The Bread Sticks Fully Clothed at Buffal State Pizza Co. // Photo by April Fleming When you find something delicious that costs just a few dollars and can feed more than one person, it feels like you’ve stumbled on a secret or found a glitch in the matrix. It’s even harder to find things like this in the Crossroads, where…
Assorted snacking fare from Snack Bar, the brainchild of Fox and Pearl’s Darren Carter. // Photo by Ryan Verbenec This pop-up concept from Fox and Pearl’s Darren Carter serves the snacks of your dreams If you live for a good snack, Darren Carter has got you covered. He’s the creator, logistical director, and head chef of Snack Bar—his side hustle…
Fig-Mint of Your Imagination at Chicken N Pickle. // Courtesy Lily Wulfemeyer For a place whose square footage is occupied as much with pickleball courts and giant Jenga as it is with seating, the food at Chicken N Pickle is far better than it has any right (or need) to be. If you’ve tried its open-fire roasted whole chickens—made with…
musicbyskippy. // photo credit Itzel Photo Co. Luke Harbour’s musicbyskippy project has a new album, my dying wish, which takes listeners on a journey with interstitials, beat-boxing, and pop choruses. All of this intertwines to convey an authentic desire to communicate Harbour’s thoughts and feelings to the listener. It began on a journey back in 2017 when Harbour was studying…
Clay McLeod Chapman. // Courtesy Quirk Books Author Clay McLeod Chapman’s 2019 breakthrough novel, The Remaking, saw him tackle an urban legend from inception through multiple retellings and interpretations. With his latest, Whisper Down the Lane—out this week in trade paperback from Quirk Books—Chapman takes on the horror of the ’80s Satanic Panic. Inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and…
Elvira with the author in one of her final in-costume appearances. // Photo by Anna Perry-Rushton It’s been nearly four decades since Cassandra Peterson first donned a constricting black dress and a long, black wig. We know her best as and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. At 30, the former go-go dancer and Vegas showgirl’s career was starting at a…
Courtesy of Buena Fe Buena Fe is a brand new product that made its late March debut in select states including Kansas. It’s not yet available in Missouri. It’s so new that when you google Buena Fe, the results show a series of Mexican restaurants and a Cuban pop band before the “organic quencher” appears on your screen. So what…
Between meads, hazy IPAs, stouts, and wild fermentation beers—Kansas City has it all. The greater KC area is packed with diverse pints, so we are bringing you the ultimate metro brewery tour guide. We’ll let you know which ones serve food, where to find patios, and the styles of beers available. Buckle up, get a designated driver, and let’s go….
The Creepy Jingles. // Courtesy High Dive Records In our series No Skips, we sit down with an artist or band and go track by track through their latest release. For some of us, the banter in a concert where a song gets explained is our favorite thing in the world, and we’d just like to keep living in that….
The Greeting Committee on tour. // Photo by Sophia Ragomo After a month on the road, The Greeting Committee will finish their headlining tour with a finale at The Uptown April 9. The band has grown exponentially since their last tour in 2019—they added a second night in Denver and upgraded a few other venues thanks to a major increase…
Baroness.// Photo by Nick Spacek Baroness The Bottleneck Saturday, April 2 In order to get to a show, would you park 11 blocks away and walk through tens of thousands of drunk and rowdy college basketball fans, 10 minutes before the end of a Final Four game against the team to which they’d lost their last time trying for the…
The Paper Plains Literary Festival is returning to Lawrence for two days of insightful discussions. This year’s event is just as enticing as the last, promising a collaborative and diverse series of free literary learning experiences where audiences can get to know experienced authors either in-person or online. A majority of the author talks and book deep dives are happening…
FourthMeal at Taco Bell Cantina in Westport. // Photo by Zach Bauman In the abstract, there is nothing much wrong with the Taco Bell Cantina. Diversified Restaurant Group (DRG) opened the metro’s first edition of the popular Taco Bell spin-off this March with a clear value proposition: in addition to the standard Taco Bell menu, the Cantina would serve beer,…
Jacob E.chord in all green. // Courtesy Jacob E.chord While musician Jacob E.chord might be fresh to the music scene, his sonic creativity has made him someone to watch. His new single, “Om, Yu! (or ‘Hologram of November Weather’),” is the second release in a series of singles he’ll be putting out over the next year or so, with the…
This week on the Streetwise podcast we talk about Sonic darkness, enjoy a reading of Liz Cook’s piece on food unions, bop to Jenna Rae’s track “Friends In High Places,” and interview Britt Frank about her new book The Science of Stuck. 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…
Hippo Campus at the Midland // photo credit Archana Sundar Hippo Campus with Ginger Root Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland Tuesday, March 29 Indie rockers Hippo Campus hit the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in support of their most recent album, LP3, with support from soulsters Ginger Root. Our photographer Archana Sundar was there to capture it all…
BeeKC founder David Friesen installs Treehouse Urban Farm’s first beehive. // Photo by Michael Cripe Kansas City is buzzing more than ever thanks to a series of beehive installations from local nonprofit BeeKC. The new installations are part of BeeKC’s collection of 70 hives across 10 sites in Kansas City. The three new hive sites—located at KU Medical Center, Treehouse…
Kid Computer’s George McMillan and Matt Gore walked into The Filling Station on McGee and quickly started talking to the barista. McMillan recognized her and we overheard her ask about the band. This was the sign that these were the guys we were looking for. If you’re already familiar with Kid Computer from any of their previous releases, they may…
Kellogg’s Worker-Led Bargaining Committee at the Ratification. // Courtesy Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union The 570 Kellogg’s employees in Kansas City, Kansas with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 184-L are getting a huge pay increase and a laundry list of other benefits thanks to the ratification of a new contract. “This is a historic contract…
This post is sponsored by GOEX Apparel. GOEX Intern Anna Carr and Print Shop Associate Derrick Valdivia process Kansas City t-shirts. // Photo by Scott Bosworth In support of the rising “shop small” movement in the past few years, countless consumers have taken a step back to reflect on their purchasing practices—and to redirect their money to independent, local businesses….
KCPD Chief Rick Smith is retiring on April 22. Starting now, a coalition of Kansas City businesses, churches, and civic organizations are hosting listening sessions around town for residents to express the qualities they want in a new chief of police. The group gathers comments from six sessions to present to the Board of Police Commissioners to stand in for…
The Missouri House chamber. // Courtesy of Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications A bill that would make it a felony to donate fetal tissue from abortions for research or therapies won first-round approval in the Missouri House Tuesday, but lawmakers blocked an effort to make it illegal to help women obtain an abortion outside the state. The bill sponsored by Rep….
