The Plaza Art Fair packed a large audience this weekend. Art is the guise under which people attend but the areas with the largest crowds were the dining ones. These are some pictures of that area and the general dense scene.
Vince Gill Pre-Party
Anita Baker Pre-Party
Falldo Waldo Crawldo
By C.J. JANOVY Now comes this e-mail sent to City Hall earlier this week. In the note, Philip Cardarella, spouse of former Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields, speaks up on behalf of Gloria Squitiro, wife of embattled Mayor Mark Funkhouser. Yesterday, Funkhouser vetoed the council’s ordinance meant to prevent Squitiro from volunteering in his office. We e-mailed Cardarella 24 hours…
By JEN CHEN As I left work the other day, I spotted Allison Morrow across the street from The Pitch’s office. She was meeting friends at Nara. Her outfit rocks – I love the combination of her cool boots with an airy cream-colored dress and a dark purple cardigan. Categories: News Tags: Alternative Outfitters, Anthropologie, boots, cardigans, Gap, nara, summer-to-fall…
By NADIA PFLAUM An alert reader pointed us to a curious passage on the Kansas City Election Board’s Web siteunder the heading “Where Can I Register to Vote?” By Mail: Because Missouri law requires voter registrations to be a certain format and printed on a thicker type of paper than that used by regular printers, voter registrations cannot be completed…
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band 9/18/08 Knuckleheads Saloon Better than: Moonshine in a Mason jar. By MATT SPENCER The beautiful evening started with…nothing. According to Sean Hoots, this is traditional for opening band Hoots & Hellmouth. Their first number, which consists of standing and chatting with the audience, gets everyone comfy and family like. They burst into their set in…
By JUSTIN KENDALL George Brett isn’t afraid to admit that he shits his pants. Deadspin linked to the You Tube video from an unknown spring training in which the Kansas City Royals legend farts and then admits he pooped his pants the night before. “I’m good about twice a year for that,” Brett explains without a hint of embarrassment. “When…
Not any Plaza kids show, mind you, but rather Lillibelle’s stage at the Plaza Art Fair, this Saturday, September 20. Be/Nons R 4 kidz. A story about local businesses who love local bands… Earlier this week, Christian Hankel, who owns Lillibelle with his wife, Tiffany, contacted me for help getting in touch with the Pink Socks, whom Hankel wanted to…
By OWEN MORRIS Take a look at that picture to the right. Do you see anything in that piece of toast? Say, maybe a certain moose-hunting governor or a proud mother of five? One enterprising fellow certainly did see something in that piece of toast (I’m guessing white cut Texas-Style) and he’s now selling said slice on eBay. As of…
By Justin Kendall The NBA confirmed Michael Beasley’s character questions yesterday when the league fined the Miami Heat rookie $50,000 for his involvement in the weed-and-women bust at the rookie orientation, which warns players against off-court temptations. Questions about Beasley’s character dogged him prior to the NBA’s draft, possibly leading to him falling from the top spot. Earlier this month,…
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS I admit having a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. I know it’s owned by the Tasmanian Devil himself, but the business section is good. I also drink wine. A lot of wine. For tastings, for this blogging job, for my own enjoyment. I probably have a glass or more five nights a week and go…
%{}% digg_url = ‘http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2008/09/daily_briefs_the_econocalypse_continues.php’; By CHRIS PACKHAM · Brobdingnagian Megamayoralossal Gimarkumentally Funkmonstrous issued the first veto in modern Kansas City history on behalf of his wretched, allegedly racially insensitive wife, Gloria Squitiro, with a GROSS statement about “loving couples” in the workplace, as if that’s the issue, rather than the very real legal liability to which she has exposed the…
By ANDY VIHSTADT Even though the Spinto Band hails from the First State, the Wilmington sextet’s forthcoming LP got an early release across the pond. Moonwink hits stores in the US on October 7. Check out the video for the first single, “Summer Grof,” and download another new one below, thanks to Largehearted Boy. You can also listen to a…
By FLANNERY CASHILL Last Friday, 25-year-old Erica Peterson was shot in the stomach during a purse-snatching at 17th and McGee. Full details on the crime are here. Peterson has spent the past week in the intensive care unit of Truman Medical Center and has undergone multiple surgeries. Fundraisers are being held to offset the cost of Peterson’s treatment and recuperation,…
Jenny Lewis, Whispertown2000, and Jonathan Wilson September 18, 2008 The Granada, Lawrence, Kansas By NICOLE REINERTSON Click the photo to view our slide show of last night’s show at the Granada, with Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Wilson, and Whispertown 2000. Last night in Lawrence, Jenny Lewis and friends made sweet rock-n-roll love so hard that I’m still walking funny this morning….
By OWEN MORRIS You can smoke in Kansas City again! …providing you’re a tobacco shop that “prohibits those younger than 18 and have separate ventilation systems.” Is this a win for the smoking advocates or a slap in their wheezing faces? (KC Biz Journal) Happiness is a warm gun and perfection is a fresh fig. I’m not sure I agree…
Photos from last night’s show at the Granada, where neo-folk chanteuse and former Rilo Kiley vocalist Jenny Lewis sang alongside openers Jonathan Wilson and Whispertown 2000. Photos by Nicole Reinertson.
By Justin Kendall ESPN asked 25 writers, editors and contributors which city would have an NBA franchise by 2018. The hoops experts give us as much hope as Berlin. Each member of ESPN’s team could vote for up to five cities. Kansas City received only three votes (the same as Berlin). “The shiny Sprint Center opened in October 2007, with…
BY SCOTT WILSON Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Mark Funkhouser this morning takes another step toward cementing a bloc of regional figureheads. At 8:30, Funkhouser and about a dozen Missouri mayors will get together at the Clubhouse on Baltimore (on the breakfast menu: unsubtle symbolism) to, according to the mayor’s office, “create a Metropolitan Mayors’ Caucus that will develop and advance…
