UB40. // image courtesy the artist British reggae act UB40 has been plying their electric and energetic brand of music for over 45 years at this point, and they show no signs of stopping. Best known for their covers of songs such as “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Red Red Wine,” along with original smashes such as their debut…
The Black Keys. // photo by Kylee Gregg The Black Keys with the Heavy Heavy Starlight Theater Sunday, September 7 Touring in support of the just-released No Rain, No Flowers, blues rockers the Black Keys took to the stage of Starlight on Sunday night. Soul rockers the Heavy heavy opened and our photographer Kylee Gregg was there to capture it…
John Diehl during his time in the Missouri House of Representatives (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) John Diehl, a former speaker of the Missouri House who was forced to resign in disgrace in 2015 when it was revealed he’d been sending sexually inappropriate text messages to an intern, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge. Diehl, a Republican from…
Front Range Coffee // Photo By Tiffany Watts Front Range Coffeehouse & Provisions is a cutesy little cafe in Brookside. And while I’ve been there quite a few times for meetings and work, I finally noticed something I’d overlooked: they’ve got a full bar. How’d I miss an entire bar?! Shame on me. To make up for my lack of…
Celebrate AMERI’KANA Music Festival 2024 Photographer: William J Stribling July 2025’s Celebrate AMERI’KANA had its biggest year yet with 2,500 people in attendance across two stages, street parades, lion dancers, and a refugee-based band. Built on the hard work and career of Latin Grammy-nominated band, Making Movies, Enrique Chi has used the fest not just as a platform for elevating…
House Speaker Jon Patterson presides over the final day of the 2025 legislative session on May 15. // (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) Bills creating a gerrymandered congressional map and making it virtually impossible to change the state constitution through the initiative petition process are on their way to the Missouri Senate. The Missouri House gave final approval to both proposals…
Photo by Sarah Sipple Kansas City coffee shop and roaster, Oddly Correct, launched a unique, even polarizing, canned beverage. Crispy Boi ($6) is a mix of Oddly’s Cheat Code coffee and lemonade. The beverage is poured and packaged by Arete Beverage in Wisconsin, using coffee roasted in Kansas City. As of now, it is only sold at Oddly Correct’s cafe…
Kristen Thomas // Photo by Nicole Bissey The human penis is as varied and unique as our fingerprints. Some are long, some are thin, some have a big head, and some are curved. While a curved penis is considered nothing abnormal medically, a penis-owner may have negative thoughts about their own member not being straight, but it is totally normal….
Photo by Don Ipok Directed by Abe Reybold, Designing Women, revised, debuted at Unicorn Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 6. With Linda Bloodworth Thomason, the original creator of the esteemed sitcom, coming back to be the playwright of this production, the piece revives the sharp Southern charm of the original TV series for the present. For those unfamiliar with the original show,…
Turnpike Troubadours. // photo by Allison Scavo Turnpike Troubadours with American Aquarium and Leon Macjen Uptown Theater Thursday, September 4 A sea of plaid shirts, floral print dresses, and cowboy hats packed a sold-out Uptown Thursday night for an evening of stellar Americana. The sold-out portion was unsurprising, given that headliners, Oklahoma red dirt band Turnpike Troubadours, has the ability…
KC local Sail Away Wine is kicking off its 2025 Trivia Bowl on September 14. This is a long-running competition, with the same teams competing each Sunday from 1 – 3 p.m. through January 4, 2026. Sail Away Wine is a North Kansas City wine bar and tasting room with wines from all around the world. What makes them unique…
The Garden Sees Fire. // Courtesy KCUFF There are lots of places you can go in Kansas City if you want to see studio blockbusters or buzzed-about arthouse movies (and that’s a great thing!). But if you want to see strange, funny, and fascinating films you can’t find anywhere else — and see them for free — there’s only one…
Photo by Eric Martens At Border Brewing Company’s Oktoberfest, beer isn’t just poured—it’s unearthed. The brewery is throwing their annual Oktoberfest on Sunday, September 21 from 1 – 5 p.m. in their own backyard. Eric Martens, the owner of Border Brewing Co, shares the origins behind their main event. “We bury the beer in the backyard as a nod to…
Kansas City Royals versus Minnesota Twins on September 7, 2025. // Photo by Tarik Sykes The Kansas City Royals drop game three of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, Sept. 7. The Twins got off to a quick start, scoring a run in the top of the first, and then never looked back. Although the Royals swiped…
Photo by Jordan Baranowski When BLU HWY shut its doors earlier this year, it left a wide open spot on the corner of 51st and Main. It wouldn’t take long for a new concept to come to port: Sea Capitán Cocina Costera is already doing great business, with prime reservations booked out several days in advance and walk-in bar spots…
Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture the entire game at The Royals toppled the Minnesota Twins in 2-1 game one—September 5, 2025. Categories: Sports Tags: kansas city royals, Minnesota Twins, mlb
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-out solo home run in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Thursday night to avoid a sweep in a three-game series. The Royals hit four solo homers in a game where all seven runs came on home runs. Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture…
Photo Courtesy of Jeff Parson Today, at 7:00 p.m., the Kansas City Chiefs will play their first game of the 2025 NFL Season against the Los Angeles Chargers in São Paulo, Brazil. While all Kansas Citians eagerly await Mahomes’ first touchdown pass of the season, others are also antsy about the flick of another local’s wrist. Alongside the bending intersection…
State Rep. Dirk Deaton, a Republican from Noel, presents legislation that would redraw Missouri’s congressional map to a House committee on Thursday (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) If a new Missouri congressional map endorsed by President Donald Trump is put into place, voters living on Kansas City’s east side will share a congressional district with people living nearly four hours away…
The Jefferson City Correctional Center. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) The panel established by Gov. Mike Kehoe to write rules for how long people who break the law must stay in prison may be violating the law itself by meeting in secret. As one of his first acts as governor in January, Kehoe ordered the Department of Corrections and the Division of…
OK Go. // Photo by Piper Ferguson After a decade-long hiatus, the genre-defying band, not-strictly-indie, not-strictly-alternative pop-rock band OK Go has hit the road again and will stop in Kansas City to perform at The Truman on September 11. This tour run comes with the promotion of their most recent fifth studio album And the Adjacent Possible, which debuted in…
Photo by Eli Ralls Linkin Park with Jean Dawson T-Mobile Center Sunday, August 31 Over the holiday weekend, Linkin Park descended upon T-Mobile Center with their 2025 From Zero Tour. The relaunch of a legacy juggernaut in the wake of tragedy, along with a reconfigured line-up, made for a fascinating evening at one of the most perplexing stadium rock successes…
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:…
Courtesy City of Lenexa, Kansas Government Facebook Lenexa Spinach Festival is back this Saturday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with food, music, and hands-on activities for the whole family. Lenexa was anointed as the “Spinach Capital of the World” during the 1930s due to the incredible spinach crops grown in the area. You can experience the World’s…
