Jason Fields stands outside the old Holy Trinity Church at 9th and Norton. This is ground zero for the Rock, the subject of this week’s cover story “Thank God for the Rock,” and the epicenter of the religious organization’s foothold in Kansas City.He looks up and down the street at beat-up houses. Their front doors look like gaping mouths that…
With the third annual Greater Kansas City Bartending Competition in the books — it was Sunday at the Uptown Theater — Fat City caught up with organizer Ryan Maybee for a recap and to snag some recipes for top-flight cocktails. What did you think about this year’s competition? We had about the same turnout this year as we’ve had in…
At jam-band shows, people always ask Aaron if he has any molly. This might have something to do with the fact that he goes to neo-hippie concerts like last week’s Widespread Panic show dressed like a lunatic and sucking water from a straw attached to a Camelback. “I don’t know what molly is — I think it’s Ecstacy,” Aaron grins….
So it looks like the University of Kansas is going to be in the market for a new football coach. It’s not easy to identify a good person to lead a high-profile sports program. Good recruiters, good talent evaluators, good X-and-O guys — they aren’t too hard to find. But a good person? Good luck. Mark Mangino is a bully….
When I was growing up, the days after the big Thanksgiving dinner were even worse than the big Thanksgiving dinner. Because I’m not a big fan of roast turkey, stuffing and all the boring traditional dishes, I could barely survive the actual holiday, let alone the meals that followed when my mother used up all the leftovers to create turkey…
The man who killed museum curator and beloved Kansas Citian Greg Hawley has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to The Kansas City Star. Edward Tseona told a Jackson County judge that he was racing his car on Interstate 70 when he lost control. Hawley died in the ensuing wreck. Hawley, along with his father and brother, unearthed a sunken…
Just read on Confessions of a Social Media Mamapreneur that Kansas City native Porter Hovey won a contest for a walk-on role in Mad Men, AMC’s critically acclaimed period series about the desperate lives of New York City advertising reps in the ’60s. Here’s a snippet from the interview with Hovey in which she thanks online stranger voters, who selected…
The Bristol is trying out a new, seasonal four-course menu — and before it goes before the public, it’s coming across computer screens for readers of Fat City. The Low Tides seasonal menu will be tested after 4 p.m. from December 1-3 at both the Leawood and downtown locations. Featured dishes and how to make reservations are after the jump. …
Though I’m gonna be out of town again this year for Thanksgiving, my heart sank when I heard the news a few weeks ago that Roger Naber would not be holding his Thanksgiving Breakfast Dance this year. For those who’ve never attended the 33-year-old tradition, it is a beautiful, rapturous, and very bibulous Thanksgiving-morning event that finds hundreds of people…
The bird has been purchased, brined and brushed with olive oil. It has a healthy coat of rub. (If you need advice on any of these steps, see yesterday’s Part One). You are finally ready to smoke your Thanksgiving turkey. The traditional axiom of cooking something slow and low can go out the window when it comes to smoking your…
It doesn’t get much closer to the farm than the Blue Bird Bistro this week, with two events at the West Side restaurant that consistently looks to showcase local produce and meat. The Wednesday Table Series continues tonight at 7:30 p.m. The communal dining experience is a four-course offering with a complimentary glass of Con Class Verdejo from Spain or…
%{}% Another search of Burrell Mohler Sr.’s Independence home has turned up more pornography, and The Kansas City Star is reporting that some of it is “incest porn.” A previous search also returned alleged “incest porn.” Mohler — along with his four sons and his brother — faces multiple charges for the alleged sexual abuse of his grandchildren. Yesterday, authorities…
A little over a month ago, Eric Patrick left a comfortable home on five acres and a lucrative consulting job in the Dallas Metroplex to move his wife and kids into a rundown house in Lykins Neighborhood, a rough patch of abandoned homes and crime in Northeast. He came for the Rock, a new religious organization that is the subject…
Farm to Market Bread Company has reinvented two holiday breads — Panettone ($9.99) and Stollen ($12.99) — putting small twists on the classic Italian and German baked goods. “We have worked hard perfecting the recipes for these specialty holiday breads. We hope our customers enjoy eating them as much as we enjoy baking them,” says bakery owner Mark Friend….
A weird random tidbit from the second-to-last paragraph of Sunday’s Star story about how Congressman Emanuel Cleaver is taking a bunch of crap from conservatives for proposing that today, the day before Thanksgiving, become known “Complaint Free Wednesday”: The three-term congressman is an unlikely candidate to unleash the furies. He leads the Congressional Prayer Breakfast and is founder of the…
%{}% Julian will be serving lunch Wednesday to Friday, starting today at 11:30 a.m. A look at the art of collecting beer labels — and one product to help you extract labels intact. A brief essay on avoiding concessions along with a shoutout for the QuikTrip inside the Sprint Center. Can’t quite swing the purchase of a sports franchise? Here’s…
What’s better than watching someone at the Red Balloon take on “Bohemian Rhapsody”? Answer: Getting hit in the balls with a rake, among other things. But what’s better than watching the Muppets cover Queen in ripping 1080p HD on YouTube? Pretty much NOTHING. Enjoy. Categories: Music Tags: Muppets, Queen
A 49-year-old Blue Springs man is charged with lewd and lascivious conduct after allegedly fondling teenage and preteen relatives while living in Vermont, according to the Burlington Free Press. The police reports are full of creepy allegations against Paul Cool, but this story from one of the victims is probably the most sickening: “He told her he knew from God…
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. Souvenir programs from assorted ice shows Date: 1952-1985 Discovered at: Antique malls in Kansas City and Northampton, Massachusetts The Cover Promises: Tragedy struck today when a…
Thanksgiving Eve
The Music of Led Zeppelin by Windborne Symphony
When officials with Johnson County’s parks and recreation started noticing stripped vegetation and sickly skinny deer in Shawnee Mission Park they did some survival math. In late 2008, they surveyed the park and discovered a staggering 200 deer per square mile. Then they crunched some more biological numbers and decided that, to keep the green space and the furry herbivores…
Strict Joy by the Swell Season is not only one of the best but also one of the most surprising rock records of ’09. If you don’t care what I think about the album, skip down to the THE CONTEST PART below. Given that the band’s initial success was inextricably linked to Once, the breakout 2007 indie film starring the…
