Governor Stumpy’s braille menu was created by a customer. I recently got a call from a midtown resident named Lawrence Thomas, who told me about a problem that I hadn’t thought much about. Thomas is legally blind and says he can’t afford to go out to eat as often as he would like. But when he does, he ‘d rather…
Carl D. Phipps supposedly owed James J. Marks money. So the 23-year-old Marks allegedly fatally shot the 30-year-old Phipps in the head and wounded another man at Independence and Ewing in the early hours of March 25. The second shooting victim told police that he and Phipps were riding in a Isuzu Rodeo when a red car started following them…
OH MY GOD YOU KILLED A GIRAFFE! I know, I know, it’s not real giraffe skin. Thing is, I’m all about this joyously tacky resurgence of animal print. Leopard? Fine. Zebra? Great. But I gotta draw a line somewhere, and that line is giraffe. Categories: News Tags: Ernest Hemingway, giraffe print, zona rosa
While every record store in the Kansas City and Lawrence area is going to be offering sales and exclusive stuff to buy (I recommend tracking down Vanguard’s reissue of the first Doc Watson album) for Record Store Day tomorrow, you might want to direct yourself to a few places where you’ll get a little extra in terms of entertainment. Zebedee’s…
After 18 months in Brookside, Wine has closed. “We appreciate our loyal customers — they nearly bought out our inventory these last few weeks,” said Wine’s owner Andrea Bough. “We only took home nine bottles of wine.” While Wine earned our Best Of Kansas City honors in 2009 for its Friday night wine tastings and had a loyal neighborhood following….
Tech N9ne is as emblematic of Kansas City as barbeque, jazz roots and obesity. The local rapper is a Kansas City hero, and he’s using his fans’ adoration in an admirable twist. In an effort to “encourage young African Americans to take care of their health and get regular checkups,” the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center is hosting a “Meet…
Chicago wasn’t a bust for Kansas City’s reigning air guitar champion, Eric “Mean” Melin. But it wasn’t good enough to punch his ticket to the U.S. Air Guitar Championships in New York. Melin dressed like a nerdy school boy sat on a drum riser while air roadie Peter “Stiff” Dickens pranced the the stage in drag, tearing off a denim…
The day after warning that reckless fiscal policy was pumping air into a “government bubble,” U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas received an Oinker Award from a watchdog group that tracks politicians’ pet projects. Citizens Against Government Waste recognized Brownback and fellow Kansas Republicans Pat Roberts and Todd Tiahrt for procuring $3.5 million for the National Institute for Aviation Research….
Eggs-actly the right dish One of the most popular brunch dishes is the eggs Benedict, which the Food Lover’s Companion describes as “two toasted English muffin halves, each topped with a slice of Canadian bacon or ham, a poached egg and a dollop of Hollandaise.” The dish was clearly the inspiration for the fat-laden fast-food favorite Egg McMuffin, which is as…
%{}% The barbecue dog treats at Three Dog Bakery are featured on the Food Network’s BBQ with Bobby Flay. Here’s an early review of Boulevard’s Amber Ale, which should hit the market in the next two months. The latest design ideas: a ball gown made from recycled M&M wrappers and chairs manufactured from Coke bottles. This writer tours Ben &…
Playing to a crowded room of urban farmers at yesterday’s City Council Business Session, Mayor Mark Funkhouser quickly aligned himself with the vegetable-loving ranks. “I’m happy to be among the pro-carrot forces,” the Kansas City mayor quipped as he called the meeting to order. The anti-carrot forces materialized last year, when neighbors of the Bad Seed Farm on Bannister Road…
Kansas City is today’s stop on the 21-city, promotional tour for Top Chef: The Tour 3, which features cooking demonstrations from former contestants on Bravo’s reality cooking competition. The main attraction of the tour — Chefs Eli Kirshtein (season six) and Nikki Cascone (season four) — put on live cooking demonstrations from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., 12 to 1 p.m….
A brief rundown of some upcoming shows you ought to pencil in — actually, wait. You know what? Put these suckers on your calendar in pen. Saturday, April 24 has the “Parental Advisory” tour hitting Aftershock. The tour features the truly awesome, truly inspired pairing of Green Jelly and Nashville Pussy. The mind boggles at the possibility of hearing both…
2. Experience Total Nonstop Action — the pro wrestling kind, which goes down at Independence Events Center tonight. 3. Buy something on vinyl. Saturday is Record Store Day, so expect special deals at the old-school music shops that still exist around the metro, like Vinyl Renaissance. 4. Get some culture. The Northland Ethnic Festival and a presentation of Philippine dance both…
Applebee’s is getting more ‘hoody. So Applebee’s wants its 2,001 locations to feel more “local,” according to a story in this week’s Kansas City Star. It’s confusing. Hasn’t Applebee’s, a subsidiary of Glendale, California-based DineEquity Inc., always been the place to go for the quintessential neighborhood dining experience? I remember the night Applebee’s stayed open after we lost the…
There is only one tweet this week, because there is no way anyone out there is able to top this one from Mac Lethal (@mac_lethal) in terms of topicality, humor, and sheer “aw, naw, son” brutality. Categories: Music Tags: mac lethal, Twitter
Dinosaurs Unearthed opens to the public at Union Station on May 1. The Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit opens at Union Station on May 1. Judging by this early look, it’s the kind of thing we would’ve loved when we were kids. Then again, what age group doesn’t yearn to embrace the Triassic period? Visitors will tour interactive dinosaur exhibits featuring 24…
If you tell a cop “fuck you,” you can get paid. Scott Schaper just scored $4,000 for dropping the four-letter bomb on an Olathe cop. (The ACLU also cashed in $1,000 for legal fees.) The city of Olathe settled out of court. It all stemmed from a September 11, 2009, traffic stop in which Olathe police officer Craig Lundgren stopped…
