Courtesy Global Neighbors And Flavors Fest Expand your cultural plate this weekend without leaving Johnson County. The Ethnic Enrichment Commission of Kansas City and Lenexa Public Market are putting on a Global Neighbors & Flavors Fest on June 7 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The free and family-friendly event features live performances, vendors, and a focus on food from…
Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved At this point in his career, it’s easy to think you know what you’ll get from a Wes Anderson picture. The grand cinematography. Opulent costumes. Quotable dialogue. A cavalcade of award-winning actors. And yet, his last few efforts have seen him playing with the likes of anthologies (The French Dispatch),…
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…
State Sen. Kurtis Gregory of Marshall is sponsoring the bill to set aside state tax money to finance new and renovated stadiums for Kansas City sports teams (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Gov. Mike Kehoe expanded the agenda of the special session Wednesday enough to win Missouri Senate passage of bills with money for disaster recovery in St. Louis, changes to property…
Photo by Micah Thompson In mid-May, Charlotte Street/KC Public Theatre did a quick run of performances around a new stage play from Kansas-based writer (and KU professor) Darren Canady. It was directed by Teisha M. Bankston, whose prolific work has helped define this era of KC theater, and the small cast was populated with familiar faces who have been singled…
Photo Courtesy of Hitoki Picture a classic laser beam. Now picture a bowl the size of the socket you used for your gravity bongs as a college student. Combine the two and you have what Georgia-based company Hitoki is pioneering: laser beam bongs. Yes, stoner ingenuity is no joke. Pairing two passions of lasers and cannabis together, brothers Joe and…
A group of Girl Scouts works on making braided headbands during a Magpie Creative Reuse Collective class. // Photo by Beth Lipoff If you want to get crafty but don’t have a big supply budget or a lot of experience, the Magpie Creative Reuse Collective might be the place for you. The nonprofit specializes in pairing education with redistributing all…
Mildred’s // Photo By Tiffany Watts Mildred’s, one of Kansas City’s favorite brunchy sandwich spots, opened its third and largest location earlier this year in the South Plaza neighborhood, and I finally made it over for a lunch and laptop session. The new outpost fills the former Mission Taco space and brings with it all the charm and consistency the…
Staind. // phot by Anthony Mixon Staind / Breaking Benjamin with Wage War and Lakeview T-Mobile Center Sunday, June 1 Hard rock stalwarts Staind and Breaking Benjamin brought their Awaken the Fallen co-headling tour to T-Mobile Center on Sunday night with metalcore band Wage War and country/metalcore hybrid Lakeview as openers. Our photographer Anthony Mixon was there to capture it…
1888 Coffee // Photo by Sarah Sipple Christine Kehoe, co-owner of 1888 Coffee, is a resident and big fan of Hyde Park. Kehoe and her husband moved their family from South Johnson County to Hyde Park a few years ago. “My all-time favorite thing to do around here is just to take a walk. Everyone is so nice, that’s how…
Where to Find Us // Photo by Tania Olah Where To Find Us held their Cowboy Carter-themed queer dating event at J. Rieger & Co. on May 22, and it was a “SWEET HONEY BUCKIN” good time. The fringe-laden crowd prepared itself to hear pitches. The subjects being pitched? Hopeful queer singles that have decided to explore beyond the trenches…
Welcome, dearest readers, to the June 2025 issue of The Pitch print magazine, homegrown right here in Kansas City, U.S.A. We’re thrilled to have you here and very excited to share our annual Pride-themed collection with you. To circle back to my earlier mention of the U.S.A., I’ve been spending a lot of time reading up on the history of…
Fern Bar cocktails // Photo by Jon Hargett Action! For a few short months, the intersection of cult classics and craft cocktails happens to rest in a former Crossroads bank. Fern Bar’s seasonal menu draws inspiration from television and films, including a clever partnership with Screenland Armour Theatre. To follow a winter of music references that guided the Fern FM…
Photo by Sophia Lail It’s hard to erase a person—especially one who shines as permanently as Melinda Ryder. Thanks to the mass erasure of queer existence in our nation’s history, queer stories often find themselves in the underbelly of our country’s historical documentation. The Museum of Kansas City took notice and is doing its part to ensure that the significance…
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, are pictured on Feb. 8 (Anna Spoerre/The Missouri Independent) As the Missouri legislature begins its special session to consider, among other things, taxpayer subsidies for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, lawmakers are hearing from a parade of stakeholders —…
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. // photo by Allison Scavo The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Kauffman Center Friday, May 30 The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a staple in every southern rock American household and road trip playlist. For over fifty years, the world has been singing along to “If You Wanna Get To Heaven” and other hits by the beloved band. Their…
