parkville Nature Sanctuary 6: Aerial HIIT class at the Wellness Warehouse in Liberty 7: New Year's Eve Dance in Smithville

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Chef Andrew Longres Plans Opening of Acre Restaurant in Parkville After working at some of the country’s finest restaurants, including The French Laundry, Bluestem, and The American Restaurant, 35-year-old Andrew Longres is set to open Acre, a 3,500-square-foot, 90-seat restaurant in Parkville Commons Shopping Center.

Acre will feature an Argentinian brasero-style, wood-fired hearth to create dishes such as pickled chicken, served half roasted and half fried, or add smoke to steaks dry-aged in-house. Other menu highlights include handmade pastas and his Grandma Maxine’s lemon cake.

KC Scholars Gives Scholarships to Northlanders KC Scholars awarded 74 Adult Learner scholarships in December. Rachel Cross, a Liberty resident, was an awardee and will use her scholarship to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering. Adult learner awardees must be 24 or older, have low-to modest income, have previously earned at least 12 college credits at a post-secondary institution, and have not earned a degree or has previously earned an associate degree, and will use the scholarship to earn a bachelor’s degree.

Liberty Hospital Hosts Half Marathon and Jewell 5K Registration is open for the Liberty Hospital Half Marathon and Jewell 5K set for March 26, 2022. Presented by Hy-Vee, the scenic race course starts and ends at William Jewell College and passes through historic downtown Liberty. Participants will receive personalized bibs and terrific swag, including stunning finisher medals, race photos, soft t-shirts, post-race refreshments including 3Halves Craft beer, and discounts from sponsors. Entry fees support community programs through the Liberty Hospital Foundation.www.libertyhospitalhalf.org.

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Celebrate the ones you love this Valentine's Day by treating them to a night out at one of your favorite restaurants or experience something new and find a hidden gem around town. Whatever you are looking for, we have you covered.

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easy choice for a romantic date night. 501 NE 70th St, Gladstone, MO WINES BY JENNIFER : You don't have to go far to enjoy wine from around

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CELEBRATING HARRIET TUBMAN – AMERICA’S LEGENDARY “MOSES” PLAN A HISTORIC TRIP TO LEARN ABOUT HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FOR HER 200TH BIRTHDAY ARTICLE BY DIANA LAMBDIN MEYER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRUCE N. MEYER

She never knew the exact day she was born. Nobody bothered to write it down or tell her. But we honor Harriet Tubman on March 10 and celebrate her 200th birthday throughout the month of March 2022.

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One of the most famous names in American history, Harriet Tubman is an icon that many of us know little about. And much of what we know is based on inaccurate lore that evolved over the years.

Born into slavery in Dorchester County Maryland in 1822, Harriet Tubman began her journey into history in 1849 when, at the age of 27, she escaped slavery, finding her way north to Philadelphia.

But everything in her life to this point made Harriet Tubman the hero we know of her today.

When she was five years old, she was rented out to a neighbor to help care for a white baby. When the baby would cry, 5-year-old Harriet was whipped.

“I used to sleep on the f loor and cry and cry. If I could only get home to my mother’s bed,” she later wrote.

When she was 12 and rented out to another farmer, Harriet was sent to the store for supplies. While there, a young, enslaved boy was running to escape a whipping from his owner. The white man told Harriet to grab him, but she refused, and he escaped. The man picked up a weight from the store counter and threw it, hitting Harriet in the head.

She was unconscious for days and suffered from narcolepsy for the rest of her life. The visions she saw that helped her lead others to freedom are attributed to this head injury. But this is considered her first act of resistance to slavery.

The Bucktown General Store where this incident happened still stands and is one stop on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway that crisscrosses through Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

The byway has 45 stops, many of them a historic marker telling the story of buildings that once stood and how they are a part of the Harriet Tubman legacy.

But in traveling this trail, you learn the depth of her journeys and her struggle for freedom.

One of the more visual spaces that represents a powerful story is a massive mural painted on the exterior rear wall of the Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center in Cambridge, Maryland.

Artist Michael Rosato was inspired by Tubman, recounting how she rescued her niece and nephew who were being sold at auction on the courthouse steps. The auction paused for lunch and with white owners paying little attention, Harriet simply walked up and led the children to a waiting rowboat on the Choptank River. She rowed them to freedom.

According to Rosato, the image of Harriet’s extended hand in the mural (pictured on the next page) represents his attempt to bring past and present together in understanding her important story.

There is also a North Star in the upper right corner of the mural.

In researching Tubman in preparation for this project, Rosato said “this little black woman who lived 200 years ago taught this white guy about courage.”

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Name: Harriet Tubman was born “Arminta” and known as “Minty.” She changed her name to Harriet sometime in the 1840s to honor her mother, Harriet.

Impact: Harriet Tubman rescued 70 people from slavery on 13 different trips to Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Myth: Harriet Tubman never used the quilt code of the Underground Railroad. It is considered a myth.

