Photo by Tarik Sykes No. 18 BYU emphatically ended the nine-match winning streak of Kansas’ volleyball team Friday night as the Cougars swept the 19th-ranked Jayhawks, 3-0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-21), in a ...

Brooks & Dunn. // photo by Nick Spacek Brooks & Dunn with David Lee Murphy and Alex K Morton Amphitheater Friday, October 2 For some reason, from about 1991 to 1994, my mom switched to listening to co...

In the six years since its publication in 2020, historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book Jesus and John Wayne has become an invaluable source for contextualizing and explaining the unholy union of white ...

Ireland-based Chasing Abbey talk heritage, songwriting, and pubs before their Oct. 4 Warehouse on Broadway show.

Olivia Steele reviews Bayonne and Bad Snacks's show at recordBar in Kansas City on September 28, noting a theme of friendship throughout the performance.

Illustration By Teddy Rosen Mean Mule hosts a mean craft cocktail—with delicious mocktails to boot. One of their summer 2026 mocktails stole my sugary little heart and prodded me to get my donkey in g...

Food Editor Sarah Sipple shares timely restaurant news and events for Kansas City.

Photo Courtesy of Food Not Bombs Two volunteers for the Kansas City chapter of Food Not Bombs (FNBKC) were arrested by KCPD on Jan. 4, during one of the organization’s many Sundays dedicated to feedin...

Screenshot from presentation of a real ‘gotcha’ moment. WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’...

The Crystal Method (Scott Kirkland, Ken Jordan) in 2001 photographed for their Tweekend album release campaign. Credit: Ralf Strathmann This year, the Crystal Method’s  sophomore album, Tweekend, cele...

Coffin Bar // Photo by Edward Schmalz If you’re looking for a typical bar experience this Halloween season, a few creepy and sugary cocktails among dim lights, Coffin Club may not be the place for you...

The vibe at Atlas9 is always immersive, but on Sept. 24 it was a different brand. Visitors to the space experienced slightly different displays than the playful, colorful interactive art space usually...

Illustration By Teddy Rosen Mean Mule hosts a mean craft cocktail—with delicious mocktails to boot. One of their summer 2026 mocktails stole my sugary little heart and prodded me to get my donkey in g...

Food Editor Sarah Sipple shares timely restaurant news and events for Kansas City.

Courtesy HBO For decades, Joe Sexton has faced the challenge of deciding whether an email most people might ignore is spam or the kind of tip that helped him earn Pulitzers and other accolades for The...

Beck Kubrick. // photo by Beck Kubrick The cover of Beck Kubrick’s debut graphic novel, Dead Girls (out now from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers), features its protagonist, Ash, spotted with ...

rOOTS KC is offering a new, year-round indoor goth garden collection, available now at both Kansas City locations.

Photo Courtesy of Food Not Bombs Two volunteers for the Kansas City chapter of Food Not Bombs (FNBKC) were arrested by KCPD on Jan. 4, during one of the organization’s many Sundays dedicated to feedin...

Illustration by Teddy Rosen Bars and restaurants are critical components for both enhancing and defining a community. Most of them operate in a way that reflects the best of surrounding culture, but s...

Photo by Brandon Parigo Eureka Day runs through September 27 at City Stage in Union Station. Ticket info here. In a modern America full of folks who cannot agree on basic definitions of reality, there...

Sabor Express // Photo by Nancy Le If you’re walking around downtown Parkville and looking for a cold drink or a quick bite, keep an eye out for Sabor Express. Located at 115 Main St., the walk-up spo...

Friends Roll at Friends Sushi & Bento Place // Photo by Maisie VanSlander Sushi isn’t top of mind when considering Kansas City’s quintessential cuisine. However, I find Friends Sushi & Bento Place ris...

The Roseline. // Photo by Fally Afani The Roseline will play release shows for “86 Gumption” at Hillsiders with the Creepy Jingles and True Lions on Friday, October 2, and at the Replay Lounge with Gr...

Food Editor Sarah Sipple shares timely restaurant news and events for Kansas City.

Supporters hold signs at a press conference and rally on UMKC’s campus calling for higher wages for university workers. (Thomas White/The Beacon) Belkis Cabrera has worked as a custodian at the Univer...

Photo Courtesy of Food Not Bombs Two volunteers for the Kansas City chapter of Food Not Bombs (FNBKC) were arrested by KCPD on Jan. 4, during one of the organization’s many Sundays dedicated to feedin...

Illustration by Teddy Rosen Bars and restaurants are critical components for both enhancing and defining a community. Most of them operate in a way that reflects the best of surrounding culture, but 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...

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 ill...

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...

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 ...

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 modera...

Food Editor Sarah Sipple shares timely restaurant news and events for Kansas City.

Courtesy High Road Touring Since her most recent lap around Knuckleheads in Kansas City, where last May she opened for Tommy Prine, folk-bluegrass-country singer-songwriter Angela Autumn has released ...

After over five decades performing in the Kansas City drag scene, Melinda Ryder still reigns supreme in the sector.

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...

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 ...

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...

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 thi...

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 ...

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, ...

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 cha...

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 pe...

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 le...

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 ge...

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...

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 thi...