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! Opening La Fetta Delicatessen:…
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. Find out more about TeenTix here. Red Like Fruit…
Photo by Brett Pruitt / East Market Studios 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 Natalia Castillejos Ramirez’s coverage. Find out more about…
Courtesy Sony Pictures Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel Klara and the Sun is a hard novel to pin down tonally. The book is set in the near future and told from the perspective of Klara, a lifelike robot called an “artificial friend” (AF) designed to be a companion for tweens and teenagers. Klara’s perspective is limited; she’s learning about the world…
pure xtc. //photo by Amina Shaw pure xtc’s the women I loved, the songs I kept is out Friday, October 23. You can pre-order the album at her webstore. pure xtc also plays the Bottleneck on Sunday, November 22, with Grizz Lee, Terran Rae, and Neon Signs. Over the past few years, Taylor Hughes’ musical project pure xtc has been…
Photo by Guilherme Berbel The first time we met, Lava Dreams and I shared a joint at a Queer Dyke Night Happy hour–and as a longtime fan of their music, they were the first artist that came to mind when planning my Creatives & Cannabis series. Lava has created music in Kansas City for most of their life, using cannabis…
Courtesy Salt Lake City Weekly The following article was developed in collaboration with Salt Lake City Weekly. Companion reporting can be found at cityweekly.net. The anti-trafficking movement is sprawling in structure. The amalgamation of competing narratives of what rescuing trafficking survivors looks like includes over-militarized policing, advocacy, public interest litigation efforts, and digital media strategies. Hundreds of secular and religious…
Squirrel Flower. // Photo by Alexa Viscius Under the musical moniker Squirrel Flower, Ella Williams is a multi-talented force. She translates hyper-specific feeling with ethereal vocals suffusing her indie-rock-folk records. We spoke with her about her solo set last year at Lawrence’s White Schoolhouse and about her recent album, Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going, and Williams…
Robin Harvey and Christian Castillo // Courtesy of Slow Roll Subs Sandwiches are a funny food. On one level, they’re incredibly basic; a sandwich is one of the first true meals many people learn to put together for themselves. On another level, sandwiches are intimidatingly complex—the amount of each ingredient, the order you place them, the type of bread you…
Illicit Gardens employees sort dried marijuana buds at the company’s manufacturing and cultivation facility in Kansas City (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent) Missouri regulators say the state doesn’t need to issue more licenses to grow, manufacture or sell marijuana because the legal cannabis market is meeting consumer demand. But the statewide study behind that conclusion couldn’t answer a key question: whether a…
The Missouri Senate at the end of the 2023 legislative session (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) Donald Trump carried Missouri’s 34th Senate District by 11 percentage points in 2024. The incumbent Republican state senator won re-election two years earlier by 18 points. Yet with Election Day approaching, Republicans have spent more than $300,000 on television advertising to keep the northwest Missouri seat…
Photo by Don Ipock Red Like Fruit runs at Unicorn Theatre in KC through Oct. 25, 2026. Tickets are here. People without extensive access to live theater will likely know Red Like Fruit playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s work only through her screenwriting. Moscovitch has written several episodes of AMC’s excellent Interview with the Vampire series and will showrun its fourth season. Her episodes—especially season one’s…
Love takes many forms, but even in movies that aim to challenge our expectations of romance and the societal pressure to couple up, the characters often end up together and happy in a traditional relationship (what’s up Materialists). It’s hard not to feel betrayed when a story that initially argues not everyone is meant for heteronormative monogamous bliss ends with…
Kara Lareau. // image courtesy the author You wouldn’t expect one of the most emotionally affecting books you’ll read all year to be a middle-grade adaptation of a classic thriller that replaces all the human characters with animals, but that’s exactly what author Kara LaReau’s Licorice ends up being. Out next week from Scholastic, and featuring perfectly-suited illustrations from artist…
Photo by Eli Ralls INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — The Kansas City Mavericks and Rapid City Rush delivered a back-and-forth battle Saturday night, October 17th, at Cable Dahmer Arena, with the Rush escaping with a 4–3 victory after a tightly contested third period. The Mavericks came out ready to defend their home ice, with Jack Randl opening the scoring at 4:53 of…
State Sens. Cindy Holscher, an Overland Park Democrat, and Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican, debate at the Kansas State Fair on Sept. 12, 2026, in Hutchinson. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) Kansas Republicans are going medieval on Democrats this spooky season. From gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson hurling allegations of witchcraft to the Kansas Republican Party deciding to spread the biblical…
Sunday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse, No. 17 Kansas (12-5, 5-2) fell to No. 8 Arizona State (15-3, 6-1) in a five-set day. Taylor Stanley led the Jayhawks with 21 kills, five blocks, and nine digs, while Grace Nelson tallied 14 kills and 14 digs. Aisha Aiono added eight kills and four blocks, and Reese Ptacek recorded nine kills and a…
Collin Matthew Flanagan as Tommy // Photo by Evan Zimmerman The Who is considered to be one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century. Formed in London in 1964, they are known to have contributed a plethora of developments to the genre, such as the use of synthesizers, John Entwistle’s lead-style of bass, Pete Townshend’s power chord…
Bright Eyes. // photo by Mario Heller Originally a solo project for musician Conor Oberst, indie rock band Bright Eyes has become a mainstay of heartfelt, confessional music, with a heaping helping of pointing out society’s flaws. The core trio of Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott has been making music together for well over two decades and is currently…
Chris Stapleton. // photo by Mike Dotson Chris Stapleton with Carter Faith Morton Amphitheater Wednesday, October 14 After being rescheduled from Friday, October 9, due to illness, country superstar Chris Stapleton’s first night of his All-American Roadshow came to Morton Amphitheater on Wednesday. He brought up-and-coming singer-songwriter Carter Faith along for the ride and our photographer Mike Dotson was there…
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:…
State Sen. Jill Carter speaks to the media surrounded by local sheriffs from around the state and a handful of GOP senators on April 5, 2023, regarding SJR 42. The goals of the legislation “would be to provide local sheriffs with the legal backing to defy COVID-era lockdowns, protect concealed carry information and oversee federal investigations,” the accompanying news release…
Prime Video Upon watching the trailer for Love of Your Life, the latest Amazon-distributed film starring Margaret Qualley, I was expecting a How to Be Single-esque depiction of finding happiness in singularity via dating after a long-term relationship. I was in for a surprise when I found myself crying not even 30 minutes into the film. Directed by frequent Ryan…
Illustration By Teddy Rosen Like everyone else, I have a list on my phone of restaurants and bars that I want to try. It’s a hodgepodge of places that Mark Zuckerberg thinks I’d like, places that people have recommended to me personally (that I sometimes have no intention of visiting, but wrote down anyway), and places that I have a…
