Long live Tivoli Cinemas, which closed its doors in Westport last April, leaving behind three-and-a-half decades of movie memories and a big hole in the local cinema scene. Today, five months later, a joyous announcement: Starting October 21, the theater’s art-house movies are coming to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s 500-seat auditorium. The Nelson-Atkins board has voted to add a…
Chuck Grimmett Kansas City, Missouri, is on the verge of becoming the first city in the state to decriminalize possession of up to 100 grams of marijuana under city ordinance. Next week, the city council’s Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee is expected to discuss an ordinance, introduced by first-term 3rd District Councilman Brandon Ellington, that would change the city’s…
On Kansas City Fashion Week’s third night, local designer Pamela Lucas’s line House of Pamela Renee will walk the runway at Union Station. Not only does Lucas design her own creations, but she’s also an educator with Rightfully Sewn, the local non-profit organization that seeks to provide seamstress training for women in need and other aspiring designers of all ages….
How could your grandma’s pastime possibly be sexy? For Sarah Wilson, aka The Sexy Knitter, all it takes it a bit of imagination and a few hours to create the outfit by hand. With over 25 years of knitting under her needles, Wilson now designers her own pieces and sells knitting tools on sexyknitter.com for other knitters out there—sexy or…
Courtesy of the Uptown Theater Fact check: True! Here’s a video of him playing guitar on “Little Wing.” Reminder about this wild Rolling Stone read about Depp’s, uh, troubles. Tags: jeff beck, Johnny Depp, Uptown Theater
Vanessa Severo and Nathan Darrow as Maggie and Brick // Photo: Don Ipock An effusion of talk and words bombard us each day, a virtual thicket of missives to wade our way through. In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play that opens the season at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, there’s no dearth of talk and…
Now in its (sweet) sixteenth year, Kansas City Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 is here, with a runway full of local and national names. After making his KC debut last year (featuring a line of glitter suits that celebrities like Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Cardi B have donned) Any Old Iron’s Andrew Clancey is back, along with KC fashion staples Georgina…
A celebration of Troost Avenue (and the small businesses, families, and neighbors who live nearby), Troostapalooza debuted last year on the historic corridor between 30th and 31st Streets. The one-day block party returns this Saturday, September 21. We recently spoke with one of the event’s music organizers, Kemet Coleman—also known as rapper Kemet the Phantom and frontman for soul band…
Gillett and Coppage // Photo: Brian Paulette “It’s a bloody awful world when you come to think of it. People can be real bastards.” That comment in Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold” … and the Boys, onstage at Kansas City Actors Theatre, is not only true on a macro level but also an ultimately painful truth for the boy who utters…
Pala Zolo, the electronic project from Hembree’s Eric Davis, has been releasing tracks and videos here and there since early 2018. This Friday, September 20, Pala Zolo’s self-titled debut EP comes out via local label The Record Machine. Ahead of that, we’re happy to debut the video for “Up North,” the EP’s second track and debut single. Coming from Jon…
Monday, September 16 Fill your bellies with half-price (yes, half price!) pizza during The Pitch’s Pizza Week, which starts today and runs through Sunday. To snag this deal, stop in at Alamo Drafthouse, Bar Central, Crushed Red, Joe’s Pizza Buy the Slice, Old Shawnee Pizza, Pizza Shuttle, Rosati’s Pizza, and Zios Pizza. More info here. Tuesday, September 17 The Elms…
Cynthia Levin I respect a big swing. Case in point: the Unicorn Theatre’s season opening musical, Who’s Your Baghdaddy? Or, How I Started the Iraq War. Director Sarah Crawford has marshaled a talented cast and crew in service of something I didn’t know I needed: a damning Bush-era post mortem with the manic energy, upbeat vocals, and Technicolor costumes of…
American Football // Aaron Rhodes A certain kind of magic hung in the air Friday night at the Granada: harvest moon, mild weather, and the arrival of Chicago emo legends American Football one day shy of the 20th anniversary of their iconic, self-titled debut album. Google searches failed me in my quest to determine whether this was the group’s first-ever…
Haahr About 130,000 people have been dropped from Missouri’s Medicaid program in the last year. That’s an additional 10,000 people from the numbers released in July, and House Minority Leader Crystal Quade’s continued calls for an investigation into the matter are still being ignored. “We need to make sure the folks who qualify for Medicaid are receiving it, but we…
Denise P.S. On almost any given night of the week, there’s a trivia night happening at a bar, coffee shop, or other hangout in the Kansas City area. But maybe you don’t know that the beaver is the national emblem of Canada, or that the human body holds nine pints of blood. Trivia can be so…general. On the other hand,…
Mays as Amanda, a hospital volunteer with a savior complex. // Photo: Brian Paulette The Living Room Theatre’s 10th season opener is staying true to the company’s mission of giving homegrown plays the rock star treatment. DNR, a new play by local playwright Victor Wishna, touches on addiction, cancer, and the ethics of end-of-life care. But much of the play…
This month’s roundup of the best in local music videos sees rock and roll batting cleanup after a couple hip-hop and R&B stunners, but it all grooves pretty hard. Whether you’re in the mood for beats or riffs, there’s something for you in the latest Cine Local. The Epitome X Remy Bun E Rosko X Zieg Amimura, “Scott Summers” Eyes…
Palma (left) and Consuegra will continue their vegan partnership in the Crossroads. // Photo by April Fleming. Zaid Consuegra has never had to work for anyone else. He’s never had a bad boss. He’s only worked hours he’s set for himself. But Consuegra—who, on September 16, officially opens Pirate’s Bone Burgers in the Crossroads—has also never actually been in a…
Kansas City Repertory Theatre audiences are about to see a new face beneath the house lights. Stuart Carden has joined the Rep as artistic director—and he’s committed himself to being at every performance of the first two shows this season to greet the community. Carden, 46, previously worked as associate artistic director of Writers Theatre in Chicago and City Theatre…
reader.ku.edu For Your Ears Only has been running for 17 years now. The event—a massive sale of vinyl records, CDs, and vintage and modern audio equipment, all sold for below-market prices—benefits Audio-Reader, an organization that provides free reading and information services for blind and visually impaired people. According to a release, the University of Kansas “decided in the last year…
I spend a decent chunk of time driving along 47th Street in Westwood, mostly because the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market over there has these store-bought peanut butter-and-chocolate-chip cookies I like, and also very good prices on eggs. I learned today that there’s a movement afoot to rebrand that commercial stretch—which includes Gus’ Fried Chicken, Taco Republic, 1889 Pizza, LuLu’s Thai Noodle…
Bob Dylan announced a North American tour this morning, and it will blessedly stop in KC. The date is Sunday, October 20, at Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. Tickets are on sale this Friday, September 13. I’m goin’. You never know when the last time you’ll get to see Dylan will be. Tags: arvest bank theatre at the midland,…
Thursday, September 12 Fans of Netflix’s Queer Eye, head out to Williams Sonoma in Leawood (5204 West 119th Street) for a special cookbook signing with Antoni Porowski, who will be on site from noon–1 p.m. signing copies of his new cookbook, Antoni in the Kitchen. Pick up tickets in advance for $32.73, which include a copy of the book and…
Bad Suns Bad Suns with Liily and Ultra Q The Granada Saturday, September 7 The demise of guitar-based music is a much-commented-about phenomenon these days, but Saturday night’s Bad Suns show at the Granada was a crash course in anthemic, teen-focused rock and roll. The line outside stretched nearly half a block, and by the time Bad Suns took the…
