Welcome to the first weekend of February 2010. There’s so much to do in the metro over the next three days, like: Cruising the Crossroads galleries. It may be chilly, but plenty of art exhibitions are opening tonight, since it’s First Friday. Hitting the final events of the first Kansas City Design Week, which ends today. Honoring the Year of…
Night + Day Trivia contest winner Annette Kussmaul will put on the ritz on Tuesday, February 16. She’s the recipient of the opening night tickets to The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein at the Music Hall that we offered to whoever could answer the following two-part question: What author’s name appeared on the first edition of the novel Frankenstein…
The controversial deer harvest in Shawnee Mission Park is finished — for now. Yesterday, Randy Knight, community relations manager for the Johnson County Park and Recreation District, announced that the much-protested bow hunt ran from December 9 through January 23. During that time, the certified archers took down 29 deer. Add that to the 313 animals harvested by police sharpshooters last…
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Kansas City, Kansas police are investigating a homicide in the 1800 block of N. 27th Street. Around 6:25 p.m., officers found one person dead (described as a black male) and later found a second victim with non-threatening injuries at a local hospital. View Larger Map The man’s identity has not been released. Police have not released any suspect information. If…
Johnson County prosecutors charged Jason Cott yesterday with capital murder in the death of his pregnant wife, Angela Cott. Filing the capital murder charge allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty against the 30-year-old Jason Cott for the deaths of Angela Cott, 29, and her unborn baby, under Alexa’s Law, which allows prosecutors to charge a person with wounding or…
Men’s Health, we call bullshit on your “100 Drunkest Cities in America” list. Kansas City is the 36th drunkest city? You give us a D+? Bullshit. KC’s a solid F. USA Today ran the full list of 100 cities and their respective rankings that will come be revealed in the mag’s March edition. The researchers at Men’s Health pulled from…
Lawrence store the Sacred Journey was closed today after U.S. Food and Drug Administration agents raided the business with the help of Johnson County Sheriff’s officers and Lawrence police. Lawrence and Johnson County law enforcement officers referred The Pitch to the U.S. Attorney’s Office when asked about the raid. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office refused to confirm or deny…
When life hands you Meyer lemons, you should always make cocktails. The smaller version of a standard lemon is in season and with a taste that is simultaneously more mellow and slightly sweeter, it seems meant for baked goods and cocktails. A cross between lemons and oranges, Meyer lemons are typically available between March and November (most are grown in…
The lineup for the Haiti-benefiting remake of “We Are the World” got announced the other day. You can read it and check out video of the recording process over at Idolator. I really want to know how Daft Punk factors into it, but that’s about the only part of the whole thing that has me interested. Now, the Shane McGowan…
Despite the fact that Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion is pitched as a down-home, folksy little program, they do manage to get some rather big name acts. In the past year, they’ve had Neko Case, Wilco, and Elvis Costello. Costello will be part of tonight’s live theatrical broadcast, which goes out to 500+ movie theaters across the country. Guy…
Downtown residents won’t feel like we’re in the midst of an air raid this summer. KCTV 5 reports that the 2010 Kansas City Air Show is canceled due to runway construction and “scheduling conflicts” with groups like the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels. The air show should return in 2011, KCTV reports. Categories: News Tags: Kansas City, kansas city, Kansas City…
Hot Pockets is brand diversifying and rolling out a new slate of products, including Sideshots, described as “mini soft-baked sandwiches.” When I went out in search of Super Bowl snack food options, two varieties came home with me from the frozen food section: mini cheeseburgers and mini buffalo style chicken. They come four to a package in two cellophane sleeves….
%{}% O’Fallon loon, birther conspiracy theorist and post-racial state Rep. Cynthia Davis apparently made a scene during a committee hearing yesterday. Fired Up! Missouri reports that Davis left her fellow state reps gasping as she questioned an African-American “about the nutrition habits of ‘your people’ and ‘your community.’ ” There’s more The Fired Up blogger reports: I’m told Davis also…
Man, is this a great day for medical marijuana news or what? Kate Meiners — a Democratic state representative from right here in KC — has introduced legislation that would allow physicians to prescribe medical marijuana to patients suffering from “debilitating medical conditions.” This is the second time this year she’s tried to get a vote on medical marijuana. Meiners’ last bill didn’t…
So this week we get to play ad executive and marketing director for several major food corporations when they debut their Super Bowl commercials. Pepsi will apparently skip the Super Bowl, for which commercials are running between $2.5 and $3 million. Instead, it plans to push a social media campaign called Pepsi Refresh, designed to give away $20 million in…
Oh, thank you, oh, Canada…our home and native land… The Free Music Archive — the “interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads” directed by New Jersey’s WFMU — recently added a new partner in CBC Radio 3, the branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that focuses on emerging Canadian artists. In other words, there’s now all sorts of high-quality live…
Kansas Republicans want to suggest that Gov. Mark Parkinson is so unpopular, the dead are breaking out of crypts to express their displeasure. On January 28, the state GOP issued a press release in reaction to a measure of Parkinson’s approval ratings. A poll conducted by SurveyUSA in January found that 42 percent of 600 adults think the governor is…