Service: She worked for the Union Army during the Civil War as a nurse, cook, spy and scout. She led an armed raid in South Carolina in 1863 that freed 700 enslaved people.

Watch: The movie “Harriet,” available on Netflix, starring Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom, Jr., is a fairly accurate, albeit truncated portrayal of her life.

“I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.”

– Harriet Tubman, 1865

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PLAN YOUR TRIP How to get there United, American and Southwest offer direct flights from Kansas City to Baltimore. A rental car is necessary to access these various sites.

The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park 410-221-2290, nps.gov/hatu A few miles east of Cambridge near Church Creek in Maryland’s farm country is one of the National Park Service’s tributes to Harriet Tubman. Opened in 2017, the interpretive center moves visitors from south to north, from darkness to light, as it tells the story of Tubman’s life and service to others.

The NPS plans special birthday events on March 11, 12, and 13.

Wilmington, Delaware 800-489-6664, visitwilmingtonde.com Wilmington is a valuable destination in understanding the Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad story. It is here she met and worked with Thomas Garrett, a white abolitionist credited with helping 2,500 individuals arrive in the free North.

Among other contributions, he was known to provide new shoes to each freedom seeker.

Stop at the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park on the Christina River to learn more and see the massive sculpture dedicated to the two.

A guided walking tour of the Quaker Hill Historic District in Wilmington highlights individuals and institutions that contributed to the fight for freedom in this area, just a few miles from the Pennsylvania border.

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Ar t All Around

A round-up of murals in the Northland

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ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KATIE CURRID

IRON DISTRICT: This unique area is built out of shipping containers, and so the Iron District commissioned various local artists to paint them. The result is bright and funky art that brightens up this otherwise industrial neighborhood. 1599 Iron St., North Kansas City.

POWER OF THE TITANS: A new mural near the corner of 10th and Burlington in North Kansas City was painted by Andrei Krautsou. It highlights NKC’s relationship with the railroad and industrial history, and the blue line running through it represents the Missouri River.

FOUNDATION OF KEARNEY: This scene depicts Kearney in 1869 at its founding when a railroad line was built through the area. It also gives a nod to Jesse James, as Kearney is infamously the birthplace of the outlaw. 106 W. Washington St., Kearney.

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WASHINGTON STREET WALKWAY: The Kearney City Council teamed up with a local Girl Scout troop to turn this alley into a colorful photo destination, with a depiction of a Kearney postcard featuring Jesse James, plus murals of wings, butterflies and flowers.

Find it in the 100 block of Washington St. in Kearney.

PHOTO OP ALLEY: Multiple murals grace the walls of this alley on Main Street in downtown Parkville, such as a large American flag and a pair of intricate wings made of up Parkville icons, like the train.

LEWIS & CLARK: Artist David McClain commemorated the 200th anniversary of the Lewis & Clark expedition with a mural at the corner of Mill and Water Streets in Liberty.

You can find other murals in downtown Liberty, such as a colorful temporary construction wall at the corner of Kansas and Water Streets.

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WESTON HISTORY: A mural by Weston residents Maresa Fisher and Susan Grinlinton is still in progress at the New Deal Warehouse in Weston off of 273 Hwy, which depicts Weston’s history. The mural is a clever response to constant graffiti on the side of the building, which the warehouse’s owner wanted to cover. The artists worked on the mural for most of 2021 and it features Lewis and Clark, Ben Holladay, the tobacco industry, and steamboats.

SCHOOL PRIDE: This Kearney bulldog at 101 S. Grove St in Kearney would be a great spot for senior photos. A large green dragon also graces the rest of the wall.

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Putting down rOOTS Plant peddler Dee Ferguson gives tips on keeping plants surviving and thriving ARTICLE BY KATIE CURRID | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ASHLEY ELWELL

Dee Ferguson never really set out to start a plant business. After selling another business in 2020, in between plotting her next steps, she was working with her dad on a genealogy project about their family’s history.

“As it turns out, that was just part of my DNA because in researching my ancestors, my roots were mainly farmers and they all had a passion for botany,” says Dee. Her ancestors loved plants so much she found multiple historic photos of her ancestors posing with them.

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Dee, whose home was filled with plants, but mainly as a hobby, took it as a sign — this would be her next business venture.

“I was always a plant gal anyway,” she says. “It was not something that I dreamt about — starting a plant store 5 years ago. It hit me like a lightning bolt with our DNA.” That’s why she named her plant business rOOTS — her maiden name, which she shares with her botany-loving family tree, is Oots, and it made for perfect wordplay.

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Dee lives in Parkville and keeps her entire plant inventory in her home. While she’s currently searching for the perfect retail space, she holds pop-ups all over Kansas City — primarily on the third floor of Bella Patina in the West Bottoms on every First Friday weekend. This is a perfect fit because Dee really sees plants as home decor pieces.

“It was never my goal to sell someone 50 plants that they go home and put on a kitchen window,” says Dee. Dee makes sure she sets her customers up for success when they go home with a plant. She says a lot of people come in and feel like they have a black thumb.

