Brooke Vandever Some things never seem to change ’round these here parts. Missouri was the number one state for meth-lab busts in 1998, and again in 2010. And a new analysis by the rehab operator American Addiction Centers has found that Missouri has 27.6 meth labs per 100,000 residents — far more than any other state in the country. The…
Two years I’ve been missin’, livin’ life, raps Thebe Kgositsile on “The Mint,” the second single from his 2018 album Some Rap Songs. Kgositsile, a Los Angeles rapper better known as Earl Sweatshirt, isn’t one to rush his creative process, despite the voracious nature of his fanbase. He first gained that fanbase as a member of the notorious skate-rap crew…
The Sundry, the market and cafe located in the Westport Commons Plexpod, has closed. It had moved to the Plexpod coworking space, at 39th Street and Warwick (formerly Westport Junior High School), in 2017, after opening in the Crossroads in 2014. “Everybody here loved the concept,” says Stephanie Medina, director of operations for Plexpod, “but it just wasn’t working for most…
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Courtesy of KC CARE Sixteen years ago, a group of generous, influential gay men in Kansas City decided they were tired of mourning the loss of friends dying from AIDS. “They were like, ‘Let’s have a party and celebrate the good things going on in our community,’” says Doug Day, chief marketing and development officer for the KC CARE Health…
The Kansas Music Hall of Fame’s 2019 induction ceremony takes place this Saturday, April 13, at Liberty Hall in Lawrence. It’s a good opportunity to reflect on some notable local musicians who’ve made an impact on a larger scale. Per its website, the Kansas Music Hall of Fame was founded 15 years ago “to recognize and honor performers and others…
Lincoln Hough, the bill’s sponsor. A bill currently making its way through the Missouri Senate could inhibit forms of protest against the state’s “critical infrastructure,” which includes pipelines and a long list of other industrial facilities and projects. The surface language of SB 293 suggests it merely seeks to heighten the consequences for trespassing on these infrastructure properties. But in…
Gretchen Rubin’s extremely fantastic-seeming life began in Kansas City. She grew up on Stratford Road, which runs just west of Ward Parkway parallel to 59th Street, and graduated from Sunset Hill (now Pembroke Hill) in the early 1980s. Rubin went on to become the editor of the Yale Law Journal and clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor —…
A bill currently making its way through the Missouri Senate could inhibit forms of protest against the state’s “critical infrastructure,” which includes pipelines and a long list of other industrial facilities and projects. The surface language of SB 293 suggests it merely seeks to heighten the consequences for trespassing on these infrastructure properties. But in fact it could criminalize protests…
Wednesday, April 10 Game of Thrones fans should make a point to visit the Boulevard Tours and Rec Center (2534 Madison Avenue) for Wednesday’s Game of Thrones-themed Barrel-Aged Happy Hour. For $25 (not including tax and fees), enjoy a selection of four of Boulevard’s best beers, plus lemon cakes, pigeon pies, and a charcuterie board. Buy your tickets here. Thursday,…
Jerry Harrington, owner of Westport’s iconic Tivoli Cinemas, told patrons in an email last night that he intends to close the three-screen indie theater. And it will happen soon — this Friday. “The combination of the age of the facility, my advancing age and health issues, along with the radical shifts happening in the movie business have made it impossible…
Guy Fieri was in Kansas City last week for an event at his new Power & Light District restaurant, Guy Fieri’s Dive and Taco Joint. The mayor proclaimed the date to be Flavortown Day — true story. Our restaurant critic, Liz Cook, reviewed Guy’s restaurant in our April issue, which is out now. You can also read the review online…
When I called him last month, Greg Edwards was in his Los Angeles studio, toying with some synthesizers and “trying to get sound out of these speakers,” he told me. He was having some audio issues that were, thankfully, resolved just before he picked up the phone. (It was a faulty cable — always the last thing he suspects.)Edwards’ band…
The “yeehaw agenda” — the reclamation of country and western culture by non-white, women, and LGBTQ people — has reached something like a fever pitch over the past few years. Both Knowles sisters give nods to their southern heritage on recent records, Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour achieved massive crossover success, and on Friday Lil Nas X released a Billy Ray…
Upstairs, in the quality control room at Messenger Coffee Company, manager Kaley Gann proudly brandishes what at first glance appears to be a white, ceramic coffee mug. On closer inspection, though, there’s no handle, and the bottom is open, slotted with nine large square holes. It’s actually a coffee brewer. Gann designed it, and, last month, it’s what helped her place…
Nataanii Means The Lied Center Friday, April 5 To kick off the KU Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival, Oglala Lakota/Omaha/Navajo hip-hop artist Nataanii Means performed a set on the Lied Center stage on Friday night. The son of activist Russell Means, the rapper’s set was comprised of a nearly complete run-through of his most recent album, Balance. The entire audience…
Savage Love Live stormed into Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon. Comedian Corina Lucas absolutely killed it before our sold-out crowd, singer-songwriter Elisabeth Pixley-Fink performed an amazing set, and two lovely couples competed in our first (and most likely last) Mama Bird Cupcake Eating Contest. I wasn’t able to get to all of the audience-submitted questions, so I’m going to power…
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Coleen Dieker has us hooked. You want Irish fiddling? Call Dieker. Flamenco flourishes? Coleen is your gal. Jazz? Bluegrass? Weird arty stuff? Classical? Maybe a contemporary Jewish song leader? Coleen Dieker, on all counts. Though Dieker set on the musical path at a young age — she and her siblings all started piano by five, sang, and learned string instruments,…
The 15th season of Kansas City Fashion Week, held last week at the Power & Light District’s Grand Hall, was all about glitter. Our team of photographers was there all week, snapping pics of some of this season’s looks. We really couldn’t get enough of the dreamy glitter suits from Nashville’s Andrew Clancey (who has dressed Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Cardi…
When is a man more than a man? When he’s a Guy — Fieri, to be precise, the Food Network star and latest celebrity to slap his name on a restaurant in the Power & Light District. It’s impossible to visit Guy Fieri’s Dive & Taco Joint without grappling with Fieri’s polarizing, maximalist mythos. To some, Fieri is endemic of everything…
Joey Greene. // Photo by Kelcie McKenney When I was in high school, in the late 1980s, Joey Greene turned me on to punk rock. He played me Minor Threat for the first time, and we used to drive from Olathe to Lawrence to see bands at the Outhouse. He and I also did improv comedy together at ComedySportz —…
In the news, a border wall is discussed as an economic concern, immigration reduced to statistics and talking points. Bricolaje, a new exhibition at Charlotte Street Foundation’s gallery La Esquina (1000 W 25th St), offers the personal and the specific in contrast to these political generalizations. It manages to be timely without being reactionary. For the Mexican and Mexican-American artists on…
