The celebration of The Bridge’s 20th birthday has made for a helluva year, with some of the most delightful radio events imaginable. One of my favorite memories of 2021 was 4th of July weekend. The Bridge 90.9 counted down the Top 909 songs of the 90s, as voted on by Kansas Citians. My wife and I were glued to our…
The crew that worked on the “Forlorn” video for The Devil Wears Prada. // Courtesy KatDog Studio Kansas City video production company KatDog Studio has a repeat customer in metalcore’s Myspace era-pioneers, The Devil Wears Prada. A cinematographic partnership between Christopher Commons and Kate McFerren, KatDog Studio formed in 2018 after the pair had been hired to work on a video…
Noah Spencer at The Crossroads Hotel during his live recorded performance of “Wednesday.” // Photo by Kian Pritchett Noah Spencer is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and the next name you need to know in music. Spencer joined The Greeting Committee in 2018 as their live band member—playing guitar, bass, keys, and vocals during their tours. Even on TGC’s tour,…
Alien Hellbop // Photo courtesy the artist Lawrence rock ‘n’ roll duo Spencer Goertz-Giffen and Braden Young perform as Alien Hellbop. While you might also recognize the couple from their work in the indie-folk act Hello Biplane (of which Alien Hellbop is an anagram), this project sees the pair digging into heavier sounds that reference a bigger sound than the…
The Bridge conducting a live show at Boulevardia. // Courtesy 90.9 The Bridge A little over 20 years ago at the University of Central Missouri, The Bridge hit the airwaves for the first time. The station made its way out of Warrensburg 12 years later, heading 60 miles down the road and setting up shop in Kansas City. Then, what…
Jared Wilson, RN, and Andrea Wiese, RN, care for patients in the COVID-19 unit within the Progressive Care Unit at University Hospital. // Photo by Justin Kelley/MU Health Care For much of October, there were so few new COVID-19 cases in Knox County, Health Director Lori Moots said she began to hope the pandemic was almost over for her constituents….
Photo by Greg Rosenke Wyandot Behavioral Health Network launched its first “Wyandot Winter Warm-Up” coat and winter gear drive on Nov. 13, and will continue to accept donations at three locations on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Dec. 17. Wyandot Center (1301 N. 47th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66102) Wyandot Behavioral Health Network (757 Armstrong Ave, Kansas…
Steven G.; Barber: Ailele Ighile; Wardrobe: Vanne McMillan, Teresa Brooks. // Photo by Monte Law For over a decade, Steven Green mostly stood behind the camera as a photographer and creative director. When he stepped on the other side of the viewfinder for a shoot with Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty, he springboarded into the deep end of the modeling world….
Photo by Tyler Schneider A new medical marijuana dispensary has set up shop in a rather convenient location across the street from Plaza Liquor, and it only took four years for owner Lee Hoffman to make this dream a reality. Hoffman now operates the only such facility in the immediate Plaza area. Located at 1004 W 45th St., Missouri’s first…
Kansas City Bier Company’s Winterbock was awarded a silver medal at the European Beer Star 2021 awards ceremony in Nuremberg on November 9 in the category German-Style Dunkler (Dark) Doppelbock. KC Bier Co was the only American brewery to win a medal in a traditional German-Austrian-Czech-style category. “The European Beer Star has an excellent reputation in the international brewing industry….
