Archives: November 2022

Four Inane Questions with KSHB 41 anchor Dia Wall

Dia Wall. // Courtesy Dia Wall Over the last seven years, Dia Wall has covered everything from presidential visits to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win. It’s apropos she’d report on the NFL’s biggest day, given that the TV journalist got her on-air start as a host for the Dallas Cowboys. From there, she went on to become an anchor/reporter in…

Missouri AG aligns with St. Louis conspiracy theorist in social media lawsuit

Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit has spread debunked conspiracies on topics ranging from the Parkland school shooting to the 2020 election. Now he’s a named plaintiff in litigation filed by attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana.

Eric Schmitt answers questions during a press conference after filing to run in the Missouri Senate primaries on Feb. 22, 2022, in Jefferson City. // Photo by Madeline Carter/Missouri Independent When Kate Starbird got word that Missouri’s attorney general wanted her to turn over three years of her emails, she didn’t know what to think. A Seattle-based professor at the…

Stars align for Planet Comicon to return in Kansas City

Planet Comicon returns to KC on March 17-19, 2023 // Photo Courtesy of Planet Comicon The galaxy’s favorite long-running comic convention comes to the Kansas City Convention center on March 17-19, 2023. Tickets are on sale now with special offers for all galactic geeks this holiday season.  The huge pop-up-culture event has already begun preparations to introduce you to a…

Best of KC 2022: High Steaks BBQ

Grant Basiliere sits crowned champion in both open and invitational contests at this year’s American Royal World Series of Barbecue // Photo Courtesy of American Royal This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial…

Bilmuri and company jam for a sold out crowd at recordBar

Bilmuri. // Photo by Audrey Lockwood Beginning with his origins as a founding member of the late 00’s Ohio metalcore band Attack! Attack!, from 2007-2010, Bilmuri—the artist otherwise known as Johnny Franck—has crossed a number of genres throughout his 15-album solo run which began with 2016’s Jaguar Shark.  Every year since, except 2022, the Columbus native has released at least…

Four Inane Questions with Easy Bake Battle’s Lauren Lane

Lauren Lane. // Courtesy Netflix After 25 years toiling away in corporate America, Lauren Lane threw caution to the wind and chucked her career to pursue her passion of cooking. Her goal? Teach others how to cook and entertain guests effortlessly.   Think Martha Stewart, but with a bit more edge and a lot more wine.  Slowly but surely, the self-proclaimed…

Lookin’ through Glass Onion to see Knives Out’s best tricks in this well-earned sequel

Glass Onion. // Courtesy Netflix It’s been a while since a movie gave us exactly what it promised, especially sequels to beloved cinema entries. The sequel to Knives Out is another chance to watch Daniel Craig don the persona of classic detective in Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit proceedings, and with that as goal, Glass Onion is wildly successful. The original Rian…

Best of KC 2022: JoCo Museum’s “Redlined” exhibit helps KC visualize the impact of decades of racist practices

Redlined examines America’s racist past. // Courtesy the Johnson County Museum This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2022. We’ll be…

New Fentanyl vaccine on the horizon spells progress for Midwest’s battle against addiction

Adobe Stock. Researchers at the University of Houston have developed a vaccine to block the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl from entering the brain in a study done with rats. In Kansas City alone, the KCPD concluded that fentanyl overdoses skyrocketed by 150% in the downtown area from 2019 to 2022. The CDC released data that fentanyl-related deaths within the United…

KC artist Michael Schliefke hosts Holiday Art Market

Courtesy Schliefke. Satirical artist Michael Schliefke does not take much seriously.  For the never serious and no-nonsense individuals, alike, Schliefke’s 2022 Holiday Art Market will feature oil paintings, drawings, silk-screen prints, and original T-shirts, as well as an anticipated debut of his self-proclaimed “art-adjacent” 70’s revival project, Kansas City’s Magic Shrinks.   Schliefke’s studio, located in Northeast Kansas City, will open…

