Shinedown. // photo by Mike Dotson Shinedown J. Rieger & Co. Monday, June 5 The next time hard rockers Shinedown hit Kansas City at the T-Mobile Center on Monday, September 4, they’ll be playing to far more people than they did on Monday evening when some folks were lucky enough to catch the band perform at J. Rieger & Co.’s…
Illustration by Cassondra Jones It has been a month now since Missouri began approving licenses for dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana, and the state’s 200 dispensaries have already outpaced Illinois in recreational sales. Medical marijuana has been legal in Missouri for three years now, and the legalization of recreational marijuana speaks to a certain validation or curiosity in its redemption…
Massaman curry at Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop. // Photo by Lauren Textor Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop becomes a triumvirate in the KC foodie scene Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop has added a third location in Overland Park, along with a new cocktail menu that features the Noir Sour, a pinot noir/Mezcal hybrid with lemon and demerara syrup. The Wild Mushroom curry…
Rep. Brad Pollitt, R-Sedalia, and House Speaker Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, walk into the Senate president pro tem’s office in the midst of closed door negotiations May 4. Stacks of amendments pile up outside the Senate copy room during the last days of the legislative session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). After a blue ribbon commission spent much of 2022 crafting possible…
Protestors carry signs at a June 24, 2022, rally in Kansas City, Missouri, after the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated abortion rights. (Margaret Mellott/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Kansas abortion providers filed a lawsuit combating an “abortion reversal” law based on a debunked study, calling the state’s tightened abortion regulations increasingly “inaccurate” and a violation of bodily integrity. The lawsuit was filed…
KC Current Pride Night. // Photo by Brooke Tramel Die-hard soccer fan or not, the Kansas City Current has something to say. Saturday, June 3, the Current hosted their annual Pride Night, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, as they went head to head against the NC Courage. Right outside of Children’s Mercy Park, in Mazuma…
Amity Island pop-up. // Photo by Anna Perry-Rushton The Conductor Club above Pierpont’s in Union Station is a small and cozy pop-up experience that always delivers big and bold cocktails. This summer, welcome to Amity Island—the home of the Jaws franchise. Upon checking in, you are guided to an elevator that takes you up to the third floor, where you…
Krispy Girl by Servaes Brewing Co. // Photo by Sarah Sipple At Servaes Brewing Company, fluidity is the name of the game. There are no flagship beers at this family-owned brewery in downtown Shawnee. Experimentation and reinvention are paramount to the Servaes team. Flowing from the rainbow taps are a variety of New England India Pale Ales, plus novelty, barrel-aged,…
Jacomojito. // Photo by Steph Castor Get ready for another sweltering Midwestern summer. With upcoming block parties, backyard BBQs, and lazy days at the pool—we know you’re filling that tumbler with some kind of liquid. We’d like to suggest slugging some of these easy-to-make, thirst-quenching bevvies while the days are still long. Jacomojito Summer hack: Buy some seedless grapes. Wash…
Radkey. // photo by Tyler Schneider From the West Bottoms’ Lemonade Park, under the sun-stained silhouette of the Kansas City Livestock Exchange Building, Radkey returned to their home turf on June 3 with some of their favorite tourmates and regional friends in tow for RadFest Vol. 1. The showcase brought The Ugly Cowboys of Oklahoma, the Columbia trio The Many…
Solve for Stuck logo by John Alvarez In a world where mental health information is sourced from TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, it can be helpful to pause and sort fact from fiction (though to be fair, social media often provides more accurate information than many licensed professionals). In honor of Mental Health Awareness, here are my top five mental health myths—and…
