Sporting Kansas City (9-13-8, 35 points) suffered a 3-0 defeat to Nashville SC (12-9-7, 43 points) on Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park. Fafa Picault, Hany Mukhtar and Jack Maher scored for the visitors as Sporting sustained a costly loss in the club’s push for the postseason. Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture the match. Categories: Sports Tags:…
Courtesy of Jacob and Ben Burghart Jacob and Ben Burghart are ready for their breakthrough. The locally-based filmmaker brothers started their ascendancy in (believe it or not) 2020, when their short film Suspense was selected as part of the shorts block at Fantasia, a renowned genre film festival in Canada. The short, about a paratrooper who gets stuck in a…
Queens of the Stone Age. // Photo by Russ Fischer Queens of the Stone Age with Jehnny Beth and Viagra Boys Starlight Theatre Wednesday, Sept. 20 French post-punk musician Jehnny Beth’s set feels almost like the opening act to a revolution. She wears all black with her dark hair slicked back, and her reverberating voice in the mic combines with…
House Speaker Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, waits for the Missouri House to finish voting on a motion during veto session Wednesday. // Photo by Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent The top Republican in the Missouri House is facing allegations he threatened to terminate the employment of a nonpartisan legislative staffer who resisted his monthslong push to hire a private company to manage…
Photo courtesy of // Natalie Msechu While the subsets of mental health counseling are widespread, few may know about reproductive counseling. Reproductive counseling covers everything from pregnancy, infertility, adoption, abortion, and much more. Natalie Msechu, a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) focuses her practice on this area. “In my role as a psychotherapist, I want to help women have…
Photo courtesy of Unity Temple on the Plaza Last weekend, Unity Temple on the Plaza hosted their 75th anniversary celebration. The celebration included music, group yoga and meditation, activities for kids, but most importantly, they brought back their free weddings for a few hours on Saturday—something they haven’t done in over three years due to COVID. Senior Minister Reverend Duke…
When JINYA founder Tomo Takahashi moved to the United States in 2010, he knew he needed to take matters into his own hands to create the authentic Japanese ramen he’d been missing from home. From there, JINYA Ramen Bar was born. They have over 50 locations around the United States, one being in Overland Park. All of their noodles are…
Courtesy photo Founded as the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City in 1982 by Barbara Marshall and Mary Harris Francis, the cozy and unassuming Tureman Mansion at UMKC houses one of Kansas City’s many incredible museums. Split between two floors—the ground floor housing the miniatures and the top housing the toys—the museum dives into the history of play and…
Clint Ashlock. // Courtesy photo Forget singer/dancer/actor. Clint Ashlock is a triple threat of another kind. The trumpeter/composer/bandleader grew up in the Kansas City area, performing alongside such powerhouse vocalists as Aretha Franklin and Natalie Cole, as well as being a mainstay here on the local circuit. Ashlock will also celebrate his 10-year anniversary as the artistic director of the…
Art 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 (mostly) local. Here is your weekly roundup of the best food and drink offerings around Kansas City. Cheers! Something New Dessert Week: Our sweetest…
Courtesy of KC Ren Fest Barley Moon Productions and One Truck Productions will be holding background actor auditions for their newest feature film Rennie at this year’s Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Rennie is a heartfelt comedy about a group of ren fest performers and merchants that are on a quest to save their small town. The film is written, directed,…
moe. // Photo by Paul Citone Founded in 1990 at the University of Buffalo by a group of musically-minded friends who would become more like family through performing together, moe. is more than just another jam band: Their commitment to musical experimentation and building community spaces for their fans has been the pillar of their last 30 years of success…
Photo by Morgan Kolenda A walk-off base hit from Kansas City Monarchs first baseman Brian O’Grady secured the 2023 Miles Wolff Cup Finals with a 7-6 win over the Chicago Dogs at Legends Field Wednesday night. “We have the best players, we wanted to win the championship which was a grind,” Monarchs Manager Joe Calfapietra said. “God bless us, God…
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday alongside individuals advocating for the extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) program. // Photo by Samantha Dietel/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Victims of nuclear contamination rallied in the nation’s capital on Wednesday in support of bipartisan legislation that would extend compensation for those harmed…
This weekend, Lawrence musician Jeff Stolz takes the varied musical influences and styles in which he works to create something amazingly ambitious with his original play-with-music, The Exultant Stag, which premieres this weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center. It is somewhere in the vein of an opera, but not, as well as not quite being a musical. You know what?…
KCTV5. // Google Street On Monday, Black multimedia sports journalist, Adam Orduna, filed a lawsuit in Kansas City, Kansas’ U.S. District Court against parent company of KCTV5, Gray Media Group, claiming that he was discriminated against due to his race. Recent lawsuits This comes on the heels of two other sperate lawsuits filed against KCTV5, coming from journalists, Erin Little,…
Kansas City Monarchs infielder Justin Wylie fist bumps third-base coach Bill Sobbe after hitting a home run in the Monarchs’ game with the Kane County Cougars on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 from Legends Field. Photo: Madison Riebel / Kansas City Monarchs After winning game three of the American Association’s Miles Wolff Cup Finals to go up 2-1 over the Chicago…
Visit KC CEO Kathy Nelson speaks at Annual Tourism Outlook // photo by Emily Jacobs Over 300 business professionals gathered at the Midland Theatre Wednesday for Visit KC’s Annual Tourism Outlook. The event is a chance for business-leaders to outline the city’s recent successes and chart a path for fiscal success in the coming year—a chance for the rest of…
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was introduced by Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as a remedy to hold large technology companies accountable for harming minors and youth across the country—a noble cause to many. // Photo by Adobe A growing slate of senators and representatives in Congress are throwing their support behind a controversial internet safety…
(Left) 2023 Visual Artist Fellow Harold Smith (Photo by E.G. Schempf) ; (Right) 2023 Generative Performing Artist Fellow Stephonne Singleton. // Photo by Jim Barcus) Charlotte Street Foundation is looking for submissions for the 2024 Visual Artist Award and Generative Performing Artist Award. Since its conception in 1997, Charlotte Street Foundation has worked to provide resources and support for local…
Haunt. // Courtesy Worlds of Fun October is a season of falling leaves, grinning pumpkins, costumed trick-or-treaters–and, of course, the inevitable haunted attractions. Here in Kansas City, we’re fortunate to have a healthy crop of the latter, with local mainstays like The Beast and the Edge of Hell forming a solid backbone that haunt-goers can return to year after year,…
Illustration by Bob Unell Give it up, sports fans and taxpayers, for your Kansas City Royals—champions of suspense. Not on the field, alas. The biggest question as the 2023 season winds down is whether the team will post its worst record ever or just something close to it. No one is waiting with bated breath for that answer. The more…
A law passed this year gives the state the authority to treat arrested people within jails or in an outpatient basis if the person can be safely released and treated. // Adobe Photo Missourians who are arrested, deemed unfit to stand trial and ordered into mental health treatment are now detained in jail for an average of eight months before…
Brown Sugar Boba Latte at Fat Bee Cafe. // Photo by Lauren Textor Photogenic Brown Sugar Boba Lattes at Fat Bee Cafe During my freshman and sophomore years of college, the boba craze hit me hard. It was my go-to pick-me-up after a difficult lecture or hours of essay writing. I spent a lot of time (and money) at Bruú…
