It’s been a while since we’ve done a mix for you here at Wayward Blog, but considering Valentine’s Day is this Sunday, it seemed appropriate to hook you up with some holiday-themed listening. For Valentine’s Day, we tried to avoid overplayed numbers you’re likely to hear repeatedly over the next few days. We also wanted to make sure that these…
Take a minute to head on over to Google, and do an image search for “scene kids.” You see all those kids with the Nikki Sixx hair and clothes that look like a pack of Day-Glo markers threw up? Those are scene kids — kind of like emo kids, but happy. Take that image, and multiply it by about 1500…
A man suspected of robbing a Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits was shot several times after allegedly pulling a gun on police last night, KSHB Channel 41 reports. KSHB’s Sloane Heller reports that a man, armed with a gun allegedly robbed the cash register of the Popeyes at Stateline Road and 101st Street before 10 p.m. Officers spotted a man matching…
Forget the spicy pirates of the Fabio days! Today’s lover of paperback romances demands men of today! Men as wealthy as Warren Buffet, as jet-setting as Aristotle Onassis, and as Tea-Party wholesome as Scott Brown, whose Cosmo spread is just a cowboy hat away from making a perfect cover for Harlequin’s “American Romance” series. Of course, outside of Curt Schilling…
Alexander Austin has left his artistic mark on Kansas City&’s architecture for years. Several of his public murals appear along Troost and the Jazz district. In 2007 Austin received a commission to paint the biggest canvas ever, the sweeping southern facade of the Power & Light District. The mural covering 18,000 square feet, transforming a two-block stretch of blank wall…
Activist cheerleading group Rah Booty! always puts on irreverent, rocking parties. This time, the group is throwing a goth-themed event. Get a goth makeover and have Wiccan photos taken. And then dance, dance, dance (for the devil). Wed., Feb. 17, 9 p.m., 2010 Tags: 3582, Night & Day
Event sponsor La Fonda hosts a reception for players and spectators of the Tony Aguirre Latino Men’s Basketball Tournament. Midnight Revue will perform. Sun., Feb. 14, 5-9 p.m., 2010 Tags: 128, Night & Day
As always, it’s those who have dedicated themselves to art who accomplish the great journalistic task that our newscasts don’t: the careful presentation of what life is actually like. For tonight’s premiere of Slammed! KC Speaks Out on the Recession, UMKC’s graduate theater department and civic-minded theater professor Stephanie Roberts have set out to document the hard truths of trying…
Kansas City’s Premier Burlesque company will have your heart pounding for Valentine’s Day. The #1 Crush show is a benefit to help BDU fund an upcoming show at the Folly Theater. This event includes a complimentary bottle of Champagne for each patron. The performance will be followed by a Hot 80’s DJ Party with the ladies of BDU. Fri., Feb….
Available from Monday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 14, the French Kiss is a creamy concoction with spiced chocolate and raspberry, served in a chocolate-drizzled martini glass. Feb. 8-14, 2010 Tags: 548, Night & Day
• Arts Incubator (113 West 18th Street, 816-421-2292). A fundraiser for the KC Fringe Festival, this big-ass party promises jambalaya, king cake, lots of beer, and more than 15 performance groups including burlesque and belly dancers. The five-hour event starts at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Sat., Feb. 13, 7-midnight, 2010 Tags: Night…
The highly talented young professional musicians in this multicultural philharmonic orchestra hail from more than 40 countries and five continents. Chinese perform with Americans, Irish with English and Syrians with Israelis. Sat., Feb. 13, 8 p.m., 2010 Tags: 1318, Night & Day
Welcome To Asteroid Head Land… Dude is a tacit invitation to escape everydayness, at least momentarily. The new works, installation, performance and memorabilia are presented by Asteroid Head Art Club Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: Feb. 12. Continues through March 13, 2010 Tags: Night & Day
Thanks to raging hormones, the rush of a romance or the hollowness of being without one can feel a lot more intense during the teen years. Fortunately, on this day of cruel cupids and broken arrows, the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library (4801 Main) offers lonely hearts ages 12 to 17 an alternative to brooding by themselves….
Mike Kemna, from the Missouri Department of Corrections, is coming to Kansas City to speak about eight new facilities in the area that will be modeled after the very successful Vandalia Prison Dog program. Thu., Feb. 11, 6 p.m., 2010 Tags: Kansas City, Mike Kemna, Missouri Department of Corrections, Night & Day
Pop quiz: Is it Frankenstein or Fronkensteen? Which organ might you get from Abbie Normal? If you know the answers, then you need to make a date with the Music Hall (301 West 13th Street). That’s where the Tony Award-winning theatrical version of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein plays, starting tonight and going through February 21. The show sticks closely to…
It’s marsupials versus pachyderms tonight at Municipal Auditorium (201 West 13th Street). That is, the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos face off against — brace for a mouthful — the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Mastodons in men’s basketball. UMKC is looking for a little payback, having been stomped on IPFW’s home court January 16. Game time is 7:05 p.m….
Last week, Mr. and Miss Pride Kansas City were crowned at Missie B’s. Tonight, the real royalty gets it due — drag royalty, that is. The drag King and drag Queen of Kansas City Pride will be chosen tonight in a bound-to-be entertaining pageant that starts at 7 p.m. Thu., Feb. 11, 7 p.m., 2010 Tags: Kansas City, Night &…
Art for the Heart of the Shelter includes Valentine’s refreshments, plus a display of local art. Admission is free but all proceeds will go to Friends of the Parkville Animal Shelter. Sun., Feb. 14, 1-4 p.m., 2010 Tags: Night & Day
This time of year, thoughts of love and romance fill people’s heads. But love — or what’s misperceived as love — can have a violent side. Every February, the nonprofit corporation V-Day shows films and stages performances to raise money and awareness to curb violence against women and girls worldwide. The Women’s Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is…
Motor running? Check. Heading out on the highway? Ditto. This year, spend Valentine’s Day weekend in the most romantic way possible: with the Fonz, lots of cars and some monster trucks. Bartle Hall (13th Street and Central) houses the 50th-annual World of Wheels auto show, sponsored by O’Reilly Auto Parts, today through Sunday. Henry Winkler, also known as Arthur Fonzarelli…
