Archives: September 2015
Vice chairwoman of Missouri Republican Party ignores established codes of social conduct, writes on top of Thomas Hart Benton painting in Capitol Building
The work of Thomas Hart Benton, the most famous artist in Missouri history, is well-represented in the halls of the Statehouse in Jefferson City. Though it is a Statehouse, and not an art museum, it is nevertheless presumed that visitors will abide by similar etiquette — that is, to not touch Benton’s historically significant and arguably priceless murals and paintings. …
The East Bottoms Bazaar is happening tonight
“Part pop-up shop, part street festival,” is how Urban Provisions owner Savannah Northcraft described Third Fridays in the East Bottoms in our recent feature on that nook of the city. The event has been a bit on-and-off for the last year, but it returns this evening. What all is going on? If you will just hold on a second, I am…
The Who postpones December show at the Sprint Center, along with all North American tour dates
Kansas City is going to have to wait a little longer to catch the Who on its 50th anniversary tour. In a press release today, the band announced that it was postponing all remaining dates on its “The Who Hits 50!” North American tour, including the rescheduled December 8 date at the Sprint Center, due to continuing health concerns for…
Get into the groove with Desperately Seeking Susan tonight on the library’s roof
The last of this summer’s Pitch- and Kansas City Public Library-sponsored Off the Wall rooftop movies is tonight at the Central Library (14 West 10th Street), and our selection — 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan — is worth a few exclamations. To wit: See the Statue of Liberty clad in its restoration scaffolding! See Madonna before she was clad in restoration…
Chiefs lose in the most Chiefs way imaginable
Shortly after the clock expired on the Kansas City Chiefs’ latest loss to the Denver Broncos in astounding fashion, whoever runs the Twitter handle for WHB 810 posed this question to heartbroken fans: Was this loss more painful than the loss to the Colts in the playoffs? — Sports Radio 810 WHB (@SportsRadio810) September 18, 2015 Well, which one? The…
Chiefs lose in the most Chiefs way imaginable
Was this loss more painful than the loss to the Colts in the playoffs?— Sports Radio 810 WHB (@SportsRadio810) September 18, 2015
#BringBackSungWoo director Josh Swade discusses his ESPN 30 for 30 film about the Royals superfan — who returns to KC for Monday’s Union Station premiere
Die-hard sports fans will do just about anything for their favorite team, but how many are willing to travel half a world away to spend two weeks of vacation time watching (at the time) one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball? South Korean baseball fan Sung Woo Lee was more than willing — for him, attending his first Royals…
Prosecutors charge Joseph L. Nelson with murder, believe he’s the perpetrator of last week’s triple homicide
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters-Baker announced that Joseph L. Nelson would face first-degree murder charges in connection to the recent shooting deaths of three people in southeast Kansas City. Kansas City Police Department officers on September 8 were called to a residence on the 5900 block of East 84th Street, where they found three people inside, dead from multiple gunshot…
David George & A Crooked Mile’s ‘Hey, Kansas City!’ is the Chiefs’ new touchdown anthem
Tonight, the Chiefs will take the field for their home opener against the Denver Broncos. Sometime in that first quarter, the team will score a touchdown, and for the first time in years, the crowd will hear a song other than Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2.” Given that Glitter’s doing time for kiddy fiddling, Chiefs management decided to…
Janet Jackson To Take Her Unbreakable Tour To KC In October
Since being announced, tickets for Janet Jackson’s tour have been in high demand. That will include when Jackson makes a top at the Sprint Center on October 27, two months into her over 80-date tour. Across the tour, Janet Jackson tickets have an average price of $187.50 on secondary market, however his Kansas City stop will be slightly below that…
Truman Medical Centers closes behavioral health emergency department
%{}% Truman Medical Centers announced on Wednesday that it would immediately close its Hospital Hill facility for patients with acute mental-health crises. TMC will fold the Behavioral Health Emergency Department, where there were 12 beds for patients, into its 47-bed emergency room. The Behavioral Health Emergency Department treats patients who are suicidal, possibly dangerous to others or suffering an acute…
Uberdine hosts pop-up 1950s style TV Dinner on September 30
Chef Joe Shirley, proprietor of the Uberdine pop-up dinner series, has set a date for the first collaboration with his new boss — Larry Sells, co-owner of the Uptown Theater at 3700 Broadway. It happens Wednesday, September 30. The meal will be held in the second-floor Broadway Room, which looks out over the former movie theater’s marquee and Broadway Boulevard….
