Sample “A Taste of Weston” at local restaurants, wineries, brewery and shops. Dining and entertainment will continue at various restaurants and entertainment venues until midnight. Second Saturday of every month, 10-midnight, 2007 Tags: 2817, Night & Day
With your general admission to Science City, you can now enjoy FREE shows in the recently reopened Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium. Each show is between 25 and 50 minutes. Some shorter shows will be shown in combination. Seating is first come, first served. WE recommend arriving atht he planetarium doors at least* 10 minutes prior to the show to secure your…
Get ready for Spring at the Metropolitan Lawn and Garden show. Feb. 8-9, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 2008 Tags: Night & Day
Discounted drinks. Don’t forget to bring your “Gay Conspiracy” membership card. Wink, wink. Tuesdays, 2-6 p.m., 2007 Tags: Night & Day
Your mom’s favorite band! Thu., Feb. 14, 2008 Tags: Night & Day
To Philip Glass, piano music is something intimate. Once touted as a minimalist composer, Glass’ compositions have grown increasingly subtle and complex, creating music that lingers in the mind long after the end of the performance. Simultaneously stirring and meditative, his solo piano performance provides an intimate and unique look at a visionary at work. Fri., Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.,…
An extended day hike along Perry Lake Trail in a winter setting. $5 donation requested. Bob Wilshire, (913) 384-6645. Sun., Feb. 10, 2008 Tags: Bob Wilshire, Night & Day
Doors at 6:30, show at 7:30. Mon., Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., 2008 Tags: Night & Day
A screening of this 1951 horror movie. Mon., Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m., 2008 Tags: 996, Night & Day
Illustrations by Ashley Brown. Fridays, Saturdays, noon-midnight; Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 12-10 p.m. Starts: Feb. 1. Continues through Feb. 29, 2008 Tags: Ashley Brown, Night & Day
“Laurel Nakadate has never pulled any punches that I’m aware of as an artist. She has put herself out there every time, often completely naked (except for her cowboy boots) and in harm’s way, to create art as she sees fit. I admire the woman for her audacity and her sweet, scary, serene outlook on life. This new work,…
Live, traditional Chinese music, food and more. Sat., Feb. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2008 Tags: 1362, Night & Day
Middle schoolers are swimming in gamblers’ tears. That’s what I thought last week while a helpful chap named Bob led me on a tour of the North Kansas City Community Center. Bob had found me wandering around the weight room. He’d guided me through the maze of machines, and we counted the (10) glass backboards in the huge gymnasium. Then…
“Survival Knife” by Crap Corps, from the band’s self-titeld 7-inch on BBS Records The best present I got for Christmas was from a punk. A few days before New Year’s, a hefty package arrived at The Pitch containing my official introduction to the local underground punk scene. Now, had it contained what I probably deserved for the work I’ve done…
You were always cute/But goddamn, you got hot. So sang Kevin Devine on his 2003 indie release, Make the Clocks Move, a charming collection that ditched the emo trappings of his former band, the Miracle of 86, in favor of cheery bedroom pop. The lyric aptly describes Devine’s brief partnership with Capitol Records, which merged with Virgin shortly after releasing…
A band with a name like Klusterfux would have to have a great origin story, right? “It started around 1983 or maybe ’82,” founding member Bob Cutler divulges in an e-mail. “We don’t really remember. Those days are a fog of amyl nitrate, beer and hormones. Reagan was president, and with the Cold War still warm, we were convinced that…
Acouple of months ago, I received a clever e-mail from a reader named Sarah Beasley, who told me that she had seen an advertisement for a new restaurant called Trolley’s Downtown Bar & Grille and made the assumption that a “downtown grill” might be located, you know, in an urban setting. Her first thought was that this new joint…
This year, The Pitch received around two dozen entries for its fourth annual Ultra Music DJ Contest. After hunkering down and listening to each mix, we’ve picked our finalists. Shaun Flo, DJ Sku, Clockwerk, Nomathmatics and Tactic, come on down. On Friday, February 22, these five talented and esteemed locals will face off at Club NV with 30-minute sets of…
Why is it that blues guitarists these days can sound as stiff and cold as a plate of day-old scrambled eggs? Ronnie Baker Brooks doesn’t have to bother pondering the issue. Come to think of it, neither do you when he’s in the house. I got the skee-uhls to pay the bee-uhls, he proclaims on his latest album, The Torch….
If songs about invading hordes, swordplay and other such lighthearted macho compensation — sung in ball-squeezed tones — are your thing, then this Vancouver metal outfit may strike your chain-mail-wearing, war-gaming fancy. It’s fitting that the members of 3 Inches of Blood are so fixated on the concept of pillaging, because that’s exactly what they’ve done with Iron Maiden’s sound. In fact,…
Ten years ago, the Supersuckers grilled up a bacon-and-eggs country record on par with anything the country or alt-country establishments could crap out. Like Ween’s 12 Country Greats, the Suckers’ Must’ve Been High was equal parts satire and tribute — a digression in an otherwise walloping rock catalog that the Seattle band touts as the greatest in the world. Recent…
Long have we waited to be taken down to the Paradise City, where the girls are green and the grass is pretty, or whatever. Now, thanks to Burnout Paradise, we know what all the fuss is about. Burnout, the crash-happy racing series from EA, puts the pedal down once again — this time boldly veering away from the style…
Supergrass bass player Mick Quinn sleepwalked out a window last September, which might have been hilarious had he not broken a heel and two vertebrae. While he’s on the mend, his bandmates are playing gigs as the Diamond Hoo Ha Men to drum up support for Supergrass’ upcoming sixth album. Diamond Hoo Ha will be available in the UK on…
“Famous Girl” by Lonnie Fisher By some appearances, Lonnie Fisher is a morbid fellow. He and his band, the Funeral, drive a white hearse to shows, despite the fact that the old beater gets about six miles per gallon. He dyes his naturally blond hair black. His signature song is titled “Kill Yourself or I Will” — an elegy…
