Photo by Zach Bauman Jason Maki doesn’t even live in Parkville, Missouri. He resides in an unincorporated part of Platte County that borders Parkville. But Maki has paid more than $10,000 for open records requests from the city in the last year. Something’s rotten, Maki believes, in this quiet river hamlet, population 6,700. Maki first detected an odor of pernicious…
Maura Conroy at the Kansas City Artist Coalition. We know you’re busy, what with all those holiday parties and working extra hours so you can buy your family gifts they won’t appreciate. But make time for these three exhibitions opening in KC this month. Who Needs This? Haw Contemporary Crossroads Though the exhibition’s theme doesn’t feel terribly cohesive—all works exhibited…
Milking Christmas at the Living Room. // Photo by Brian Paulette A Charlie Brown Christmas Through December 29 The Coterie Theatre Crown Center, 2450 Grand A stage adaptation based on the television special of the same name, this Charles Schulz classic finds Charlie Brown on a mission to bring out the true spirit and meaning of Christmas. A live jazz…
Jinblossom Plati (KCAI senior, Ceramics) ‘Tis the season to splurge on those you love—and the best way to do that, is, of course, by simultaneously supporting local artists. Over the next few weeks, multiple pop-up markets will be offering art and other handmade goods from the city’s artists, artisans, and designers. Below, a guide for where to score some killer…
Photo by Zach Bauman It was Deb Pettid, co-owner of the long beloved (and now closed) Brookside children’s bookstore the Reading Reptile, that gave Charlie Mylie the idea for the name Pop Up Charlie. This was six years ago now. Mylie was a recent Kansas City Art Institute graduate, working a landscaping job, trying to figure out what to do…
Dear Dan: I’m a heterosexual cis woman in a monogamous marriage. My husband and I have always struggled to connect sexually, mostly because he has extreme anxiety that makes doing anything new or different difficult. He’s been in therapy since before I met him, but it doesn’t seem to be helping much. His anxiety has caused him to shut down…
Sunrise Movement KC After hundreds of people gathered at Kansas City’s Mill Creek Park in September to rally for the global climate strike, the fight moves to the steps of KCMO City Hall this Friday. On December 6, protesters led by the Sunrise Movement will demand that the Kansas City Council and Mayor Quinton Lucas support and pass a Green…
Photo by Aaron Rhodes. Kim Petras loves all her fans—even the dozen members of the Westboro Baptist Church that stood across the street from The Truman on Sunday night protesting her debut Kansas City appearance. It doesn’t take much to draw the ire of the infamous Topeka hate group. In Petras’ case, the fact that she exists in the world…
(Courtesy KC Bier Co.) Tuesday, December 8 Get in to KC Bier Co. (310 West 79th Street) today from 2–11 p.m. to pick up bottles of the limited-release Doppelbock, the double-strength version of Bier Co.’s wildly popular Dunkel beer (one of the best beers in town, in our humble opinion). “A new mashing program with 100 percent imported Munich and…
