St. Patrick’s Day is a signal that spring is nearly here — and confirmation that even though we live in the 21st Century, there are still times it’s OK to puke in public. It’s less than six weeks away. To get in the mindset early requires a steady diet of Guinness for dinner and a traditional Irish feast for breakfast….
Wax meets sax on February 10 in the Blue Room, where jazz icon Bobby Watson and DJ Miles Bonny host a Blue Note Records listening party at the American Jazz Museum (1600 East 18th Street). Bonny will take requests from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to share their favorite Blue Note recordings from the past 70 years. Local…
Chinese New Year was two weeks ago but don’t tell that to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which hosts its Chinese New Year celebration tonight. There’s a multitude of events for everyone from dance enthusiasts to fashion lovers to children. There’s also food. The Museum Cafe hosts an extended Cultural Cocktail Hour from 4 to 8 p.m. In addition to…
Crack open a regionally brewed beer on Sunday while area folk musician Mason Brown performs at Prospero’s Bookstore (1800 West 39th Street, 816-531-9673). Brown’s instrumental repertoire includes banjo, guitar and viola da gamba, which is a stringed instrument that’s like a violin but bigger – it’s rested on the knee as it’s played. Brown will sing on Sunday, too, during…
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Paul Westerberg isn’t going to give his music away for free, but he doesn’t mind cutting a deal. Last year, the former Replacements frontman issued 49:00…Of Your Time/Life for 49 cents. The collage of covers was pulled from Amazon and Tunecore (the only two distributors that agreed to sell it at that price), a week after its release due to…
%{}% If you’re wondering why there’s 70 feet of snow downtown this weekend, this is the reason. Wort Hog has a more up-to-date Waldo Pizza beer list than the restaurant’s Web site, sort of. These suggestions on kilts are specifically for the KC Irish Festival, but they’re also a good idea for St. Patricks’ Day as well. Wine-tasting is overrated…
It’s a bad Friday morning for KSHB’s Jack Harry. Harry’s admittedly unconfirmed big scoop was wrong, wrong, wrong. Mike Shanahan is not the next coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. The Kansas City Star says the Chiefs have hired Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Haley’s Cardinals made it to the Super Bowl but lost. The Chiefs haven’t confirmed the…
Kansas City Police found two men shot to death outside a strip club early this morning. The men — both black and about 30 years old — were found in a parking lot shared by Gerry’s Silver Slipper and an O’Reilly Auto Parts store. View Larger Map Officers arrived at the intersection of Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard at…
In my story this week, I mistakenly reported that Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975, is imprisoned at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth. I was corrected by volunteers with KOLA, described on their Web site as “a grassroots human rights organization that was founded in September 1987 on the Cheyenne River Sioux…
Kansas City Chiefs tight end busted for smoking the reefer in Orlando, Florida. Not the good one. KMBC says Michael Merritt was arrested earlier this morning after a police officer caught him smoking a joint. Merritt tried to swallow his cigar, but the officer made him spit it out. Soon to be famous quote: “All this for a little bit…
When the James Beard Foundation hosts a Valentine’s Tea at the James Beard House in New York City this Sunday, the dessert offerings will include “Goo Goo Pies” created by pastry chef Jennifer Giblin (from the Blue Smoke restaurant — a barbecue joint in Manhattan). This confection, inspired by the famous candy clusters, will be tartlets “layered with caramel, salted…
Sean “Greenspan” Combs said in an interview with MTV this week that hip-hop is in a recession. No “fucking” shit. The master of the remix — and the obvious — blames DJs for the industry’s current nosedive. “People have figured out the formula when they make records for the radio, and DJs ain’t DJs no more,” Diddy told the interviewer….
Great video from FuKCedCity in which City Councilwoman Deb Hermann gives us a lesson in telling time. This after Hermann started a Finance and Audit committee at 8:15 a.m. on the dot yesterday and adjourned the meeting when City Manager Wayne Cauthen wasn’t there on time. Folks, it’s time to synchronize watches. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Deb Hermann, FuKCedCity
An argument over drugs cost Danielle Gray her life Monday night, a probable cause statement says A witness told police that Gray was “in a fight for her life” with Warren E. Frazier, who pulled a gun and shot her in the head. Yesterday, Jackson County prosecutors charged Frazier with first-degree murder. Witnesses told the police that Frazier, 56, poked…
According to explodinginsound.com, the Kansas City/Lawrence duo Audiovox is one of 19 Bands You Need to Know in 2009. A free digital compilation of that name includes the Audiovox track, “A Cautionary Tale,” which features Martin Bush (Paper Cities) on vocals, guitar and keyboards. Drummer Brad Chancellor (Orion) is the other half of the band. Chancellor is a designer, too,…
I’m almost embarrassed to admit this, but back in the 1970s, when fondue was a really hot culinary novelty, everyone I knew owned at least one fondue pot. And if they didn’t, the groovy couples at my college had dates at the cozy, intimate fondue restaurant that opened across the street from the most fab mall in Indianapolis: Glendale Shopping…
Joaquin Phoenix — of Gladiator and Walk the Line fame — has for a long time talked of retirement from acting. As it turns out, he has a backup career in the works … as a rapper. The London Times reported this week that Phoenix has already given a few performances. The article also includes a recent picture of Phoenix…
Even before Scott Pioli was named the new Chiefs GM, there were rumors that any management job he took in the NFL would include a coaching job for his old friend and University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz. We think Ferentz is a great coach, and the Chiefs would be lucky to have him, but based on his latest press conference…
