We’re getting very excited about the Q Kansas City BBQ Festival with local pitmasters including Jeff Stehney (Joe’s Kansas City), Deborah “Shorty”, and Mary “Little” Jones (Jones Bar-B-Q). // Courtesy Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que First Fridays are back this month, along with a host of other highly anticipated events. From Q Kansas City BBQ Festival to The Black Creatures concerts,…
Courtesy Crossroads Community Association Welcome back, First Fridays! Being in the Crossroads on the first Friday of the month during the past several months has been surreal. I work at 18th & Baltimore, and prior to March of 2020, First Fridays meant busy streets, lots of music, food trucks, and a parking crush that would begin before noon. Since March…
Writer and musician Marc Wasserman’s new book, Skaboom! An American Ska & Reggae Oral History, is “an exhaustive, extensive tale of the pioneers of the American ska and reggae movement as told by the people who lived it.” Wasserman interviewed literally hundreds of musicians and players from the titular boom in underground ska and reggae music which began in the…
Kyle Selley works with fireworks and residue drawings. // courtesy of Kyle Selley With the Fourth of July right around the corner, Kansas Citians looking for an alternative to big firework displays can still get a taste while also taking in artwork from local artist, Kyle Selley. Selley uses chemical explosions, residue, and fireworks as a method to interact with…
Riley Keough (left) stars as “Stefani” and Taylour Paige (right) stars as “Zola” in director Janicza Bravo’s Zola, an A24 Films release. //Courtesy A24 Films In a post-Twitter world, threads are the new folklore. Whether they’re true stories or imagined dialogues, they’re like a digital version of the oral tradition, tall tales passed from reader to reader, embellished with each…
The Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City. // Courtesy of David Shane In a win for transparency advocates, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that government agencies cannot charge for time attorneys spend reviewing public records that are requested under the state’s Sunshine Law. In a 6-0 decision, the judges ruled that a lower court erred by siding with Gov. Mike…
Beginning with 2005’s Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea and running through 2012’s Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, French-Canadian graphic novelist Guy Delisle’s travelogue books have been a balm for me during the pandemic, when travel wasn’t possible. His clever and fascinating tales of his adventures in North Korea, China, Burma, and more allowed me to go beyond the…
Nick sketching out a design on a piece of reclaimed wood. // Photo by Jason Dominguez Photography Maker Village KC is located in a lofty industrial building on Kansas City’s 31st St., an area with small businesses, art, and bars that’s often referred to as Martini Corner. Owner Nick Ward-Bopp says he created Maker Village for the community: folks can use…
Sundance. // 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 Sundance, a six-years-old Domestic Longhair. He resides at the Kansas City Campus for Animal Care at 7077 Elmwood Avenue in Kansas City, MO where…
Photo courtesy of Conor Rooney Local artist Tyler Kimball is among the list of 100 finalists for the CODAaward for his stained glass art piece Cellular at the new UH2 building on the Truman Medical Center campus. The CODA award is a people’s choice award given to successfully integrate commissioned art into interior, architectural, or public spaces each year by…
Jeff Martin. // Photo courtesy of Jeff Martin Los Angeles-based indie rock band IDAHO is returning to the stage after 13 years to perform frontman Jeff Martin’s unnamed 10th album. The band will be performing at Lemonade Park Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m. Shifting away from the slowcore moniker that the band had previously, this tour will highlight IDAHO’s…
Bernard Bates holds a notebook of documents from the lawsuits he’s been a part of while trying to get his farmland back. // Photo by David Condos At his home in northwest Kansas, Bernard Bates thumbs through a stack of faded color photographs nearly 40 years old. One shows a group of men in county sheriff’s jackets standing in front…
Courtesy Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport and TWA Museum The general aviation terminal at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport will soon be named to honor retired African American fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman, Brigadier General Charles E. McGee. The Tuskegee Airmen were an all-African American military pilot group that fought in World War II. At 101 years old, McGee is…
Interior of the Leopold Gallery. // courtesy of the Leopold Gallery The Leopold Gallery is an expansive, bi-level studio, tucked away in the Brookside neighborhood. But what many might not realize is this neighborhood gallery is responsible for bringing national attention to local Kansas City artists, inspiring the culture of the region, and helping shape the lives of young…
RecruitMilitary job fair. // Courtesy of RecruitMilitary As many Kansas Citians are struggling to find jobs following the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, many veterans of the US Armed Forces continue to struggle with joblessness. Locally, more resources and programs are being offered to help those in need of assistance. But veterans, are prone to joblessness, and often deal…
Jessica Hopper. // courtesy of jessicahopper.com The 2015 collection of rock writer Jessica Hopper’s work, The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, was a breathtaking collection—digging into criticism, interviews, essays, and first-person narratives from the Chicago journalist’s witty and insightful style. The title was a thumbed nose at the patriarchal establishment who would deign to publish…
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The Lumberyard Arts Center. // Photo by John Knepper. Baldwin City is not known for live music, which is odd considering that it’s home to Baker University, a college with over 2,500 students. While that’s less than one-tenth the population of the nearby University of Kansas in Lawrence, one would think there’d be an open mic night or something at…
KC Tenants leader Jenay Manley and the crowd gathered on Jackson and 16th. // Photo by Emily Standlee Today KC Tenants held a “Tenant Reckoning” rally at Gabriel Tower Apartments on Kansas City’s east side. For months the apartment’s disabled and elderly tenants have struggled to have basic human needs met, and have lived with mold, water damage, and little-to-no…
Mayor Quinton Lucas official photo. // Courtesy City Hall Mayor Quinton Lucas provided more details on the Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equality (MORE) coalition he recently joined. Mayor Lucas explained his decision to join the coalition, when benefits from the program might be offered, and who might be eligible. According to Lucas, the decision to join the coalition was…
Eva Santiago is the program coordinator for Plaza Comunitaria, or community plaza. It’s bilingual programming that is district-wide and addresses the social-emotional needs for the Latinx community, specifically undocumented students, non-English speakers and immigrants. // Photo by Riley Cowing In February 2021, the Latinx Education Collaborative released a report called “Landscape Analysis: Teachers of Color in Kansas City.” The group’s…
Extra, extra! The biggest and longest-running Best of Kansas City is back to celebrate all the ritziest and jazziest things in our city. For 2021’s Best of KC, we’re popping the bubbly and toasting to the roaring ’20s. We have a lot to be proud of in the Paris of the Plains—and our Best of KC has over 500 categories…
The Fourth Wall, directed by Kelsey Bollig This weekend “Etheria Film Night” makes its way back to the Screenland Armour for an evening of short horror and sci-fi films all directed by women. Over the years, Etheria’s played host to short films from a number of great up-and-coming female directors including Censor’s Prano Bailey-Bond, Relic’s Natalie Erika James and our…
Calvin Arsenia at The Mint in LA. // Photo by Alex Brown As Kansas City is opening back up for in-person events and gatherings, LGBTQ+ Pride Month has been a joyous occasion. After a year of dismal virtual functions and dance-party-shaped holes in our hearts, queer musicians of the metro are looking forward to celebrating their identities once again through…
