Fresh on the heels of that Jack White announcement comes word that a big night of Americana and roots music is on the way to KC. On Friday, July 13 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will perform with Turnpike Troubadours and the Old 97’s at Providence Medical Center Amphitheater. Get your tickets this Friday, January 19, via Ticketmaster. David Byrne has…
Jack White’s newest release, Boarding House Reach, drops March 23, and Kansas Citians will be among the first to see him onstage performing this new material. The tour stops at Providence Medical Center Ampitheater on Monday, April 23. His last KC appearance was at the Midland in 2014. Supporting acts have not yet been announced. Tickets go on sale to the general…
Monday, January 15Kansas City Restaurant Week will continue to plow along through Sunday. A few tempting menus that we didn’t mention last week include O’Dowd’s (smoked beef short ribs in a Guinness braise; yes, O’Dowd’s on the Plaza, and if you haven’t been there since the remodel, give it a shot), Brown & Loe (several entree options are available including fried…
For Lee’s Summit’s Keri Ingle, as for many other recent political newcomers, the election of Donald Trump to the White House served as a galvanizing force. But when she decided to seek a Missouri House seat, she had given birth to her second child just weeks before. For someone who had spent her career to that point advocating for children,…
Dear Dan: I’m a 67-year-old gay man. After a breakup 15 years ago, I believed the possibility of emotional and sexual intimacy with a partner was over for me. Then a couple of months ago, my desire for sexual contact increased dramatically. For the first time, I began using apps, and I felt like the proverbial kid in a candy store;…
Twitter handle: @skcopelandHometown: Nevada, Missouri. For those of you who aren’t from southwest Missouri, it’s pronounced Ne-VAY-duh.Current neighborhood: WaldoWhat I do (in 140 characters or less): I work to position NKC for the future. Right now, my days are full of redevelopment plans, complete street projects and parking studies.What’s your addiction? Iced tea.There’s always a huge pitcher of it in…
In one short year as Missouri’s governor, Eric Greitens has shown himself to be a bully and a control freak.This is the man who told a state senator, “I can see by your pupils in your beady little eyes that you’re afraid of me.” This is the governor who uses disappearing text messages to keep government business away from the…
One afternoon four years ago, before I ever published a word on the sprawling, secretive network of online payday lenders who turned Kansas City into a predatory hub — before, in fact, I even knew how sprawling and secretive that network was — I was slouched in my chair at the old Pitch office, stumped and frustrated. I was certain there…
You don’t have to be a Game of Thrones obsessive or a red-state Democrat to grasp an elemental truth: There’s no mood elevator more immediate than picking up an ax with both hands, raising it above your head, taking aim and hurling it with all your might. This is what I discover on the dreary autumn day I drop by…
“I strongly feel the energy of the audience at every performance,” says Jan Rogge, a well-known presence on stages around Kansas City. Not that all energy is good energy. “Stop this shit,” a balcony dweller once yelled during a Shakespeare play in which Rogge appeared.Such is the unexpected nature of a live show. And Rogge, who has taught acting and…
Tuesday, January 9Brookside dining fixture Governor Stumpy’s (321 East Gregory) is celebrating 21 years in business this month. Founded in 1997, the restaurant is offering drink specials throughout January in tribute to its drinking-age status. Hence, margaritas on the rocks are $1.97, and selected beers will be available for $2.97. Out in Lawrence, Mass Street Fish House (715 Massachusetts Street) is…
Why not ease into 2018 with a cavalcade of local music videos? By turns loud, abrasive, beautiful, funky, and weird, there is — as always — a little something for everyone in this Cine Local roundup. Orphans of Doom, “Harvest” The first track From the upcoming album Strange Worlds/Fierce Gods on The Company, “Harvest” is a grinding piece of stoner…
So 2017 was nobody’s idea of a good time politically. But at least the food was good. In fact, there seems to be an inverse relationship between whatever’s going on in Washington (and in Jefferson City, and in Topeka) and what goes on among KC’s chefs and mixologists. The past year gave us Lawrence Beer Company, Messenger Coffee downtown, Swordfish…
Dear Dan: I married my high-school sweetheart at 17, had a baby, together a few years, mental illness and subsequent infidelity led to things ending. My ex-husband remarried, divorced again, and is now in another LTR. I’m in a LTR for a decade with my current partner (CP), we have a few kids, and I’m so in love with him,…
The lost and the broken have a way of ending up on Raytown Road, near the Truman Sports Complex. Along this stretch of land over the years have been a tuberculosis hospital, a state penitentiary, Kansas City’s tow lot, and the city’s animal shelter. Of those, only the animal shelter still operates today. Grim and dilapidated, it sits atop a hill…
In 2016, chef Joe West’s well-publicized partnership with then-restaurateur Erik Borger fizzled out. West had planned to open Kusshi, his dream restaurant (a kind of permanent pop-up), within the cavernous Komatsu Ramen space. Following the dissolution with Borger, West trawled for investors but staked himself on a safer bet: an executive chef position at Stock Hill, Bread and Butter Concepts’…
Jana Walker didn’t get any applause for her remarks during a recent public comment session supporting County Manager Hannes Zacharias. The people jamming the commission’s hearing room were more interested in slamming the four commissioners who had voted against renewing his contract, and warning about the consequences of what they saw as a conservative political power play. If they’d listened…
A bit of housekeeping as we rub away the eye gunk and crawl into the year of our Lord 2018: The Pitch has a new owner and a new editor. The new owner is Carey Media. That entity is led by a local couple, Stephanie and Adam Carey. Stephanie will serve as publisher of The Pitch. Stephanie is also the CEO…
They already feel so long ago, those campaign ads. Remember? Eric Greitens, running to be Missouri’s governor, billing himself as a former Navy SEAL and literally shooting guns and detonating explosives? Remember how he barked at us that this was exactly how he’d blow up Show-Me politics?He won. And then he really called in the heavy artillery.In the first year…
