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AVIA AREE is an independent Kansas City living magazine covering local culture, small businesses, neighborhoods, history and architecture, food and coffee, wellness, arts, fashion, city events and everyday life across the Kansas City metro. Explore original stories, photography, guides and Talk About The Weather, AVIA AREE’s daily Kansas City editorial.
DWKC MiniCon 2026: What We Bring Into the Room
Inside the daylong DWKC MiniCon 2026: leadership, AI, creative work, networking, original AVIA AREE photography and conversations between sessions.
LaRee Durden
Sep 1711 min read
The Show Is the Ad Now: What Netflix’s The Hawk Says About the Next Brand Deal
Netflix’s The Hawk is turning fictional characters, branded campaigns and retail activations into one connected commercial story world. The lesson for publishers may be bigger than product placement.
LaRee Durden
Aug 295 min read
The Food Hall Problem: Parlor, Crossroads, and Where Independent Chefs Go Next
Parlor’s closing is more than a Crossroads headline. It asks what happens to independent chefs when the shared room that launched them disappears.
LaRee Durden
Aug 226 min read
LaRee Durden — Editorial, Media & Publishing Portfolio
Career portfolio, résumé, selected editorial work, publishing leadership, and professional materials from LaRee Durden, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of AVIA AREE.
LaRee Durden
Jul 211 min read
What the World Cup Is Bringing to Kansas City: Spending, Infrastructure and Local Business
Kansas City’s 2026 World Cup matches brought major projections for visitor spending, transportation, security, hotels and local business. This report examines the promises, public costs and numbers that will matter after the tournament.
AVIA AREE
Jun 114 min read
What Lingers, Lasts: The Legacy of William Randolph Hearst
A study of William Randolph Hearst’s wealth, media power, collecting and obsession—and how those forces shaped the empire and legacy he left behind.
AVIA AREE
May 12 min read
AI, Business, and the People Building With Purpose
AI is already changing how people write, organize, publish and build businesses. This essay examines what the tools can do—and why purpose, judgment and human direction still matter.
AVIA AREE
Apr 292 min read
The Business of Becoming
Practical AI and growth guidance for brick-and-mortar businesses, covering customer engagement, operations, visibility and community without losing the human touch.
LaRee Durden
Apr 213 min read
She’s So Lucky—On Power, Money, and Becoming
An AVIA AREE essay on She’s So Lucky and the women discussing power, money, identity, creative uncertainty and the ongoing work of becoming.
AVIA AREE
Apr 154 min read
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