“These people feel like they’re plant killers because they bought a succulent at Home Depot with no drainage and it died,” says Dee. Dee wants her customers to feel confident in caring for their new plants.

She asks them a lot of questions, such as about the lighting in their home, and then pots each plant in fresh soil in a pot with proper drainage, and sends it home with a QR code of care instructions.

“We want you to be successful because then you come back,” she says.

Dee says drainage is the number one thing to look for when bringing a new plant home, especially for a newbie. It’s why she only sells pots with drainage holes. If a pot doesn't have proper drainage, it can easily become overwatered.

“The number one reason plants die is because of overwatering,” says Dee. “Nine times out of ten, when someone shows me a plant that died, it’s because of overwatering.”

Dee says the second biggest offender is lack of light.

“Just because a plant is a low-light plant doesn’t mean it’s a no-light plant,” she says. “You can’t put it in a basement with no windows.”

Dee also tries to sell plants that are a little more approachable, such as monsteras, strings of hearts, pothos, or snake

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“Just because a plant is a low-light plant doesn’t mean it’s a no-light plant,” she says. “You can’t put it in a basement with no windows.”

plants. These are all plants Dee has in her own home — and the ones in her home have names, like her polka-dotted begonia named Gladys.

“In every space I have in my home where I want to relax or bring some color in, there are plants,” says Dee. Dee once read a study that the reason people feel more productive and creative around plants is that when our ancestors were around plants, they knew they were around a water source, so they could focus less on survival and relax more.

“It makes me feel like I’m in a safe, creative, fresh environment,” she says. “It makes me happy to see them. Being around them makes me feel happy and peaceful and kind of at home.”

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More than chocolate:

A Latin collaboration Tyler Shane, a Kansas City-based chocolatier, paired up with Café Corazón, Kansas City’s premier Latin coffee shop, to create Latin-inspired chocolate bars.

Café Corazón makes their coffee intending to highlight one of Latin America’s main crops — the coffee bean. When the idea came to the owners Curtis Herrera and Miel Castagna-Herrera to create a chocolate bar, it was time for another crop of Latin origin to have the spotlight – the cacao bean.

While many acknowledge chocolate as a European confection, its origins are in South America. Eventually, the cacao bean made its way north to Mesoamerica, where it became highly revered and the main ingredient in the xocotle drink, a mixture of ground cacao beans combined with spices such as chilies, cinnamon, and vanilla. The bitter concoction was consumed in rituals,

as indigenous people believed it could connect them with the divine.

Café Corazón strives to pay homage not only to Latin and indigenous ingredients but also creators. In their search for a chocolatier with Latinx roots, Tyler fit the bill as she is not only Spanish and Native American but was previously a chocolatier for Christopher Elbow Chocolates.

Their collaboration produced two dark chocolate bars: Maíz and Mole. The Maíz bar combines corn nuts and lime for a crunchy, salty delight. The Mole flavor is a representation of the traditional Mexican sauce and consists of almonds, peanuts, chiles, and other spices.

With the successful launch of the Latininfused chocolate, Tyler plans on continuing to create chocolate that educates the consumer of cacao’s origins and, just maybe, connects one with their divine.

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Kitchen Sink Chocolate Bark Ingredients • 1 lb. 60-70 percent dark chocolate Optional fillings/toppings: • 1 cup peanuts • 1 cup pretzels • 1 cup crushed potato chips Special equipment needed: Candy thermometer Directions 1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment 2. Fill medium pot with 1 inch of water and simmer over medium heat 3. Place chocolate in a large heatproof bowl and place over simmering pot, stirring to melt.

This creates a double boiler.

4. Once chocolate is completely melted, remove from pot. Cool chocolate to 90 degrees.

5. Get creative with it! Look for any sweet or salty pantry item you’d like to add to your chocolate. Use your best judgment as to whether it should be mixed into the chocolate or added at the end as a garnish. Add your chosen fillings to the chocolate and stir until combined.

6. Pour chocolate onto lined cookie sheet and spread evenly in one-inch layer with an offset spatula.

7. Sprinkle garnish on chocolate.

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Spice Fudge Bars Ingredients • 1 tbsp butter • 3 1/3 cup sugar • 1 cup packed dark brown sugar • 12 oz. evaporated milk • 1 cup butter • 32 large marshmallows • 2 tsp vanilla extract • 3 Café Corazón Mole chocolate bars, chopped into small pieces • 1 ½ cup milk chocolate chips Directions 1. Line a 15x10 in. hotel pan with parchment. Grease the parchment with 1 tbsp. butter.

2. In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugars, milk, and butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

3. Stir in marshmallows and vanilla until combined.

4. Gradually stir in spiced and milk chocolate pieces until melted.

5. Immediately pour into the prepared pan.

6. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm.

7. Use parchment to lift and remove fudge from pan. Cut fudge into 1-inch squares and enjoy.

Makes: 50 fudge squares Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 25 minutes

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