His first gig may have been opening for Sam Kinison, and Last Comic Standing may have put him on the mainstream map. But Ralphie May’s place in Opie and Anthony’s stable of go-to comedic personalities and subsequent appearances on the shock duo’s Traveling Virus Comedy Tour have endeared him to radio audiences nationwide. It’s in his live appearances, however, that…
A meet-and-greet session comes full circle tonight when the Kansas City Women in Film and Television organization gathers for the purpose of viewing a documentary about the Kansas City film industry. Equal parts social hour, film discussion and networking opportunity, KCWIFT sessions are an opportunity for filmmakers, film enthusiasts and actors to meet over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at various…
%{}% Strong supporter of local artists, Scott Fitness is hosting an Opening Reception celebrating the exhibition of Rachelle M. Gardner. Featuring a 12-foot drawing created just for the occasion, artwork will be spread throughout their two buildings in Westport. Influenced by math and biology and their connection to beauty, Gardner’s work is inherently organic and sensuous, yet balanced by a…
Tradition says it’s not cool to pour your own sake. Get a bartender to do it for you. The imported rice wine is always in stock at Japanese restaurants to complement your California roll. The sake specials at Nara (1617 Main, 816-221-6272) include half-price bottles on Tuesday nights and some bottles as cheap as $5 during happy hour (from…
All skills levels are welcome. Tags: Night & Day
Marty Olson has been working and living in Kansas since 1953. His work is rich with the stories and history of its people. Mamie Eisenhower and the Underground Railroad are subjects in a series of paintings titled Kansas History and Politics 2006. Tags: kansas, Mamie Eisenhower, Marty Olson, Night & Day
Traveling art exhibit. Tags: 2639, Night & Day
Good morning, little schoolgirl/Can I go home with you? On second thought, those lyrics probably shouldn’t be performed at today’s Bring Blues to the Schools charity concert. And though the innuendo behind the blues classic is probably better reserved for a high school sex-ed class, the bigger picture is what’s at stake. Your $10 donation helps place local musicians in…
Vibralux, a band of astral glam rockers, presents Plush, a dance night for the “fashionably, artistically insane.” The weekly event promises a boogie party for the gaudy-inclined. Plush welcomes any and all entertainers predisposed to baring a little flesh and shrugging off the inhibitions of a less-than-fabulous world in order to dance maniacally. Performers from KC’s ever-proliferating burlesque scene are…
Tonight, the curtain rises on Six Short Plays, featuring some of the best local theater talent KC has to offer. A mouthful to explain, the annual Actors’ Equity Association Membership Project Code presentation is an opportunity for local actors, directors, playwrights and theater folks in general to showcase themselves for producers and agents. “It opens doors for people,” Ernest Le…
First Fridays aren’t just for the Crossroads. Higher Ground Entertainment hosts celebrations of a different sort in the other downtown Kansas City (the one in Kansas). Instead of pedestrians quietly hobnobbing over installations, the First Friday events at KCK’s Hilton Garden Hotel (520 Minnesota Avenue) find urban professionals getting down at an upscale party. Tonight’s festivities begin at 7, with…
In an old barn on the Glacial Hills near Perry Lake, bluegrass fans find an authentic treat — the Faris Family. The Bluegrass Barn Theater, converted into a proper stage decades ago for Lawrence thespians, is the perfect venue for the two Faris parents and their four sons to offer old country and gospel. They resurrected the venue last May…
Thanks to America’s founding fathers and some of their friends, today we can enjoy our tea without paying tribute to the crown. Tax protests are an important thread in the tapestry of American history, so kudos to Shreveport, Louisiana, lawyer Tommy Cryer who was acquitted July 21 by a federal court of felony tax-evasion charges. “The court could not find…
The owners of the Bakery Gallery (517 East 18th Street, 816-308-7892) offer fresh-baked cookies, prepared in an on-site oven, at every opening. It’s fitting for the building, which housed a bakery in the ’40s. That alone should provide enough incentive to make the Bakery part of any First Friday itinerary. Once lured to the site by the confectionary aromas, visitors…
For three years, Doug Bates has blurred the lines between work and home, turning his downtown loft into the popular Dot Gallery (1517 Oak, 816-283-1213). In Art and Design, the gallery’s latest exhibition, Bates displays 25 of his own paintings and 25 by fellow Kansas City painter Christopher Jackson. Bates says his paintings are “obsessive-compulsive tendencies manifested on paper,”…
“You’re a Wolf” by Sea Wolf: Alex Brown Church chose his stage name well. Sea Wolf, Church’s alias when he sings and plays guitar, sparks expectations of mystery and danger before the music ever begins. It’s a wanderer’s name, stolen from a Jack London novel and well-suited to Church’s rustic indie rock about heartbreak, murder and loneliness. Like the equally…
Given that hot, or bikram, yoga classes take place in sweltering 105-degree, 50-percent-humidity conditions, it’s safe to say that plenty of people out there never make it to the studio. It takes true endurance to make it through a hot yoga session of held poses and projectile sweat. But kiss that extreme heat goodbye at today’s bikram session in the…
The festival tradition is strong in Lenexa, where locals annually celebrate spinach, animals, barbecue and, today, water. Lenexa’s Waterfest runs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park (87th Street Parkway and Lackman Road). Now in its eighth year, the festival was created to sell residents on a small sales tax to fund the city’s new Watershed Division,…
With notable exceptions such as Skidoo or Song of the South, movies are dispensed by our digital culture with all the ease and care of the soft-serve “ice cream” at an Old Country Buffet. Glutted as we are with bits and bytes and the easy availability of what seems like every single piece of media ever conceived, it’s all…
The Lawrence crew behind Films for Action isn’t satisfied with the yawn-worthy goal of “raising awareness.” These guys screen movies to raise a ruckus. Last year, as Lawrence city leaders considered plans for a second Wal-Mart, Tim Hjersted and Matt Topiklar screened Robert Greenwald’s documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price to highlight the corporate giant’s crushing effect on…
At Pole-a-Palooza — tonight’s pole-dancing competition at Club Sparks (1436 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas) — skin to win is a losing strategy for the $500 grand prize. If any clothes come off or if any parts are exposed, the dancer is automatically disqualified and escorted out of the building. The dress code does embrace bikinis, however. Rigid stripping…
Thirteen years have passed since Saved by the Bell ended — unless you count The New Class series, which we don’t. What have the kids of Bayside High been up to since? Tiffani Thiessen, who portrayed cheerleader Kelly, went on to play bad girl Valerie on Beverly Hills, 90210. Mark-Paul Gosselaar was cool guy Zack Morris. After the Bell, he…
The year’s best night out is upon us. The Pitch Music Showcase is a volcanic rainbow explosion of local music action. It’s also a bar crawl beyond Dionysus’ most wine-soaked dreams. Friday night in Westport, for a mere $5, you and your over-21 running buddies can buy admission to shows by 27 local acts playing in six venues — the…
The Archie Show: The Complete Series (Genius) Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (Warner Bros.) The Best of the Kids in the Hall: Volume 2 (A&E) Bloodlines (THINKfilm) Creature (MGM) A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (Docurama) Dallas: The Complete Seventh Season (Warner Bros.) Film Noir Classic Collection: Vol. 4 (Warner Bros.) Firehouse Dog (Fox) Hawaii Five-O: The Second Season (Paramount)…
