Antonio Marquez performing with SPINE in Milwaukee. Photo courtesy of Antonio Marquez. From July 25 through July 27, Thrasher Magazine will host “Thrasher Weekend Kansas City,” featuring events at Escapist, Harrison Street DIY, and Ben Valley Skatepark. These include an art show, a community skateboarding jam, and a skate demo by Converse’s skateboarding team. The weekend will culminate with the…
Shakedown Strings // Photo by Allison Scavo Deadfest Day One Kane Family Farm Friday, July 19 The first annual Deadfest at Tonganoxie’s Kane Family Farm kicked off with smooth acoustic Dead tracks as people set up their tents, swam, checked out the vendors, played bean bag toss, and gathered for a beautiful sunset. Local cover act Laughing Willow created a…
Everclear. // Photo by Brian Cox The ’90s alt-rock icons Everclear have gone from a band whose first album, World of Noise, was actually just a demo recording to being rock radio stalwarts whose string of singles still find their way into regular rotation 25 years on. In anticipation of Everclear coming to Kansas City at Ameristar Casino’s Star Pavilion…
Kansas City Royals versus Chicago White Sox July 19-21 // Photo by Stephen Fuller The Kansas City Royals took on the Chicago White Sox this past weekend in a three-game series, sweeping the Southside team 3-0. Following the MLB All-Star break, the team got back on track last Friday against the White Sox and never looked back in the series,…
Dancers Josue Villa and Claude Alexander III star in The Unexpected: Within the Red Lines. Photo by Ryan Bruce. Kansas City-born dancer and choreographer Tristian Griffin typically avoids lacing his work with personal meaning. His latest dance piece, The Unexpected: Within the Red Lines, is a rare exception. Griffin began work on the project over the course of 10 days…
Photo of musicbyskippy and Damian Blake courtesy of Kellie Green “I guarantee you’ve probably never experienced anything like this. It’s pretty different,” says DJ, producer, and beatbox extraordinaire, musicbyskippy. Folks, let me tell you, he was not exaggerating. When I received the press release for the We Press Play Release 2 album party on July 12, even with the event…
Photo by Emma Hilboldt Niall Horan made his stunning return to Kansas City, bringing The Show Live On Tour to Starlight this past Tuesday. On his sixth time touring North America—four times with his former bandmates in One Direction, once as a solo act—Niall Horan is no stranger to what it takes to put on a good show and…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the new Democratic presidential nominee, passing the torch to the California native who has helmed administration initiatives on reproductive rights and gun control. A former U.S. senator from California who vied for her party’s presidential nomination in the 2020 primaries, Harris, 59, would represent a new generation at…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday, he said in a letter posted to social media, creating an unprecedented vacancy atop the Democratic ticket one month before he was scheduled to officially accept his party’s nomination. In a followup post less than 30 minutes later, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place as the…
KC Current vs. Houston Dash. // Photo by Tarik Sykes The Current started the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup with a 3-1 win over NWSL rivals, the Houston Dash, in the club’s first-ever international tournament. After just 55 seconds, forward Temwa Chawinga played a perfect ball from the left that found forward Michelle Cooper who hit the back…
Caroline Menton and Carolyn Bracken on Damian Mc Carthy’s Oddity. // Photo from Colm Hogan/IFC Films and Shudder In May of 2021, I reviewed Caveat, the debut feature from an Irish horror film writer/director that featured one of the most disturbing haunted dolls the cinema has ever captured. The disturbed little rabbit toy and its trademark cymbals were merely icing…
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in June 2022 holds up a copy of a bill he had just signed to increase the Kansas City Police Department’s budget during a ceremony at the department headquarters. (Photo courtesy of the Missouri Governor’s Office) Kansas City officials have another chance next month to fend off an attempt by Missouri lawmakers to force the city…
Fritz Hutchison and band. // photo courtesy the artist Kansas City musician Fritz Hutchison’s work is always a delight. Whether it’s his past work as part of indie rockers She’s a Keeper, his two amazing solo releases, or what he does as part of True Lions with Alison Hawkins, a new track is a reason to celebrate. Today, Hutchison drops…
Endless Twitter scrolling and daily poll updates traps people in the all too familiar stress of election news season, a feeling Zach Heltzel knows all too well. So for his sanity and the sanity of everyone wanting to stay informed, he created the political forecasting website, Solid Purple, with accuracy and peace of mind at the forefront. “Anytime that there…
The Rev. Bobby Love of Second Baptist Church in Olathe said Thursday at a rally for resistance against white Christian nationalism that it was important for the future of democracy for people to set aside difference and bring unity to their lives. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) OLATHE — The Rev. Bobby Love of Second Baptist Church endorsed a campaign Thursday to…
Jason Mraz. // photo credit Shervin Lainez Two-time Grammy award winner and Songwriters Hall of Fame honoree Jason Mraz is bringing his Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride Tour to the Starlight Theatre on Sunday, July 21 . Touring in support of last year’s dance-pop record of the same name, the musician is criss-crossing the United States playing tunes from both 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 The Pitch Burger Week:…
Keep Them Coming with Kristen Thomas. // Photo by Nicole Bissey Music has been part of humanity’s culture for at least 40,000 years. Music, dancing, and singing are a part of us on a primal level. For millennia, people have used the universal language of music to express emotions and enhance intimacy with their lovers, with musicians often playing their…
Photo by Sarah Sipple Black nail polish, snare drum backbeats, and allll the feels. I love a niche. It’s a risky business move, but when it connects with the intended audience, magic happens. Such is the case for Sweet EMOtion—a pop-punk and emo-themed oat milk ice cream parlor. In the same building as The Rino in North KC, black walls,…
The Legislature passed a law requiring clinics to ask patients why they’re seeking abortions. Credit: Niko Schmidt / The Beacon What’s the harm in asking? Abortion rights supporters say quite a bit. Republicans in the state Legislature are trying to gather more data about the practice. Starting July 1, any medical professional performing an abortion is required by Kansas statute…
Andrew Bailey is hoping to win his first full term as Missouri’s attorney general after being appointed to the position in November 2022 by Gov. Mike Parson (Photo provided by Andrew Bailey’s campaign) Andrew Bailey was 16 years old and vice president of his high school Republican club when asked by a reporter if he supported the death penalty. “I…
Twisters. // Photo by Universal Pictures Back in 1996, the Jan de Bont-directed storm chaser thriller Twister was a near-perfect representation of what a summer blockbuster in the 90s looked and felt like. It had a script co-written by Michael Crichton in the middle of a decade he dominated. It was a science thriller, in a decade defined by movies…
Photo by Simon Fowler New wave maestro Howard Jones was 15 minutes late to our interview and apologized all over himself. “I’m so sorry for being late,” the musician exclaimed. “It doesn’t normally happen to me, but everyone’s been dead chatty today.” Naturally, we told him to expect the same from us—and he immediately chuckled. In fact, the 69-year-old laughed through much of…
Photo by Josh Fitz / Liquid Reel “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of puppets.” I’m pretty sure H. P. Lovecraft said that, or something very like it. And if he didn’t say exactly that, maybe it’s because he hadn’t seen Cthulhu: The Musical! by Puppeteers for…
