Archives: August 2009
Lynn Jenkins looking for a ‘great white hope’
Kansas Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins got super stupid in Hiwatha last week when she told conservatives that a “great white hope” would stop President Barack Obama’s political agenda. According to The Topeka Capital-Journal, Jenkins told the crowd: “Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope,” Jenkins said to the crowd. “I suggest to any of you who are…
New Army program aims for emotional fitness and ‘post-traumatic growth’
Pitching a sweeping new program to a crowded auditorium, Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum told officers that being thousands of miles away from their families in the middle of a combat zone can benefit their mental health. Everybody knows about post-traumatic stress disorder, Cornum, one of the Army’s top health officials said, but that’s just one side of the story. Many…
Studies in Crap & Lover’s Lane All Meat Weiners team up to bring you babies and hot dogs!
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. 20 of My Favorite Baby Photos Author: Constance Bannister, “World Famous Baby Photographer,” and Lover’s Lane All Meat Weiners Date: 1953Discovered at: Antique mall The Cover…
Musings
Some women would give anything to have a man do what poet Bob Savino did — write a book dedicated to the special woman in his life. Romantic excerpt (from “True Stories”): “Our hands, our eyes, our human voices — /they’re flimsy things, easily crushed/yet all we have to stammer the unsayable.” Not every piece in Black Butterfly: Poems for…
Cut It Out
Experience a laugh-blast from the past when Dave Coulier, aka “Uncle Joey” from Full House, comes to Stanford’s Comedy Club. Fri., Aug. 28, 7:45 & 9:45 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 29, 7:45 & 9:45 p.m., 2009 Tags: Dave Coulier, Full House (TV Show), Night & Day, Stanford University
Opening Night
After a 54-year career slinging mail and office supplies at The Kansas City Star, not to mention a lifetime of collecting bottle openers, retiree Charlie Paynter found himself with a lot of free time and a lot of bottle openers — about 6,000 of them. An avid gallery hopper and art enthusiast, the 71-year-old Paynter began creating his own brand…
An Evening With Michael Beckwith
Join popular Oprah guest and featured teacher in The Secret, Dr. Michael Beckwith as he explains the elixir of transformation. A book signing will follow the presentation. Thu., Aug. 27, 7 p.m., 2009 Tags: Michael Beckwith, Night & Day, Oprah Winfrey
Smells Like Delicious
We can’t live on bacon alone, but there might not be a more delicious, if ill-conceived, diet. Get on the treadmill now because the first annual Bacon-Fest hits the West Bottoms today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Make this pork pilgrimage and you’ll have the chance to have all the bacon you eat recognized via a competitive eating challenge….
Junk in the Trunk
When local fashion designer Clevon Jones pops his trunk, you’ll want to see what’s inside. Tonight at ScionLab (18th Street and Oak, behind Grinders), get a first peek at what’s new and hot this fall from Jones’ three-year-old company, MGOT Clothing. Jones says he draws inspiration from music for his urban-wear hoodie and T-shirt designs, and you’ll get the chance…
Playback Games
At this game night for adults, play spades, spoons, Life, Scrabble and more. Plus: music, drinks and a form of musical chairs in which women rush around to sit on men’s laps. RSVP to attend. Sat., Aug. 29, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., 2009 Tags: 2516, Night & Day
Pizza Ride
Besides offering hand-tossed, stone-fired pizzas from four metro locations, Spin Neapolitan Pizza sponsors free weekly community bike rides. The expert-led spins originate from the restaurant’s outposts in Overland Park (6541 West 119th Street, 913-451-7746), Olathe (14230 West 119th Street), Lee’s Summit (1808 D Northwest Chipman Road, 816-246-7746) and the Plaza (4950 Main, 816-561-7746) on different days of the week. Today’s…
Under-studlies
Game No. 3 of the four-game NFL preseason schedule is the one in which starters stay on the field the longest. Lucky for Chiefs fans, the team’s penultimate exhibition takes place in Kansas City. Tonight’s opponents, the Seattle Seahawks, were in the Chiefs’ position in 2001 when they traded for a backup quarterback, Matt Hasselbeck, ready for a starting role….
City Come a-Walkin’
The science fiction of the 1980s reflected what Tokyo had become at that point: a vision of metastatic commerce, human organization, neon and glass. That perception of the Pacific Rim’s ascension influenced William Gibson’s Neuromancer and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. Japan’s economic crisis in the 1990s, much like the current crisis in the United States, brought many of those heightened…
Fictional Flora
Last month, the ambitious community theater crew over at the Barn Players unspooled A Midsummer Night’s Dream, offering up all the lovestruck swooning you could hope for. Having nailed the forest, the Barn Players now take on one of the most beloved gardens in all literature: Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, a tender marvel of a novel, the story…
Bid Scope
In the five years since its inaugural show, UrbanSuburban — the Epsten Gallery’s annual exhibition and fundraising event, sponsored by the Kansas City Jewish Museum — has become a reliable barometer of which KC artists’ works you should be buying. Wonderful works, but better still, there are deals and steals to be had. More than 80 artists plan to show…
Too Cool to Drool
Aside from the featured dog walk through the park, there will be a vendor pavilion and a demonstration by the KC Disk Dogs during Too Cool to Drool. This event is sure to be fun for the entire family. And if you don’t have your own dog to walk you can still fundraise for the event — a few Animal…
MO-KAN Comic-Con
In an annual tradition, some of America’s favorite comic books artists and writers will gather in Kansas City for the MO-KAN Comics Conspiracy convention. See www.mokancomics.com for the line-up of events and speakers. Sat., Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2009 Tags: Kansas City, Night & Day
A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHANGE
Trinidad, Colorado, which is nestled in the foothills of the Rockies along the Santa Fe Trail, is a quiet, rural western town that still appears to belong to a bygone era. At first glance, one would never imagine that it is “the sex change capital of the world.” P.J. Raval and Jay Hodges’ documentary feature, Trinidad, examines the town through…
Remembering Bird
Sax giant Charlie “Yardbird” Parker died in 1955, but the Mutual Musicians Foundation (1823 Highland) brings him back this weekend with the Bird Lives Festival. The Kansas City native played the local scene in the early days of the Mutual Musicians Foundation, which first opened its doors in 1930. If Parker were still bebopping around, he would turn 89 today….
Pagan Worship
Civil rights have come a long way, but some people are still persecuted for their religious beliefs. Take, for instance, our peaceful friends the pagans. No more, we say! Come, make an offering to Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and beauty, at the 10th-annual Kansas City Pagan Pride Day. Included in the revelry will be workshops, musical performances, rituals,…
Songs for Peace
If you’re serious about wanting to promote global peace, go out and make some noise about it. That’s exactly what the International Visitors Council of Greater Kansas City is doing tonight — hosting the Concert for Global Peace along with UMKC and the Conservatory of Music and Dance. An international cast of performers, including Croatian-born recording artist and peace activist…
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