Archives: January 2010
UMKC will school you on health-care reform
The health-care reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representative last year weighed in at a whopping 1,990 pages. The measure passed in the U.S. Senate just before Christmas clocked in at a staggering 2,074 pages. Not exactly casual reading for the average citizen. A new series hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City aims to make the whole…
Night + Day Trivia: Zoo Membership Winner Announced
Earlier this week, we posted this picture of polar bear’s snout and teased Plog readers with a free family membership to the Kansas City Zoo — the prize for whoever could answer three questions pertaining to the zoo’s history. Before we get to the winner, here are the questions again — with the answers provided by Julie A. Neemeyer, the…
Weekend Distractions
%{}% Before we get to this weekend’s exciting event recommendations, an explanation of facts: The big and beautiful image on the right refers to Night + Day, also known as The Pitch’s events calendar, a comprehensive guide to arts, entertainment, recreation and general time-wasting fun that happens in the metro. Every event listed below (and so much more) can be…
Slideshow: Salsa dancers at Madrigal
Click the photo above to check out Angela Bond’s photos from Madrigal’s Thursday salsa event, hosted by Howard Carney. Can’t you just feel the rhythm? Categories: News Tags: Howard Carney, Kansas City, kansas city, Madrigal, salsa, slideshow
TheStreet.com calls YRC a ‘punching bag’
A writer at TheStreet.com takes a skeptical view of YRC Worldwide’s ability to keep its trucks on the road. Overland Park-based YRC is offering shippers a money-back guarantee that deliveries will arrive on schedule. TheStreet.com calls the offer a “transparent move” to reassure customers reluctant to do business with the artist formerly known as Yellow after its brush with bankruptcy….
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EPA publishes fact sheet on testing at Bannister Federal Complex
Today, our local EPA officials published a fact sheet regarding the latest news of a potential chemical contamination in buildings at the Bannister Federal Complex. The affected buildings are separate from the facilities for the Kansas City Plant, which manufactures non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons. One building is causing particular concern because it houses a day care on the General…
‘Go See Eddie’ author J.D. Salinger dead at 91
Farewell to the man today’s New York Times obituary calls “the Garbo of letters.” J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, weird dad and litigious recluse, has died of natural causes in his Cornish, New Hampshire, home. He was 91. One of Salinger’s early, still uncollected short stories saw its first publication in the University of Kansas City…
Incoming: The Two Man Gentlemen Band at the Replay, February 15
If you can’t take out your sweetie this Valentine’s Day, why not make it up to her the next night? Nothing says “you’re my special someone” like a pair of gents dressed up all classy-like in suits singing songs that would make the boys in Tin Pan Alley jealous. Some of you may have been lucky enough to have caught…
Crackin’ Nuts with Gregg Todt
The four tattoos on Gregg Todt’s left knuckles read: “1977” – a tribute to the year he started his first band in his hometown of Blue Springs, MO. Rockin’ ever since, I caught up with the Federation of Horsepower frontman and 98.9 The Rock’s Johnny Dare Morning Show contributor in Waldo to talk about radio, drinking with famous people and…
That was then, this is now: 2024 Main Street
Popular prices, counter service…. Back when men still wore straw hats during the summer months and advertising “popular prices” really meant something, the folks who ran Kelly’s Restaurant at 2024 Main Street probably did a rousing business. After all, Union Station was bustling a few blocks to the south and nearby, any number of inexpensive hotels catered to “drummers” (traveling…
Throwback MP3 of the Week: The Hefners, “Hefner Style”
If I had to pick a band I wish I’d seen more when they were around, it’s the Hefners. When they were around, I liked them, but never made a concerted effort to go see ’em when they played live. By the time I finally had the musical knowledge to get their organ-powered garage, they’d broken up. The few times…
Rally urges Ike Skelton to hold Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell hearing
Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton might have shifted uncomfortably in his seat last night, as President Barack Obama neared the end of his State of the Union. “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are,” Obama said….
Scott Roeder testifies that he killed George Tiller
%{}% Scott Roeder, the man on trial for the first-degree murder of Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, testified Thursday morning that he killed Tiller. This was hardly a revelation given that Roeder had already confessed to the killing to several reporters, including in a recent GQ feature story. Roeder’s defense attorney, Mark Rudy, questioned Roeder about his beliefs, and Judge…
Tea-time cocktails
As tea gets trendy, it only makes sense that it would form the base for a new breed of cocktail. A monthly Internet meme — Mixology Monday — focused on tea as the central ingredient and sent out the call for cocktails. What follows are some of the tastiest-sounding entries collected at The Cocktail Virgin Slut. I tried to focus…
Amanda Taylor and Isaac reunited in KC after Haitian earthquake
Amanda Taylor, whose Haitian earthquake photos we ran in this blog, was reunited with her adopted son Isaac yesterday at a Florida airport, according to KCTV 5. Taylor and Isaac are expected to be back in Kansas City today. The two were separated when Taylor took a flight back to the U.S. after the January 12 earthquake. KCTV5 reported that…
Battle of the dishes: Cupcake a la Mode vs. Babycakes
Buying cupcakes is like spending money to watch a heavyweight championship match on pay-per-view. You ponder your decision, feel a little remorse at forking over so much cash and then it’s over before you know it. And like boxing, the rankings always seem to change depending on who’s doing the talking. With cupcake contenders proliferating here in town, Fat City…
Get free stuff from Quincy Shanks
If you head over to the Quincy Shanks website, sign up for the label’s mailing list. They send out the occasional e-mail blast, and within each, there’s usually a chance for the first few respondents to win free stuff from the label’s back catalog. Personally, I just got the Tricky Dick Discography CD, along with a button and a patch….
KCK police ID Van J. Richardson and Kathy Smith as victims in ‘death investigation’
Kansas City, Kansas, police have released the names of two people found dead in a home in the 2500 block of Junction Road. Police identified Van J. Richardson, 52, and Kathy Smith, 53, as the victims, although police say the cause of death is still unknown. View Larger Map Police say a person discovered Richardson’s and Smith’s bodies while checking…
A restaurant week lunch at The Well
With 100 venues participating in Kansas City Restaurant Week, Fat City is visiting a few around town to give you a sense of what’s for lunch and how it’s going. Yesterday it was Michael Smith and today it’s The Well in Waldo. The dining room was humming by noon on Wednesday, only an hour after The Well had opened. But…
$1.1 billion for high-speed rail in Missouri and Illinois
Updated: Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill released this statement about on receiving the high-speed rail funding. “This substantial spending from the stimulus for Missouri will prepare our rail lines for high-speed rail which will provide faster rail service across Missouri. It represents a boon for our local and regional economy, helping to create jobs and move goods, services and people across…
Hot Salsa Nights at Madrigal
Every Thursday night at Madrigal, the club at the corner of 16th and Oak, the speakers pulse with sultry, sexy Latin sounds. High heels, dance shoes and sneakers punish the bar’s wood floor. Photographer Angela Bond took her camera as her partner one recent night and caught a lot of people smiling — and we’re pretty sure they weren’t just…
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