Cortadito owners Karell Martinez and Nubia Gomez // Photo by Tiffany Watts This Saturday, Kansas City’s newest Cuban cafe, Cortadito, opened its doors, inviting the community to experience the warmth, flavor, and spirit of Cuba right in the heart of the city. Owners Karell Martinez and Nubia Gomez, both deeply connected to their Cuban heritage, aim to make Cortadito more…
Photo Courtesy of Andrea Irish We don’t want to point out the obvious, but we think Tanfastic Mobile Owner Andrea Irish is missing an amazing marketing opportunity by not calling herself Tandrea. (Legit, eh?) The spray tan artist extraordinaire recently won The Pitch’s Best Mobile Spray Tan category. Irish ventured into the land of spray tanning more than twenty years ago….
Courtesy KC Tenants On day 46 of their rent strike, the Quality Hill Towers Tenant Union, in coordination with the Independence Towers Tenant Union, held an emergency strike picket. This action follows a Zoom meeting with the Federal Housing Finance Agency in which staff informed residents that despite their authority over Fannie Mae, the mortgage financier for the property, there…
Both 2023 and 2024 Teri Rogers Film Grant recipients Eva Louise Hall, Jean-Jacques Corbier, Jerry Rapp, Mel Sangyi Zhao, Khitam Jabr, and Vy Nguyen stand together for a group photo. // Photo by Lane Rozin On Nov. 14, the third annual Teri Rogers Film Fund Reception awarded three grant recipients: Eva Louise Hall, Mel Sangyi Zhao, and Jean-Jacques Corbier. Hosted…
Photo Courtesy of Callie England If you’re an entrepreneur, solo-preneur, or any other preneur for that matter, listen up! Callie England has your back. Not only is she helping spearhead Global Entrepreneurship Week over the next few days, she’s sure to become your newest fan. With her 15 years of expertise in creative and brand management, she’s successfully scaled multiple consumer-facing…
Willie Watson. // photo credit Hayden Shiebler Back in February, we got a chance to catch a few sets from musician Willie Watson as part of the Folk Alliance International Conference at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, and we were just gobsmacked at how good his songs were. The founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show’s self-titled album—his…
Gangstagrass. // photo by Nick Spacek Gangstagrass Lucia Saturday, November 16 Friday night, hip-hop/bluegrass innovators Gangstagrass performed at what several folks delicately referred to as a “lightly-attended” show at the Folly in Kansas City. Their surprise pop-up show Saturday night at Lucia in Lawrence was a packed house. Granted, yes, Lucia holds maybe 150 people, while the Folly can seat…
Orange By: Devoured. // Photo by Tiffany Watts Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2024….
Show-Me Organics // Photo by Zach Bauman Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2024. We’ll…
Godspeed You! Black Emperor with Alan Sparhawk Liberty Hall Monday, November 11 What are the inner thoughts one experiences when one hears live music? I often reflect on the turmoil that has surmounted me during recent times, maybe even years past – especially for a band like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, whose music “continues to say so much without saying…
On Saturday, November 23, the Kansas City Tenants Union will host the 3rd annual Yeehaw!: A Benefit for Kansas City at The Midland. Hosted by Missouri’s own Caleb Hearon and Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee, with performances by Beth Stelling, Briston Maroney, The Salvation Choir, and Samia, as well as some secret surprise guests, this benefit show is not one to…
Photo by Whitney Horn, courtesy of Yellow Veil Pictures It’s a bit of inside baseball, but one of the easiest parts of being a film critic in the era of omnipresent streaming is the ability to recommend a film that doesn’t require a trip to an expensive theater. The subject of today’s writing is a film that absolutely was built for you…
Cold War Kids. // photo by Isabella Ralls Cold War Kids with Husbands The Truman Tuesday, November 12 Celebrating 20 years as a band, indie rockers Cold War Kids took to the stage of the Truman Tuesday night for a set drawing from their extensive catalog. Oklahoma power-pop band Husbands opened, and our photographer Eli Ralls was there to capture…
Douglas K. Miller. // photo by Stephanie Link Despite an astonishing discography–multiple albums with Taj Mahal, the guitar solo on Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes,” touring with the Faces, his own solo albums, and so much more–the work of Kiowa-Comanche guitarist Jesse Ed Davis is mostly only known to musicians and the sort of music fan who digs deep into…
Mocktail at Fuego Cantina. // Photo by Sarah Sipple Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won…
Creed @ T-Mobile in 2024. // Photo by Isabella Galvan My attendance at the T-Mobile Center on November 6th for the Creed “Are You Ready?” tour presented by 98.9 The Rock! reminded me that no matter how misinterpreted their initial executions and subsequent missteps, I was a resolute devotee to the ideas that The United States were founded upon. The…
Illustration by Shelby Phelps The morning of November 6th, dreary-eyed and unsettled, my TikTok notifications were racking up showing an old viral post from February was getting a barrage of views and comments. Realizing what video was getting attention gave me tremendous insight into what kind of day the internet was going to have—It was about the 4B Movement. Comments…
Art by Cassondra Jones Life in KC is pretty delicious. In fact, there is often so much going on that it can be hard to decide where to go and what to try. That’s where I come in. I’ve curated this weekly list of events, openings, deals, and celebrations to keep you in the know. Cheers! Something New The Pitch…
Jelly Roll. // photo by Allison Scavo Jelly Roll with Ernest, Shaboozey, and Allie Colleen T-Mobile Center Wednesday, November 13 Country singer Jelly Roll brought his Beautifully Broken tour to the T-Mobile Center Wednesday night, in support of last month’s release of the album of the same name. Fellow country musicians Ernest, Shaboozey, and Allie Colleen opened the sold-out show…
Photo by Chase Castor Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2024. We’ll be publishing these…
Photo Courtesy of Scott Poore Creature Feature is The Pitch’s weekly profile on a local animal looking for adoption. Shelters and support in Kansas City and the surrounding region are often pushed to the breaking point, so picking one future companion to highlight is how we want to put them on your radar. But there are far more than we…
Photo by Sierra Sevier Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2024. We’ll be publishing these…
Photo Courtesy of Mazzy Mann’s Instagram Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2024. We’ll be…
Pokey LaFarge at Knuckleheads on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. // Photo by Joe Ellett On Friday, Nov. 8, Pokey LaFarge brought his slicked-back hair and polished guitar skills to Knuckleheads. Salt Lake City-based The Tailspins opened the night with their ‘50s style ragtime. The husband and wife duo of Oskar and Julia Buie filled Knuckleheads Garage with ancient-esque air, as…