Photo by Tarik Sykes The Big Slick celebrity hosts and guests took the field Friday night at Kauffman Stadium for their annual softball game. Along with their friends and guests who came out for the weekend, Big Slick also had Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Creed Humphrey partake in the friendly competition. Everyone attending was split into two teams—the white…
America. // photo by Chris Ortiz The evening was hot and muggy, with more rain on the way, when the band America took the stage at Ameristar Casino in Kansas City on Friday. Celebrating 53 years of touring, they decided to kick off their most recent tour in Kansas City with a show that started a little past 8:30. As…
Ryan Bernsten at the Savoy. // Courtesy Instagram In October 2018, Ryan Bernsten packed up his Toyota Prius and left his family home in Rockford, IL, for a 23,257-mile road trip. Over the course of five months, Bernsten would travel to all 50 states and over 150 cities and towns with a central question at the forefront: “Is America as…
Illustration by Cassondra Jones I read a lot of harangues about how the internet has fractured our collective attention span. So I was surprised when a friend told me that every couple of weeks, he forks over $75 to be alone in a dark, wet room with his thoughts. By “room,” I mean a sensory deprivation tank—also known as an…
Of the 39,302 Black drivers stopped by the patrol in 2022, nearly 35,000 were issued a citation, or 89%, with almost 7% of stops resulting in an arrest. // Adobe Black motorists stopped by Missouri law enforcement are much more likely to end the encounter with a citation or in a jail cell than whites, according to the latest state…
Stray Kat. // Photo by Kyle Wisecarver Chewology has been rumored to bring world-class Taiwanese food to their spot in Westport. Head Chef and Owner Chef Katie Liu-Sung run the show, serving small plates and dumplings. They also offer a special menu during their regular business hours that change frequently, and it’s called Stray Kat. To experience the special dining experience,…
Sparta at recordBar on June 3, 2023. // Photo by Brock Wilbur June 3rd at recordBar saw KC gifted with an experiment in tunneling through time, as returning champions of yesteryear screamo turned out in force for a receptive crowd of devoted followers. Venezuelan post-rock outfit Zeta brought their trio of percussionists and their memorable wall of sound to kick…
June 3, 2023 at recordBar, Sparta will swing through with opening acts Geoffrey Rickly (of Thursday) and Zeta. The emo rock group is touring to celebrate—and recreate—their debut LP, 2002’s Wiretap Scars. There are a lot of elements that celebrate this tour from your typical anniversary album tour. Mainly, that Sparta—and frontman Jim Ward—have sort of always existed in a…
Samuel Laflamme. // Photo by Eliane Marcoux In 2014, a small cult horror film—literally about a cult but also well deserving of “cult cinema” status–was released under the title Last Shift. The plot centered on a rookie police officer who volunteers to oversee the final night at a police station that’s being decommissioned. As she waits in the (mostly) abandoned…
Michael Mora wearing Studio Rae, Kameo Lewis wearing Creative House, and Ariana Noah wearing S. Nicole // courtesy Eric Miles Heartland International Fashion Week completes its third season on the runway at the Firestone Event Space. Connecting with crowd members and their team, HIFW provides an opportunity to celebrate fashion and diversity. HIFW is a fairly new fashion show with…
Photo by Mason Reibel KC Monarchs Update is our weekly look at what’s happening with hometown baseball heroes, both at Legends Field and on the road. Check out their season schedule here. The man they call The Herrmannator is helping the Kansas City Monarchs hit their stride at the perfect time. The Monarchs enter a week-long homestand winners of their…
Yeah, Rudd’s up to stuff. // Photo by Emma Hilboldt One of the most anticipated weekends in Kansas City is finally here and the Big Slick hosts kicked it off with a press conference in the newly dubbed Big Slick auditorium at Children’s Mercy. With 13 successful years under its belt and $17 million raised for Children’s Mercy, the 14th…
Rodgers and Kevin Smith. // Photo by Bill Winters When Sav Rodgers was 12, he saw a movie that changed his life forever: Kevin Smith’s 1998 romantic comedy Chasing Amy. The movie, in which Ben Affleck plays a comic book artist who falls in love with a lesbian woman only to learn that he’s not the only man she’s been…
