Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks to reporters Monday outside the Western District Court of Appeals building in Kansas City while Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft waits for his turn the microphones. Bailey and Ashcroft had just attended arguments over the abortion initiative ballot titles rewritten by a Cole County judge. // Rudi Keller of the Missouri Independent Secretary of…
Photo by Hana Kim Planet Promotions’ first entry into the ever-growing category of autumnal anime conventions, Planet Anime, was a grand show of force—with an incredible array of vendors, panelists, celebrity guests, and corporate sponsors, the Planet Anime team made sure to leave their mark on the space. Spanning three days from October 20-22, the event’s schedule was jam-packed with…
Courtesy Block 15 Tavern & Exchange What is the next best thing after watching the Chiefs play at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany? Watching them in a Kansas City bar at 8:30 in the morning, of course! The Chiefs take on the Miami Dolphins at 8:30 a.m. CST on Sunday, November 5. Some area restaurants are leaning into their…
Heilung. // photo courtesy the artist To describe the Nordic collective Heilung as a band is too reductive by half. The group was founded in 2014, and it wasn’t until 2016 that the collective played their first show. As their label, Season of Mist, puts it, they don’t so much make music as amplify history, drawing from Nordic tales going…
Photo courtesy of Sheila Kenny Social media star Nurse Blake is bringing his 100+ city Shock Advised comedy tour to the Midland Sunday, November 5, 2023. This tour comes in the wake of his 2022 PTO Comedy Tour, which started with 14 cities and grew to 55 cities, selling out every show. He has nearly 4 million followers on Facebook,…
Alice Wang, staff attorney for Center for Reproductive Rights, talks to reporters after a March 27, 2023, hearing before the Kansas Supreme Court. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — A Kansas judge on Monday blocked a combination of long-standing and newly implemented abortion restrictions in the state in what abortion providers described as a “hard-fought” win against “ethically unjustifiable” misinformation. Johnson…
Stephonne performs at the Charlotte Street gala // Photo by Ashley Elwell of Three Three Photography Charlotte Street knows how to party. In a semi- industrial pocket of midtown on October 21, artists, vendors, and patrons showed up and showed out for an absurd night. The Dada Fun House Gala came together with whimsy, candy, and color. Charlotte Street (CS) acts…
Photo by Garrett Spencer When life gives you lemons, traditionally, in the spirit of optimism, you make lemonade. On Saturday, October 20, artists opted for lyricism and camaraderie over sugar and zest at Lemonade Park. LMNS is a musical festival that features both established and emerging Kansas City creatives. The event’s notable lineup includes Kye Colors, Jass Couch, Sharday Spinzz,…
Lydia Knopp (right) and Christian Puett (left) pictured with surprise check. // Photo by Mar’Che Boggess This afternoon, Kansas State School of the Blind staff and students gathered to celebrate STEM teacher Lydia Knopp as she was surprised with a $7,000 check after being announced as a third-place national winner in Voya Foundation’s Unsung Heroes program. Knopp’s program “KSSB Accessible…
Nate Evans. // photo courtesy the artist Tommy Stovall’s Faustian drama, Condition of Return, hits iTunes, Amazon, and most other digital VOD platforms on October 23. Directed by Stovall from a script by John Spare, the movie stars AnnaLynne McCord as Eve Sullivan, who “makes a deal with the Devil to escape a life out of control,” and also stars…
Lauren Daigle Kaleidoscope Tour at T-Mobile Center // Photo by Kylee Gregg Lauren Daigle brought her Kaleidoscope Tour to Kansas City this past Thursday at T-Mobile Center, following the release of her latest self-titled album earlier this year. Despite the monsoon of rain that hit us earlier in the day, the show provided all the sunshine we needed. Christian…
Wilco. // photo by Andrew Dodderidge Wilco The Midland Wednesday, October 25 If you’ve never seen Wilco live before, it’s just a real treat. I’ve always been a fan of their consistent output and ability to stay fresh for over a dozen studio albums, but you don’t really ‘get’ the band until you see their live show. You could go…
The 1975 at T-Mobile. // Photo by Ivy Anderegg “The 1975 Still…At Their Very Best” tour took the stage at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center on Wednesday night. The show is a continuation of last year’s “At Their Very Best Tour,” riding on the success of their most recent album “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”. The 1975’s music ruminates on…
Voters approved the microbusiness program last November, as a provision in the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent) A St. Louis lawmaker is demanding that Missouri regulators investigate what she called an “egregious exploitation” of social cannabis equity licenses, following a report by The Independent last week about a company that recruited out-of-state license applicants on Craigslist….
