In what we hope is the master list for your Halloween shenanigans, there’s a lot to get through. For one thing, since the holiday falls on a Saturday, some folks are getting it started a little early Friday night. For instance, Fourth of July is at the Eighth Street Taproom (801 New Hampshire in Lawrence) Friday night with Sultan Sea….
Here are some random newsy items from my reporter’s notebook. Fraud Alert Overland Park Police say there’s been “a cyber intrusion into the credit card server” at Llwelyn’s Pub. The police have received several complaints of credit card fraud, so if you’ve charged anything at Llywelyn’s in the last six months, you’re urged to monitor your credit card statements carefully….
To benefit the KC chapter of music-education effort Guitars in the Classroom, George Winston pushes aside his piano for an all-guitar solo show tomorrow night. Winston, whose piano albums helped define the Windham Hill sound in the 1980s, is also a longtime champion of Hawaiian slack-key guitar. Expect a luau’s worth of that finger-style playing as well as some Appalachian…
If I said Manwich, your first thought would likely be a drippy, beef-filled sloppy joe. ConAgra Foods hopes to change that through Manwich’s new advertising campaign, which focuses on the fact that each serving of the tomato-based sauce has a full serving of vegetables. “The fact that Manwich has a full serving of vegetables in each serving was something we…
The trailer for James Cameron’s long-anticipated (and allegedly ripped off) sci-fi flick Avatar hit theaters last weekend and today the trailer is finally online (see below, via Trailer Addict). Chose the one with subtitles because we’re worldly and fancy and stuff. For all things Avatar, local guy T.F. Powell is running an unofficial fan site, AvatarMovieZone.com, that archives stories about…
Tune in to 90.1 FM tonight from 8 to 10 p.m. for on-air hijinks and a rich panoply of Kansas City-area music selected by me and my good friends, the Buckle Bunny Crystal Wiebe and clubs editor Berry Anderson. Pitch restaurant columnist and Anything Goes host-with-the-most will be leading the parade, which is being billed as “a mix of acoustical…
It sounds counterintuitive, but a new study suggests that living closer to fast food restaurants may actually reduce your chances for obesity. The University of Utah discovered that people are less at risk for obesity when there are food options within walking distance, even if those options include convenience stores and fast food restaurants. On the flip side, people living…
Man, the hip-hop scene is putting all other camps of local music TO SHAME these days as far as videos (and, by extension, actually enjoyable online self-promotion) goes. Peep Steddy’s P’s new one, “No Matter How,” from his Style Like Mind album. We gave the album a not at all bad review a couple weeks ago, but it wasn’t good…
Our culture tends to forget that food does have transformative powers when it is placed in a context and forms the underpinnings of a relationship. It is Julia Child motivating Julie Powell to change who she was as a person. It is connecting with someone who is hungry when you volunteer for Harvester’s. And it is the New York Times’…
No one plays tour guide to the seedier sides of the city better than Midtown Miscreant. His blight tours were great, but his latest three-part series might just top them. Double M is visiting former murder sites, starting with the Paradise Motel on Prospect — where a 56-year-old grandmother was killed two years ago. Here’s a quick update on the…
Kansas City MC Greg Enemy now has a video to go with his signature song — an illustration, if you will, proving that he is indeed a cool little dude with some fly-ass glasses. Ah, but he is more than a diminutive gent with fancy specs. He is a talented rapper and, some would say, even better producer, having lent…
No one came close to guessing the location of the most recent Where is it? Sure, it could have been anywhere, including here. But for the record, it’s here. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
28 days after Zombieland, “zombie” is hardly even a noun anymore. It’s gone adjective, especially when it comes to costume time: the Coterie at Night’s show Maul of the Dead boasts a zombie nun, a zombie Girl Scout, a zombie ballerina, and Cody Wyoming as a zombie punk-rock guitar hero whose riffs will shred your brains before he even has…
Does a fried chicken biscuit sandwich really sound that appealing for breakfast? Not really, unless you’re a serious fan of Chick-fil-A and love to start the day with a little cardboard box of Chick-n-Minis: three little buttered biscuits, about the size of a 50-cent piece, stuffed with a ball of not-so-crispy fried chicken, slightly larger than a marble. Very salty, with…
George Brett shits his pants twice a year. The oversahring Royals legend admitted as much in great detail during a training camp (and somehow the video found its way to the Internet). And then someone auto-tuned it. This Halloween, there’s no reason you can’t look like Brett after some fresh crab legs. You just need a few items that any…
Carolyn Mark is, somewhat unfortunately for her solo career, best known for her work with Neko Case. Actually, it seems like every artist who works with Neko Case — be it Ms Mark, Jon Rauhouse, the New Pornographers, or the Sadies — seems to end up being labeled “frequent Neko Case collaborator.” Well, let’s ignore all that. Let’s ignore Mark’s…
%{}% A night at Barley’s Beer School learning about Orval beer from brewer Jean-Marie Rock and Boulevard brewer Steven Pauwels. Everyone has a “secret snack of shame,” and food bloggers can come up with some pretty bizarre combinations. If you’re looking for a disgusting, but possibly delicious, meat-based recreation of a human hand, here’s meatloaf like you’ve never seen it….
