A mixtape featured in Analog Love. You can still remember what was on that mixtape you made for that first crush. I can, and unto Emily, I would very much like to apologize. That was real weird and I wasn’t good with emotions and some of that was too aggro and/or too completely on the nose to have been pleasant….
Calvin Arsenia (center) performs as part of 90.9 The Bridge’s 20th Anniversary special, PLAYBACK, with Ben Muñoz (left) and Simon “Pushki” Huntley (right). // Photo courtesy of Kansas City PBS Kansas City PBS & 90.9 The Bridge have announced a new half-hour cover song special celebrating the 20th anniversary of the local non-profit music discovery radio station. PLAYBACK will premiere Thursday,…
Basil will be your enthusiastic playmate.// Courtesy KCPP We teamed up with KC Pet Project to host a weekly “creature feature” on loveable and adoptable animals here in the KC Metro. This week’s local Adopt an Animal features Basil, a 3-year-old Pit Bull, and Mimir the Wise, a 12-year-old Domestic Shorthair. Basil resides at the Kansas City Campus for Animal Care…
Photo by Ali Karimi Just when schools were getting ready to reopen for the new school year, cases of COVID-19 started surging in the United States, driven in large part by the more contagious Delta variant. School administrators around the country are working to bring students back into the classroom safely, while still providing kids an enriching learning environment. As…
St. Mark Center at 1008 E. 12th St. // Courtesy United Inner City Services Kansas City-based United Inner City Services is hosting a job fair Saturday, August 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers hope the fair will work as a solution to recent child care staff shortages and the increasing need for quality early education and family resources. Interested…
Big things come in small, shiny bottles. // Courtesy Union Horse Distilling Co. Fall weather is knocking on the door and Union Horse Distilling Co. has the perfect thing: Port Barrel Finish Reunion Straight Rye Whiskey. The limited release whiskey is first aged in the distillery’s signature oak barrels, then again in ruby port wine barrels for 16 months. The…
The crème brulée, ghost pepper tots, Crossroads roll, and prime rib with truffle fries. // Photo by Zach Bauman It’s been 16 months since I filed my last restaurant review. Back then, I had no idea what the city’s dining scene would endure—or what it would look like when it came out on the other side. “The other side” is…
Despite rain canceling Wilco’s set and forcing an abbreviated performance from Sleater-Kinney, the It’s Time tour stop at Grinder’s KC on Thursday, August 12 still allowed for Kansas City to see a full set from experimental solo artist NNAMDÏ. Check below for photographer Barry Meitler’s gallery of shots from the show. Sleater-Kinner setlist High in the Grass Hurry On Home…
SEK Pride 2021 logo. // Courtesy Project Q&A It doesn’t matter if you live in the Metro area, Wyandotte County, or Independence, KS—Pride is for everyone, and so is this pair of LGBTQIA+ festivals. From August 21-22, Kansas City’s Pride Community Alliance is putting on the Show-Me Kansas City Pride Festival, which takes place at Frank A. Theis Park near…
Hatch chiles getting roasty-toasty. // Courtesy Hatch Chile Festival If you long to savor the taste of New Mexico but can’t hop on a plane at the moment (understandable), consider hopping over to Westport instead. Port Fonda is hosting the 5th Annual Hatch Chile Festival over Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, September 4, from 2-11 p.m. Admission is free. Flyer…
RoNisha Rogers lives in a two-bedroom trailer with her husband and seven kids at Heart Mobile Village. She will have to find a new place to live by next February. // Courtesy of Dominick Williams, The Beacon For more than a hundred residents at Heart Mobile Village in eastern Jackson County, Missouri, the neighborhood has been many things: a chance…
Views from Hinterland on Sunday August 8 2021. // Photo by Emily Standlee Turns out there’s more to be seen and heard near Des Moines than just corn and cattle—though both are Midwest staples. Cows will be your friend if you’re nice to them. But that’s not the point. The point is that the folks at Hinterland were gracious enough…
