KC Sips. // Illustration by Cassondra Jones Looking for delicious plans? Whether you want to impress a date, show your fam the best of KC, or just get out of the house, we’ve got you covered… all while supporting local. Here is your weekly roundup of the best food and drink offerings around KC. Cheers! Something New Craft Cocktail Week:…
Adam Sandler Live comes to the T-Mobile Center on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 // Photo Courtesy of Live Nation The successful comedy tour Adam Sandler Live extends its show to 11 new cities in 2023. The beloved actor, writer, and producer, with a stop at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. This March, Adam…
Art by Cassondra Jones There are less than two weeks until Christmas. Your family member/friend/partner/weird Secret Santa pick at work is big into local music, but you have yet to decide what to get them. Please allow us to take you through a variety of recent local releases from which you might make your selection. We have you covered with…
Crews from TC Energy responded to an oil leak at a northeast Kansas stream first detected Wednesday night (Courtesy of TC Energy) Federal regulators have issued warnings repeatedly over the life of the Keystone Pipeline that operators aren’t doing enough to prevent corrosion and don’t follow proper construction procedures. But despite a history of warnings and large spills, the Keystone…
Korean jumbo fried chicken wings. // Courtesy Chingu Chingu’s jumbo fried wings Chingu is a new hotspot Korean restaurant based in the heart of Westport, but their fried chicken wings may be the biggest chicken wings you can find in Kansas City. The meal includes drumettes, flats, and tips—and yes, they are even bigger than The Peanut’s. Despite their monstrous…
Photo by Brock Wilbur “The 1975 At Their Very Best” tour graced Kansas City last Thursday in the rock group’s first visit since 2019. The world tour follows the release of the group’s fifth album Being Funny In A Foreign Language, with dates spanning through 2023. KC-based BLACKSTARKIDS lit up the stage as the opening act at their homecoming show….
Night Goat brisket. // Photo by Carlos Lima of Neesh The weekend incarnation of Chef Vaughn Good’s celebrated Fox and Pearl, Night Goat began as a response to hardship—pandemic closures, labor shortages, general uncertainty around the restaurant industry. “I had a pretty thin crew,” said Good, who garnered a James Beard Award nomination in 2020. “It was basically me and…
Free Thought currently provides reading materials to Pre-Trial Adult Facilities, ICE Detention Centers, and Juvenile Facilities. // Courtesy of Free Thought Lifelong friends Emily Boullear and Christina Hake are on a mission to provide literature to incarcerated individuals and those in pre-trial detention. They established the nonprofit Free Thought in 2020 as a way to support institutions through book donations…
When Matt Moore ventured into the land of craft beer in 2014, it happened by chance. Sorry, it happened with Chance, rather. Turns out Moore’s sailing buddy Chance Adams was quick to buy a building with him and go into a fledgling business together. “I said, ‘Let’s build a microbrewery,” says Moore. “Chance’s response was a quick and simple, ‘Done.’”…
Willie Justus of No Coast Creamery. // Courtesy No Coast Creamery Ice cream aficionados know that while summer cones drip, winter scoops stay frosty for each lick. Local shop lines can stretch for blocks during the warmer months. Maybe it’s time to consider a new season for your frozen treat fix. We caught up with Willie Justus, an ice cream…
Photo by Abigail McCubbin Ryann Waller has an unbridled passion for antique and vintage items. She says her love of everything antique and vintage was heavily influenced by her parents. “Often on Sundays after church, we would wander around antique shops, estate sales, and vintage shops as a family,” she says. While Waller may have grown up in the 1980s, her…
Photo by Kelcie McKenney America’s politicians have been challenging the books minors are able to read in school for years, but a proposed administrative rule from Missouri Secretary of State John R. Ashcroft is threatening public library books and other resources—and Missouri libraries need our help. If it goes through, this rule would take choices out of the individual and…
Amon Amarth. // photo credit Cassondra Jones Amon Amarth with Carcass The Uptown Theater Wednesday, December 7 Last week, Viking metal act Amon Amarth brought The Great Heathen Tour to the Uptown with special guests Carcass, Obituary, and Cattle Decapitation. Our photographer, Cassondra Jones, was there to get shots of the headliner. Amon Amarth Amon Amarth setlist Guardians of Asgaard…
Last spring’s Savannah Bananas game. // Photo by Chris Ortiz “People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” –Rogers Hornsby For a baseball fan, nothing is truer than those words from Rogers Hornsby Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5,…
Daniel Gum and band. // photo courtesy the artist In the second of a two-song single series, Kansas City’s Daniel Gum follows up his cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen” with one of the Beatles’ “Julia.” The White Album cut sees the musician digging further into the introspective sounds he mined for his 2020 Manor Records long-player, Thirteen, and expanding the…
The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City (Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent) The issue of how far legislators can go when they change a bill with amendments will be debated again Tuesday afternoon in a Cole County courtroom. Overland, a city in St. Louis County, is asking Circuit Judge Daniel Green to throw out a 2021 law used as a hammer by…
From left, GOP Reps. Jason Chipman, Curtis Trent and Phil Christofanelli speak during Missouri House debate on Nov. 11, 2020 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) Crista Hogan estimates tens of thousands of people in Greene County are eligible to clean their criminal records of old non-violent misdemeanor and felony offenses — offenses she says limits their access to good-paying jobs and…
Gabbie the holiday cat. // Courtesy Scott Poore Gabbie Looking for the ideal holiday gift? Meet Gabbie. She has the absolute prettiest swirls in her fur coat. This momma has raised her litter of purrfect kittens and is now ready to focus on finding the home of her dreams with a family to love. Gabbie is a very friendly and…
Charley Crockett. // Photo by Tyler Schneider There aren’t many artists out there playing middle-sized venues with the energy that Charley Crockett brings to the table. Even fewer can regularly crank out a 30-plus song setlist on a regular basis, as the Texas singer-songwriter had for an enthusiastic crowd at the Uptown Theater on Wednesday, November 30. Apparently a distant…
Kristen Thomas. // Photo by Nicole Bissey Often one of the first subjects broached with new clients during sessions is lube use. Arousal is seen as little more than penises get hard and vaginas elongate and produce fluid. Arousal and wetness for vagina owners are culturally tied, but studies show that most vaginas don’t give a damn—they get wet whenever…
KC Sips. // Illustration by Cassondra Jones Looking for delicious plans? I spend the week scouring social media, press releases, and reservation sites so you don’t have to. Whether you want to impress a date, show your fam the best of KC, or just get out of the house, we’ve got you covered… all while supporting local. Here is your…
Screengrab from The Greeting Committee’s music video. Kansas City native band The Greeting Committee refines the art of writing a love song on their newly released single “Anything But You.” The song, which tells a familiar and relatable story for all, was debuted alongside its official music video posted to YouTube on Dec. 7. The music video is a compilation of…
Wet Leg. // photo by Nick Spacek Wet Leg with Faux Real The Truman Tuesday, December 6 Since their self-titled debut came out earlier this year, England’s Wet Leg has been touring nearly nonstop, and Tuesday’s show at the Truman bore that out. The band’s songs were tight as a drum, and the show wasn’t what one might expect from…
Krampus. // Photo by Edward Schmalz Uninitiated in the historical significance of the lore surrounding the building at 9th and State (1717 W 9th St), I made my way past a ballroom straight out of the time of the Pendergast’s and plodded down a set of creepy wooden stairs to visit Apparition’s Krampus pop-up bar for a lovely evening out…
