Courtesy Fif Wilson Ms. Pat will be in Kansas City for four shows Sept. 25-26 at Funny Bone Comedy Club. Ms. Pat has become a jack-of-all-trades: from stand-up comedian to multi-platform streamer to memoirist, there is nothing this Atlanta-born woman can’t do. Outside of cooking and roller skating, Ms. Pat has accomplished anything she’s set her mind to, including launching…
Vice President JD Vance appears at a Sept. 14, 2026, rally at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) OLATHE — Vice President JD Vance on Monday vouched for Kansas Republicans running for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s office, bucking Democrats who want to regain control of Congress in November. Federal and state Republicans signaled they need…
Pastor and chef Changyun Kim garnishes bowls of gomtang // Courtesy of The Table A neighborhood side-dish shop in Seongnam, South Korea and a church basement dinner pop-up in Olathe, Kansas—they couldn’t be more different. But for chef and pastor Changhyun Kim, who runs The Table at Bonfire United Methodist Church—and before that, the aforementioned banchan spot—that isn’t exactly the…
Courtesy Vertical The new dramatic thriller The Weight is the movie that finally dares to ask the question “What if you combined The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Wages of Fear, and the rope bridge scene from Sorcerer but also mixed in Train Dreams?” Oh, were you not asking that question? That’s OK, neither was I. Fortunately for director…
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, right, speaks to reporters on Sept. 10 after the Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, center, “was in contempt” for ordering use of an illegal congressional map (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) Republican officials aren’t giving up on the congressional map they pushed through the Missouri legislature last year, despite two setbacks at the U.S….
They Might Be Giants (l-r: John Linnell and John Flansburgh). // photo credit: Miranda Penn Turin They Might Be Giants play the Truman on Tuesday, September 29. That show is sold out, but you can find details here. What do you call a band like They Might Be Giants? Alternative rock is too vague, indie pop is off the mark,…
The Rip Offs. // image courtesy the artist Greg Lowery formed the San Francisco garage punk band The Rip Offs in 1993, and while they were done by 1995, their shows became the stuff of legend, bolstered by the catchy and ripping songs recorded for their sole full-length, Got A Record, released on Lowery’s own Rip Off Records. That label would release…
Demonstrators ordered out of the Missouri House public gallery during a debate on anti-abortion legislation march and chant Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in the Missouri Capitol Building. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) Just 10 days ago, Steven Rogers says he would have predicted Missourians were set to reinstate an abortion ban this November. Then the latest polling results landed in his inbox….
Mötley Crüe. // photo by Allison Scavo Mötley Crüe with Tesla and Extreme Morton Amphitheater Tuesday, September 8 Sunset Strip legends and longtime purveyors of sleazy rock ‘n’ roll Mötley Crüe brought The Reurn of the Carnival of Sins tour to Morton Amphitheater on Tuesday, September 8, with fellow ’80s veterans Tesla and Extreme along for the nostalgic journey back…
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:…
Good news, arachnophobes: According to Don’t Move director Maclain Nelson, being afraid of spiders is an evolutionary defense. Your fear makes you more evolved than the rest of us, who are just moderately freaked out by eight-legged freaks. “I did a deep dive on this,” he says. “Of course you did,” laughs Don’t Move star Lyndsy Fonseca. Undeterred, Nelson keeps…
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins speaks to reporters following Missouri Supreme Court arguments Wednesday. (Annelise Hanshaw/MissouriIndependent) The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal judge’s order requiring Missouri to use a gerrymandered congressional map in November, putting the state back on course to conduct the election using districts drawn in 2022. In a one-page order, the court granted…
Courtesy Focus Features When I think of Robin Hood, I think of the orange fox in the green tunic with a bow and arrow, with Little John and Maid Marian and all the Merry Men happily stealing from the rich and giving back to the poor. It’s bright, colorful, and ends happily. In The Uprising, however, the story of the…
Steve Jones. // photo credit Jemma Dodd The Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play the Uptown Theater on Thursday, September 17, with support from Panic Shack. Details on that show here. We could get into the whys and wherefores as to why legendary British punk rock band the Sex Pistols are touring with Gallows frontman Frank Carter as their vocalist,…
Gametime. // image courtesy the artist Since their 2024 reunion, Kansas City pop-punk band Gametime has been making up for lost time. The 17 years they’ve been gone have seen the musical landscape change drastically, but it appears the thirst for fast and catchy riffy tunes has never gone out of style. The band’s taking advantage of their newfound revitalization…
State Sen. Rick Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins speak to reporters outside Hoskins’s office in the Missouri State Capitol on July 28 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) A federal judge in St. Louis on Tuesday ordered Missouri to use the gerrymandered congressional map drawn during a 2025 special session, giving a direction to Secretary of State…
Photo by Don Ipock 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 thrilled to share Mia Carpenter’s coverage of KC Rep’s Come From Away. Find out more…
Courtesy Kansas City Underground Film Festival The fourteen-strong programming team at the Kansas City Underground Film Festival spent 214 hours watching 463 features, shorts and documentaries for this year’s event. From Sept. 11-19, you’ll be able to check out the fruits of their (and several talented filmmakers’) labor. “The big thing we focus on is the idea of vision. We…
Illustration by Teddy Rosen When a trend is born, people tend to fall into one of four groups: Early Birds, the trendsetters who are ahead of the curve; Regulars, the masses who join once social media gets involved; Late Bloomers, those who trickle in toward the end; and Antis, those who know exactly what’s happening and want no part of…
Wu-Tang Clan. // photo by Allison Scavo Wu-Tang Clan with Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony Morton Amphitheater Wednesday, September 2 Bringing their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour to Morton Amphitheater, foundational hip hop crew Wu-Tang Clan demonstrated that their catalog is iconic as all hell. Not only did the group perform many of their most popular songs, various members performed solo cuts…
Josh Adams. // image courtesy the artist Once the drummer for local indie acts like Ghosty and Hospital Ships in the mid-’00s, Josh Adams has become the go-to guy for national acts as varied as Beck, Jon Batiste, Vetiver, Jenny Lewis, and Tim Heidecker both in the studio and on the road since his move to Los Angeles. While he…
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway at a press conference on March 31 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) Attorney General Catherine Hanaway opened her response to Thursday’s Missouri Supreme Court decision with a quote from Benjamin Franklin “A republic, if you can keep it.” Things went downhill from there. Hanaway declared Missouri to be in a “full-fledged constitutional crisis,” accused the court of…
Courtesy Neon Alfred Hitchcock famously said of crafting suspense, “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” That bit of wisdom has informed generations of filmmakers across genres. It’s part of the reason you don’t see the shark in Jaws until 81 minutes into a two-hour film. What we can imagine is often scarier than…
A small combination phở at Phở Tươi // Photo by Kylie Volavongsa There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and silently praying for a bowl of phở to fix you. Here’s an extra certainty, at least in my book: Phở Tươi’s combination beef phở with fresh noodles will more than fix you. At $17 for a medium bowl—you can…
