If you’ve been dragging your feet on trying haggis because it’s illegal to import, well, you might not have that excuse for much longer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated it will review the ban instituted 21 years ago because of food-safety concerns about the Scottish dish. U.S. officials were worried about the offal ingredients, such as sheep’s lungs,…
History was made on Sunday when Kelly Kulick became the first woman to win a Professional Bowlers Assocation event. Kulick rolled 10 strikes in the final of the Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas, beating Chris Barnes by 70 pins. The PBA opened its membership to women in 2004, after the Professional Women’s Bowling Association folded. Kulick and other women…
After a pair of rapes over the weekend, Kansas City police say a serial rapist may be on the loose. Police say a man broke into a home in the 8300 block of Mercier Street and sexually assaulted a 53-year-old woman after she came home from work around 9:50 p.m. on Saturday. View Larger Map Less than two hours later,…
Friday night was a sequin-festooned extravaganza at the Conspiracy Room adjacent to the Uptown Theater. Alicia Solo hosted a weird, wild party you’d have to see to believe — and these photos aren’t for the faint of heart.
Someone has leggo’d all your Eggos. You may have noticed that Eggo waffles are not in stock at your local grocer. It’s not some dastardly pancake house plot but rather the result of flood damage at Kellogg’s bakery in Atlanta. And while Kellogg’s has decided to push resources towards producing the twelve most popular Eggo items, the company “hopes to…
The trial of the man accused of killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller has resumed this morning. The news going into the weekend was that the accused, Scott Roeder, had bought a gun and done some target practice in Topeka two weeks before Tiller was gunned down while ushering at a Wichita church. Of course, Roder has left little doubt…
Speaking at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Friday night, Angela Davis strayed far from the official topic to zero in on her take-home message. The speaker for the second annual Martin Luther King Keynote Address packed Swinney Recreation Center to near capacity, but Davis, a former Black Panther and professor at the University of California Santa Cruz, made the reverend…
When the dense black box arrived in my mailbox at the Pitch, I mistakenly thought it was a new cookbook I’m expecting. But the package — which weighed more than a pound — actually contained Wheaties Fuel (which Fat City noted had begun appearing in area grocery stores earlier this month). Because I’d been sent a box of the heavily-hyped,…
On Saturday, January 23, a dozen or so professional chefs and culinary students worked with hammers, picks, saws and electric hairdryers to create elaborate ice sculptures in front of the Crown Center Ice Terrace. The winning sculpture was featured in the foyer of the Hyatt Regency’s ballroom for the 2010 Greater Kansas City Chefs Association Inaugural Ball that night. Pitch…
%{}% At the Jack Gage American Tavern, the crab cake sliders are a hit but a few other dishes need a tweak. The reviews of restaurant week are starting to come in. Mariah Carey is launching her own Angel Champagne. Let us all be glad she has taken some time off from acting. A guide to making Guinness mustard, which…
Punk rock-inspired rapper P.O.S. starts his new tour at the Jackpot on Tuesday, February 2. P.O.S. ought to have a lot of new rhymes, as he’s supposed to have recently started recording a new album with Astronautalis. Also on the bill are Grieves with Budo, and Dessa. Kansas City’s Steddy P opens the show, which is 18 and over and…
The only thing better than a free mix with music from new albums by RJD2, Dum Dum Girls, Brother Ali, and more is when said free download comes complete with an unreleased tune from Elliott Smith. Verbicide Magazine is offering up a ten-track mix. It’s your basic compilation of label-approved tracks meant to get you to go out and drop…
By RACHEL GRAY A twenty-first century siren backed by a tight rhythm section, serenading an eager, fun-loving college town: Saturday night’s show at the Jackpot was like watching a blossoming romance between UUVVWWZ and its audience. Frontwoman Teal Gardner is theatrical and funky. As if through a long hallway, Gardner’s soft and pretty lyrics (I like the blackberries ’cause they…
Bad news for the grandpa-chasing hippie chicks of the University of Kansas. Jimmy Neil Tucker, known as the Jayhawks’ third-string mascot White Owl, pleaded no contest to charges that he violated a protection order and was sentenced to a year of probation and barred from returning to the KU campus, according to the Lawrence Journal-World. This is undoubtedly is a…
It’s possible to party like it’s the weekend — or at least get out of the house for some life-enriching reason — every day (or night). Here’s what we suggest this week: Today Summer in the 80s — is there a better time to hearken back to? During the Monday Brew and View event, Lawrence’s Jackpot Music Hall is screening…
Small, flightless homosexuals may have won the first round in the battle for the hearts and minds of Northland children, but the war goes on. This past December, the North Kansas City School Board voted 3-2 to keep And Tango Makes Three in its school libraries. The book is questionable because of its depiction of the real-life story of two male…
