Whether it’s art, beer or hanging out with Greek people, Kansas City has you covered this weekend. Tonight isn’t First Friday but there is still an art show where pedestrians can roam from gallery to gallery and take in food and even a biergarten. It’s the premier Kansas City, Kansas Street Festival on Minnesota Avenue from 6th to 8th streets….
Just last week, Tim and Nina Zagat wrote an editorial saying that the clear majority of all complaints they receive — some 70 percent — are about the service. They receive the complaints from thousands of diners who rate meals for their guides. But yesterday, Consumer Reports issued its own figures based on reports from more than 150,000 dining experiences….
The bacon phenomenon has been well explored here at Fat City yet never completely understood. Yes, bacon is delicious and all that jazz but bacon bandages, bacon breath mints, bacon tuxedos? Part of the gross-food movement’s obsession with bacon has been to pair it with odd food items. One of the grosser of these has been bacon-flavored vodka. This week…
A 16-year-old boy was gunned down in the 2600 block of Jackson Monday. Now the family of homicide victim Raheem Marchbanks say a rap song posted on YouTube (it’s since been pulled down) mentions Marchbanks by name and gives the location of the homicide as well as a promise of more violence to come, KSHB Channel 41 reports. The song…
Shows such as Ace of Cakes have done a good job demonstrating the skill level and obsessive-compulsiveness that go into making a wedding cake — something that begins with just flour, eggs and sugar. But despite some of the works of art on that show, this Back to the Future wedding cake still takes the … cake. Not everything in…
The law finally caught up with a man suspected of shooting and killing his wife Monday in Fairway, Kansas. The Los Angeles Times reports that authorities spotted Franklin L. Grammer Jr’s pick-up truck in the parking lot of an Econo Lodge in Gorman, California, Thursday morning. It was the beginning of what turned into an eight-hour standoff between Grammer and…
Audiovox Audiovox EP (self-released) Look, we know you’ve been eyeing those overpriced, noise-cancelling headphones for months now. If you really need an excuse to splurge, the eponymous debut EP from the KC-native Audiovox is it. In an unexpected step away from their harder-edged backgrounds, singer, guitarist and keyboardist Martin Bush (Salt the Earth, Paper Cities) and drummer Brad Chancellor (Orion)…
Pineapple and pizza, pickles and peanut butter, nacho cheese and pretzels, there’s no shortage of odd food combinations and that is the topic of conversation on Walt’s show this morning at 10 a.m. No doubt Charles in his fellow critics will hit on the above and maybe even some local stalwarts like the strawberry-balsamic vinegar caramels at Elbow Chocolates or…
The Kansas City Royals will host the St. Louis Cardinals next Friday night at Kauffman Stadium. It won’t just be any other night at the K. It’ll be Right to Life night at the K. “Come cheer on the Royals as they play the St. Louis Cardinals and support the Missouri Right to Life,” says a line on the Royals’…
%{}% Buying local does more than help a neighbor, it is also the key to boosting the economy. Say you’re in a bind and need to filet a fish expertly and in a matter of moments. This video will show you just the trick. Be careful who you send Christmas cards to. A St. Louis family just found its Christmas…
Robert Moore knows music. I caught up with the host of KRBZ 96.5 FM’s Sonic Spectrum, CEO of local label Oxblood Records and ubiquitous face on the KC indie rock scene via e-mail and discussed past and present Kansas City music, DJ gigging and what sounds are cookin’ so far this year. The Pitch: What is the best, most unique…
Friday Stroll through the art galleries of Kansas City, Kansas. This month’s Second Friday art crawl coincides with the First Annual Downtown KCK Street Festival from 4 to 9 p.m. Take a road trip to Sugar Creek for the Slavic Festival, which extends through Saturday. Saturday Celebrate one of the greatest books of the 20th Century — James Joyce’s Ulysses….
While spending time at the Missouri Capitol, working on this week’s feature story, just about every Democratic lawmaker and staffer I spoke to in the House of Representatives emphasized that expanding health-care access had united the sometimes-fractious Democratic Party like no other issue. Rep. Ryan Silvey That same group think was operating on the other side of the aisle, as well. The…
Road builder Bill Clarkson Jr. and a ring of mulch overlooking 69 Highway awaited Vice President Joe Biden when he got out of his big Cadillac in Overland Park yesterday afternoon. The v.p. was accompanied by former and current Kansas governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson, as well as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The group surveyed the work being done…
The cure for soggy weather: sizzling western swing. Get a big dose tonight from the genre’s best modern exponent, Hot Club of Cowtown. The trio is back in action and in town tonight to kick off its summer tour. Local fiddle hero Elana James, guitarist Whit Smith and bass player Jake Erwin play a $10 early show at 6 p.m….
If a talking potato from the future had visited in time, we might have mentioned this sooner, but tonight marks the premiere of the film Last Man of Idaho, in which a talking potato from the future figures prominently. Ascot J. Smith’s experimental movie, a La Jetée-style collage of still images (including the one on the right), screens at 7…
Big FYI to beer drinkers. Best to go somewhere over than Mike’s Tavern if you want to booze next Monday and Tuesday. The city suspended the bar’s liquor license for apparently violating some pesky ordinances. Mike’s located at 5424 Troost Ave. If you can wait, they’ll be serving again on Wednesday. Categories: News Tags: liquor license, Mike’s Tavern
If you’re interested in some bold political debate on the pros and cons of using massive government intelligence programs to run surveillance on people whose political candidates will Just because Bob Barr wants you to live in fear doesn’t make him a terrorist never get more than 2 percent of the vote, you might want to pop over to the…
Wish this were surprising. The mother of a slain Independence teen claims vandals have destroyed a memorial to her son in Benton Park three times. Kathy Johnson told KSHB Channel 41 that her family had constructed a memorial for her 19-year-old son, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, but vandals replaced the flowers and photos with a beer bottle. Other times, tea light…
Here’s how long ago 1981 was — the Royals made the playoffs! It was also the year Mel Kleb opened the Westport Flea Market and within a very short time, word spread about its great burgers and beer selection. Now in the hands of Joe Zwillenberg, who doesn’t consider himself the owner as much a caretaker (“it’s going to be…
A bunch of bands are rocking the Riot Room patio tonight, starting at 7 p.m. The occasion: a CD release party for local garage rockers the Also Rans. The festivities include free beer. We learned about this sweet deal in an e-mail from Killer Cars that really strives to get the free beer point across. Here’s an excerpt from the…
