Art by Teddy Rosen This opinion investigation draws on input from LGBTQ+ activists and trans and gender-expansive sensitivity ...

Shawn McClenny of Lilico’s Taverna // Photo by Shawn McClenny has had quite the journey in the Kansas City hospitality scene.

Audrey’s Wine + Bourbon // Photo by For many people, the quarantines of the COVID pandemic brought about some interesting hobbies. Some of us got really into sourdough. Some of us indulged our green ...

Tylosaurus, the state marine fossil, on display Feb. 24, 2026, at the Statehouse. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) Another day, another message conveyed via whisper or discreet note. Did you ...

Large doll head by WOE “Weirdo,” an insult that gets thrown around like a frisbee on playgrounds and forums. Can people not ...

Open Mike Eagle and Cooling Prongs Feb. 21, 2026 Warehouse on Broadway Cooling Prongs The show started, as most concerts do, with a video of Ice-T smashing a MacBook with a hammer. This four-minute, ...

Photo by Travis Young We take a listen to the latest local singles to hit Soundcloud, Spotify, Bandcamp, et al, and sum them ...

The Missouri House on Thursday passed a bill sponsored by state Rep. Brian Seitz, a Branson Republican, that would remove a sunset on the state’s law barring transgender athletes from competing ...

The Wombats. // photo by Daniel Fuchs The Wombats with Cigarettes @ Sunset The Truman Thursday, February 19 Touring in support of last year’s Oh! The Ocean album, Liverpool indie rockers the Wombats ...

Just a little over 30 years ago in the middle of June 1996, the Replay Lounge in Lawrence played host to Replay-O-Rama, a two-day rock ‘n’ roll festival. From Friday, June 14, to Saturday, June 15, ...

You can’t put words on clipping. and it is a fool’s errand to try. The three-piece exists somewhere between wildly disparate spheres of influence. Early on, critics tried to lump them into the rarely ...

Art by Teddy Rosen THEY HAVE TRIED TO ERASE US WITH MAPS In early September 2025, Missouri Republicans advanced a ...