The Greenhouse wrap from Kind Food with apples, grapes, avocado and other green fruits and vegetables. // Photo by Liz Goodwin Kind Food establishes new roots in KCK One of Kansas City’s most loved vegan and vegetarian spots has settled in a new, and much larger, home. Kind Food planned to open today, but are having to close because of…
Donald Kauerauf, the director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, speaks during a press conference at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on July 21, 2021. // Courtesy of Missouri Governor’s Office The Missouri Senate refused to confirm Donald Kauerauf as Gov. Mike Parson’s health director on Tuesday, leaving Kauerauf banned from the position for life. Hours later,…
The Spine of Night. // Courtesy RLJE Films Out this week on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD DVD/Blu-ray SteelBook, The Spine of Night is an ambitious rotoscoped animated fantasy film that hearkens back to the days of Heavy Metal and Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards. “This epic begins many years ago when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred…
Construction on the John Buck Memorial Bridge. // Photo Courtesy of MoDOT Starting in March, commuters heading downtown will have to change their driving patterns due to construction for the Buck O’ Neil replacement bridge. Construction will cause the closure of the northbound lanes of I-35 between 12th Street and I-70 for approximately 10 months. The John Jordan “Buck” O’Neal…
Views from last year’s Hinterland Festival. // Photo by Emily Standlee The Hinterland Music Festival has announced its 2022 lineup. The four-day celebration of harmony and the great outdoors will feature the talents of Glass Animals, Phoebe Bridgers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Billy Strings, and more. The Hinterland Music Festival runs from Aug. 4 to Aug. 7, 2022….
Homer G. Phillips Hospital Nurses Class of 1965. // Photo Courtesy of UMSL Black History Project Photograph Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-St. Louis The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) will host free virtual events exploring Black health and wellness. The Black History Month theme for 2022 was announced by the Association for the Study of African…
Falling In Reverse with Wage War, Hawthorne Heights, and Jeris Johnson Uptown Theater Friday, January 28 Friday night, the Ronnie Radke-fronted Falling In Reverse took to the stage at the Uptown Theater for a night of heavy rock. In addition to a collection of songs from across their discography, the band knocked out a couple of songs from Radke’s old…
Brock and Vivian on their wedding day. // Photo by Carol Roker Under normal circumstances, this space would likely be reserved for an overly-long political rant, or perhaps a deep dive into a piece of pop culture for which I express a fiery passion, despite no one else giving a fuck. The day this magazine hits stands across Kansas City…
