%{}% Over the next two weeks, farmers and eaters have a chance to talk about what’s next for agriculture in the Kansas City area. The Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture hosts its annual urban farmers and friends meeting on Saturday, January 23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Master’s Community Church in Kansas City, Kansas. It brings activists,…
The Kansas Jayhawks crossed the state line last night and beat the Missouri Tigers 7-5 on the Independence Events Center’s ice last night. Hockey isn’t the first thing most of us think about when we hear “Jayhawks vs. Tigers,” but the match — between hockey clubs rather than NCAA-sanctioned teams — still had all of the usual Border War elements….
Shon Pernice, the husband of a missing Kansas City woman, has signed over custody of his two sons to the mother of his missing wife. KMBC Channel 9 reports that Renee Pernice’s mother, Linda Lockwood, was granted full custody of the children, and Shon Pernice signed the papers today. KMBC notes that Lockwood had taken temporary custody of the children…
If stores have spent the last few years pushing reusable bags, then in 2010 we should move on to the issue of food-packaging waste. I expect to see more products like the Rethink Coat Hanger, which transforms two plastic water bottles into a clothes hanger. A recent Good post (via Twitter user KCKimchi) profiles Unpackaged — a two-year-old grocery store…
In just a few minutes (11 a.m.), Rod Jetton’s assault case is scheduled to be reviewed. Not sure what will come of the hearing, if anything. According to Case.Net, on January 19, the attorneys in the case “agreed to set matter for preliminary hearing without appearance 01/21/10; Agreement accepted by Court therefore no appearance will be needed.” So it sounds…
Nation’s Restaurant News is reporting that Chili’s Grill & Bar restaurants (owned by Texas-based Brinker International) will end their popular “3 for $20” deal, which featured one appetizer, two entrees and one dessert for two guests, in the next few days. A manager at the Chili’s in Merriam tells me that the deal ends at that restaurant on Monday, when…
Starting this April, a national march for health-care reform will wind its way from Louisiana to Michigan — and the poster child for the plight of the uninsured will be Eduardo Loredo. Last weekend, Monique Gabrielle Maes-Salazar, a recent graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City and advocate for the Loredo family, traveled to New Orleans to meet with members…
%{}% Blue Springs police are investigating a shooting in the 2900 block of S.E. 3rd Street that left a 21-year-old man in critical condition. Blue Springs police found the man lying in a street and suffering from two gunshot wounds to the abdomen around 3:38 p.m. The shooting victim was taken to a local hospital where he underwent surgery. Police…
The partially naked body of a woman was discovered on the side of U.S. Highway 69 near Louisburg Wednesday, and authorities in Miami County said there were “obvious signs of foul play.” Authorities believe the woman’s body was dumped on the side of the highway near 311th Street sometime after 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to KMBC Channel 9. Woman’s half-clothed…
%{}% 12 Baltimore in the Hotel Phillips is hosting Melt — all you can eat cheese and chocolate fondue tonight for $20. A cheer for Missouri and Kansas brewers that are finding increased demand from drinkers, and a special shout out to Free State Brewery, which inches closer to selling packaged bottles of beer. A plan for Kansas City Restaurant…
Rarely does a press release feature something that makes me laugh out loud, but this bit from a recent inbox arrival certainly grabbed me: Have you ever had your heart broken? Of course you have. Then you know what it feels like… the depression. the denial. the tingly feeling you get when you let the air out of his tires…
In the world of novelty recordings, none are so interesting as those done by celebrities. While Leighton Meester might be recording with Robin Thicke and Cobra Starship these days, she’s merely the latest in a long line of acting professionals who’ve decided to take a step into the realm of music. For every success story like Meester or JLo, there’s…
%{}% On January 4, investigators from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office banged on the door of a church parsonage in Independence. A woman who lives in the parsonage testified that she mistook the deputies for the pastor’s daughter, describing her as a “temper tantrum all the time.” A hearing on Wednesday shed some light on the activities at New Covenant…
The University of Kansas beat the University of Missouri 7-5 in a hockey game last night at the new Independence Events Center. Even though hockey isn’t the first thing most people think of when they hear “KU vs. MU,” the match — between hockey clubs rather than NCAA-sanctioned teams — still had all the usual Border Showdown elements. Pitch photographer…
Four years ago, Jason and Stacy Roske opened the KC Auction Co., LLC, and they’ve been auctioning off antiques, personal property and real estate parcels every other Tuesday night ever since. Jason Roske serves as the fast-talking auctioneer around these parts, and he says that in Missouri, a $50 fee to Jackson County is all it takes to get an…
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. How to Live With a Bitch Author: Legendary coot George Leonard Herter Date: 1969 Publisher: Herter’s, Inc., a Minnesota sporting goods outfitter now distributed through Cabela’s….
There are many joys to receiving packages in the mail: the thrill of the unexpected, the arrival of something that was not yours before, the idea that someone is thinking of you. Another joy: Bubble Wrap, with its satisfying little pops. Kate Clinton, self-described comic without borders and wake-up artist, knows the pleasures of cushioning. In addition to her socially…
A Dozen Things I Want To Do On Stage is a new one-woman cabaret by Rebecca Nagle. Using the format of 1920’s political European cabaret, A Dozen Things combines contortion, burlesque, poetry, games, lecture, ritual, confession, audience participation, science experiments, real-life moments and staged performance to deliver hard truths, half-truths and straight up lies. Opening for Nagle is local comedienne…
This month’s frozen opening at the Late Show gallery (1600 Cherry, 816-474-1300) was so sparsely attended that owner Tom Deatherage lost his temper. “It was so goddamn cold. I was mad as hell,” he says. “I finally just went to bed.” The current exhibits, Ryan Drake’s Saints of Capitalism and an untitled series of new works by painter Adolfo Martinez,…
Oh, the humanity. Identical twins separated at birth. Born four months apart. And they’re both named Harley. What are the odds? Well, it gets more odd, as you’ll find out when the Brides of Actors Ensemble and the YWCA of Greater Kansas City present Easy Writers, a two-man show written and performed by Harley Elliott and Harley Marshall. The Harleys…
Two days from now, an armored truck on its way to Washington, D.C., stops in Kansas City to collect fundred dollar bills. That’s not a typo. Fundred is correct — it’s a hand-drawn denomination invented by a group that ultimately seeks to raise real hundred-dollar bills to help inner-city New Orleans children affected by elevated levels of lead in their…
