Oil on Linen brunch // photo by Cory Swieczkowski “Gallery or courtyard?” Even from the hostess’s first question at Oil On Linen, the novelty of eating in an art museum is evident. Each respective choice presents a unique brunch experience at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Oil on Linen ‘gallery’ // photo by Cory Swieczkowski As you enter the…
“The Soul of Kansas City (El Alma de la Ciudad de Kansas)” by Juan Diego Gaucin. // Photo by Kylie Volavongsa The World in Kansas City celebrates KC’s intercultural, intermedium landscape of visual art. It’s on view now through Aug. 9 and features the works of over 16 KC artists—not purely local per se, but hailing from various countries. Chief…
As communities’ concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and state officials want to halt development of the facilities. Lawmakers in at least 11 states — Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin — have introduced legislation this session that would temporarily ban…
Courtesy A24 True/False is an annual festival in Columbia, Missouri, MO, that celebrates the best of nonfiction (and nonfiction-adjacent) filmmaking. Our film editor, Abby Olcese, is covering the event’s 23rd year, and all her dispatches can be found here. It may be easiest to sell you on Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman’s buzzy documentary Nuisance Bear by calling it “Blackfish…
The Pitch has partnered with a local political awareness organization called Loud Light. Their goal is to engage and empower individuals from underrepresented populations to build community power. And impact decision-makers. Each week of the year that the Kansas statehouse is in session, they release a short video recapping what the legislature is up to. Knowing the nitty-gritty of what’s happening with your…
Douglas County District Judge James McCabria talks with attorneys during a hearing on Kansas’ new law that restricts transgender individuals to using their biological sex at birth on documents and when they use restrooms in government office buildings. March 6, 2026 (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) LAWRENCE — Kansans won’t know until at least Tuesday if a judge will delay…
Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture the day: Categories: Sports Tags: Jayhawks, KU softball, Utah State, women’s softball
All Them Witches. // photo by Tom Pugh All Them Witches with King Buffalo Liberty Hall Wednesday, March 4 Nashville heavy rockers All Them Witches hit Liberty Hall in Lawrence with fellow rifflords King Buffalo in tow. An evening of massive volume ensued and our photographer Tom Pugh was there to capture it all. All Them Witches All Them…
Hudson Freeman. // image courtesy the artist Hudson Freeman and Brian Gerald Bulger play the Encore at Uptown Theater on Wednesday, March 11. Details on that show here. Last spring, Brooklyn-based musician Hudson Freeman released his latest album, Is A Folk Artist. Kansas City-based singer-songwriter Brian Gerald Bulger released his new EP and accompanying memoir, Thank God I’m Far From…
Bar Nachos at Jim’s Alley Bar // Photo by Elle Bui Tucked in a little alley of the Crossroads is a place aptly called Jim’s Alley Bar. It is cozy and deeply Midwestern with unpretentious booth and table seating, and the kind of nostalgic dark wood paneling that evokes a childhood basement hangout with your cousins. Funnily enough, this is…
Peter McPoland. // photo by Juneau Janzen Peter McPoland’s most recent album, Big Lucky, is the fourth release from the singer-songwriter and sees the “Romeo + Juliet” musician returning to his roots, both musically and literally. The Texas performer not only wrote and recorded the whole thing himself, but reconnected with longtime high school friends to bring together the band,…
Pitchside Coffee // Photo by Tiffany Watts Cafés have always been gathering spaces. But gathering, especially for this remote working girlie, requires more than caffeine. It requires food. For those of us who pop into coffee shops and end up staying for hours, taking meetings, or simply lingering, that matters. The cafés that recognize this and invest in thoughtful partnerships…
Courtesy of A24 Colin (Harry Melling) is a terminally single, awkward, and self-conscious chud. He lives a quiet life with his parents and writes parking tickets for a living. Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) is the chiseled leader of a leather gay biker gang, confidently aloof, and a nighttime wearer of slutty little glasses. Believe it or not, these two are about…
A group of people walk Feb. 6, 2026, through the Statehouse in Topeka, demonstrating opposition to a recently passed bathroom ban. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) LAWRENCE — Attorneys will argue Friday in court over whether a judge should delay enforcement of a state law that invalidates driver’s licenses and birth certificates for those who changed their gender marker and…
Photo by Samantha Russell Ancient Gaelic lore maintains that supernatural and dangerous creatures cannot enter the sacred space of one’s home unless granted permission by the inhabitant. Masked ICE agents seek to do just that. Providing false warrants alongside coercion and intimidation tactics, ICE cajoles permission to 1) enter private spaces and 2) detain individuals where their authority would otherwise…
The cast of the 2026 Teen Writers Fest // Photo by Brandon Parigo Do what you can’t not do. Write what you can’t not write. That was the advice UMKC playwriting instructor Frank Higgins gave mentee Amelie Barnes, a sophomore at Shawnee Mission South High School. She was preparing for Spinning Tree Theatre’s 2026 Teen Writers Fest. What Barnes couldn’t…
The Pitch has partnered with a local political awareness organization called Loud Light. Their goal is to engage and empower individuals from underrepresented populations to build community power. And impact decision-makers. Each week of the year that the Kansas statehouse is in session, they release a short video recapping what the legislature is up to. Knowing the nitty-gritty of what’s happening with your…
Carter Faith // Photo by Samantha Russell Country-music singer-songwriter Carter Faith claims the zingy acidity that bites beneath her looks. Faith grew up in South Carolina before moving to Nashville to attend Belmont University. There she honed her songwriting chops, citing early inspiration from her grandfather’s country music tapes. Red flourished cursive on white lace background wraps around a tour…
Courtesy Greenwich Entertainment The unconscious mind could come up with better pastimes than this. Into the reality of a rich man’s world, Michel Franco assembles lovers from affluent socialite Jennifer (Jessica Chastain) and Mexican ballet dancer Fernando (Isaac Hernández). Combining power dynamics, they could rise together. No? No. Let’s have them topple each other. Franco claims “an audience should never…
Bad Omens. // photo by Jason Colvin Bad Omens with Beartooth and President T-Mobile Center Thursday, February 26 On Thursday, February 26, Bad Omens brought their Do You Feel Love tour to the T-Mobile Center. Along with them, supporting acts President and Beartooth gave fans a show of beauty and brutality that lit up the arena with an array of…
Photo by Tarik Sykes Sporting Kansas City rallied from a halftime deficit to earn a 2-2 draw on Saturday against Columbus Crew in the team’s sold-out home opener at Sporting Park as Dejan Joveljic provided both goals to equal the club record as the fastest player to score 20 regular-season goals in team history. After leading SKC with 18 goals…
