Inside this week’s Pitch print edition …

Kansas City’s Community Development Corporation is a hot mess. Pitch reporter Carolyn Szczepanski digs through the broken promises and finds a bunch of business owners screwed over by CDC-KC in this week’s feature, “Screwed.”
Also in this week’s issue …
- Art critic Chris Packham tries to untangle what the hell happened to the Ripe, the exhibit of erotic ink drawings that were removed from the walls of the Keyhole gallery although the exhibit had been advertised for Saturdays through February. Nevertheless, the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center resurrects Ripe March 5.
- Charles Ferruzza tries out the Prime Rib Grill by Hereford House, which he admits has its “flaws” but the good outweighs the bad.
- Theater critic Alan Scherstuhl reviews UMKC’s fascinating production Slammed! KC Speaks Out on the Recession, which is full of stories of people who lost their jobs and more.
- Cursive is coming to The Granada on Friday, and frontman Tim Kasher who explains why he’s living in Montana.
- Your letters; you guys are a tough crowd.