The Pitch

1 min read 2021-06-18 20:00:32

Cafe Cà Phê to host “Hella Queer” pop-up party in honor of Pride Month

Jackie Nguyen of Cafe Cà Phê. // Photo by Travis Young The women-owned Cafe Cà Phê, Kansas City’s first mobile Vietnamese coffee shop, is

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It’s the final day of the Give Black KC campaign, but it’s not too late to make a difference. Give Black is a community-driven fundraising

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Mark McCloskey Mark McCloskey, a Republican 2022 US Senate candidate, and his wife Patrica plead guilty today for waving guns at protesters outside

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Photo by Bence Boros Go have a brewski at Servaes Brewing Company this Saturday to commemorate Juneteenth, and to celebrate the release of the two

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Artist INC cohorts at work. // Courtesy of Mid America Arts Alliance Artist INC, a regional program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, is accepting new

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivered his State of the State address on Jan. 27, 2021. // Courtesy of Missouri Governor’s Office Missouri lawmakers

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Courtney Servaes of Servaes Brewing Company. // Photo by Leah Wankum with the Shawnee Mission Post When Courtney Servaes opened Servaes Brewing

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Graphic by Jack Raybuck Dear Dan: We’re a happily married couple from Europe, longtime readers, both in our thirties, and both interested in having

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King Lear in St. Louis. // Photo by Phillip Hamer Photography On a Friday night in mid-March 2020, my husband and I were having what would turn out

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A scene from Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. // Courtesy Kansas City Lyric Opera Kansas City’s Lyric Opera announced its 2021-2022 season this week,

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Roberta Gumbel. // Photo courtesy of Gail Wein In 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory in Missouri warning Black people not to drive because of

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Photo by April Fleming Several new restaurants open despite staffing challenges It’s like the restaurant gods flipped a switch. In the past few

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Illustrated by Katelyn Betz Anyone else finding it difficult to get back into the swing of being social in public settings? The first week I started

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Eddy Guillen with his students. // Courtesy of Eddy Guillen Eddy Guillen has been boxing for 12 years and has been teaching and mentoring the youth

1 min read 2021-06-15 23:00:45

Limp Bizkit. // Courtesy KC Pet Project We have teamed up with KC Pet Project to host a weekly “creature feature” on a loveable and adoptable