Three and a half years after being appointed to the position, and three months after receiving a vote of “no confidence” from the faculty, Jacqueline Chanda has resigned as president of the Kansas City Art Institute, effective today, KCUR reports. A letter from the board of trustees sent today to faculty, staff and students notes that Chanda will retire as…
For the last month, our music section has been all about The Pitch Music Awards. We’ve introduced the 15 categories and 75 nominees, recapped the back-to-back showcases and encouraged our readers to vote for their picks. The reason for the emphasis on this content is obvious: We’re proud of the industrious pool of talent in Kansas City. We want to…
It’s difficult to win the hearts and minds of an audience by likening anything to slavery. It grabs people’s attention, but only because it’s usually an insensitive rhetorical strategy, and hardly anything warrants the comparison. Dan Coffey, the spokesman for Kansas City streetcar antagonist committee Citizens for Responsible Government, forged ahead anyway and hit the Send button Sunday on an…
The 18th Annual Pitch Music Awards ceremony was held at the Uptown Theater and hosted by World Air Guitar Champion Eric “Mean” Melin and Mills Record Co. owner Judy Mills.
Tori Amos Midland Theater, Kansas City Saturday, August 2, 2014 For the full slideshow, go here. After 14 studio albums and more than two decades in the business, Tori Amos can do whatever the hell she wants onstage. And if that means appearing solo (without her backing band for the first time in years) and largely disregarding the material from…
Shots from Tori Amos’ concert at the Midland Theater on 8/2/2014. All photos by April Fleming.
Midwestern Musical Co. Finale and Guitar Bash Friday, August 1, 2014 Midwestern Musical Co. certainly knows how to throw a party. The space throws its doors open, plugs in bands for free shows, and gathers a noisy conglomeration of Kansas City music fans. They also know how to build up to the destruction of a janky guitar. It was just…
I’m sure I wasn’t alone in my reaction to news that Mötley Crüe had undertaken its “Final Tour.” Really? Is anyone going to be surprised when singer Vince Neil, guitarist Mick Mars, bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee somehow find the strength to hit the road again in a couple of summers? Then again, these ’80s glam-metal gods have…
Johnson County Commissioners on Thursday sank the appointment of Kansas University Medical Center physician and professor Allen Greiner as its public health officer in a move influenced by anti-abortion interests. Greiner’s appointment, like so many others that come before the Johnson County Board of Commissioners, should have glided through their meeting agenda earlier this summer. But Kansans for Life executive…
It doesn’t matter that the reviews for Tori Amos’ 14th studio album, Unrepentant Geraldines, released this summer, haven’t been especially thrilling. The 50-year-old chanteuse has always done things her own way, and more often than not, the Tori Amos way is weird and alienating. On Geraldines, Amos returns to the 1990s piano-driven format that made her famous (with albums such as…
The Pitch Music Awards Show is at the Uptown Theater this Sunday, August 3, and hosted by World Air Guitar Champion Eric “Mean” Melin and Mills Record Co.’s Judy Mills (tickets here). To count down to the awards ceremony – and help introduce you to this year’s picks – we’re debuting a “song of the day” each weekday until the show from…
It’s a big divisional series in St. Louis this weekend. The St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers have been jockeying for position in the NL Central all season, and now the Cardinals are just two games back. They also just acquired two new starters for their rotation in Justin Masterson and John Lackey. It’s certainly a good time on the…
The Oakland Athletics have been the best team in baseball all season. Now their pitching rotation is stacked from top to bottom thanks to a deadline deal for Boston Red Sox ace Jon Lester. That’s bad news for the Kansas City Royals who are next on the A’s schedule. The Royals are competing for a playoff spot as well, but…
Warped Tour Cricket Wireless Amphitheater Thursday, July 31, 2014 At 34 years old, I think I’m finally too old for Warped Tour. This is despite the fact that, with the weather Thursday afternoon, it was likely the nicest Warped in years. Granted, it’s still in a parking lot in direct July sun, but not as bad as it has been. Still,…
The winners of the 18th annual Pitch Music Awards will be unveiled Sunday, August 3, at the Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway). Four nominated acts will provide entertainment for the evening: Your Friend (Singer-Songwriter), Outsides (Emerging Act), Kansas City Bear Fighters (Folk Ensemble), and the Bad Ideas (Punk). Join us for a night celebrating the very best of this year’s local…
City Ice Arts, a hub of spaces at 21st Street and Campbell that includes a gallery, artist studios and various businesses and retail operations, will meet the bulldozer in October, when a new phase of redevelopment for the Hospital Hill North area gets under way. “It’s been in the works for a few years now,” Dave Dumay, owner of…