This week on the Streetwise podcast we discuss kickin’ off your shoes, enjoy a reading of Barb Shelly’s “Show-Me Hate”, jam to Season to Risk’s track “Last Breath Aboard,” and chat with Cyrus Bolooki from New Found Glory—ahead of their Uptown show on September 22. Streetwise is hosted by Brock Wilbur, editor in chief of The Pitch. Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify. Subscribe to the Streetwise newsletter, a…
Rancid and Dropkick Murphys at Grinders KC on August 11, 2021. // Photo by Chris Ortiz Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Wednesday night’s August 11 date of the Boston To Berkeley II tour at Grinders KC was the first proper-venue punk show in Kansas City since March 2020. At least 1,000 punk rock fans (maybe somewhere around…
People opposed to an emergency mask mandate for Columbia held signs and shouted at city council members Monday night as the council considered reestablishing a citywide mask mandate. The emergency mask mandate failed to pass. // Photo by Don Shrubshell, Columbia Daily Tribune Missouri is seeing the first signs that the Delta variant surge may have crested, though many areas still suffer…
When we featured Amber Wilson’s first single, “Timeless Love,” as part of Single Sentence Singles back in January, we described it as an “Adele-level, emotionally-devastating vocal performance sets an almost impossibly-high bar.” The follow-up, March’s “Need You, Want You,” was a “slow-burning grinder which absolutely aches with want and need. We were exceptionally excited to hear that this Friday, August…
Photo by Steven Cornfield A third dose of the COVID vaccination is expected to be approved by the FDA for immunocompromised people as signs of waning immunity begin to rise. The decision, should it be approved, is meant to help people with weakened immune systems the most since the vaccine is known to not work as well for the immunocompromised….
The Kansas City Center for Inclusion announced yesterday it had one-upped its own goal of helping trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and gender diverse (TGNC) individuals receive aid towards gender-confirming surgeries. Initially, KCCI planned to provide assistance for medical care and associated costs in the form of one $1,000 grant. Now—with the support of local donors—the organization will award a total…
Riverside Wellness has set up shop northwest of the Metro area. // Courtesy Riverside Wellness If you’re reading this, you probably already know about the vast collection of scholarly articles touting cannabis-related benefits, which include relief from health conditions such as anxiety, multiple sclerosis, and chronic pain, among others. And you may have seen a few dispensaries pop up in…
I fell in love with my second cousin about four years ago at a family reunion. (I hadn’t laid eyes on him since I was a kid!) I was fifteen when we met, he was two years older, and we were in a long-distance relationship for three years. We ended things a year ago and I’m going to be seeing…
Bike for Brain. // Photo courtesy of Gini Wharton The 16th annual Bike for Brain community bike ride is back again after going virtual last year. On-site registration starts at 7 a.m. at Johnson County Mental Health Center on Sept. 6. The urban/rural 10, 34, 55, and 65-mile cycling courses start at 8 a.m. Mental health has a stigma surrounding…
Dylan Mortimer poses with artwork from a gallery show. Mortimer received a double lung transplant in 2017. // Courtesy of Dylan Mortimer Dylan Mortimer is an artist living with cystic fibrosis. He has created artwork seen by thousands of people on walls across the country. He has headlined gallery shows, has commissioned work, and supported himself as a working artist….
The Updown app. // Photo courtesy of Josh Lewis Not sure what bar to hit up this weekend and have no way to figure out the best places in KC to party at? Well, we might the app for you. On Aug. 29, the new app Updown will be available to everyone looking to have a good time in KC….
The Handshake Drug at The Campground. // Photo by April Fleming Offering outdoor “cabins,” a holiday market, and a parking lot bar with genuine appeal, Chris Ciesel and Cristin Llewellyn demonstrated that they were among the most creative restaurateurs throughout the long COVID-related restaurant closures of 2020 and 2021. These offerings kept guests coming despite abbreviated hours and some limited…
