by ALAN SCHERSTUHL Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Sex Without Fear Author: S.A. Lewin and John Gilmore Publisher: Medical Research Press Date: 1965 Discovered at: Half Price Books, Olathe The Cover…
The first public clue that a grand jury was investigating Marc Conklin came in a judge’s opinion issued on November 19, 2007. Conklin had appeared in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara in an attempt to retain attorney-client privilege regarding a document leaked to The Pitch and The Kansas City Star. The document was a liability analysis…
Marsalis Brasilianos is a celebration of the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, featuring Branford Marsalis collaborating with the Philharmonia Brasilieria uniquely bringing together Marsalis’ mastery of both Jazz and classical music. Sun., Oct. 19, 2 p.m., 2008 Tags: Branford Marsalis, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Night & Day
Perhaps the only consistent thing about Chiefs games these days: Tailgating still starts a whopping three and a half hours before kickoff. And fans might need some liquid courage when the Chiefs take on the Tennessee Titans, today at noon, at Arrowhead Stadium (1 Arrowhead Drive). Let’s recap: The team, snapping a franchise-record 12-game losing streak, remains 1-4. Larry Johnson…
At least one local team stands to benefit from the perilous plight of the Kansas City Chiefs: the Kansas City Wizards. With the Chiefs’ tails all but tucked for the remainder of a forlorn season, the Wizards stand to pick up some converts as playoff season looms. Plenty of spots are still up for grabs, but if our hometown soccer…
Follow the drum sounds down Southwest Boulevard tonight for a free concert by UMKC’s own Gamelan Genta Kasturi. Gamelan, which is the pre-eminent orchestral music of Indonesia, incorporates deep bronze gongs, metallophones, drums and bamboo flutes. The show features classics from the gamelan repertoire as well as new music, and an original piece by director Pak Alonzo Conway includes glass…
Set in the “not too distant future,” Gattaca addresses issues both topical (genetic engineering) and timeless (a disadvantaged protagonist’s rebellion against an ostensibly predetermined fate). The 1997 movie depicts a society in which privileges go to eugenically designed children with advanced physical capabilities and impenetrable resistance to disease, while traditionally conceived offspring — “faith births” — suffer from systematic prejudice….
Hey, genius — we’re talking to you. If you can quit working on all those formulas in your head for hypercube surface movements and differential calculus equations for, like, two hours or so, why not drag your enormous prefrontal lobe to Room 175 of the Regnier Center at Johnson County Community College (12345 College Boulevard in Overland Park, 913-469-8500) for…
Remember where you were the day Elliott Smith died? Many of the musicians gathering at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634) tonight can probably answer that question. Local talents Martin Bush, Thom Hoskins, Andrew Ashby, Margo May, Witch and Hare, Sons of Great Dane, along with others, pay tribute to one of indie rock’s most influential songwriters by performing his music….
It’s easy to picture Ed Sachs, with his burly build and long beard, hoisting a pack over his shoulder and heading into the wilderness to commune with his inner mountain man. But this liquor-store owner won’t be foraging for berries anytime soon. “I’m not an environmentalist,” Sachs admits. “I mean, I try not to litter.” He also tries to get…
Photographer Peter Menzel sat down for 600-plus meals in 24 different countries. He came away with a series of photographs called Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, on display through January 18 at the Central Branch of the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library (14 West 10th Street, 816-701-3400). Menzel documents great disparities in the world’s cultures, from the fast-food restaurants…
Perhaps you’re one of those who believes that philately has been ignored by the dramatists of the world for too long. You argue that the study of stamps has been relegated to academia and obscurity for years, while the stage has been dominated by such tired subjects as romance and politics. Pine no more, stamp enthusiasts. Starting tonight at 8,…
Marvin Gaye preached the gospel of sexual healing. But what happens when Gaye’s brand of healing needs healing itself?Find out tonight when KJHK 90.7 hosts a sex-and-relationship radio show at the Jackpot Music Hall (943 Massachusetts in Lawrence) to answer the questions of a passionate populace. Kansas In Heat is hosted by Mike Anderson and Nichole Kathol, two doctoral students…
When the storm hit and the levees broke, and the administration sat on its hands, the residents of New Orleans struggled through. Some, like the unsinkable Kimberly and Scott Roberts, managed to film it with their video camera. The Roberts’ on-the-ground (and, during one frightening sequence, in-the-attic) storm footage is the harrowing centerpiece of Trouble the Water, a remarkable documentary…
Pop acts dominate the iTunes charts, but music fans grab digital samplings of every conceivable genre — and smart artists keep track of purchasing patterns. “Our best-selling pieces through digital distribution are pieces that are often sung by high-school choirs,” says Krista Lang Blackwood, artistic director of the local a cappella ensemble Octarium. “Youngsters buy digitally. Oldsters do not. Typically,…
Historian and rock-star intellectual Niall Ferguson speaks tonight on the William Jewell College campus. His lecture — “Sinking Globalization: What Could Go Wrong?” — starts at 7:30 and, given the subject matter, should end in time for next month’s holiday sales. A few years ago, one-man book machine Ferguson told an interviewer, “I dabble in economic history and then flirt…
During recent hit-or-miss years at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, surefire hits have been Lou Bellamy’s vigorous but contemplative stagings of Jitney and Two Trains Running — arresting dramas from August Wilson’s 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle, which explores African-American urban life across the 20th century. Bellamy is back for tonight’s well-timed local premiere of Wilson’s Radio Golf (at the Spencer Theatre…
(1613 Swift, 816-221-5255). Getting completely wasted in North Kansas City starts here with $10 bottomless draws of Bud Light and Miller Lite and $1 mystery shots all night. Watch yourself! Mondays-Fridays, 2008 Categories: Beer & Spirits Tags: Bud-light, miller lite, Night & Day, North Kansas City
(1725 Swift, 816-221-7330). Wednesday night is Ladies’ Night. Women pay a $2 cover and can enjoy 50-cent wells and draws all night, but everyone gets in on the $13 “bottomless draw” special. Boot Scootin’ Boogie, ya’ll! Mondays-Saturdays, 2008 Tags: Night & Day
If you’ve been overwhelmed by the multitude of restaurants in downtown Kansas City, Missouri’s Power & Light District or you’ve just been too broke to try them all, heed this new promotion: Today marks the beginning of District Restaurant Week, which features creative prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus developed just for this event. The menus emphasize the best aspects of…
(420 Northwest Englewood Road, 816-455-6868). The Irish pub goes Mexican with $2 margaritas, $3 Corona bottles and 75-cent tacos. ¡Olé! Mondays-Fridays, 2008 Tags: Corona (New York), Night & Day
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By following Scott and Kimberly Roberts, a couple from New Orleans’ stricken Ninth Ward, through Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin create an eyewitness epic of history in miniature. The movie’s first and more gripping half consists largely of Kimberly’s camcorder footage, and its images are starkly surreal. News of the outside world arrives from…
Equal parts folkie troubadour and blue-eyed soul crooner, singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne stands almost completely still when he performs, usually maintaining a gentle, lilting volume. He can, however, make his crystalline voice soar. When he pushes the volume even a little bit, he marshals explosive energy without ever going over the top. With this delicate approach, LaMontagne achieves intensity levels that…
