Like most events, the 2020 Adult Swim Festival is coming straight to your television, phone, console, computer, or any other device that’s connected to the internet. From Nov. 13-14, the festival will be a fully immersive global event, bringing fans closer to music, comedy, and mayhem, all from the comfort of their homes. Only available on Adult Swim’s YouTube channel,…
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Nelson-Atkins. // Photo by Sarah Garten The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art says that it’s going to reduce its staff and budget as a result of the pandemic. The current plan is for the museum to cut its budget by 25%, to around $26 million, and reducing staff by 15%, or 36 positions. The museum wasn’t open to the public from…
The Harrisonics Love Songs for All Occasions (Self-released) As Yo La Tengo recontextualized little-known or forgotten pop singles from the ’60s, so do the Harrisonics for the ’80s. The indie rock underground of that era, which became known as college rock, spawned a slew of self-released singles in the wake of the punk rock explosion, wherein bands discovered—in the words…
Dear Dan: Borrowing Gen Z’s love for labelling everything, I’m a 46-year-old homoromantic asexual Canadian faggot. For me that means I’d like to love and be loved by another man but I’d hate having sex with him. To add a vexing complication, I also need some sort of power imbalance. Ideally, I would fall somewhere between being a man’s sub…
All you gin-drinking, Ozark Mountain Daredevils-listening Missourians! Your dream collaboration has come to life. Today, Major Brands, the largest Missouri-based distributor of premium spirits, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils announced a statewide distribution agreement to produce Ozark Dry Gin to retailers and restaurateurs across Missouri. The Ozark Dry Gin is a small batch Gin distilled…
Writer Emily Cox with Monet’s Water Lilies // Photo by Travis Young I paused in the high-ceilinged atrium of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Along with the rest of Kansas City, I hadn’t been here for at least six months. It was the last Saturday in August, and the museum wasn’t yet open to the public—just to its volunteers, its…
Photo by David von Diemar on Unsplash It’s only the middle of October, and Kansas City has already reached a record for homicides in one calendar year. Fox4 reported that police were called on Wednesday morning to the 6600 block of Paseo regarding a body found in an alleyway. The victim, who is unknown at this time, had been found…
Turn that frown upside down, hopefully? // Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash We’ve been asking members of the KC community to submit stories about life under quarantine, protests, politics, and other subjects that require discussion. If you’ve got a story you’d like to share, please send it to brock@thepitchkc.com for consideration. Today, local therapist Dawna Daigneault shares with us…
Shy Boys Talk Loud (Polyvinyl) Between Shy Boys’ self-titled debut and their last album, Bell House, was a nearly four and a half year wait, which makes the two year span between Bell House and their latest, Talk Loud, seem like nothing. Despite the short gap, it seems as though the quintet has grown in leaps and bounds. Bell House…
Coat donations coming in for the orphanages. // Image courtesy of Maze Freight Solutions Although it might not feel like it outside, winter is approaching quickly. It’s almost time to pull out the big winter coats and bundle up for the cold weather. However, not everyone is lucky enough to have a coat to keep them warm in the frigid…
Cinematically speaking, there’s not much out there that can’t be improved by the addition of puppets. Fantasy? The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Family films? Follow That Bird and literally every Muppet film. Raunchy comedies? Team America World Police and Meet The Feebles. Abstract existential works from the mind of Charlie Kaufman? Being John Malkovich and Anamolisa have you covered. More…
The Good News: Two restaurants reopen in Brookside and Waldo Photo by Zach Bauman First for the good news: Chef Charles D’Ablaing has reopened his much-loved Brookside Poultry Company in its brand-new location at 751 East 63rd Street. D’Ablaing had planned his move down the street several months ago, but Covid got in the way of plans and timing. Yet,…
I saw Young Frankenstein way before I ever saw the movie it’s making fun of. My father didn’t believe in the idea of “children’s movies” so I spent my childhood sitting on the couch next to him being exposed to everything from a Nazi’s face melting off in Indiana Jones, bloody docu-dramas about the French Revolution, and whatever the hell…
Lisa Montgomery first woman to be executed in 70 years // Photo courtesy of mycrimelibrary.com Last Friday, a date was set for the execution of Lisa Montgomery, making her the first woman in the U.S. to receive federal execution in nearly 70 years. From Melvern, KS, Montgomery was convicted of killing a pregnant woman, directly cutting the baby from its…
Photo by Brandi Ibrao on Unsplash Established to address critical needs for those affected by the pandemic, the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund announced funding for eviction protection in the latest round of investments. The $1 million award will support a partnership to help those in danger of being evicted or losing their homes through foreclosure as…
KC Bier Co.’s award-winning Pils beer. // Courtesy of KC Bier Co. Kansas City’s largest locally-owned brewery, KC Bier Co., earned two awards at the 34th Great American Beer Festival on October 16. KC Bier Co. took home medals for two of the most competitive categories: “Hefeweizen” took home a silver for the “German-Style Wheat Ale” category, while “Pils” received…
The Freedom Affair Freedom Is Love (Sunflower Soul) “Rise Up,” the Freedom Affair’s debut single released on Colemine Records last year, comes dead-smack in the middle of their debut full-length, Freedom Is Love, and anchored as it is by striking drums and an insistently sharp guitar line, it’s just as intoxicating and groovy a listen as it was when I…
Promotional Picture for the Mobile Music Box // Courtesy of KC Symphony COVID-19 restrictions have made it nearly impossible for the Kansas City Symphony to put on normal performances inside the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. However, they’ve thought up a new and innovative way to bring their music to you. The KC Symphony announced its new Mobile Music…
Giving Grove in action. // Courtesy TGG The Giving Grove, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, has recently expanded its services into rural Kansas in a partnership with The Big Garden in Omaha, Neb. The Giving Grove traditionally serves urban communities, but with grant funding from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, The Big Garden will open a satellite program in Kansas…
Making Movies. // Photo courtesy of Elena Rodrigo. Latin Grammy-nominated Making Movies have announced a four-day virtual festival called AMERI’KANA that benefits Art as Mentorship, a music education non-profit established by band member Enrique Chi. The Kansas City band, supported by the Americana Music Association, will be exploring American music through performances, conversations, and music education from October 21 through…
Jazz flutist Amber Underwood’s new album, This Is Me, is credited to Amber “Flutenastiness” Underwood, and there’s no mistaking the fact that this is not your typical jazz flute album. Elements of 808 kick through on some tracks, giving is a real ’90s g-funk vibe, but it also manages to find time to chill out and relax, as well as…
Mayor Brandon Whipple at WSU earlier today, wearing his mask. // Photo courtesy Whipple’s social media. Late last week, Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple was informed of texts sent by an individual threatening to kidnap and kill him due to anger surrounding the city’s mask-wearing ordinance. The mayor was called by a detective who read him the messages, which gave a…
First medical marijuana dispensary arrives in KCMO // photo courtesy of fresh.green’s website Today marks a first for the Kansas City metro area: the opening of its first licensed medicinal marijuana dispensary. fresh.green dispensary opened for business today at Northeast Tudor Road and Missouri Highway 291 in Lee’s Summit. A Tweet showed customers waiting in line outside the store, ready…
