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…
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The Rush Tribute Project. // photo credit Kurt Newgord The Rush Tribute Project plays the Uptown Theater on Tuesday, September 8. Details on that show here. When deciding to cover Rush with your tribute band, one must have a certain sense of commitment. Rush fans are among some of the most obsessive and meticulous to be found outside of the…
Courtesy Kanbe’s Markets One in six people face hunger in Missouri and Kansas. Across both states, Feeding America, the largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S., says that nearly 1.5 million people face food insecurity. September is Hunger Action Month, a national campaign to join your community to help fight hunger. With several organizations in our area committed to the campaign,…
Photo by Tim Reilly “I was so dreadfully sick. I kept thinking I should cancel.” Natalya Kay – fiddler for genre-bending Irish rock band Gaelic Storm, who will headline Kansas City Irish Fest Friday and Saturday night, September 4th and 5th – was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Or, between the edge of the Cliffs of Moher…
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Judge Ginger Gooch wrote the opinion that upheld the right of referendum on congressional redistricting plans (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent) Missourians will vote in November on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. The court also ruled the congressional districts used in Missouri’s August primary cannot…
KC Sipps logo by Teddy 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:…
The Missouri House of Representatives on Feb. 19, 2026 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications) A Republican legislative candidate in Joplin plotted to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent in an effort to derail her campaign, federal prosecutors allege. Thomas Ross, who won the Republican nomination for Missouri’s 161st House District by only 32 votes, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy…
Jack Johnson. // photo by Allison Scavo Jack Johnson with Lake Street Dive Morton Amphitheater Tuesday, September 1 Working at The Pitch encourages writers to step beyond their comfort zones, to explore new parts of this city and culture-at-large that feel foreign, alien, and intriguing. After six years covering concerts here, I can look back at my roster of gig reports and…
Benson Boone. // photo by Ethan Sympson At 24 years old, Benson Boone is firmly in his mid-20s. A sizable portion of the crowd that packed T-Mobile Center Monday night, however, had quite a few years to go before joining him there. From where I sat, signs celebrated fans’ ninth, 12th, and 14th birthdays. Young girls filled much of the…
