Maybe life isn’t fair, but on a day-to-day basis, we can even up the odds a little.  That’s why at Proffer we’ve started a campaign called “Free Video for the Good Guys.”  It’s pretty much just what it sounds like: we’re making free videos for organizations that are dedicated to helping people … and in [...]

The nice thing about being a communications company is that we can spread the word about things we believe in, and that includes supporting other companies who share our values — like Ripple Glass. Since 2009, Ripple has been keeping glass out of landfills and boosting our economy by reusing glass locally.
Now Ripple is teaming [...]

In a recent article for the New York Times, Mark Bittman vaporizes the argument that fast food costs less than a home-cooked meal.  The value menu works only if you don’t include what you’re buying.  But it’s hard to compete with how cheap and easy fast food is to come by.
For many people in America [...]

There’s just no denying it. Kansas City is facing an autumn so charming it’s bound to turn heads. We’re lucky. Half of the rest of the country has been dealing with wildfires and hurricanes. The flooding from hurricane Irene was so widespread that the Northeast is facing a shortage of pumpkins after the waters washed [...]

If you have an active library card with the Kansas City Public Library there is a good chance you’ve heard of the Big Read, and if you haven’t heard of it you should get yourself a library card, because it’s coming. The Big Read is a national, month-long event sponsored by the National Endowment for [...]

There are some things that people will do until the sun expands to consume the inner planets, stupid things. Things that you can’t convince them are stupid because it’s a free country, and you can’t spell freedom without “dumb.” Motorcyclists with their hair flapping in the wind behind them are free to risk their lives; [...]

Here at Proffer Productions we’re all about good narrative, which springs from good content, which often gets mulled over while snacking on good food. So we’re extremely excited that fall is here as we’ll soon have another changing of the guard. Say goodbye to your summer cherries and say hello to sweet potatoes – locally [...]

Ever hear of that quixotic rite of passage for boy scouts, the ‘snipe’ hunt? Well, sit yourself down and prepared to be mildly surprised: that’s a real bird. I know! I was going through this excellent educational website for the Cheyenne Bottoms and there it was, along with other real birds like the great blue [...]

Getting a chill to run down your back in the middle of the summer usually means one thing: shark week.  But it’s usually the sharks that creep you out, not the Discovery channel. Last week, shark week took a morbid turn in its newest incarnation. The majority of the shows seemed to be about close [...]

When beauty is near, everyone is rich. Despite the alarming stock losses of yesterday you’ll have the chance to feel like a king tonight in the Crossroads.  Here are our suggestions for this steamy August art ramble:
Chez Elle Creperie & Art Gallery
1713 Summit, 6-9 pm
Chez Elle advertises itself as the only creperie in KC. I’d [...]

It’s not that it’s hot; it’s that it’s hot all the time. Just listen to Chuck Haddix (as most of KC knows, pronounced had-uck). He gave a weather report on a recent Saturday by saying, “Well, it seemed strange to say it yesterday, but here we are again. It’s 8:34 and 103 degrees.” The bark [...]

Whether you believe that art is, as Oscar Wilde put it with exquisite ambivalence, completely useless; or you see it as a banner that will lead your endeavors to the top of the social mountain— it invigorates like a shot of strong whiskey to the soul.
This weekend (tomorrow at 7 pm) at the Nelson-Atkins Museum [...]

Getting a degree from the Kansas City Art Institute during a recession can seem like poor planning, like trying to grow strawberries in the desert. But in an interview with Terry Gross before the release of his directorial premiere (A Single  Man) Tom Ford refers to one of art’s enduring powers in a comment about [...]

College students the world over are totally clueless of the amount they owe to the automotive aftermarket. Driving hundreds and thousands of miles to concerts and job interviews every year in Gremlins and Mustangs that seem to be held together with cigarette butts and youthful enthusiasm, they are unaware that an entire industry exists to [...]

Not many people know what their career is going to be at the age of 12, let alone what the world will be like when they launch themselves into a dizzying world of adult responsibility. It’s their time to do the work of growing, exploring, and dreaming; and most young adults are unaware of the [...]

Some cities get all the attention when it comes to sustainable living: Portland (OR), San Francisco, even New York City gets a lot of buzz whenever it erects something eighty stories tall and green. But what about The Emerald City? Kansas City has made strides in the race to attract young professionals who have a [...]