KC Mac & Co. steps up its game; Former mayors to assess KC + Downtown news beat

The Kansas City Public Library will present Hindsight, Insight: Four Former Mayors Appraise KC in a live program on Thursday, Jan. 26. The event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Truman Forum Auditorium at the Library’s Plaza Branch. Nick Haines of Kansas City PBS will moderate. The discussion will unfold just two months before the city’s April 4 primary elections for mayor and the city council.

Dwight Tiller (left) and Steven Austin are co-founders of artisan macaroni-and-cheese restaurant KC Mac N’ Co. The eatery is expanding to a roughly 1,800-square-foot space inside Town Pavilion at 1111 Main St.