Archives: September 2019

September art preview: Where to go, what to see in KC this month

Rickey’s Wall, courtesy of Imagine That! On my to-do list for September:  1.) Take a selfie in front of Rickey’s wall at Imagine That!  2.) Browse work about British imperialism at the Kemper Museum while feeling slightly guilty thinking about how much I enjoyed last year’s royal wedding. 3.) Get idea-drunk listening to what all the new Charlotte Street residents…

TMC lab and tech workers escalate fight to unionize

Following a rally out in front of Truman Medical Center’s Hospital Hill Campus on August 13, the hospital’s lab and tech workers have filed an unfair labor practice charge against TMC with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The filing comes after TMC’s CEO Charlie Shields failed to respond to a letter a delegation of workers delivered to his office…

We’re asking the important questions: Do you like pineapple on pizza?

To have pineapple or not to have pineapple? It’s finally time to settle this. Do you think pineapple belongs on pizza? Take the poll below and let us know. Then take a stand during Pizza Week, Sept. 16-22, and order your pizza the way you want it. Categories: Quizzes Tags: kc pizza week, pineapple on pizza, pizza, pizza quiz, Pizza…

Everything is literally goals for the Instagram influencers devouring Kansas City’s food scene

Who are these people, and what do they want?

Before the opening are the openings, and the evening of Wednesday, June 26, is the “media and influencers” preview at Fox & Pearl. The earthy Westside eatery is showing off its new and, by the looks of it, rather costly digs inside a rehabbed brick building at the corner of Summit Street and Avenida Cesar E. Chavez. Luxurious brown leather banquettes,…

Kacey Musgraves’ psychedelic country party, Wednesday night at Starlight

Photo By Aaron Rhodes After spending half a decade writing songs that turn the gender stereotypes of country music (and America at large) on their heads, Kacey Musgraves has embarked on a more personal journey. It’s not that she’s no longer subverting pop country; it’s just that she’s doing it in a more abstract way these days. The material on…

Pinkout, this Friday at RecordBar, is a response to attacks on reproductive rights in Missouri and Kansas

Planned Parenthood Great Plains, Amber Nichole Thiessen For those concerned about women’s reproductive rights in the Kansas City area, the first half of 2019 was a whirlwind on both sides of State Line.  In Kansas, the state legislature tried and failed to further restrict abortion. Governor Laura Kelly vetoed SB 67, which would have required doctors to inform abortion patients…

ZZ Top and Cheap Trick, Sunday night at Starlight (photos, setlist)

ZZ Top ZZ Top with Cheap Trick and Marquise Knox Starlight Theatre Sunday, September 1 The American power trio in arguably its most perfect form, ZZ Top has been doing its Texas roadhouse blues-rock thing for half a century now. Somehow, this little old band from the Lone Star State became a massive pop sensation in the 1980s, with a…

Labor Day eats, Sayachi Sushi and Oyster Bar opens in Brookside, and more

KC's food and drink events for September 2-8.

(Courtesy Pearl Tavern) Monday, September 2 Several restaurants will be hosting Labor Day brunch services. This includes all of the Summit Grill locations (Lee’s Summit, Waldo, and Gladstone), Boru Ramen (500 West 75th Street), Third Street Social (123 Southeast 3rd Street), and Pearl Tavern (1672 Northwest Chipman Road), which are serving from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hogshead KC (4743…