Photo by Marcin Jozwiak 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, Paemon Aramjoo, J.D. of Aramjoo Law Firm LLC in KC writes to us with some tips…
Steve Kraske at KCUR studios. // Photo by Travis Young. This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing…
Paola Ramos // Photo courtesy Paola Ramos Paola Ramos is a political operative and journalist who has spent the last few years working with Vice, Telemundo, MSNBC, and just wrote a book Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity. Here’s our chat about the state of America and Latinx issues. Can you tell people about your journey…
Ema Horvath as Liberty in the thriller/sci-fi, What Lies Below. // Photo courtesy of Vertical Entertainment What Lies Below is the second-best film about a parasite to come out in recent years. Parasite still holds the title as the best, but second is still a pretty nice placing. Instead of commenting on the class system, What Lies Below uses its…
Danielle Lehman in front of the Antler Room, 2506 Holmes St, Kansas City, MO. // Photo by Kelcie McKenney This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite…
Vibes unparalleled. // Photo courtesy of Allison Harris. This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items…
Berlin. L-R: David Diamond, Terri Nunn, and John Crawford. // Photo by Marc Green New Wave band Berlin has gone through multiple incarnations during its four-decade tenure, seeing members–including lead singer Terri Nunn–come and go over the years. After Nunn rejoined the band in 1980, the underground success of Berlin’s second single led to their debut EP, Pleasure Victim, which…
Today on the Streetwise podcast we discuss Zoom Thanksgiving, check out Get Smart!’s track “Paradise”, and listen to a reading of our Alamo Drafthouse piece. Streetwise is hosted by Brock Wilbur, editor in chief of The Pitch. Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify. Subscribe to the Streetwise newsletter, a weekly meditation on Kansas City news and events. Jason Klamm read our magazine story. Thanks to Jason Beers for our theme…
Yoli Tortilleria. // Photo by April Flemming This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items online…
Event, pre-COVID. // Courtesy of the Sunrise Project This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items…
Courtesy IFC Films After a bad experience at a frat party, homesick freshman Alex (Cooper Raiff) spends the night with his RA, Maggie (Dylan Gelula), and the two form an intimate connection through a drunken adventure to bury her pet turtle. But is the connection built to last? Writer, director, and star Cooper Raiff presents a story about how people…
Illustration by Jack Raybuck Dear Dan: My boyfriend and I were friends for a couple of years (we’re both 30-year-old gay men), then I stopped traveling around the world and pursued him. We’ve been boyfriends for a year and a half now. We were both happy and we had sex on a regular basis during the first year. I’m more…
Photo by Waldemar Brandt This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November. ♥…
Lemonade Park. // Photo by Zach Bauman. This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items online…
Gifting a book is a tricky business. When I was younger, I would give books that I loved, figuring those receiving them should love them, too. Unfortunately, that is not how books work. Key advice for book-giving, or perhaps all gift-giving: give them what they’ll like. And it’s okay if you don’t like the same thing. So how do you…
Scenes from Cottey College. // Photo by Chris Oritz Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has been affecting our daily lives whether we have been specifically touched by the virus or not. Like “Six Degrees of Separation”, the likelihood that you know someone who has dealt directly with the disease more commonly known as COVID-19 is high. This is never…
Then-Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond heads for a closed session of the Senate about the new START Treaty, a ratification of a nuclear-arms treaty with Russia, in the U.S. Capitol December 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. // Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Reflecting over these last few weeks as the president continues to attempt to undermine the outcome of the election with…
The Drew Barrymore Show played host to a very popular local feline yesterday. Sly James the Cat, also known as Catrick Mahomes, is the star of one of our favorite Instagram pages, and does daily costume modeling. Sly’s owner submitted a few photos to Drew, and our city’s shared Absolute Baby clearly delighted the host/actress and, presumably, the not physically…
Kansas City Repertory Theater has been performing “A Christmas Carol” for 40 years. With the presence of COVID-19, the organization is approaching the holiday tradition differently this year. After a thorough discussion on how to best approach the annual performance Stuart Carden, KC Rep’s artistic director, and the rest of the organization decided a virtual performance was the only way…
Looking for that perfect gift for the KC-lover in your life? Get a Secret Santa that lives and breathes Kansas City? Then shop our Black Friday Weekend deals on our merch shop! Whether you love some 90’s nostalgia, modern styles, or vaporwave motif, we’ve got just the thing for your list. Tote bags, t-shirts—how about a new shower curtain? And…
Chef Nick Vella. // Photo by Joe West This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items…
Check it out: The Mercury Room opens downtown Photo Courtesy of the Mercury Room Though it feels like news a bit out of a different time and universe, Kansas City this past week welcomed one of the most beautiful bars perhaps ever to grace our city, the Mercury Room. Located atop the high-rise apartment building Reverb (or REVERB, if you…
A cat enjoying the quiet holidays. // Photo by Jim Nimmo On Thanksgiving Day of 1988, I met the love of my life. I was the guest at her traditional family gathering. I didn’t know anybody there except the guest who invited me and it changed my life forever. I have loved Thanksgiving ever since. What a great day! You…
David Warm, 2020’s Kansas Citian of the Year. // Courtesy of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. For 30 years, David Warm has been the executive director of the Mid-America Regional Council. Alvin Brooks, one of Kansas City’s greatest Civil Rights leaders, described him as a servant leader — a man who has worked tirelessly for the benefit of…