Photos: Chelsea Cutler and Ayokay tore up The Granada

Chelsea Cutler w/ Ayokay The Granada November 16, 2022 Setlist: “Under” “Sad Tonight” “Someone Else’s Heaven” “Cold Showers” “Without You” “Forever” “Easy” “AF1s” “Men on the Moon” “Walking Away” “Crazier Things” “nj” “Devil on My Shoulder” “you were good to me” “Calling All Angels” “The Reason” “You’re Gonna Miss This” “When I Close My Eyes” “the lifeboat’s empty!” “Mess” “Your…

Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee takes a new path with Plains

Plains (l-r Jess Williamson and Katie Crutchfield). // photo by Molly Matalon Musician Katie Crutchfield has created music under several different identities, be it the pop-punk band she founded with her sister Allison, P.S. Eliot or her solo indie-folk as Waxahatchee, but the latest creative project for Crutchfield, Plains, in partnership with Jess Williamson sees her branching out into new…

Best of KC 2022: A political pioneer

Manny Abarca reads to a class. // Courtesy Manny Abarca campaign This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2022. We’ll be…

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks to play GEHA Field at Arrowhead on Aug. 19, 2023

Photo by Chris Ortiz Announcement event with LiveNation. // Photo by Chris Ortiz GEHA Field at Arrowhead in partnership with LiveNation announced today that musicians Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will be playing a joint concert together in 2023. Both rockers will headline an evening on Saturday, Aug. 19 of 2023. The big reveal was delivered by Chiefs coach Andy…

Karma is the thunder rattling powerful men. She Said is an unfortunate whisper.

She Said. // Courtesy Universal Pictures She Said, which chronicles the 2017 New York Times investigation into workplace harassment perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein while at Miramax and The Weinstein Company, serves as a fitting conclusion to what I’ve dubbed “The Carey Mulligan ‘Men Behaving Poorly’ Trilogy.” Much like its spiritual predecessors An Education and Promising Young Woman, She Said promises…

The Menu serves up a delectably nasty feast and a playful deconstruction of art itself

Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Menu. Photo by Eric Zachanowich. // Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures There’s something inherently cinematic about the world of food. Maybe it’s the intense pressure that helps to make a compelling story, or maybe it’s just how exquisite a plating sequence can be (no, really). Director Mark Mylod takes the world’s obsession with eating,…

Best of KC 2022: Bolton boots it to the beat, goes viral

Roller girl. // Courtesy Amber Bolton This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2022. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout…

Totally Rad Vintage Fest totally takes over KCI Expo Center

Totally Rad Vintage Fest begins on Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. // Photo Courtesy of Totally Rad Vintage Fest Instagram A blast from the past comes to KCI Expo Center with racks of vintage memorabilia to be found at Totally Rad Vintage Fest. #TottalyRadVF is a one-day shopping experience with over 40 vendors to buy from. Satisfy…

Speak Up for Libraries campaign challenges Ashcroft’s proposed media restrictions

Kansas City Public Library Plaza location. // Photo by Jim Nimmo Libraries across the state of Missouri are reprimanding restrictions on minors’ access to library materials proposed by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. The proposal requires that state-funded libraries seek parental permission before allowing children to check out materials and seek community approval on age limits for content.  The Kansas…

Steve Vai releases the wrath of the Hydra at Uptown Theater

Steve Vai and his Ibanez guitar of legend, the Hydra // Photo Courtesy of Larry DiMarzio Steve Vai comes to KC at the Uptown Theater on Nov. 20, baring the teeth of the beastly instrument that  helped create his latest album, Inviolate. Vai is a guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer who got his start within the music industry transcribing music…

Four Inane Questions with Ryan Wesley of TLC’s Bad Hair Day

Ryan Wesley’s career trajectory is akin to a bouncing pinball—fun to watch and sometimes hard to follow.  From a storied theatrical career as a teen here in the metro, Wesley eventually landed several Broadway national tours. He would ultimately move to LA to pursue his two passions: “Music and Botox,” he chuckles. It wasn’t long before Wesley landed a development…

Best of KC 2022: MAAC strikes back

MAAC founders looking fierce. // Photo by Travis Young This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2022. We’ll be publishing these…