Richard Tripp says God always provides. Last week, Tripp was agitated because, he said, KSHB Channel 41 reported that his annual Spring Break for the Poor and Homeless wasn’t going to happen. Tripp and his organization, Care of Poor People Incorporated, no longer had access to the warehouse at 20th and Central where, for many years now, they’ve been putting…
This week: Get your idle kids involved in something worthwhile during spring break, lend a hand along the Big Muddy, see for yourself why Kansas City’s community centers are worth the expense and, please, for the love of God, Kansas residents take a quick trip over to Topeka and tell your legislators face-to-face that the coal battle has been lost…
The South by Southwest music festival doesn’t officially start until next Wednesday, but that hasn’t stopped KC bands from making a few Austin appearances a little early. This is my first time at SXSW, and I was fortunate enough to make it down a little early for SXSW Interactive, the biggest geekfest since … well, since ever, really. That’s not…
Flickr: Endlisnis We’re thinking these were the top stories post this week on Fat City: Will coffee save the world? Pauwels brings the beer Gluten-free options more common We’re going fishing, not so fast The first Fat City contest Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Flickr: Sonicwalker There hasn’t been an automat — does anyone even remember automats? — in Kansas City since the 1960s, when there was a building filled with groovy vending machines in Waldo. (Leonard Mirabile, of Jasper’s Restaurant, told me about it; he loved it when he was a kid). Since the last great era for the automat was the Great…
Lured by the promise of a Shanin & Parks T-shirt (which we scored!), Justin and I visited the Kansas City auto show at Bartle Hall this afternoon. Before we even made it through the ticket line, we were jumped by a career news seller with fear in his eyes. Categories: News Tags: Kansas City Star, Shanin & Parks
A couple of weeks ago I got this letter from the Missouri Department of Revenue. What do they mean my check was stolen? How does a check get stolen from the Kansas City license office? And what’s this oh-by-the-way shit about my identity possibly being stolen, too? I wanted answers, but they were hard to come by. Categories: News Tags:…
Flickr: Kevin Coles St. Patrick’s Day may not be until Tuesday, but a couple of cities in the area are getting their Irish on a wee-bit early. The Northland has the biggest party, with Snake Saturday starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. The Missouri State Barbecue Championship held on site ensures that not only will this parade draw the Irish, but…
Big whoops: Kevin Harrell was the prosecutor in the Jawanza Brown case that ended this week in a conviction and 36-year jail sentence for the 19-year-old. I’d previously reported that Teresa Moore was the state’s attorney. My confusion came from the fact that Brown was scheduled for trials in two cases on the same day: Moore is the state’s attorney…
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day, I blogged about the demise of Wink, the city’s sex shop for women. Terry Richardson, Wink’s former landlord, essentially told me that the shop failed because of owner Elizabeth Rich’s erratic business practices; Richardson suggested she had abandoned the place. Some who read the post — including Rich herself — felt this was unfair to…
I once asked a very nice good-looking bartender at a swanky hotel bar what she’d recommend. She named a drink I’d never heard of — the Grand something or another — so I asked what was in it. She named a couple of liquors, a syrup and some other ingredients. “Great, how much is it?” I said. I’m glad I…
Jarrett E. Tinsley is accused of killing and abusing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter Wednesday at the couple’s Raytown apartment (8611 Utopia). This morning, Jackson County prosecutors charged Tinsley, 20, with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and abuse of a child resulting in death. View Larger Map The girl’s mother told police that she left her 2-year-old…
Yesterday, making the rounds — a Crap Archivist must — I came across a rich trove of local history: the photo archives of John Switzer, a former Star photographer and reporter. Switzer’s collection is priced to move. I mean that literally — he’s selling his Prairie Village home and moving to a smaller place. I made off with six 8X10s…
Even if you’ve never heard of Shepard Fairey’s name (and who hasn’t at this point?) you know his work from the iconic Obama “Hope” poster. The graffiti artist is the hottest thing in the art/design world, and with Web sites devoted to copying him. It was just a matter of time until a company tried ripping off his style, too….
It’s looking as if Gates Barbecue won’t have a place at the redesigned Kauffman Stadium. In charge of concession stands and restaurants in the newly redesigned stadium is food giant Aramark, which signed an agreement this past fall with the club to provide food services for the next 10 years. Calls to Aramark office went unreturned but a Royals employee…
Flickr: Marshall Astor Two days ago, our lovely sister Plog posted a video of all the places Jesus has been seen. From T-shirts to urine stains, the dude gets around to some wacky places. But he seems to have a special affinity for food. That’s why we love this list of the top 10 foods in which Jesus has appeared….
%{}% Despite all my rage, I am still just a salivating dog in a cage: Here’s how I know that President Barack Obama’s first term is going to be — well, I was going to say “a cakewalk,” but I have no idea what that is. Maybe it’s actually something really difficult, like factoring equations! Plus, “a cakewalk” sounds like…
%{}% Sometimes you can’t get that specialty beer and you go with a flavorless macro beer like Bud Light. No shame in that. Right? Fact of life. When you are a server, many people will treat you like crap even if you are more educated than they are. Here’s the St. Patrick’s Day line-up for the oldest Irish deli in…
This is just depressing. As we anxiously wait for the layoffs at The Kansas City Star — but nowhere near as anxiously as those trapped in the mineshaft at 18th and Grand — The New York Times ran this map yesterday showing the circulation troubles and plummeting ad revenues of newspapers across the country, including the Star. It was a…
When the Botticellis cancelled their show last June at Davey’s Uptown, I wept a single tear and made origami figures only to teach them the utter futility of hope. (OK, actually I enjoyed a great set by Expassionates and probably went to Golden Wraps or something). The San Fran five-piece charmed my loafers off with its 2008 release, Old Home…