The Strings. // Courtesy Shudder It’s difficult to know where to begin with defining The Strings. It’s an independent horror film. It’s also almost a musical. It’s personal to the point where you can feel the rawness pulling across your own skin. It’s full of love. It gave me the worst nightmares I’ve had in 2021 (and that is saying…
Ghostbusters: Afterlife. // Courtesy Sony Pictures Jason Reitman has been vocal about the fact that Ghostbusters: Afterlife is meant to “hand the reins back to the fans.” In remarks that ran before the film’s press screening, the director noted that his father, Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, was on set every day making sure that the legacy sequel stayed true to…
After more than two decades, Kansas City rockers Frogpond return with a new album, TimeThief, releasing this week on local label Black Site. In the late ’90s, the band’s albums for Tristar Music and C2Records, Count To Ten and Safe Ride Home, were radio mainstays, and the band would pack clubs. That debut, Count To Ten, was even produced by…
A view of Maker Village. // Photo by Jason Domingues Photography We fervently believe that you can bungle your way through most things in life with the right mix of bravery and shamelessness (this paper’s continued existence is proof enough). But even we know not to shortcut some learning curves—say, changing the blades on a table saw or using an…
Courtesy Laura Norris Restaurateur Laura Norris is known as the queen of meatballs. If you’ve been to her fancy-but-not-too-fancy Italian eatery Ragazza, you know she serves up homemade meatballs the size of a softball. But just last week, Norris dropped a culinary bomb on the metro. She’s branching out and expanding her repertoire with Enzo Bistro and Wine Bar, a…
Director Charles Band has lived several lifetimes in his 69 years. When he was 15, he was opening literal underground nightclubs in Rome. He’s started not one, but two film production companies. The first, Empire Pictures, helped launch the careers of such genre notables as Stuart Gordon, Barbara Crampton, and Jeffrey Combs, as well as full-blown stars like Helen Hunt…
Jackie Nguyen of Cà Phê // Photo by Travis Young When Jackie Nguyen opened Cafe Cà Phê last year, we knew the city was in for a treat. What we didn’t know was how much of a dynamic force for good the coffee shop would be for the city. Throughout the year, the team at Cafe Cà Phê held a…
Straight No Chaser. // Photo by Jimmy Fontaine Accapella superstars Straight No Chaser began at Indiana University in 1996, but it wasn’t until a video of an anniversary performance of “The 12 Days of Christmas” went viral in 2008 that the group signed to Atlantic Records and began their stratospheric climb. In the years since that YouTube video gained them…
Cinnamon Spice loves to snuggle. // Courtesy KCPP We teamed up with KC Pet Project to host a weekly “Creature Feature” on loveable and adoptable pets here in the KC Metro. This week, KCPP is introducing Cinnamon Spice, a 2-year-old pit bull, and Pumpkin Seeds, an 8-year-old domestic shorthair. Both loveable pets reside at the Kansas City Campus for Animal Care,…
Courtesy Rachel Ayotte J. Rieger & Co. has announced their Holiday 2021 Kansas City Whiskey label along with a handful of annual activations for this holiday season. This year marks the fifth annual iteration of the whiskey label, which was designed this year in collaboration with Charlie Hustle Clothing Co. This limited-time offering, which includes J. Rieger’s “signature blend of…
Brendan O’Shaughnessy of Ocean & Sea. // Photo by Amber Deery Photography Owned by Brendan and Amanda O’Shaughnessy, Ocean & Sea has been kicking it in KC since 2013. They love showing off their KC pride in their merchandise while helping big-time clients like Big Brothers Big Sisters define their visual brand. If you haven’t yet heard of this studio…
The big kick-off at Border Brewing Co. // Photo by Liz Goodwin Border Brewing Co. loyalists rejoiced on Friday as the taproom reopened its doors in a new larger location, just a block away from where its story started. The new digs, which were eight months in the making, can host 72 guests and hold an upgraded 7-barrel system, allowing…
Courtesy Radkey We’ve all known about Radkey for some time now, and, honestly, if you enjoy the genre and have been paying any attention over the last several years, you should have too. For those who have not, here’s a rundown: Radkey, composed of three brothers from St. Joseph, is essentially a contemporary version of the Misfits, with much better studio…
Lunch from Thelma’s getting ready for boxes. // Photo courtesy Thelma’s Kitchen Thelma’s Kitchen, the city’s first donate-what-you-can cafe, has been serving healthy, delicious food from its spot at 31st and Troost since the summer of 2018. The community-focused cafe serves meals for a suggested donation of $11 but is ready to give complete meals for free to any neighbors…
