The Life and Times, with Dropsonic and Quatre Tete Wednesday, April 23 Davey’s Uptown Rambler’s Club By JASON HARPER Last night’s show at Davey’s was marked by one thing I hadn’t seen at a rock show in a while: sweat. I’m not talking oh-he’s-working-up-a-bit-of-a-sweat sweat that you expect to see from a musician exerting himself whilst wailing and playing…
By CHRIS RASMUSSEN Merciful God Briefly Halts Royals Losing Streak Royals Bye! Royals Bye! Royals Bye! Yesterday, no Royals pitcher was knocked out in the fifth inning, Teahen didn’t turn the wrong way on a line drive to left, Gathright wasn’t get caught stealing at third and no one walks a batter to face Tony Peña. Bad news: Today’s…
By CHRIS RASMUSSEN Merciful God Briefly Halts Royals Losing Streak Royals Bye! Royals Bye! Royals Bye! Yesterday, no Royals pitcher was knocked out in the fifth inning, Teahen didn’t turn the wrong way on a line drive to left, Gathright wasn’t get caught stealing at third and no one walks a batter to face Tony Peña. Bad news: Today’s…
By DAVID MARTIN Mayor Mark Funkhouser and the Kansas City, Missouri, Council recently accepted previously approved pay raises. Funkhouser defended the move, saying he took a “substantial pay cut” to serve as mayor. It’s not the first time that we’ve heard this. Gloria Squitiro, Funkhouser’s wife, complained last year about the first family making financial sacrifices. But as critics…
Hasta la noche del 3 de abril de 2007, Fernando Guzman y Ramona Moreno no conocían el sonido de un arma de fuego. Al escucharlos pensaron que habían escuchado una explosión. La joven pareja había pasado la tarde en el hospital, donde la hermana de Ramona había dado a luz. Ellos habían dejado a su hija, Yelena, de sólo dos…
After about age 12, life presents few opportunities to use chalk. Exceptions: schoolteachers at blackboards and college students using campus sidewalks as an advertising medium to draw crowds to weekend parties.Organizers of Mosaic Brain, a nonprofit arm of the Historic Northeast Cultural Arts Commission, hope to draw all sorts of crowds from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday…
Though generally associated with laptop-generated dance beats, the term “electronic music” also encompasses the far-ranging work of modern composers who incorporate industrial clamor and found sounds, such as rusty creaks and water drips, into their creations. The Kansas City Electronic Music Alliance’s 14 individual artists and one associated label produce some of the area’s most challenging music. Tonight at La…
Few would disagree that the U.S. educational system sucks, but American kids at least get free schooling through their teens. In Kenya, attending school past eighth grade takes money. For the nearly 1 million Kenyan kids orphaned by AIDS, high school is often a fleeting dream replaced by a reality of hard work for little pay, begging or, for girls,…
If the madness of First Fridays in the Crossroads District has you pining for the days when no one gave two shits about local art, consider venturing to Lawrence from 7 to 9 tonight for the substantially more low-key Downtown Gallery Walk. Now in its sixth year, the event — occurring on selected last Fridays — showcases exhibitions and artist…
About this time last year, the swelling Missouri River flooded Parkville’s English Landing Park. This year, the only things likely to be flooded are inhibitions and liver capacity when the fifth-annual Parkville Microbrew Festival occupies the park at the south end of Main Street. A $20 entrance fee gets you a cup and unlimited sampling access to more than 100…
When you picture a group of artists living in Lawrence, you expect quirky. Give them a gallery called Wonder Fair: Art Gallery and How! and you get whimsical. “The opportunities are endless,” says gallery owner Eric Dobbins. “Once the doors fly off, we’ll just have to buckle up and see where it takes us.” The doors fly open tonight for…
In case you’ve missed it so far, we’re in the last few days of Autism Awareness Month. Hanging out with friends at the local pub might be relaxing for you, but it could be torture to people diagnosed with autism. Which is all the more reason to stop by Café Trio (3535 Broadway, 816-756-3227) and donate some money to a…
Let’s say you’re the type to wear your Chiefs colors to dinner on the Plaza. Let’s presume you’d sacrifice your firstborn before agreeing to wash that signed Joe Montana jersey. It’s fair, then, to assume that said child will bear the name Herm, no matter how cute she is. If that’s you, then no doubt you ought to be at…
To rally against rape, thousands of women step out on the streets each April to Take Back the Night. This evening in Kansas City, Kansas, a handful of area artists will step onto the stage to take back the mic. “Speaking Out: Empowerment Through Spoken Word” is presented by the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault and the YWCA of…
North Face employees are trained in the same legally mandated workplace safety guidelines as other public-facing custome-service employees. But as a condition of employment with the outdoor-gear retailer, they’re also required to perform a monthly shift of environmental community service.”We actually work with the Sierra Club once a month with trail maintenance and cleanup. But for Earth Day, we’re…
As the selection for the Johnson County Public Library’s Big Read, Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 detective novel The Maltese Falcon comes with support — in the form of discussion groups at local libraries. University of Missouri-Kansas City film professor Thom Poe gives a talk called “Film Noir and The Maltese Falcon” today at 2 p.m. at the Antioch Branch (8700 Shawnee…
As the first man to hold the position of Missouri Poet Laureate in the 187-year history of the state, Walter Bargen is kind of like the Neil Armstrong of Missouri poets. “It’s funny you should put it that way,” he says. “The poem that I wrote after the appointment, that I felt I was supposed to write, I called ‘Moonwalk…
A central question in Brian Friel’s play Faith Healer is whether the title character is just that — or a con man. Francis Hardy is an Irishman who spent his life traveling the countryside in Scotland and Wales, bringing hope to the poor and the crippled. But even he seems unsure about the existence of his healing abilities. “Was…
Prokofiev’s ballet based on Shakespeare’s play about some profoundly silly, silly, kids. GAH!. April 25-27; May 1-3, 2008 Tags: Night & Day, Sergei Prokofiev, William Shakespeare
For those of you who work weekends, we’ll do a relatively easy trip at an Ozark location. $10 donation requested. Bob Wilshire, (913) 384-6645 rjwilshire@kc.rr.com. Mon., April 28, 2008 Tags: Bob Wilshire, Night & Day
In a few short months, the Beijing Olympics will commence. And if recent weeks are any indication, they will be accompanied by a flood of human-rights-centered protests, threats of boycott by various heads of state, and the usual fanfaronade from the Chinese government about the great attention it pays to civil liberties — much evidence to the contrary, of course….
Woe, Canada! It is natural for our neighbor to the north to have an inferiority complex. After all, any country created by legislative decree and suffering from a never-ending dearth of international prestige is bound to have self-esteem issues. Even the Canadians’ plan for world domination is passive: waiting for the effects of global warming to destroy the United States’…
Fundraiser for the KC Tribe football team. Fri., April 25, 1 p.m., 2008 Tags: Night & Day
Performances by comedy troupes Babel Fish and the Trip Fives, one of Kansas City’s smartest and least-stupid sketch comedy groups. Never not funny! Sat., April 26, 8 p.m., 2008 Tags: Kansas City, Night & Day
