Gary Majors, the manager of the city’s division of Regulated Industries, says that he just signed an agreement with the owner of NV, 220 Admiral Blvd., that will suspend the downtown dance club’s operations for 60 days. They’ll be closed for the first 45 days, then allowed to operate on a probational basis for the next 15, which means no…
Somewhere, there is a great joke involving the word “cans” and Royals’ wives but I’m not going to write it. Instead, I’ll just mention that starting on Monday and lasting until May 30 is the 27th annual Royals’ wives food drive to benefit Harvesters and the St. Jame’s Place soup kitchen. All next week, drop off cans and other non-perishables…
MP3: Max Justus, “Bending Space and Time” The new Max Justus album doesn’t come out on The Record Machine label until July, but now you know what the cover’s gonna look like. Get a taste of what it’s gonna sound like from Pitchfork’s Forkcast. The bumpin’ track “Bending Space and Time” was posted there yesterday. It has a cool video…
Last winter, I was a guest on a radio show with Mary Merola, the founder of the Function Junction store in Kansas City — she’s the lady on the right in the photo — and a terrific sport. I teased her, unmercifully, on the air about whether it was considered good manners to bring a cheese ball (the appetizer, not…
I like Brazilian steakhouses but as a skinny medium-sized male I just don’t have the stomach capacity to justify paying $50 or more for an ordinary weekday meal nor do many other people. But with Em Chamas’ “Blown Away in May” special you don’t have to pay nearly that amount. All this month, the Northland steakhouse features its rodizio —…
You just never know what CNN’s batty home page is gonna have for you. This morning, alongside “Space station crew tastes recycled urine” and “Old wars, new wars, devastation is the same” (which is a little bit Marcus Aurelius and a little bit Harry Chapin), the big story is headlined “Whites become minority in Kansas county.” The lead: Hundreds of…
More allegations of rape in the Kansas City, Missouri, School District . A 17-year-old girl alleges that a 14-year-old boy raped her in a bathroom Wednesday at Fairview Alternative School at 3850 Pittman Road, KMBZ reports. View Larger Map Police and the school district are investigating. KMBZ says the boy was taken into police custody, and KSHB Channel 41 reports…
A wise philosopher (actually just a professor of mine) once said that history doesn’t repeat but it does follow trends. I thought of that quote when reading that the U.S. Senate is considering a proposal to raise the federal excise tax on wine 233 percent, on beer 145 percent and on liquor 20 percent. Doesn’t the Senate know what happened…
Dennis Skillicorn was put to death by the state of Missouri Wednesday. My colleague Nadia Pflaum has done exhaustive reporting on Skillicorn and his case — in The Pitch’s cover story last week and a follow-up blog post here among others. The Kansas City Star reported that Skillicorn’s last meal was a double-cheeseburger, fries and strawberry cheesecake, but our sister…
Nathan Reusch knows the music business. The man behind the local record label, The Record Machine caught up with me via e-mail and answered a few questions about local music, the music he likes and the music he’s producing.The Pitch: Where are you from?Nathan Reusch: I have lived my whole life within two hours of Kansas City. I grew up…
%{}% You can have a night (and a very full one at that) downtown on $20. Catch a movie, drink some beers and laugh your butt off. Massachusetts is close to passing a law requiring calories on chain’s menus just like New York City. Only this time without all the opposition. When you head out for food there is no…
1. Watch a movie on the library rooftop. Tonight, the annual Off-the-Wall film series at the Central Branch of the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library kicks off with the John Carpenter cult classic They Live. 2. Eat barbecue! The Great American BBQ Festival at Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone features a whole lotta bands, carnival rides, an eating contest and,…
This year’s unveiling of the Avenue of the Arts’ installations marked the program’s 10th anniversary of eye-catching creations in downtown Kansas City.
A month ago, Kansas City blogger Sponge Worthy tweeted the birth of her child. Right now, Emawkc, who blogs at Three O’Clock AM, is tweeting the birth of his child. And it sounds like things are just getting started: We have contractions. She’s at 4 cm so still have a way to go. Petocin & epidural on gte way.39 minutes…
Last Friday was pretty much the perfect Classic Kansas City night for your pal the Wayward Son. I started off hanging with the hippies, getting kicked out of El Torreon and going over to the Tower Tavern for drinks. Brewer and Shipley were there. The Royals were winning. After a couple of hours and several cocktails, I see my neighbor,…
Skip Sleyster would be downright furious if he heard the news that three red-light cameras were going live today at intersections along 71 Highway. To be exact: U.S. Highway 71 and 55th Street U.S. Highway 71 and 59th Street U.S. Highway 71 and Gregory Boulevard Getting rid of the stoplights on 71 Highway was one of Skip’s most frequent “column”…
%{}% “Meth lab” is no longer an acceptable punchline for a joke. So this federal grand jury has indicted 22 area residents for alleged involvement with the theft of $22 million of allergy medicine, an important chemical constituent for meth labs, the moonshine stills of the 21st century. The Roscoe P. Coltraines who made the arrests, probably by cutting off…
I always have the best interviews with Zach Campbell. The guitarist and singer of Lawrence’s Rooftop Vigilantes was working the door at the Jackpot on a slow Monday night when I popped into to discuss his side gig in a Guided By Voices tribute band. The group – unnamed as of the interview – will play this Friday at the…
This Pixar-quality video was created by three French students (Vincent E Sousa, Bertrand Avril, Yann de Préval and Denis Bouyer) and is breathtakingly beautiful. Café Serré from Denis Bouyer on Vimeo. Categories: News Tags: Bertrand Avril, Denis Bouyer, Kansas City, kansas city, Vincent E Sousa
