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 Sail Away Wine: North…
Make Me Famous. // Courtesy Heather Spore The New York art scene in the 1980s is fascinating, even if you only know it from its most famous movers and shakers like Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, or Jeff Koons, or movies like After Hours that satirize the deep weirdness of 80s Soho or the West Village. Any reading, listening, or viewing…
Courtesy of June Everett and The Satanic Temple Recently, Olathe Northwest High School has approved an after school Satan club. This controversial decision was made by a student in response to the recent presence of the Awake Ministries Club on campus. When speaking to June Everett, the campaign director of the After School Satan Club and ordained minister of The…
Brass Rewind. // photo by Allison Scavo Brass Rewind is a jazz rock cover band recreating classics with a twist. With upwards of 13 members onstage at a time, the band is able to perform songs with precision and accuracy, to say nothing of a whole lot of soul and energy. The Pitch sat down with founding member and pianist,…
Pupusas from El Salvadoreño KC. // Photo by Lauren Textor El Salvadoreño KC January is the perfect time to slow down and self-reflect on your spending habits. After the winter holiday gift-buying frenzy, I often get agitated and resolve to limit my consumption in the new year. This means less shopping for clothes, gifts, and knickknacks and an emphasis on…
Indra. // Courtesy photo “Back in my day, we had real music!”—a phrase that, in some capacity, we have all heard from some relative or friend at one point during our lives. To some, this means smoking grass and drinking a six-pack on the lawn of a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert, Michael Jackson becoming the number one artist in the world,…
Illustration by Shelby Phelps Kansas City has a dating problem. For a few years now, we’ve landed on the “Worst US Cities to Date In” list from BestPlaces. We apparently ranked the lowest among 80 cities because, per capita, we have a minimal amount of concerts and social gathering places like bowling alleys, and we buy fewer flowers as gifts….
Gov. Laura Kelly and bipartisan group of legislators propose a property, sales and income tax reduction bill on the first day of the 2024 session. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of two dozen state legislators Monday proposed a $1 billion, three-year tax reform bill designed to provide every Kansan relief by reducing income,…
Jenny Hahn. // Courtesy photo While the holiday season may be over, the opportunity for gift-giving to your loved ones isn’t. Local artist and author Jenny Hahn has recently completed her book Creative Flow: Tap and Express Your Juicy Essence, a semi-interactive body of work that motivates readers along their own personal artistic journey. “The book is designed to offer…
Brian Vincent. // Courtesy Heather Spore It’s a homecoming of sorts for film director—and Raytown native—Brian Vincent, who tells us he’s thrilled to be coming home to Kansas City to screen his hit indie documentary, Make Me Famous. The film—which has been steadily showing in NYC for the past six months—will premiere here at the Tivoli at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on…
Olivia Barbosa tackles yet another canvas. // Courtesy the artist Olivia Barbosa is an up-and-coming artist in the KC area, who just completed work on the cover for our January issue of The Pitch magazine. To learn more about her and her work, take a gander at her answers to The Pitch Questionnaire: Instagram: @Olivesartworks Website: Here’s my linktree. Hometown: Olathe Current…
House Majority Leader Jon Patterson, R-Lee’s Summit, speaks in a press conference after voting against a bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for minors (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) Nearly every abortion is illegal in Missouri. But that hasn’t slowed the pace of anti-abortion legislation in the Missouri statehouse. As lawmakers return to the Capitol for the 2024 legislation session, Republican lawmakers…
Protest on the Plaza, Dec. 19, 2023. // Photo by Brock Wilbur In the KC Voices column, we ask members of the KC community to submit stories about their thoughts and experiences in all walks of life. If you’ve got a story you’d like to share with our readers, please send it to brock@thepitchkc.com for consideration. Today, constituents of Rep….
Courtesy Sav Brady Sav Brady, owner of The C Word Cakery, is an artist whose medium happens to be cake. Good cake with bad words, to be specific. Based in Independence, MO, these vegan cakes are known for spicy, sassy, and badassy messages. One of my first C Word purchases was a pumpkin pie for Friendsgiving that said “thankful for…
Dialysis centers like this one tend to be located in neighborhoods of people of color, where kidney diseases runs higher (Scott Canon /The Kansas City Beacon) If you drive around Kansas City with an eye to dialysis locations, something becomes clear. They’re clustered near the neighborhoods of people of color. Black people and, to a lesser degree, Hispanics, experience significantly…
LaShon Hudson, mother of Michael Hudson, speaks Wednesday during a memorial service for the 364 Missourians who died in 2021, 2022 and 2023 in state custody. Hudson was accompanied to the microphone by family members, left, and Michelle Smith, director of the Missouri Justice Coalition. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) On Dec. 15, Michael Hudson became the 127th inmate to die in…
Night Swim. // Photo by Anne Marie Fox/Universal Pictures Remember the conversation we all had last year when M3GAN came out? How it went harder than it had any right to, and was a treat of a January movie? A bloody little pick-me-up in a bleak and generally un-fun month? Ok, good. You’re gonna want to keep that in mind…
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 Boulevard Brewing Company: Boulevard’s…
Courtesy photo Ask any seasoned culinary pro, and they’ll usually have a handful of protégés who have gone on to bigger and better. Chef Justin P. Hoffman, meanwhile, has flicked hundreds, if not thousands, of chicks out of his proverbial kitchen nest at Broadmoor Bistro. For the past 13+ years, Hoffman has been the coordinator of culinary arts and restaurant…
Joshua Riley in one of his infused hoodies. // Courtesy photo After a heated argument with his parents back in 2020, Joshua Riley made a decision that would change the trajectory of his life. As a sophomore at Mizzou, Riley dropped out of the university, packed up his belongings, and left for Los Angeles. With 1,500 miles of asphalt ahead…
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, finishes his speech on the first day of the 2024 Legislative Session (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) The Missouri Senate picked up Wednesday afternoon largely where it left off when it adjourned in May, with a group of Republicans holding court for more than an hour to vent frustrations with the chamber’s leadership. For…
Aud Whitson Live // Photo by Aud Whitson Aud Whitson, known to her friends as Audrey Chopin, is a singer-songwriter based out of Lawrence, Kansas. Her music is a beautiful juxtaposition of nostalgia and modernity. While listening, it is easy to feel connected to the artist and wistful of one’s own past. The unique name of Aud Whitson, she says,…
Narcan can be hard to find in Kansas City. This box inside the city health department provides free doses. (Suzanne King/The Beacon) Casey Johnson stepped into the bathroom of a Westport bar recently and immediately sensed something was off. She saw two still legs and hair grazing the floor in a neighboring stall. Johnson knocked on the stall door. She…
Courtesy photo As a musician, Til Willis is nothing if not willing to go as far as possible to create his art. In November of 2014, he released two solo albums—Hackles and Tin Star—paired with a full band recording with his backing group, Erratic Cowboy, entitled Cars Etcetera. Erratic Cowboy’s 2022 album, Grinding of The Stars, was recorded in a…
