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06/17/2026

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06/15/2026

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06/12/2026

Purchasing a Womontown latte or Frances Thompson cocktail benefits LGBTQIA+ organization Our Spot KC.

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06/12/2026

Trump’s ‘Freedom 250’ comes to KS and MO this summer. It’s a state fair for corruption, crypto-fascism, and A.I. slop

Freedom 250 Media Release Donald Trump’s corruption is so glaring and obvious. In fact, I miss when he tried to at least put in effort to his deceits. Now, he and his cronies have gotten used to not being held accountable. Take, for example, a group called Freedom 250, a nonprofit with the mission...

06/12/2026

R&B jammer Jamogi is having his day

Jamogi. // photo by Vauaghan Harrison J’Day, the new album from Kansas City funk/R&B artist Jamogi, has all the hallmarks of being the album of the summer. From the big horns on album opener “Go Big or Go Home,” the grinding sway of “Back N’ Forth,” to “Georgia Peach” with a bossa no...

06/12/2026

No Skips: Radkey reveals inspiration behind new album Bedroom Sand includes Pokémon, the Chiefs, and stray cats

Radkey // Photo by Sarah Jaben In our series No Skips, we sit down with an artist or band and go track-by-track through their latest release. For some of us, the banter in a concert where a song gets explained is our favorite thing in the world, and we’d just like to keep living in that. Every son...

06/12/2026

Premiere: Teri Quinn and the Coyotes’ ‘Grave of Fear’ video is whimsically haunting

Teri Quinn & the Coyotes. // image courtesy the artist Teri Quinn & the Coyotes have played a slew of shows recently, with their new track, “Grave of Fear,” being an absolute highlight. Described by the band as “a reflection on the waves of sadness, nostalgia and regret which come down on us a...

06/12/2026

‘Holding our breath’: Uncertainty about World Cup crowd sizes trickles down to Kansas watch parties

The Scheels Soccer Complex in Overland Park will host a World Cup watch party along with many other locations in the Kansas City metropolitan area — but the community appetite for such events remains uncertain. (Photo by Eric Thomas for Kansas Reflector) Like an elaborate wedding, a surprise birth...

06/12/2026

R&B jammer Jamogi is having his day

Jamogi. // photo by Vauaghan Harrison J’Day, the new album from Kansas City funk/R&B artist Jamogi, has all the hallmarks of being the album of the summer. From the big horns on album opener “Go Big or Go Home,” the grinding sway of “Back N’ Forth,” to “Georgia Peach” with a bossa no...