Room Tone. // Courtesy Alyson O’Hara Ryan Njenga has hosted several local short film showcases in recent years. One of them, back in February 2022, even sold out the large auditorium at the Glenwood Arts Theater. The latest in the series, “A Seat at the Table,” which plays at Glenwood Arts November 3, is different from the others the local…
BabyJake. // photo by Anthony Mixon BabyJake with the Whips and Noah Spencer Encore at Uptown Theater Wednesday, October 25 Florida singer and rapper BabyJake took to the stage of Encore at Uptown Theater for an intimate show in support of this summer’s rock-inspired Aren’t We Ever Gonna Be More Than Friends? and the forthcoming Rude, Crude, and Uncouth. Lawrence…
Courtesy Evan “Doodle Dood” Brown Ask KC-based painter and illustrator Evan “Doodle Dood” Brown and he’ll be the first to admit he has “an absolute and utter obsession with what I do,” he says. “My business centers around my desire to use creativity to promote positivity, growth and change in the minds of kids and adults alike.” Whimsical in nature,…
Courtesy Janky Leg BBQ After hiring a third-party IT firm to investigate some of the errors behind the scoring of the world’s largest barbecue competition, KCBS has opened up about mistakes that were made. For those who are unfamiliar, David Ellis of Machete Boys BBQ was initially crowned open champions of the American Royal back in early October, before miscues…
Local historian and author Jim Gray at the entrance to the Geneseo City Museum. The town of 200 in Rice County has proclaimed itself the “UFO Capital of Kansas.” Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector GENESEO — Welcome to Dimension G. Once you enter the Geneseo City Museum, it takes a few minutes to adjust to the high strangeness contained within. Never mind…
R&B ONLY Live at The Truman. // Photo by Tarik Sykes R&B ONLY Live The Truman October 27, 2023 The R&B ONLY show swung through KC last night, offering sing-along dance party jams to R&B from past and present, along with trivia, games, and further shenanigans, lead by DJ Tiara Monique and host Apex Laurent. Our photographer Tarik Sykes was…
Megh Knappenberger with full Origin Stories collection. // Photo by Jack McClain The Jayhawk Welcome Center at the University of Kansas gains 11 new additions with the unveiling of Megh Knappenberger’s permanent installation, titled Origin Stories. Knappenberger is not new to KU. As an alumni herself, she has spent years here as a student, and now a featured artist with…
Emma Tammi’s 2018 haunted horror flick set in the settling of the Wild West, The Wind, remains an internal benchmark here at The Pitch for the standard by which we hold creepy, budget-light indie thrillers. It was as dazzling at its Panic Fest debut in KC as it is remains revisiting on streaming five years later. When news dropped that…
To Kill A Mockingbird production photos of Scout, Jem, and Dill. // Photo by Julieta Cervantes The Broadway touring production of To Kill a Mockingbird is currently in residence at Kansas City’s Music Hall. A retelling of the classic American novel, the play gives new life to Lee’s story at the hands of playwright Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher….
State Rep. Hannah Kelly, chair of the House Ethics Committee, speaks as the committee begins Friday work on an inquiry into personnel matters (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) The Missouri House Ethics Committee met Friday for more than four hours on a personnel matter. Officially, the subject of the meeting is confidential. But sources confirmed that members discussed the issues surrounding embattled…
