Thursday was day two of community activist Rachel Riley’s three-day camp out in front of City Hall. About a dozen people held signs, grilled food and talked about the city’s violent, crime-infested east side. Categories: News Tags: anti-violence, city hall, Mark Funkhouser, Rachel Riley, State of the City, Vincent Wainright
Dimestore Hemingway is the awesome name of the new album from twangy Kansas roots rockers True North. The clever name nails the intelligent, everyman spirit of this band. TN sent me an advance copy of the album last week. The songs — many of which I’ve been enjoying at live shows for a long time — are full of frontman…
As he is every other Friday, Charles will be on Walt’s show today at 10 a.m. to discuss restaurants and food. The last discussion on hot dogs seemed to generate quite a stir. Suddenly it seems as if every blog is talking about franks. Today’s episode should be no different as the critics examine dips. Hummus, avocado, cheese and maybe…
%{}% College and high school students, here’s an addendum to the Fat City post on interning at farms. This went up on KC Food Circle’s blog yesterday: “Greater KC Area Students, if you are looking for summer work on a local organic or free-range farmstead or in an urban/community garden, post your work wanted ad by e-mail to HarvestHotline@KCFoodCircle.org.” Four…
Kansas City police say 23-year-old Takiya Love was the woman shot and killed inside a home in the 2000 block of Walrond Thursday afternoon. Officers were called to Truman Medical Center after Lane showed up at the hospital suffering from gunshot wounds around 3:18 p.m. Lane was pronounced dead a short time later. Police have yet to release any suspect…
1. Go to the library — but not to read! Check out the Art of Improvisation, a musical event featuring Mark Southerland, Jeff Harshbarger and Allison Moore, happening at 8:30 Friday at the Central Branch of the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library. 2. See some art in the Crossroads. It’s not First Friday, but what the heck? Rhythmized Textiles from…
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A woman was shot and killed Thursday afternoon inside a home in the 2000 block of Walrond. View Larger Map Around 3:18 p.m., officers responded to a shooting victim call at Truman Medical Center. The woman, whose age isn’t yet known, was pronounced dead a short time after the officers arrived. Kansas City police are on the scene, and detectives…
%{}% A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Dwayne E. Smith, KSHB Channel 41 reports. Smith, 47, was found beaten and run over in the intersection of 10th and Grand on April 1. Surveillance video showed someone beating Smith and knocking him into the street. Later, a car driven by a woman ran him over. Smith died…
As promised we’re continuing our Brown Bombers videos from this week’s feature story, “Spit Happens.” Here’s Taylor Brown, 17, spitting like a woman possessed at the Blue Room: Categories: News Tags: Taylor Brown, the blue room, the Brown Bombers
A couple of my friends had raved to me about the new restaurant at 3613 Broadway, a home-style barbeque restaurant called C. Withers Restaurant & Catering. But my friend Richard Strong, who lives in the neighborhood, practically demanded that I eat there. “The food is fantastic. And so inexpensive!” The family-owned business is located in the narrow storefront last occupied…
Why, he takes his lady to the Apple Store! Alert, iPhone-equipped Pitch contributor Rich Sharp snapped this photo of the Rez browsing for Macs earlier today in Chicago with his fiancée, Mariqueen Maandig, of the band West Indian Girl. That right there is wassup. And, in case you missed it, we reviewed Nine Inch Nails’ performance last night at the…
Tomorrow — Friday, May 29 — is National Coq au Vin Day! The Food Lover’s Companion describes this classic French dish as “pieces of chicken, mushroom, onions, bacon or salt pork, and various herbs cooked together with red wine.” One of the finest versions of Coq au Vin (pronounced coke-oh-vahn) that I’ve tasted in Kansas City is served at Cafe Provence…
In a new twist for midtown, sweet rockin’ harmonica sounds are coming to Record Bar tomorrow night, courtesy of this hombre. Coming out of Nashville, Jason Ricci & New Blood will bring assorted improvisational tunes, funk and reggae covers, instrumental pieces and his own originals from this year’s release, Done With the Devil. Expect a long set from Ricci. Opening…
Pat Roberts called “first!” today. Roberts is the first senator to pledge a “no” vote to Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Earlier today, Roberts told KCMO Talk Radio 710’s Chris Stigall that no way, no how would he vote for her: “I voted no in 1998. I did not feel she was appropriate on the appeals court. Since that…
A fictional bird versus what appears to be a large Beanie Babie The Border War Showdown doesn’t exactly have the same fire to it as it did in the days of John Brown and William Quantrill. Not only is it no longer a war, it has official sponsors. But MU and KU grads still feel strongly about whipping up on…
Scion is currently rolling all over second-city (and third and fourth) scenes. Locally, the car company has already set up its semi-secret beat laboratory. In addition, the keyed-in car co. is sending a pack of electro emissaries around to towns like Boston, Minneapolis, Cincinatti and KC. Starting at 9 p.m., the Czar Bar is hosting the Scion Metro Tour, which…
Grimace-shaped Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock likes to share … sometimes a little too much. Today’s column about officiating in the NBA included more information on the psyche and extra, extra, extra large shorts of self-proclaimed “Big Sexy” than we cared to know (see bold): Since then, the NBA has been the super-hot girlfriend I always suspect of sleeping…
%{}% I was in the Berbiglia’s at 1014 W. 103rd Street trying to pick up a bottle of Boulevard’s Two Jokers. They were out of it (boo), but I did see that Zon has arrived for the summer (eh). I also noticed the staff was already setting up for tonight’s “Summer Wine, Spirits and Beer Tasting Extravaganza!” The two-hour event…
No one ventured even a guess as to the location of this giant duck, featured in Monday’s Where Is It? question. And that’s completely understandable, since it was a tough one. This wing-whirling mallard is perched on a pole in the parking lot of the McDonald’s in Mound City, Missouri — which is also the home of Quacker’s Bar &…
This may be the best and most demanding e-mail of last week: I am seeking a twenty-something actor who can pass for Japanese to play a samurai in a short film project. The role will require learning to speak the lines in Japanese and will involve fights and minor stunts. Physical requirements: Bruce Lee body type. Little to no body…
