Once upon a time, Disney lorded over Hollywood when it came to family-friendly movies and TV. Lately, it’s become an also-ran. Many of their current successes have more to do with the companies and properties they’ve purchased (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel Studios, Pixar, etc.) than titles that are all their own. It’s as if they don’t know what to…
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McCann Beatty at the July 20 press conference. // Photo by Tyler Schneider Property taxes, what’s the deal with those? Over 40,000 Jackson County property owners had a similar question in mind when they filed appeals on their assessments just ahead of the extended July 31 deadline, with 8,000 of those reportedly resolved less than a week out. When appraisals…
AJJ. // photo by Nick Spacek AJJ with Open Mike Eagle and Foot Ox The Bottleneck Monday, July 24 Touring in support of their latest release, 2023’s Disposable Everything, Arizona folk punks AJJ took to the stage at the Bottleneck with rapper Open Mike Eagle and AJJ side project Foot Ox opening. All photos by Nick Spacek AJJ AJJ setlist…
The Backseat Lovers. // photo by Isabella Galvan The Backseat Lovers with Bendigo Fletcher Grinders KC Friday, July 21 Touring in support of their latest release, 2022’s Waiting to Spill, Utah alt-rockers The Backseat Lovers took to the stage at Grinders KC on Friday night with Louisville indie folk act Bendigo Fletcher opening. Our photographer Isabella Galvan was there to…
Tedeschi Trucks Band. // photo by Allison Scavo Tedeschi Trucks Band with Vincent Neil Emerson Music Hall Monday, July 24 Based originally out of Jacksonville, Florida, Susan Tedeshi and Derek Trucks blessed Kansas City on their tour with genre-bending songs that bled into one another and caused an uproarious commotion. While they are officially noted as a blues rock band,…
The U.S. Supreme Court is all the rage right now, or at any rate the source of it—and yet, the majority of us really don’t know much about the institution aside from a cursory understanding of a handful of landmark cases like Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Brown v. Board (1954), Loving v. Virginia (1967), Roe v. Wade (1973), and Obergefall…
Thom Yorke must have a big ole soft spot for Kansas City. The British rock(-adjacent) legend always makes sure his solo and side project tours swing through KC, even on very, very limited hops across the pond. Obviously, there are practical sales reasons to do so. Everyone around us was from Wichita or further into the Midwest, having made the…
Stinking Lizavetta. // photo by John Singletary Earlier this summer, Philadelphia instrumental doom-jazz trio Stinking Lizaveta released their ninth album, Anthems and Phantoms, via SRA Records. The trio show no signs of slowing down or stopping in their quest to create music both hypnotic and powerful. They’re coming to town this Thursday, July 27, opening for Iowa doom duo Telekinetic…
Monday, July 10, kicked off the first day of a three week long computer science camp hosted by Chief’s football safety, Justin Reid. In partnership with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Tackling Tech Computer Science Camp’s goals include helping attendees build problem-solving skills, forming mentorships, and having fun among peers while gaining familiarity with coding and various programs. These are all…
Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Shawnee Democrat, discusses legislation passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature during a July 19, 2023, Kansas Reflector podcast recording. (Sam Bailey/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Susan Ruiz feels a lot of pressure to resist legislation coming from national far-right organizations. As a clinical social worker, Latina and one of the first openly gay state representatives, Ruiz, a Shawnee…
Sixteen-month-old Finn Marmaud leaves daycare with his mother, Kayla, on April 24, 2023, in St. Joseph (Erin Woodiel/Missouri Independent) Child care providers who accept a subsidy from the state to serve low-income families will see a boost in payments next month, thanks to a $78.5 million funding increase approved by Missouri lawmakers earlier this year. The funding hike, included in…
Raytown presents its third annual Festival of the Trails on September 9 with a day of events, local businesses, and food to enjoy. Guests can visit the Rice-Tremonti Home beginning at 10 a.m. and end the night with live music at 6 p.m. in Raytown’s Greenspace downtown. The Rice-Tremonti House hosts crafts for children and adults, as well as a…
Sarah Alsaied: “Things I Learned from My Mother’s Kitchen.” Installation view in the exhibit “Gaze: Power and Politics.” (Ksenya Gurshtein) A spectre was haunting Wichita — the spectre of feminism. Or so you might have thought, based on the intense discussions that swirled on- and offline in the arts circles here surrounding the exhibit titled “Gaze: Power and Politics,” which…
Photo by Tarik Sykes Saturday night saw the Current defeat the Houston Dash 3-1 in front of a record-breaking 11,014 fans, the largest Kansas City home crowd in UKG NWSL Challenge Cup history. Kristen Hamilton recorded the first hat trick in club history and the first hat trick ever scored in the Challenge Cup. The forward now has 10 career goals in the competition, making her the second player to ever…
Sarah Davis with her collection. // Courtesy of the collector Sarah Davis, a self-proclaimed Astronaut Barbie and mother of two, is Lawrence’s own unofficial representative for all things associated with the world’s favorite doll—as an avid collector and self-proclaimed advocate for the plastic hero. With the release of the new Greta Gerwig film that has swept the box office, we…
Courtesy of Bryan Colley Bryan Colley and Tara Varney have been writing and producing shows for KC Fringe Festival since 2008. Their most recent production for this year’s festival On Account of Sex is a heartfelt comedy that takes you through the 72-year fight that it took to get women the right to vote. Originally supposed to be produced in…
Amy Palmer discusses the strength of fentanyl compared to other opiates during a naloxone training event on July 8 at The Dandy Lion Cafe in Ashland. The next training event is scheduled for Sept. 12, but Palmer said the goal is to host events monthly (Lily Dozier/Missourian) The fentanyl epidemic is getting worse in Missouri, with record numbers of overdoses…
Foreigner. // photo by Chris Ortiz After a short delay due to rain, the gates at at Starlight Theater opened to cooler temps than expected on Tuesday, with the evening slated to be a night of solid rock and roll as Loverboy and Foreigner came to town during the start of Foreigner’s almost two-year Farewell Tour. For Loverboy, the band…
Photo by Brooke Tramel At first glance, Alphapointe’s Annual Adventure Camp (AAAC) appears to be a traditional summer camp–different stations full of excited kids doing activities such as swimming, archery, and rock climbing. Every camper at AAAC is blind or visually impaired, participating in a week of community and fun. “We’re trying to help the campers build confidence and realize…
Courtesy of Theresa Caputo Theresa Caputo is the first person to say what she does for a living is crazy. Being able to see things that other people couldn’t since she was four, Caputo has had to adjust her idea of what’s normal for her entire life. A lot of people know her from her long-running reality show Long Island…
What They Said About Sex is a solo show based on interviews where people divulged their range of sexual experiences. The show is performed by comedian and actor Steve Budd, and will be coming to KC Fringe Festival July 21 through the 26th. Budd’s creation of What They Said About Sex is a sort of sequel to the format of…
Photo by Vlad Cioplea Always beware a Halloween film that comes out multiple months before Halloween occurs. It’s a sign that a studio wants to get a film out ASAP, so that they can not only reap box office benefits but then foist it upon unsuspecting masses again late in the fall. Such is the case with the spectacularly mediocre…
A U.S. District Court judge issued a decision rejecting claims of current and former Kansas Highway Patrol employees who filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and discrimination by top officers in the statewide law enforcement agency. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector). TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge resolved in favor of the state of Kansas without a trial the lawsuit alleging…