Flying Saucer hosts KC Beerfest, Cinder Block’s anniversary begins, KC Bier Co. throws Oktoberfest and more beer events
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Sour Beer Week, with Jolly Pumpkin, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Boulevard and Cigar City Collaboration No. 5 tropical pale ale release party, at Boulevard Brewing Co. (2501 Southwest Blvd.), 4-7 p.m. Sour Beer Week, with Perennial, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m. Oktoberfest battle, at Bier Station…
Bartender’s Notebook: Novel’s Hoap Wilson boasts her drinks with local seasonal produce
Novel bartender Hoap Wilson is generally soft-spoken, but she is bubbly when I arrive at the restaurant one afternoon a couple of hours ahead of opening. From Novel’s kitchen, she has foraged an array of ingredients specifically for my visit and the drinks I want to try: cocktails centered on in-season produce from local farms. “I was thinking about doing…
Kate Garman, innovation analyst for the city of Kansas City, Missouri, talks the streetcar, voting and more in The Pitch Questionnaire
Twitter handle: @katiegps Hometown: Shawnee Current neighborhood: Volker — my favorite neighborhood so far. What I do: I’m the innovation analyst for Mayor Sly James, tasked to make our city’s laws foster a culture of innovation. In my spare time, I’m a law student and student editor-in-chief of The Urban Lawyer. What’s your addiction? Coffee, running, and a nice red…
Mike Sanders, Jackson County Executive, takes a break, appoints acting executive [Updated]
The power of Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders has been passed from Sanders, elected to a third term last year, to Mary Lou Brown on an acting basis. The Jackson County Legislature heard an executive order about Brown’s appointment toward the end of its Monday meeting at the county courthouse in Independence. There was no explanation given for Sanders’ decision…
Johnny Depp scares up a performance in the bloated Black Mass
Black Mass is Johnny Depp’s movie. That is, when someone asks you what movies you’ve seen lately, and you answer that you’ve seen Black Mass, and then the person asks what that is, and you say, “The new Johnny Depp movie, the one where he plays an albino Ray Liotta.” But I want to talk for a minute about Corey…
Music Forecast 9.17-9.23: Taylor Swift, Making Movies Carnaval, Best Coast, Wavves and Levi Parham
Taylor Swift Here’s what we know for sure about Taylor Swift. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter and seven-time Grammy Award winner loves her cats, Meredith Gray and Olivia Benson. As of press time, she had surpassed Kim Kardashian in Instagram followers (making her the most followed person on the ‘Gram). And her 2014 album, the pop-centric 1989, confirmed what music heads around…
Samara Umbral goes deep at Haw Contemporary
Samara Umbral’s new works at Haw Contemporary show an appreciation for the classical masters of figure painting but are roughly the size of modern cellphones. The images in her F, which opens Friday, September 18, recall the coolly theatrical 1930s paintings of Balthus, with that artist’s surrealist flair overwritten by a detailed portrayal of sexualized youth. Yet nothing here is…
Jazz Beat: Bobby Watson Quartet, featuring Curtis Lundy, at the Folly Theater
The Folly Theater kicks off the 34th season of its jazz series with one of today’s most renowned alto saxophonists and jazz composers: Kansas City’s own Bobby Watson, a musician who performs on stages worldwide. Watson is director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, and occasionally he’s found jamming in a local…
After four years apart, Stik Figa and D/Will get back together for JOBB
%{}% Rapper John Westbrook, who performs as Stik Figa, and producer Denzel Williams, known as D/Will, made up one of the most industrious local duos of the late aughts, with four full-length releases between 2009 and 2011. Then, without much fanfare, they decided it was time to look for different creative partners. Westbrook released the moody The City Under the…
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