Bond in No Time To Die. // Courtesy MGM What do we want from a James Bond movie? The various versions of the iconic character throughout history have offered a multitude of flavors, each of which fans of the series like more for varying reasons. There’s Campy Bond, Self-Aware Bond, Serious Bond, Silly Bond, and Batshit Off-the-Rails Bond—some of these…
Last night, Duluth bluegrass band Trampled By Turtles and Los Angeles indie rockers Mt. Joy played outdoors at Grinders. Photographer Barry Meitler was there to capture the evening. All photos by Barry Meitler (IG: @bootlegbearphoto). Categories: Music Tags: grinders, Mt. Joy, photo gallery, Trampled by Turtles
Photo by Joel Moysuh The class I took was Basic Handgun, a beginners course in which I was introduced to “the operation of semi-automatics, revolvers, and firearm safety.” It was September 2020, mid-lockdown, mid-crazy, a month before my second son would be born, 22 years after my first son was born. At gun school, social distancing would be practiced, one…
Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway presents a report on economic incentives in the City of St. Louis. // Courtesy of the Missouri Auditor’s Office Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Board of Accountancy alleging it is threatening discipline against auditor’s office staff stemming from an investigation of Josh Hawley’s time as attorney general. Galloway, a Democrat, argues…
Courtesy of HomeGrown Kansas City Check it out: HomeGrown Kansas City wakes up in Brookside If you like puns with your sincerity in the morning, try out the brand-new HomeGrown Kansas City, which opened just a couple of weeks ago in Brookside at 338 West 63rd Street (formerly Avenues Bistro). HomeGrown Kansas City is a Wichita-based breakfast-and-lunch-only spot that specializes…
Courtesy TIP Theater in the Park returns indoors this season, with a musical adaptation of the Tony-award winning The Full Monty, Oct. 1 for a three week run through Oct. 18. Based on the 1997 British comedy, which was later adapted to a musical format in 2000, and then a traditional play in 2013, the story follows six unemployed men…
Photo courtesy Elliott Lee Scott We’ve had our first taste of fall and for many that means pumpkin spice lattes—no judgment here—cardigans, apple cider donuts, and watching Hocus Pocus for the thousandth time. But for runners, it signifies marathon season has finally arrived. Each year, competitors from around the globe gravitate toward the Abbott World Marathon Majors: Tokyo, Boston, London,…
Courtesy KU Theater A comedy about the lives of competitive air guitarists will hit KU’s William Inge Memorial Theater Oct. 1-3 and 5-7. Directed by KU doctoral student Jonah Greene, Airness—written by Chelsea Marcantel—provides “comradery and escapism as the spotlight shines on the lifestyle of air guitarists and the culture surrounding the competition.” “It’s the return to live theatre that…
Manor Records’ new space on Stawberry Hill. // Courtesy Manor Records As you might have guessed, we’re big fans of Manor Records here at the Pitch, having premiered quite a few tracks from the label over the past year. The label is noted for its support of local musicians across the spectrum of identities, and with its recent announcement of…
Amy Grant in The Jesus Music. // Courtesy of Lionsgate Directors Andrew and Jon Erwin’s new documentary, The Jesus Music, attempts to trace the history of Christian music from its Jesus people roots through the late ’80s and ’90s Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) boom, to its current incarnation as worship music. While a preponderance of talking heads means that nearly…
Clint is energetic and has the best smile. // 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, KCPP wants to introduce you to Clint, a 4-year-old pit bull, and Scott, a 5-year-old domestic shorthair. Both future-pets currently reside at the Kansas City…
Audrey Lockwood presented her most ambitious collection yet at this year’s KCFW // Photo by Nikki Bulger It’s 9:43 p.m. on a Wednesday, and one of Kansas City’s youngest, most promising fashion designers, Audrey Lockwood, is sitting in her basement studio crafting an email to send out to the 17 models who will be representing her brand, Devil Doll, in…
A look inside the new Firebrand space. // Courtesy of Megan Adams The only female-focused networking and community space in Kansas City, Firebrand Collective, is reopening to the public Oct. 1. The collective was founded in 2017 and team members dedicate themselves to helping all women build their careers in an inclusive community. Firebrand took the two-month closure to do…
Wise Blood Booksellers in the Mills Record Company building. // Photo by Zach Bauman “We opened in, technically, December of 2019,” says Dylan Pyles, manager and co-owner of Wise Blood Booksellers alongside Judy Mills. “We had two and a half months of ‘normalcy.’ But it wasn’t really normalcy because you’re just getting going—we were making plans for advertising campaigns and…
The line-up of rums and orange liqueur from Nobelton’s. // Courtesy Nobleton’s Distilling House Disclaimer: my rum tasting experience perhaps begins and ends with bottom-shelf-in-the-basement spirits like Captain Morgan, Admiral Nelson, and, at points, far worse. While this review was performed by an amateur, I was able to get the assist from a seasoned bartender, who guided but did not…
Courtesy Mick Haupt Lifelong educator Steve Lopes has turned his passion for researching the history of rock and roll music into a series of courses offered by KU’s Osher Institute. It all started when the retiree, former teacher, and Kansas NEA Organizer enrolled in an Osher course on the history of rock and roll in the spring of 2018. “It…
Dear Evan Hansen. // Courtesy Universal Pictures Dear Evan Hansen is a new feature film, based on the stage musical of same name that stormed Broadway in the mid-aughts, and that came through KC on tour in 2019. The staged version was complicated, a bit cartoonish, and certainly a letdown based on the subject matter it hoped to tackle. The…
Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors hired by the Arizona Senate in an audit at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on May 24, 2021. // Photo by David Wallace | Arizona Republic/pool photo After months of work and some $6 million spent, a so-called audit that Trump supporters claimed would show…
Courtesy KC Artist Coalition The Kansas City Artists Coalition is set to host the annual COALESCE event under the lights at The City Market, from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 5. An immersive art experience where “fine art meets fashion,” COALESCE will feature eight local multidisciplinary artists who will transform gowns donated by the Gown Gallery into “walking canvases of fine…
Glass Animals // photo credit Madison Hammons As part of what seemed to be attending every major concert in the Kansas City area Wednesday night, our photographer Maddie Hammons took in the massively-packed Glass Animals show at Azura Amphitheater, to bring us shots of the band and opener binki as part of the Dreamland tour. All photos by Maddie Hammons…
New Found Glory. // Photo credit Chris Ortiz As part of our massive mid-week music coverage, photographer Chris Ortiz caught up with the punk and ska stylings of New Found Glory, Less Than Jake, and opener Lolo at the Uptown. Categories: Music Tags: Less Than Jake, lolo, New Found Glory, photo gallery, Uptown Theater
Courtesy Cafe Cà Phê Cafe Cà Phê plans on dishing out over 200 free coffees in recognition of National Coffee Day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 29. The event will be held at Sequence Climb Gym in the Crossroads (1717 Washington Street), where the Vietnamese mobile coffee shop has set up shop in recent months. Guests will…
Grouplove with Blackstarkids at Liberty Hall Wednesday, September 22. // Photo by Katie Rich There’s something relentlessly charming about the fact that Grouplove’s pre-show music John Williams’ score to Jurassic Park, to which the entire crowd sang along like it was the “bah, bah, bah” portion of “Sweet Caroline.” Just a slew of kids rocking out to orchestral music about…
Photo by Don Ipock The Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced the return of their hybrid concert and ghost storytelling event, “Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads.” The second-year series, which sold out in its inaugural run in 2020, will include a total of 10 showings between Sept. 30 and Oct. 17 under…
