Image courtesy of Kansas City Piano Almost seven months after the loss of renowned music retailer Schmitt’s Music, Kansas City Piano has moved into its old location and is bringing music back to Overland Park. Kansas City Piano’s now calls an 8,500-square foot building with a 90-seat recital hall home, which opens its doors today for its grand opening. The…
Photo Courtesy of Cliff’s Taphouse Check it out: Martini Corner has three brand new restaurants Cliff’s Taphouse, the Black Pantry and Made in KC all opened this week at 31st and Gillham Street Right in time for Spring and patio weather, Cliff’s Taphouse has officially opened its doors on Martini Corner (3044 Gillham Road). The restaurant was born out of…
The Djinn. // Courtesy IFC Midnight Horror is defined by occult artifacts and spells that prey on the weak or impressionable, luring them into bargaining with evil forces hell-bent on stealing their souls. The new film The Djinn fits snugly within that pantheon, pitting a young boy again a dark being at the tail end of the ’80s. Mining familiar…
Photo by April Fleming In a more typical year, the opening of Hotel Kansas City would have caused a much bigger stir than it did in Fall 2020. The renovation of the former Kansas City Club, with its 15 floors of ornate Beaux-Arts craftsmanship, would be one thing, but then the introduction of The Town Company, helmed by Chef Johnny…
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge was born and raised in Leavenworth, but her live appearances in the city have been few and far between over the years. While she performed a few songs at the 15th annual Leavenworth Public Schools Education Foundation breakfast in 2016, her only actual performance in the city after achieving fame was a November 1994 benefit to…
Candle magic starter kit available at Oracle // Photo courtesy of Oracle For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been interested in everything metaphysical. Even though I grew up in the Lutheran church, I remember asking my pastor questions about reincarnation and ghosts. When I first heard about tarot, I was entranced. Not only were the cards beautiful,…
Dear Dan: I’m a cis bi guy in my 40s who doesn’t have a lot of experience with other men. I’m happily married to a wonderful woman who knows I’m bi, and while we’re presently monogamous, we’ve talked about opening things up in the future. If that happens, I’d like to casually hook up with a guy once in a…
For some, the term “lo-fi” carries negative connotations. To others, it’s a clarion call to those who love experimental films. A lo-fi film is essentially a micro-budget feature with most bells or whistles stripped away. Perhaps because of the country’s storied history with low-budget genre cinema, Australia has proven to be a fertile proving ground for this subgenre, putting out…
BoysGrow gives an opportunity for young boys to learn more about entrepreneurship // Photo courtesy BoysGrow Mother Earth Coffee is celebrating Earth Day by partnering with agricultural non-profit BoysGrow to use its organically and sustainably harvested coffee beans for good. The coffee grounds will be given to BoysGrow on a regular basis to use as compost material or as organic…
Fine art representation of the respectable Rep. Roeber, courtesy Kelcie McKenney. Missouri Rep. Rick Roeber has officially become the Missouri House’s second lawmaker ever to be expelled. The action follows a vote Monday to recommend his expulsion, which passed with an almost unanimous vote of 153-1 present. The Missouri House made the move to expel after a four-month investigation took…
Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, addresses the media as Gov. Mike Parson looks on. (Photo courtesy of Missouri Governor’s Office) Amid the peak of Missouri’s COVID vaccine rollout and just four years on the job, Randall Williams has stepped down as director of the state’s health department, effective immediately. Gov. Mike Parson’s announcement…
Photo courtesy Johnson County Community College Johnson County Community College students are showing how they have thrived during an unpredictable year in the Resilience 2021 Student Fashion Show. The show will feature original designs created by students in JCCC’s Apparel Design and Technology program. Among those students are Cole Heard and Nuha Ahmad. Their garments reflect their perspective on individual cultural…
Photo by Vinny Dingo Isaiah, Dee, and Solomon Radke–the trio of brothers who make up Kansas City’s rock ‘n’ roll act Radkey—are not particularly loquacious. Then again, when you’ve done as much in the past year as this band has, you don’t really need to be. Actions speak louder than words, what with two massively successful Kickstarter campaigns and a…
Vicious Fun. At what point did 80’s nostalgia become weaponized throughout cinema? It started with a film here, a tv series there. We’re now at a point when almost anyone can get a project made if they pitch it through the nostalgia lens. Vicious Fun trades on that, and tries to put a new spin on some tired tropes. Due…
Chauvin taken away in handcuffs after conviction. // Via courtroom livestream. In the months since police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on a Minneapolis sidewalk, a new generation of activists and leaders has taken rise in Kansas City. So we turn to one of their number, the group that calls itself Black Rainbow, for a response to the news…
Morgan C. Jones as Charlie Harte, Michael Hough as SP McCauley, Louisa Harland as Claire McCann, Louisa Harland as Claire McCann, Nigel O’Neill as Francie Moffat, Jack Rowan as Eugene Moffat – Boys from County Hell. // Courtesy Aidan Monaghan/Shudder It’s been a good time out here lately for the reinvention of the vampire genre. I mean, it’s almost never…
Artwork by Conrad Egyir // Photo courtesy of Destanie Martin-Johnson The first major multi-museum exhibition dedicated to midwest-based contemporary artists will be traveling around the country with its last stop being the Kemper Museum. This exhibition entitled The Regional will feature new and recent work by more than 20 artists that create in a variety of mediums including painting, photography, installation,…
Port Fonda while shut down in January 2021. // Photo by Travis Young Beer KC, the restaurant group behind Beer Kitchen, Mickey’s Hideaway, and Char Bar, has acquired embattled restaurant Port Fonda in a deal announced Tuesday. The Westport restaurant will reopen under new ownership and management in June. Former Port Fonda chef Patrick Ryan had initiated talks with Beer…
Chit Chat the beautiful cat. // Courtesy KC Pet Project We have teamed up with KC Pet Project to host a weekly “creature feature” on a loveable and adoptable animal here in the KC Metro. This week’s local Adopt an Animal features Chit Chat, a 13-year-old Siamese. She resides at the Kansas City Campus for Animal Care at 7077 Elmwood Avenue…
Inside one of the Grow Rooms of Illicit’s Independence cultivation facility. So you want to sell weed? Legally? In Missouri? The good news is in November of 2018, Missouri voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment legalizing the sale of medical marijuana in the state. The bad news is the state legislature limited the number of licenses granted to dispensaries and…
Baby Bennett // Photo courtesy Facebook post from Mayor Lucas Mayor Quinton Lucas and fellow government official Katherine Carttar have announced their marriage and the birth of their son, Bennett. Carttar is the economic development director for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. The 38-year-old previously worked for the city of Kansas City, MO as an economic development analyst and development…
Matthew Jones’ “This is Kansas City” details the everyday lives of the people below the city’s skylines. // Image courtesy of Matthew Jones A new book bringing the stories of Kansas Citians to life launches today. This is My Kansas City, written and compiled by documentary photographer Matthew Jones, details the things Jones says he missed about his city initially….
A postcard from 1918 promoting daylight saving time. // Courtesy of the Library of Congress On April 14, the Missouri House gave preliminary approval to a bill that would establish permanent daylight saving time in the state—under the condition that three of our eight border states do the same. Many proponents of the change cited the inconvenience of changing clocks…
Photo courtesy Tora Zushi Fénix Chef Brett DeHart is opening his second and newest restaurant at Strang Hall named Tora, a name given to him by his sushi master meaning tiger in Japanese. DeHart is from Kansas City and has been plating award-winning cuisine for more than 25 years. He created a hamburger voted “Best in Utah 2016” and was…
