The burned and abandoned property at 2415 Kensington Ave. in Kansas City has graffiti covering the property. Much of the roof is missing or scorched, and fire damage can be seen throughout the home. // Chase Castor/The Beacon This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon. The house on 2415 Kensington Ave. has been wasting away for years….
Courtesy of Chewology Check it out: Chewology and BLU HWY officially open next week Two funny names, two very good restaurants: Chewology and BLU HWY are set to officially open next week, the first after a move from Lenexa, and the other after a couple of months operating as a delivery-only establishment. First, buns and noodles. Chewology will be opening…
Don Chilito’s Mexican Restaurant After 50 years on Johnson Drive, Don Chilito’s is closing. Barry Cowden, the second-generation owner, said he is ready to retire but will miss all of the customers he’s had the opportunity to serve. “ the legacy and all of the great customers and friends who have made Don Chilito’s what it is. We have 3rd…
Kenneth Partridge’s Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska and Swing is the third book on ska to release this summer, following Aaron Carnes’ In Defense of Ska and Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History by Marc Wasserman. Whereas those two books focus primarily on the music which evolved out of the Jamaican sounds of…
The house margaritas, cochinita pilbil tacos, chips and salsa, adn six-salsa sampler at Taco Naco. // Photo by Zach Bauman Are we ready for pandemic silver linings yet? I’ve got one in the chamber: Kansas City’s contrived (but deserved) renaissance as a Taco Town. Locals have been grazing at the taquerias lining Southwest Boulevard for decades, but last year, the…
Rufus Wainwright with José González at The Uptown Theater Monday, September 20. // Photo by Nick Spacek For any other artist of lesser talents, “Unfollow the Rules” would be a show-closer. For Rufus Wainwright, it was the fourth song in and, honestly, any of his vibrant numbers could have sent the audience at last night’s Uptown show home happy. Focusing…
Willow the sun-loving cat. // 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 Willow, a 1-year-old domestic medium hair, and Mia, a 10-year-old pit bull. Both furry friends currently reside at the Kansas City Campus for…
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. // Courtesy of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office Seconds into a web ad supporting Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s U.S. Senate bid, footage of former President Donald Trump alleging a stolen election is juxtaposed with headlines touting Schmitt’s role in lawsuits challenging the 2020 results. A largely discredited audit of the presidential election in Arizona…
Garbage is paranoid. // Photo by Chris Ortiz Alanis Morissette’s 25th-anniversary tour of Jagged Little Pill has been a tour-de-force… of a tour. The 1996 come-back-to-life roving band of Morissette, Garbage, and Liz Phair seemed like an impossible throwback. And indeed, it was. Phair was out, to be replaced by Cat Power. Such things happen. Thusly, the 90s hardcore revamp…
Courtesy West 18th Street Fashion Show Summer in Hindsight, a film inspired by the 2020 West 18th Street Fashion Show, will be shown for the first time in Kansas City following a tour of the international festival circuit at Union Station, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. Directed by Khitam Jabr, written by Peregrine Honig and starring Calvin Arsenia, the film…
Despite your favorite genre or artists, we all have memories of our first concert, buying merch, or meeting one of your favorite bands after the show. Over the years, Tennessee-based rock band Colony House has been one of those bands that have given me so many special memories. Their debut album, When I Was Younger, was released in 2014 and…
Kristen Thomas. // Photo by Nicole Bissey Chances are if you’re a loyal Pitch reader, you’ve heard of polyamory—and if not that’s okay, too. While there’s increasing awareness around polyamory because of pop culture, it’s not often monogamous folks have exposure to couples in the lifestyle. 6.5% of people report knowing someone (Moors, Gesselman, and Garcia March 2021) who was…
Coronavirus. // Courtesy of CDC The number of Missouri deaths from COVID-19 reported since Jan. 1 has exceeded the number reported during 2020. As of Dec. 31, 2020, the Department of Health and Senior Services reported 5,519 deaths from the coronavirus that killed its first Missouri victim on March 18, 2020. On Friday, the total reached 11,046. The grim report…
Photo courtesy KCFW The 17th annual Kansas City Fashion Week is set to kick off with a sold-out Moonlight Garden Party Sept. 18. KCFW will return to a live format at Overland Park’s Oak Park Mall, Sept. 22-25, with four runway shows after the pandemic forced organizers to shift to a digital-only event in 2020. The Sept. 22 Wednesday Evening…
Shannon Carpenter, author of The Ultimate Stay-at-Home Dad. // Photo by Kelly Ludwig “Congratulations on your promotion to an at-home dad! Your new job pays nothing, starts at midnight, and there are no sick days. You’ll love it,” writes Shannon Carpenter, local author and parent extraordinaire, in his forthcoming book with Penguin Random House, The Ultimate Stay-at-Home Dad: Your Essential…
Sunrise will screen with live accompaniment in Lawrence. // Courtesy KU School of Music Silent movie-era romantic drama, Sunrise (1927), will be featured at Swarthout Recital Hall in the University of Kansas campus Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. alongside a live score performed by the Boulder, CO based Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Sunrise was one of the first films to…
This week on the Streetwise podcast we discuss accidental birthdays, enjoy a reading of Liberation Lit’s Pen Pals, and vibe to Blackstarkids’ track “Fight Club.” 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 song, “One…
Read more about Elevator Division’s reunion, and what inspires their new music, here. In advance of Elevator Division’s show at the recordBar on Friday, October 1, we’re happy to premiere the second of the band’s two new singles, “Torn Apart.” It hearkens back to the band’s earliest work on the album Imaginary Days. When I spoke with the band for…
A view of the Missouri Senate chamber from the visitors gallery. // Courtesy Missouri Senate On one side were tyrannical oligarchs. On the other, petulant children. Or at least that was the takeaway from the Missouri Senate’s day-long rules debate Wednesday. Gathered for the legislature’s annual veto session, the demons that have haunted the upper chamber for more than a…
Elevator Division. // Photo by Sam Billen Listen to the premiere of Elevator Division’s latest single, “Torn Apart,” and read about the band’s writing process for the song here. The event that brought Kansas City’s post-rock, post-punk, indie group Elevator Division out of retirement in March of last year was a sad affair, according to the band’s singer-songwriter and lead…
Our previous look at the Toronto International Film Festival provided an interesting but uneven early run of features, a trend that’s only continued as the fest wears on. The Festival’s digital offerings over the weekend and into this week have ranged from wild experimentation to big-budget bottle episodes to standard documentaries. Some of it was great, some of it was…
Master Distiller Alex Lindsey And The Start Of That Infamous West Bottoms Whiskey Co Old Fashioned. // Photo By Mary Henn The people over at Fetch, a vintage clothing store with (arguably) the best shop front signage in the Metro area, are putting on a block party this Saturday, September 18. Co-hosting the festivities are the quality t-shirt makers at…
Be weary of purchasing tickets to this Oct. 30 event, as previous stops have been documented as scams. Adam Dobres of Tucson, AZ has reportedly been stringing along would-be festival goers around the country with promises of tacos, margaritas, and live music at a series of taco festivals in 2021. According to documents provided by Alec Thompson, Dobres is to…
State Rep. Randy Pietzman, R-Troy, explains Wednesday why he is seeking to override Gov. Mike Parson’s veto of funding to investigate crimes against children in Lincoln County. // Photo by Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications Missouri Rep. Randy Pietzman nearly choked on his words as he tried Wednesday to explain why $300,000 means so much to the children of Lincoln County….
