Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is on the mend after having a procedure to remove the most common form of skin cancer from her forehead. The silver fox was looking rough, like Quasimodo rough — check out the screen capture taken from the Associated Press — yesterday while she testifying before Congress. Reports say Sebelius had a spot…
%{}% An exhaustive list of barbecue joints in Kansas City and the surrounding area with a few words of praise or damnation for each. A thumbs up for Matchstick BBQ and a suggestion that they might have the best sauce in the city. Halloween brings out the crazies — and there is nobody better prepared for designing an out there…
The concept of a video flier intrigues us here at Wayward Blog. The possibilities inherent in the form offer a lot more than just words and a carefully chosen picture on a photocopied 8.5×11 sheet of paper. This video flier for local electro-poppers London Transit’s show with Springfield’s Black Box Revue and We Are Like The Spider at Cazr Bar…
For those of you wanting to venture up north this December, there’s now a great reason to do so. Andrew Bird is presenting two stands of shows in Minneapolis and Chicago, built around the concept of “Gezelligheid.” What the hell is that, you ask? Well, let’s see if it can be explained. Gezelligheid is a Dutch term that can only…
Jolly redneck elf (and Kansas state Rep.) Bill Otto is going to milk his “RedNeck Rap” controversy for at least one more video. Now — after a reported meeting with civil rights activist Sonny Scroggins — Otto says he’ll release a pro-Obama video. Otto caught hell last week for a “rap” in which he criticized President Obama and talked about…
If the reports about James Phillip “Phil” Edwards are true, then I wouldn’t accept ice cream from the guy. A federal grand jury indicted the 60-year-old Edwards yesterday on child pornography charges. Federal prosecutors allege that Edwards advertised child porn on the Internet May 20 and attempted to distribute child porn on the Internet on June 19. He’s also accused…
Kansas State football fans, your team is No. 1 in the Big 12 North. But the Wildcats are doing it without wide receiver Chase Mejia who’s no longer among old man Snyder’s footballers. What happened to Mejia? Take a gander at the photo on the right taken from Deadspin’s where-are-they-now report on a guy they say just might be Mejia…
Denim & Diamonds owner Dennis Hess wasn’t allowed to own a gun. Thirty-five years ago, Hess was convicted of selling drugs in Clay County, Missouri. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on January 18, 1974, according to the results of a Missouri Highway Patrol background check. He served two years in prison and was released on probation on…
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. You Would If You Loved Me Author: Sol Gordon, Ph.D Date: 1978 Publisher: Bantam Books Discovered at: Avenue Thrift, Kansas City, Kansas The Cover Promises: “Sex Lines!…
The new Kansas City Repertory Theatre has racked up yet another illustrious first. Halfway through Palomino, David Cale’s world-premiere play about a carriage-driver gigolo and the Manhattan women who prize his expertise, I almost applauded an orgasm. In a silent theater. Such is the command of David Cale, perhaps the most accomplished performer I have seen in a one-man show…
In conjunction with this event Pawz at Play will kick off their 3rd year to Reduce Hunger for the pets of the homeless campaign by partnering with Rolling Acres to provide food, money and other donations for the Uplift Organization. All costume clad party goers will need to bring a donation of pet food or other appropriate items (like blankets,…
Bestselling author Kati Marton discusses her new true-life thriller Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America. Tue., Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: Enemies of the People, Kati Marton, Night & Day
These free programs feature two artists working within the Kansas City region, with each artist giving a 20-minute presentation followed by discussion in the Hudson Auditorium. Museum staff facilitate conversation and audience participation by pairing each artist with a JCCC faculty moderator. This event is on the fourth Thursday of October because the college is not in session on the…
Eleven comedy groups from all over the Kansas City area will descend upon the Roving Imp Theater during ImpFest ’09, Oct. 22-25, 115 Oak St., Bonner Springs, KS. Not only will the festival feature five shows over a three-night period, but will present comedy workshops for the general public on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The six workshops are led by…
Bill Watterson, the reclusive artist who drew the beloved newspaper strip Calvin and Hobbes, was not, according to comic-book artist Dan Clowes, “fit to hold Charles Schulz’s jock strap” back when Schulz was in his prime. During Schulz’s midcareer creative renaissance, both he and his Peanuts beagle character, Snoopy, entered their own imaginations more deeply than they had previously. Snoopy’s…
These are the facts: Tonight at 7, former three-term U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will read at Rockhurst University as part of the Midwest Poets Series. He is the author of 21 books of poetry, prose and essays; has translated Dante and Czeslaw Milosz; and has been on The Simpsons and The Colbert Report. These are opinions: Pinsky is a…
For the admission price of a few cans of food, young Halloween revelers can enjoy trick-or-treating, magic tricks from The Laughing Matters comedy team, costume contests, hay rides, spine-tingling stories and face painting. Donations go to Harvesters. Sat., Oct. 24, 6-8:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: halloween, Night & Day
Sure, most would-be writers talk about writing a novel, but actually sitting down to do it seems like a daunting and potentially isolating task. But those who participate in NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month — get a virtual kick in the pants, plus lots of new writing friends. Starting November 1, 120,000 writers from 90 countries will begin their…
Many people think that once they leave high school, worlds of new opportunity and acceptance will open before them. Sadly, these nerds have spent years avoiding human interaction and lack the skills necessary to maintain even the most rudimentary exchanges. But there’s hope yet for these pale man-children. Nerd samaritans Astrokitty Comics and Game Guy are throwing a Super-Nerd Night,…
Ahmed El-Sharif and Sam Nachum both know the confusion and distress of a childhood interrupted by violence. During the Six Day War in 1967, both lost their homes — El-Sharif in Egypt and Nachum in Israel. It wasn’t until years later, in Kansas City, that the two men from opposite sides of the Middle East conflict discovered — and acted on…
Awkward Encounters, an exhibition of works by Ben Dory opens at the Bourgeois Pig. Mon., Oct. 26, 5-7 p.m., 2009 Tags: Ben Dory, Night & Day
The Byron C. Cohen Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of our new exhibition, Looking East : Young Artists from China Prints and Paintings. Exhibiting artists include: Feng Zhengjie, Guo Wei, Yang Qian, Huang Yan, Sheng Qi, Liu Hong, and Gao Xiaowu. Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: Oct. 2. Continues through Jan. 1, 2009 Tags: Asia, Byron Cohen, China,…
Contrary to its reputation, the most populous county in Kansas doesn’t lack diversity. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent estimate, the foreign-born population of Johnson County in 2000 was 37,419 — more than double what it was in 1990. This segment of society also interests the Johnson County Museum (6305 Lackman in Shawnee, 913-715-2550), which invites immigrants and…
