Meatloaf sandwich at Black Dog Coffeehouse. // Photo by Tyler Shane Black Dog’s meatloaf sandwich The colder weather may have many of us in hibernation mode, but Black Dog Coffeehouse in Lenexa serves us a reason to brave the cold. Among a menu full of the typical coffeehouse fare sits a seasonal elevated take on the familiar favorite—the meatloaf sandwich….
Adobe Stock. Thursday will be a big day for Missouri. It’s the day the constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana use goes into effect, allowing Missourians 21 or older to legally buy or possess up to three ounces of marijuana and grow up to six marijuana plants. It’s also the day Missouri’s Department of Corrections says 565 people who are on…
TJ & the Tattletales. // photo courtesy the artist Pianist T.J. Erhardt would like to start our conversation by stating that he doesn’t care for Christmas music. “Let me say that I hate Christmas music,” Erhardt says only half-jokingly over the phone. “And the only way to help me keep my sanity through the holidays was to be able to…
Drastic Mensches Gelt-Washed Negroni. // Courtesy Drastic Measures Gather your gelt, friends—Drastic Measures has entered the holiday pop-up arena. If you know anything about this Shawnee cocktail hotspot, you know they’re on the forefront of drink innovation and the front lines of fighting for social justice. That meant their holiday pop-up needed to do something a little different. Jay Sanders,…
Kelly Corcoran of Love Garden. // Photo by Drew Windish Pushing through the swinging entrance door of Love Garden is an experience defined by the store’s sheer zeal. The shelves stretch with record selections long and divergent. Suspended album art, while jumbled, strikes a harmony with its interior wood paneling. Most guests quietly browse albums filed between the playfully sketched…
Kelly Cooper. // Courtesy Kelly Cooper Since 1989, Kelly Cooper has been a stalwart staple at KCRep. “It was Missouri Repertory Theatre back in the day when I started working as an usher,” she says. “Long story short, I never left the theatre.” Cooper—who now has the illustrious title of house manager—says her life has become irrefutably intertwined with the…
The Leech. // Courtesy Arrow Amid 2022’s final release schedule, we would be remiss not to highlight one of the year’s darkest little gems in writer/director Eric Pennycoff’s pitch-black comedy The Leech. Graham Skipper plays Father David, a Catholic priest with a minuscule congregation but childlike dedication. As the holidays approach, he encounters the opportunity to help a wayward soul…
Missouri Attorney General Schmitt testifying to a Missouri House committee (photo by Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications) A quartet of vaccine skeptics who have each been accused for years of spreading medical misinformation is asking a judge to allow them to join Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit that alleges the federal government colluded with social media companies to suppress…
Pinball in KC. // Photo by Kelcie McKenney 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…
Cannibal Corpse. // Photo by Chris Ortiz Cannibal Corpse with Dark Funeral The Granada Saturday, December 3 Wondering how popular metal remains in the Midwest? You need look no further than Saturday’s show at the Granada. The line for Cannibal Corpse with Dark Funeral stretched from the venue doors at the Granada all the way to the corner of Mass…
Scott “The Connector” Havens. // Courtesy Jenny Wheat On a given day, Scott Havens will likely have shaken hands with roughly five to 500 people. Havens, who cut his teeth at a high-end insurance brokerage firm, now holds court as the vice president and shareholder at HUB International. But when he’s not diligently working at his day job, he’s busy…
Christmas Bloody Christmas. // Courtesy Shudder If your holiday plans are a little less White Christmas and a little more railing white lines, 2022 brings along a new addition to the horror holiday genre that’s pure, uncut dirtbag glory. Christmas Bloody Christmas follows record store owner Tori Tooms (Riley Dandy), whose drunken Xmas Eve shenanigans with pals devolve into the…
Crispy pickled chicken. // Photo by Zach Bauman “We do things a little differently here,” the server said, and I felt a jolt of electricity course through my body. Restaurants have mostly retired that cliche by now—to resurrect it in 2022, they’ve gotta be doing something truly shocking, like delivering French fries via t-shirt cannon. She continued. “We’ll have you…
Courtesy XYZ Films A small girl walks through a field of snow, led by her mother’s voice from the treeline. As she begins to cry out in panic, a figure in a black cloak emerges from the woods. “I am not your mother,” the being whispers menacingly. It’s at this moment that I begin to wonder if watching Andy Mitton’s…
Jennifer Sheils pictured with three of her five children, who are 10, 13, and 15 years old. Sheils is still waiting to receive food benefits designed to provide relief for last summer. Meanwhile, her expenses ‘snowball.’ (Photo submitted) Jennifer Sheils logs into her online portal for Missouri food benefits every day, refreshing the screen in the hopes that the state’s…
Guy’s Deli located in Westport. // Photo by Grace Wilmot Envision a brown paper bag full of peanuts. The oily blotches allude to the satiating, slightly sweet legumes coated in salt granules, and your brain might already be flooding with dopamine. And now envision a man named Guy—yes, Guy—delivering these brown paper bags full of peanuts to corner grocery stores…
Photo by Anna Perry-Rushton Get in, loser; we’re going drinking. Running through Jan. 7, “Fetch the Halls” is probably the brightest such venture yet staged at Vignettes. One enters a cafeteria-style setup complete with trays and an assortment of Christmas presents at several tables. In the corner, the musicians play tunes from a stage decked out as the Winter Talent…
Downtown KC skyline. // Photo by Steph Castor. Processed by Filmxlab Ongoing Dec. 1 – 31 A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Coterie Theatre Third Person: Storytelling as Cultural Construction, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Maya: The Exhibition, Union Station Monet & Friends Alive, Starlight Theatre American Art Deco Exhibit, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Dec. 1 – 4, 8 – 11,…
The Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. (Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent) After the tragic St. Louis school shooting on Oct. 24 where a shooter killed a 15-year-old student and a health teacher, Missouri Democrats vowed to push legislation establishing stricter gun safety regulations. On Thursday — the first day legislators could pre-file bills — state Rep. David Smith, D-Columbia, filed legislation to…
The path of inspiration which led to singer-songwriter Elexa Dawson’s new single and video “Speak Again” is a winding one. Dawson’s song is an adaptation of a poem, “Nine Remain,” written by former Delaware governor Jack Markell, which was inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerrer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass. Needless to say, this took some time. “It started two years ago,” Dawson…
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…
Disney Princess: The Concert stars (l-r) Isabelle McCalla, Syndee Winters, and Anneliese van der Pol. // Photo by Nathan Johnson/Michael Hull To those of a certain age, singer and actress Anneliese van der Pol is a familiar face, having starred Chelsea Daniels on Disney’s That’s So Raven and its spin-off, Raven’s Home, off and on for nearly 20 years. In…
David Harbour as Santa in Violent Night. // Courtesy of Universal Pictures Meet Trudy Lightstone (Leah Brady). She’s on Santa’s nice list; she’s kind to animals, listens to her parents, and she even invited that weird kid to her birthday party. Unfortunately, Trudy is spending Christmas at the family compound, with her (separated) parents Jason and Linda (Alexis Louder and…
Blackstarkids live. // Photo by Daniel Ruiz Congrats to you, KC, on yet another year under your belt. You’re looking good for your age. We know this year wasn’t everything that you’d hoped, but it sure as hell was more than we were promised. In this issue, we’ve patched together some must do’s—and must-don’ts—for your time off this holiday season….
