Creeping Death. // photo courtesy the artist Creeping Death plays as part of The Summer Slaughter Tour 2026 Part II, along with Hatebreed, Terror, Incantation, Gates to Hell, and Torture at the Warehouse on Broadway Thursday, September 3. Details on that show here. Texas death metal band Creeping Death is exactly as heavy as you’d expect from a band which…
Chef Laura Favela // Photo By Sarah Sipple At Silo Modern Farmhouse, Executive Chef Laura Favela blends the curiosity-driven wisdom from her grandmother with large-format adaptability gleaned from years working in stadiums and casinos. Her traditional techniques are right at home at Silo, where she has spent years fostering relationships with local growers and purveyors, as well as the next…
Toto. // photo by Ethan Sympson Toto with Christopher Cross and the Romantics Morton Amphitheater Monday, August 24 Bringing three very different elements of the ’80s to Morton on Monday, Toto, Christopher Cross, and the Romantics played through a stack of hits on Monday night. Our photographer, Ethan Sympson, was there to capture all the nostalgic glory. Toto Toto setlist…
KC Symphony at Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg. // photo credit Daniel Dittus The Kansas City Symphony is in the midst of its European tour and is sharing images and reactions from the trip with The Pitch. Their second date was on Saturday, August 29, when the Symphony returned to Hamburg to play at the Elbphilharmonie. Says Joon Park, trumpet player, of their Hamburg date:…
KC Symphony at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. // photo courtesy KC Symphony The Kansas City Symphony is in the midst of its current European tour and is sharing with The Pitch images and reactions from the trip. Their first date was Thursday, August 27, which saw the Symphony return to Amsterdam to play the Concertgebouw, the site of their first-ever European date in August…
Illustration by Teddy Rosen Historical denial is a product of generational societal traumas that often culminate in reactionary or revolutionary political and social beliefs. It is a form of “negative historical revisionism” as it often serves as a means to deny jarring, traumatic historical events. Such a practice invokes the inevitability of extreme human bias as a justification for twisting established,…
Santana. // photo by Allison Scavo Legendary Latin-rock band Santana took to the stage at Morton on Wednesday, August 26, as part of a co-headlining tour with the Doobie Brothers. Alas, we were not granted permission to photograph The Doobies, but these hot, hot, hot photos of Santana from photographer Allison Scavo more than make up for it. If you’d…
Vince Gill. // photo by Mike Dotson Vince Gill The Midland Thursday, August 27 With a deep well of hits and fan favorites going back decades, a clever selection of covers, and a ten-piece band backing him through a three and a half hour set with no intermission, Vince Gill showed that he’s country music’s Bruce Springsteen at the Midland…
The Creepy Jingles. // photo by Gailen Gillespie The Creepy Jingles’ Against All Opps is out digitally on Friday, August 28 and you can pre-order the vinyl release from Enigmatic Brunch Records. They play miniBar on Friday, August 28 with Hotel Leo and Terri Quinn & the Coyotes. Details on that show here. On Friday, August 28, Kansas City rock…
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:…
Brianna and Elijah Campo admire their son, Wesley, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at their home at Fort Leonard Wood, the Army base where Brianna is stationed (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent) When Brianna and Elijah Campo first learned how much it would cost them to have a baby, they considered putting their dreams of starting a family on hold. The Campos,…
Zoe Jensen as Glinda and Jessie Davidson as Elphaba in the National Tour of WICKED, photo by Joan Marcus TeenTix KC is an organization that helps provide KC youth with access to live stage performances. As part of that work, some up-and-coming ‘Press Corps Members’ are tackling their first reviews—building up a next generation of critical, celebratory voices. Today, we’re…
Marin Meyer has been in the matchmaking business for years, running speed dating and mingling events in the city. Today, her talents have manifested in the creation of Flirts & Fumbles, a live comedy dating show she co-hosts with local stand-up comedian Morgan Cochran. Once a month, the duo reads anonymous dating stories to a live audience. The show didn’t always look like this,…
Media photo I always admire when a creator’s work feels like it exists only in a world of their own creation, like Boots Riley’s surreal dystopias in Sorry to Bother You and I Love Boosters, or Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dotted contemporary creations. Each work seems like it could only be generated from their minds. Walking away from Bosco’s one-woman show…
Missouri Workers Power has fought with Kansas City Hall to get a question on the ballot asking voters for permission to subsidize the new Royals stadium. However, city leaders believe that the petition cannot intervene once the agreements with the Royals have been executed. (Vaughn Wheat/The Beacon) The Kansas City Council has voted to provide a $600 million subsidy for…
Zen Zero’s Thai glass noodle soup and chow mein // Photo by Kolby Brown The best-smelling place on Lawrence’s bustling Massachusetts Street isn’t the cozy Waxman Candles but, in fact, Zen Zero—Lawrence’s one-stop shop for trying a variety of Asian cuisines. Walking into the quaint storefront, you’re hit with its delicious aroma immediately. The dining area is situated right next…
Waifs of the Week is a collaboration between The Pitch and the local animal shelter Wayside Waifs. Over at 3901 Martha Truman Road, this ‘no kill’ shelter is constantly working to find loving homes for animals, including dogs, cats, and a host of other intriguing additions to your family. If you’re not in a position to adopt but want to help out…
Willow Avalon. // photo by Samantha Russell With the pop resurgence of country music, new country artists seem to rise weekly out of the woodwork. Emerging fully-formed from their god-like, big-music-mogul backers, they’re dressed convincingly in well-decked country image to cut down similarly-posing competition. It’s done so that all involved can stake their claim in the shiny gold mine dredged…
Courtney Barnett. // photo by Alex Agueros Nearly every selection from Courtney Barnett’s most recent album sounded at home adjacent to the musician’s best songs in front of a full-but-not-packed crowd Saturday, August 15, at The Truman in Kansas City. Since her full-length debut 11 years ago, plainspoken insights into the emotional scope of Barnett’s search for well-being have made…
Photo by Tarik Sykes Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture everything: Categories: Sports Tags: Detroit Tigers, KC Royals, royals
On Thursday afternoon, Aug. 20, the Royals beat the Athletics 6-2 for their first four-game sweep of the season. KC has won five straight games and earned their fourth series sweep of the season, while the rival team has lost 17 of their last 21 games… oof. Our photographer Tarik Sykes was there to capture everything, including our new favorite…
Courtesy of Wavelength Productions A boy melts trash bags over some socks over a fire to make a soccer ball. So it goes in the trailer for Chasing Goals, an upcoming documentary from local filmmaker-slash-director Josh Gloer. It follows Global Futbol Community (Global FC), a Northeast KC soccer org that serves refugee and immigrant youth. More specifically, the story revolves…
Train. // photo by Ethan Sympson Twenty-five years after Drops of Jupiter helped launch Train into a new level of success, the band is still finding new ways to celebrate the songs that got them there. For a tour built around looking back 25 years, Train did not seem particularly interested in simply recreating the past at Morton Amphitheater. Instead,…
The 2026 documentary Never Stop Chasing immerses audiences in the life of famous tornado chaser Reed Timmer as he continues to navigate storms through danger, devastation, and loss. In nationwide theaters August 21, the film will run in the Kansas City area at AMC Town Center 20 and AMC Studio 28 from opening day to August 27. Spanning more than two…
