At first glance, Fun Home seems an almost cruelly ironic title for a musical about sexuality, suicide and rearview reckoning. At second glance — hold on, a musical? The Broadway tour of Fun Home has landed at the Kauffman Center through Sunday, giving theatergoers the rare opportunity to see a musical as subversive in structure as it is in content….
The national media seems relatively certain today that President Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. The international climate-change treaty, aimed at reducing global carbon emissions, has been signed by 147 countries in the world. Exxon, BP, Monsanto, and several other large corporations not known for giving a rat’s ass about the environment support the deal….
Cine Local is back to bring you the finest in streaming video from Kansas City and Lawrence acts. This latest mix of moving images features hip-hop from the likes of Cuee and Dre Tee, punk from Nancy Boys, world beat from SUNU, and some indie rock from the Ovaries-Eez and Riala. Grab yourself a beverage and feast your eyes on…
A call came into dispatch about a carjacking. A man said his car, a black 2003 Toyota RAV4, had been stolen at gunpoint near the 7-Eleven convenience store at 1701 Independence Avenue, in northeast Kansas City. The suspect was a black man, around 30, possibly wearing a black hoodie. The man who had called the police believed his cell phone…
Roe v. Wade still stands, for now, which means red states like Missouri and Kansas can’t outlaw abortions within their borders. Instead, Republican legislators get together, worship fetuses, and dream up weird new laws that make it hard for women to exercise their constitutional right to make decisions about their bodies. The latest example of this creepy phenomenon is a…
Tuesday, May 30If you’re in need of something family friendly, cast a line tonight at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead (13800 Switzer, Overland Park), which is opening its stocked pond for free fishing tonight from 5 to 8. The farmstead will supply old-fashioned fishing poles and corn kernels for bait (rather than live worms). Thursday, June 1At long last for bagel…
Bichelmeyer Land and Cattle is situated on 4,000 acres of rolling hills near Williamsburg, Kansas, about an hour southwest of Kansas City. The land was first settled by Ernest de Boissière, a Frenchman whose anti-slavery sentiments had made him an unpopular figure in New Orleans. De Boissière set up a silk-farming colony in Franklin County in 1870, employing dozens of…
On a Sunday evening, a small crowd of people in workout clothes filled the small shopping and dining area of Eat Fit Go in Prairie Village, examining the glowing refrigerators, with their stacks of neatly packaged, premade meals. One woman, a yoga mat tucked under her arm, considered the merits of citrus salmon versus “smart” chicken before settling on some…
A Saturday vigil is planned for a Panamanian man who grew up in Kansas City but died while in ICE custody this month. Jean Jiménez-Joseph, 27, was in solitary confinement at Stewart Detention Center, in Lumpkin, Georgia, when he committed suicide on May 15. Jiménez-Joseph’s death drew attention from national media; Huffington Post, Mother Jones and CNN reported on it.Kansas…
With midtown’s Krokstrom Klubb and Market, chef Katee McLean, somewhat remarkably, can take credit for opening one of the first Scandinavian restaurants in the United States. With that duty has come much explaining — starting with how Scandinavian food differs from Nordic food. The latter, relatively rare itself, can be found in Minneapolis, Los Angeles and New York.“When you say…
The new boss at Alphabet — parent company of Google Fiber, which debuted its services in Kansas City back in 2012 — is in cost-cutting mode. Other Bets, the part of Alphabet that Google Fiber belongs to, posted operating losses of $3.58 billion last year, against revenue of $809 million, according to Bloomberg. There are two ways to balance out…
In February 2015, longtime Jackson County Legislator Dennis Waits introduced an ordinance to raise the pay for persons serving on two of the county’s commissions. The nine members of the Drug Commission and the five members of the Merit System Commission would now make $700 a meeting.It was quite a bump. Drug commissioners — they’re responsible for overseeing the $26…
PallbearerWith Inter Arma and Gatecreeper: 8 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at the Riot Room (21 and older), $15Little Rock, Arkansas, doom metal band Pallbearer returns to Kansas City on the heels of its new album, Heartless. The band has achieved nearly universal critical acclaim for its hauntingly beautiful, slow-moving music, which continues to shift and explore new territories.Bassist Joseph Rowland…
Kansas City’s Making Movies returns with a new album this week. I Am Another You is the quartet’s first full-length since 2013’s A La Deriva and, much like that record, blends genres and styles into something unique, aided by the production of Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin. It’s an intensely danceable, rocking collection, one that tells the stories of three young Latinos in America.It’s…
Eric Greitens was born to be an action figure. That Navy SEAL bio. Those campaign ads that promised to parachute a commando into the governor’s mansion. From the very recent start of his political career, the man has been a Schwarzenegger in search of a Terminator — a vehicle truly suited to his talents.The governor has at last found his…
Kansas Citians can rightly claim themselves citizens of a serious food-and-beverage town. Beyond the usual discussion about barbecue, past mention of the bartenders and baristas and chefs who have scored accolades and competition hardware, when you talk about KC food, you talk about options. Tell someone you love a sandwich in Brookside, and she’ll answer with a convincing story about…
Visualization works. That’s been Rashaun and Justin Clark’s experience, anyway. Back in 2009, the young couple was living in Chicago. Justin was staging for Michelin-star chefs like Phillip Foss and would go on to cook at the Fairmont Hotel. Rashaun was styling hair at a salon in Lincoln Park. Thinking about their future together, they made a vision board full…
Wednesday, May 24Lots of beer options tonight: First, No Other Pub (1370 Grand) is hosting a beer-and-bites event downtown from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring Boulevard Brewing Company beers. For $20 (tickets here), you get to sample four beers (Tank 7, Pale Ale, Hibiscus Gose and the Changeling) paired with small bites: brined chuck roast with the Tank 7, for example,…
Dear Dan: I’m a happily married straight man. My wife, who is 33 years old, cannot orgasm through intercourse since we had our last child. Her explanation is that she has this constant sensation to pee. Now we find other means to please her through toys, oral, etc. Are there exercises or other means to get her to climax through…
In this stupid era of “fake news” and right-wing polemics that challenge basic journalism, nothing is as powerful — or as controversial — as the unvarnished truth. Tonight’s exhibit: Kansas City’s Lovergurl, which plays RecordBar at 8 to celebrate the release of its debut EP, The President Is a Sex Offender. It’s the truth, of course, but it’s also a…
The only ingredient missing from Taste of KC’s Golden Fork cooking competition last night? Rainwater.Had the predicted downpour started a couple of hours earlier, all of the chefs’ dishes and restaurant samples, no matter how carefully prepared, would have succumbed to a flavor-deadening. “submerged in a small lake” presentation. (KC Live’s roof can do only so much against a classic…
I walked into the LGBT self-defense class at Inner Space Yoga and I knew right away: I’d worn the wrong shoes. The boots had smooth wooden soles, bad for gripping the studio’s polished floor. I was about to slip and slide my way through the next hour.I left my bag in a cubby up front and stepped into the room…
A Missouri House of Representatives committee investigating the state’s Department of Corrections issued a report today, the result of a legislative inquiry into allegations of horrific discrimination detailed last November in The Pitch.The report recommends that the corrections department implement several changes regarding its treatment of women, minorities and disabled employees.The Pitch story revealed that employees had filed dozens of…
Very early in Alien: Covenant — the sixth movie in a beleaguered franchise — the captain of the title spaceship (James Franco) faces a life-or-death situation with seconds to spare. It’s a tense moment, capped by a jolting surprise. I thought it might signal more innovation to come for a series that desperately needs some.Alas, no. The rest of Ridley…
