For a long time, the rumor was that the next tenant of the corner space vacated by the ill-fated Beauchamp’s on the Rail in downtown Lee’s Summit would be an outpost of Governor Stumpy’s, the popular Waldo neighborhood bar and grill. The Governor Stumpy’s deal fell through, I guess, because the new restaurant to be opened in the space —…
Def Jam diva Rihanna made a suprise appearance this past Saturday, joining Pharrel Williams’ band N.E.R.D. and a bunch of other people for a dance break on stage at a concert held at UMKC’s Swinney Recreation Center, also featuring Clipse. Thanks to Just Jared for pointing us to the pics and video. Categories: Music Tags: chris brown, Clipse, Def Jam,…
Hereford House is currently offering a special “date night” deal, a four-course meal for two for $49 per couple. Available seven days a week. You share an appetizer; each person gets a soup or a salad; and then you share a dessert with free coffee. There are four desserts to choose from, bread pudding, chocolate cake, peach cobbler and cheesecake….
Erin Goodyear had a conflict. The captain of Kansas City’s AIDS Walk Team was going to be out of the country for this year’s AIDS Walk Kansas City event — Saturday, April 25 at Theis Park. Not walking wasn’t an option. So Goodyear decided to take AIDS Walk to India. But before she goes, Goodyear’s getting a Bollywood-themed send-off thrown…
Leave it to Ashton Kutcher’s younger brother to figure out how to get solar power from doughnuts. (Not really his younger brother but admit it — the resemblance and smug smile is uncanny.) The scientist is actually a graduate student at Notre Dame who recognized that the white powder on powdered sugar doughnut holes contains a lot of titanium dioxide…
Nothing beats an opening-day brouhaha at the K, especially when the Royals are getting worked over by the Yankees. Pitch publisher Joel Hornbostel snapped this photo of two guys getting the boot for brawling in the stands behind the scoreboard. I’d crack some jokes, but I’ll leave that to you guys in the comments section. Categories: News Tags: brawls, crack,…
You just can’t stop the Ssion. Since releasing Fool’s Gold in 2007, the group has toured the country several times over, seen its songs remixed by hot electro bands and DJs, taken over Texas, won a Charlotte Street Foundation grant, saved the last unicorn from the clutches of the Lord of Darkness, and mastered the art of the music video….
Flickr: Liminal Mike With farmers’ markets open or getting ready to open all around the city, the Merriam Organic Market is delayed. Dave Lawrence is one of the people behind MOM and when I talked to him two weeks ago he mentioned that the market was still looking for a location, preferably a permanent facility. It no longer is a…
Despite being six years old and overplayed, Electric Six’s 2003 hit “Gay Bar” has not lost its luster – namely, that of a polished turd. We mean no disrespect. E6 is the funniest and most rocking band ever to mock itself and its chosen genre of disco rock. Raging, intricate guitar licks define the sound of these Detroit boys’ passionate…
Though we’re not big Anheuser-Busch drinkers, it still stung when InBev bought the St. Louis company — just as it stings again to learn that Anheuser-Busch no longer has the best-selling beer in the world. After more than five years in the top spot, Bud Light lost the number-one spot to the Chinese beer Snow. It was a long time…
A foul odor led an apartment manager to a dead body yesterday afternoon. The manager of an apartment complex at 8803 Millwood Drive unlocked apartment number 300 and discovered a dead body inside. View Larger Map The manager had last seen the resident two days earlier. The person’s identity hasn’t been released, yet. Update (1:52 p.m., Monday, April 13): Other…
It wasn’t hip, sexy, trendy or in anyone’s idea of hot, but this past Friday’s Sweet Relief benefit was an evening of excellent music for the best of causes, and, I’m sorry you weren’t there to enjoy it. I won’t lecture you. But it kinda sucked that more people didn’t devote a few early evening hours and 20 measly bucks…
%{}% I don’t know where KC Beer Blog found this woman but good heavens, is she bad at doing taste tests. Hint: Don’t ask a ventriloquist dummy to smell the beers for you. And here is Liquid Diet, following on that link above and explaining how to do a real beer taste test. Another hint: Being noticeably drunk before you…
%{}% So now everybody who has any kind of a small problem is going and begging President Obama to fix it, including Merchant Marines, who are supposed to be brave and manly, like Ice Road Truckers. A headline at the Dunhills-smoking, barrister-retaining BBC News reads, “American crew members of a ship that was at the centre of a hostage drama…
As I reported in last week’s cover story, Kansas lawmakers are swimming in campaign contributions from health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, medical societies and various other industry interests. That doesn’t mean nobody in Topeka is representing regular people. The Kansas Health Consumer Coalition might not make campaign contributions to senators and representatives, but it’s trying to influence them in other…
Victoria Williams, Waterdeep and the Midday Ramblers got together to play and raise funds for the recently rejuvenated Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, based in L.A.
AMC’s Mainstreet Theatre doesn’t officially open until May 1 — the theater will host the Kansas City FilmFest from April 22-26 — so show times aren’t the marquee, yet. The theater’s using its video board as a “help wanted” sign. They’re looking for theater crew members and kitchen and wait staff. Apply inside the theater at 1400 Main St. or…
This week: Conservatives mix Earl Grey with outrage in honor of tax day, the University of Kansas honors a murdered student by bringing in a big-name activist to kick-off a lecture series, quickly approaching Earth Day means hippie-friendly park gatherings and cheap eco-friendly appliances and gay kids go silent for a day before protesting near the Plaza during rush hour. Categories:…
