Archives: June 2009
Ex-con sends kids into the streets again
Carva White, an itinerant preacher with a taste for Cadillacs and fine clothes, is back raising money in his preferred fashion: by deploying children at busy intersections. Adolescents and teenagers armed with buckets of candy have been a frequent sight at 63rd Street and Swope Parkway this spring. The children ask stopped motorists for donations to a church. A handbill…
Before Savage Love, there was Gay Head: Studies In Crap gets advice from You’re Asking Me?
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. You’re Asking Me? Author: Gay Head Publisher: TAB Books Date: 1958 Discovered at: Merriam garage sale The Cover Promises: That even in 1958 there was something…
Dark Horse Tavern
(4112 Pennsylvania, 816-931-3003). Go to Westport for $2.50 Leinenkugels and games that start at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Mondays, 7 & 9:30 p.m., 2006 Tags: Night & Day, westport
KC Storm
In the last home game of the regular season, the ladies of the KC Storm take on female football players from Des Moines. Tickets are $8. Sat., June 20, 7 p.m., 2009 Tags: des moines, Night & Day
Improv Marathon
There’s always the annual Bloomsday, last weekend’s through-the-night celebration of the brick-thick and glorious puzzle Ulysses, but this year offers fans of wild, brainy, reference-dense all-nighters a second option: This Lemonade Tastes Funny, a full 24-hour cycle of seat-of-the-pants comedy at the Westport Coffee House, by Kansas City’s best improv comics and benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which raises money…
The Indie 600
The Just Off Broadway Theatre (3051 Central in Penn Valley Park) is ground zero for a frenzied day of guerrilla cinema when the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City presents its ninth-annual One Night Stand today. The premise is simple, but the execution is a bitch: Filmmaking teams register at 9 a.m. (for a $25 entry fee). At 9:30, each…
Rhoades Out Of the ’70s
Darryl Rhoades is a cool guy. You can tell by the fact that he wears his dark sunglasses onstage at comedy clubs. His long, gray ponytail is indicative of something, too — maybe just that the grizzled old hippie has been around for a long time. Actually, Rhoades, a comedian and musician performing over the next few days in Overland…
I-35 Collaboration
June’s First Friday was a harmonic convergence of perfect weather, art openings, street performances and alleged instances of free boxed wine that The Pitch cannot confirm or disconfirm — all of which resulted in traffic-stopping crowds. Maybe it’s futile to try recapturing the glory days and difficult traffic of two whole weeks ago, but the Urban Culture Project will try…
New Art in the Old Neighborhood
The historic Northeast has its share of small, independent art galleries, most of which sit out the spectacle of Kansas City’s First Fridays in favor of Third Friday openings. The Trap (525 Gillis), in the Columbus Park neighborhood, hosts its third opening for Kansas City artist Erick Warner, whose experimentations over the years with style and technique have revealed versatility…
Pursuit of Happyness
In The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith plays a homeless single parent who works an unpaid internship at a top brokerage firm, hoping for a shot at a lucrative career. Based on the life of Chris Gardner, the film co-stars Jaden Smith. Mon., June 22, 6:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: Chris Gardner, Jaden Smith, Night & Day, The Pursuit of Happyness,…
Calcium Deposit
Dairy farmers Leroy and Barbara Shatto, of Osborn, Missouri, used to sell their milk to cooperatives. Tired of losing money, the Shattos took a chance and bought the equipment necessary to bottle their cows’ efforts for direct sale. Now in its sixth year, the Shatto Milk Company is a beloved brand as well as a tourist attraction. From 11 a.m….
Father’s Day at Golden Ox
Kansas City’s historic Golden Ox Steak House Restaurant will offer its regular Sunday Buffet in a “Beefed Up” version for Father’s Day. Sun., June 21, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 2009 Tags: Fathers Day, Kansas City, Night & Day
Car Show
Hundreds of classic cars, muscle cars, hot rods, rat rods, exotics and imports will be on display in a casual, un-judged atmosphere during the KCI Cruise Night. Bring lawn chairs and shade. Sat., June 20, 4-8 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 3, 4-8 p.m., 2009 Tags: 1625, Night & Day
Actual Stars
It’s one thing to have stars in your eyes and quite another to look up and actually watch the stars. Of course, unless one knows something about the heavens, it’s hard to distinguish between the Big Dipper and the Milky Way. But star-struck fans can get a sensational view of the summer night sky — and an understanding of those…
Dads + Cars
Celebrate Father’s Day with Fast Cars for Fantastic Dads, a car-centric event featuring live music, appetizers and prizes at Caenen Castle. Fri., June 19, 5-9 p.m., 2009 Tags: Caenen Castle, Fathers Day, Night & Day
Local History
The roaring ’20s were screeching to a halt when Myrtle Bennett, a modish Kansas City housewife, shot and killed her husband, John Bennett, over a game of bridge. What otherwise would have been an open-and-shut case erupted into a trial of unequaled theater as Bennett was defended by James A. Reed, longtime mouthpiece for the Pendergast machine. Such is the…
Reptiles!
Things that slither, slide and stick out their tongues to smell are the subject of herpetologist David Nieves’ obsession. He was intrigued by reptiles from an early age and has converted that interest into a career. In 1990, Nieves created the Reptile Education and Research center, a facility dedicated to the study of reptiles and amphibians from around the world….
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Choreographed by Bob Fosse and featuring the original Broadway cast, 1958’s Damn Yankees stars Tab Hunter as a middle-aged Washington Senators fan transformed into the young slugger Joe Hardy after trading his soul to the devil to help his team win the pennant. (Many of us wish we could do that, too, but we just watch Greinke and hold our…
Local Growth
If you’ve planted a tomato plant in your backyard, you’re already an urban gardener and ready for the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture’s week of classes and events aimed at raw-food basics, increasing awareness of city gardens and turning your front lawn into a vegetable patch. The “Food From the City, for the City” events include today’s 2 p.m….
How to Eat Local in KC
How can you reach out to your community while at the same time finding local, sustainable methods for buying, making, and growing your own food? Come learn and share information about the exploding number of Kansas City’s local and organic farmers’ markets, CSAs, community and school gardening, preserving, and other local-food efforts promoted by some fantastic organizations actively involved in…
Eat Out Local
Show support for restaurants that serve locally grown food. Eat out today or tonight at metro area restaurants such as Eden Alley-SW corner of 47th & Jefferson-816-561-5415, Renee Kelly – reservations necessary info@chefreneekelly.com 913-631-4100, Bluebird Bistro-17th & Summit-816-221-7559 Chipotle on 39th Street does not serve locally-grown food but they are conscious of where their meat comes from and how it…
Castro Movie Nights
Castro Movie Nights is a benefit held the third Thursday of every month that raises funds for a rotating list of AIDS/HIV related charities. The movies will be whatever mainstream movies the Screenland Armour is showing the week of Castro Movie Nights each month. Third Thursday of every month, 7:25-9:25 p.m., 2009 Tags: Night & Day
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