Denzel Curry // Photo by Tommy Vean Denzel Curry w/ Kenny Mason Uptown Theater Monday, April 28 Rapper Denzel Curry brought his Mischievous South Tour, in support of last year’s King of the Mischievous South, to The Uptown on Monday, April 28. Atlanta’s Kenny Mason, touring in support of last year’s Angel Eyes, provided support, and our photographer Tommy Vean…
Photo Courtesy of Forever Smiles Foundation The stats are staggering: Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft lip or palate somewhere in the world. One in 700 children born with those disfigurements go without proper treatment due to financial and geographical barriers. When Kansas City oral and maxillofacial surgeons Robert Weiss and Patrick Christopher saw those disconcerting stats, they decided…
Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in for whom “there is no information on the record, just…
Foxy Shazam // Photo by Whitney Young Foxy Shazam w/ The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the Hot Fix Sideshow recordBar Tuesday, April 29 Ohio rockers Foxy Shazam brought the Rockin’ Rolla Coast Tour to recordBar on Tuesday, April 29. New Jersey metalcore act opened, along with “Coney Island-based traveling circus sideshow troupe” the Hot Fix Sideshow, and our…
I’ve felt left behind in the general antipathy directed at horror films “based in trauma” as an excuse to wave away a whole swath of films from the last decade. Plenty of people I like and respect have started yawning at the predictable nature of what they see as a recent turn into every terror flick needing to explain how…
Kansans rally at the Statehouse in Topeka as part of the 50501 national day of action on May 1, 2025. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) In an alternate universe, an unnamed news weekly runs the following, laudatory op-ed from a Kansas politician. As a humble U.S. senator from Kansas who is definitely not Roger Marshall or Jerry Moran, it fills me with…
Photo by Tarik Sykes Greetings dearest reader, and welcome to the May print edition of The Pitch magazine, grown right here in beautiful Kansas City. As per tradition, this month’s issue is our Summer Guide. The S.G. is an O.G. project—one dedicated to laying out the most exciting, delish, delightful, or even demented highlights of the warm season ahead. Each…
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, former Columbia, MO City Council member and current Leavenworth, KS resident Mike Trapp—founder of New…
Kansas City Mavericks versus Tahoe Knight Monsters on Sunday, May 4, 2025. // Photo by Eli Ralls The Kansas City Mavericks faced off against the Tahoe Knight Monsters on Sunday, May 4 at Cable Dahmer Arena for game one of the second round of the ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs. While the match started out slow for the Mavs, which saw…
Sandra Smith and her daughter, Sarah Smith, rely on Medicaid to pay for a nurse to come to their home in Crestwood, Missouri, 13 hours a day because Sarah needs round-the-clock care (Bram Sable-Smith/KFF Health News) CRESTWOOD, Mo. — The prospect of sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid is alarming to some Missourians who remember the last time the public medical…
FAC MMA 29 at Cable Dahmer Arena on Friday, May 2, 2025. // Photo by Tarik Sykes The Fighting Alliance Championship held MMA 29 at Cable Dahmer Arena on Friday, May 2 where 13 bouts were on the card. Marshal Kemp faced off against Cort Wahle in the main event at 155 lbs. Kemp made quick work of Wahle, delivering…
This national touring gallery aims to combine the love of the national parks with the love of printmaking. // Courtesy of Fifty-Nine Parks. Usually, when someone announces they’re going on tour, you’d assume that they’re touring with a band. That’s what JP Boneyard, Founder of Fifty-Nine Parks, thought before he transitioned from working solely in music promotion to starting a…
Ricos Tacos “Lupe” // Photo by Sarah Sipple Best street tacos I’ve had. That’s it–article over. Fine, I’ll elaborate. On a Southwest Blvd. block brimming with eateries, Ricos Tacos “Lupe” rests subtly behind an orange exterior with a glass door. A few picnic tables out front extend seating for the small restaurant. Like the exterior, street tacos are simple by…
Art by Teddy Rosen If you’ve ever dreamed of controlled combat while attempting to look heroic, Baer Swords School of Western Martial Arts is the place for you. Baer Swords offers a range of classes to suit every knight’s needs, from one-handed and two-handed sword techniques to specialty classes like stage fighting and lightsabers. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced,…
KC Sipps logo by Theodore Rosen 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 News Bites:…
Image Courtesy of Jocelyn Nixon We’re big fans of indie rockers The Creepy Jingles here at The Pitch, so we were delighted to hear that frontwoman Jocelyn Nixon has recorded some solo material. We were even more delighted once we heard the first song, “You Ain’t Right! You Must Be Wrong!” As Nixon explains, “It’s basically a tongue-in-cheek song making…
Photo by Tarik Sykes, Design by Teddy Rosen Juneteenth May 31 4th Annual Miss Juneteenth Pageant, Gem Theater June 6 Juneteenth First Fridays Celebration, 18th & Vine Jazz District June 7 Juneteenth Cultural Parade, Begins at Benton Plaza Juneteenth at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center June 12 Juneteenth Celebration, Nelson-Atkins Museum of…
Rooftop view at Percheron // Photo by Sarah Sipple Picture this: it’s a beautiful day in downtown Kansas City. The sunshine is bouncing off brick buildings, patios are buzzing with energy, and there’s just enough of a breeze to justify that light jacket you’ve been dying to wear. It’s the season where day drinking is practically a civic duty, brunches…
A routine court hearing for two former Saint Francis Ministries executives accused of defrauding the foster care provider took place on April 30, 2025, at the Kansas federal courthouse in Topeka. (Grace Hills/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Former Kansas foster care leaders accused of defrauding their old employer of millions of dollars indicated in court that they plan to change their…
An abortion procedure room pictured on Monday, March 3, 2025, at Planned Parenthood in Columbia, Missouri (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent) A proposed constitutional amendment that would again ban abortion in Missouri passed out of a state Senate committee on Wednesday, meaning it is one step away from heading to a statewide ballot. The legislation approved on a 4-2 party line vote…
Another Simple Favor. // Courtesy Amazon Hi. It’s Friday, you’ve got a weekend ahead, I’ve got a weekend ahead—we can cut this short. Paul Feig, as a film director, is always a roll of the dice. When he hits, he only hits home runs. When he whiffs, he whiffs so spectacularly that it’ll make your head spin. For me, A Simple…
