%{}% It’s been a busy year for Ray Pierce, who performs as rapper Steddy P. The founder of Indyground Entertainment brought back Indy Fest, a one-day celebration of local hip-hop, to the Riot Room in August after a three-year hiatus — that same month, he facilitated the relocation of streetwear and sneaker boutique the Loop KC from its former location…
%{}% That’s right, everyone, the Queen of Pop is back in business. Following the cancellation of last month’s scheduled show at the Sprint Center in support of her new album, Unbreakable, Ms. Jackson has just announced the make-up date: Monday, February 15. Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored. Tickets for the February show can be purchased here. Categories:…
%{}% By conventional standards, buildings 10-13 stories in height aren’t really high-rise structures. But placed in or near the Country Club Plaza, such buildings earn the high-rise distinction. The Plaza area may get another two tall buildings in the near future. A developer has designs for a 168-unit apartment building and a nearby 252-room hotel at 46th Street and Wornall….
%{}% Alissia Canady and Katheryn Shields emerged as leaders, it appears, on the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council as it dispensed with a petition initiative to put the downtown convention hotel to a vote. Canady, a first-term councilwoman representing Kansas City’s 5th District, pressed the hotel development team to agree that at least 13 percent of the construction workforce on…
The Kansas City Chiefs have put themselves in quite a hole to earn one of the AFC Wild Card spots, starting at 1-5 through their first six games. But after losing Jamaal Charles for the season due to injury, they’ve adjusted nicely to win two-straight and put themselves in a long shot possibility to reach the NFL’s second season. They…
%{}% A user by the name of evlhrt has been uploading video of late ’80s and early ’90s Kansas City metal acts to YouTube lately, and it’s been an absolute delight. There are quite a few videos from the likes of Foxy Foxy and Tegath, performing live at shuttered clubs such as Niener’s and the Lone Star. The audio’s solid,…
%{}% Don’t Be Ashamed of the Way You Were Made, the newest album from punk-rock band the Electric Lungs, gets very loud, very quickly. It’s not necessarily a jump from 2013’s Simplified & Civilized in terms of volume: There is still a palpable element of chaos that the Electric Lungs seems determined to foster, thanks in part to the dangerous…
Don’t Be Ashamed of the Way You Were Made by The Electric Lungs
%{}% Let’s just say there’s been a change in plans. Four months ago, The Pitch caught up with local restaurateurs Victor Esqueda, owner of the Ixtapa restaurant, and Ivan Marquez, former owner of Frida’s Contemporary Mexican Cuisine. They had announced plans to open a new restaurant, Cacao, in one of the street-level retail spaces at 51 Main, the sleek apartment building…
%{}% Attention Beliebers (Do we still call them that?): Your beloved leader has just announced a new world tour. The Biebs will be touching down in Kansas City on Wednesday, April 6, in support of his forthcoming album, Purpose (due out this Friday). Bieber is 21 these days, and if you’re keeping up with the current narrative, you know that…
%{}% Laura Wagner and Andrew Iwersen, Il Lazzarone’s recently appointed bar manager and beer director, respectively, are dwarfed by the City Market restaurant’s mammoth bar. They stand behind its vast marble slab, in front of shelves of liquor that reach toward the restaurant’s high ceiling. The décor here — bright-red barstools, artfully distressed wood — feels modern, but the space’s…
%{}% On the cover of her new book, I Blame Dennis Hopper and Other Stories From a Life Lived in and Out of the Movies, actress Illeana Douglas looks more like an evangelist than she does a movie star. She’s wearing a crucifix and a long, white gown as she holds up a heavy volume of Scripture. Well, if your gospel…
%{}% THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad, barbecue and tailgating, at the Boulevard Brewery tasting room (2501 Southwest Blvd.), 4 p.m. Bur Oak tasting, at Gomer’s (1606 W. 75th St.) Schlafly Eleventh Labor tapping, at Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.), 7 p.m. Free State tasting, at Smooth Liquor (18114 W. 119th St., Olathe), 4–6 p.m. Free State pint…
%{}% JoJo Tuesday, November 10 RecordBar It has been nearly a decade since JoJo has been in the spotlight. By now, the story of how Blackground Entertainment kept her trapped in limbo, confined by a contract the label no longer had the means to meet, is well known — especially to her fans, who have mourned her absence all these…
%{}% Erin Rosales wants you to stop saying that your paintings suck. The owner of Luna Coffeehouse and co-owner of Dare to Dabble in North Kansas City is something of an expert, after all. She has for several years taught art classes to adults — you know, the kind where you drink wine and clumsily try to re-create a painting…
%{}% Hometown: Kansas City Current neighborhood: Mission Hills What I do: Arts and culture grants for the foundation. What’s your addiction? Investments What’s your game? Football What’s your drink? Riesling Where’s dinner? Winstead’s What’s on your KC postcard? The Plaza Finish this sentence: “Kansas City got it right when …” They developed the first outdoor shopping center. “Kansas City screwed…
%{}% %{}% Boy, everybody sure did love Room when it first arrived. Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel was a made-for-book-clubs hit, greeted by generous sales, critical acclaim and a place on the Man Booker Prize shortlist. Driving the consensus was an impressive narrative achievement: telling a deeply disturbing story through the voice of a 5-year-old. A beguilingly smart 5-year-old. A heartbreaking…
