Blanc Burgers + Bottles hosts a free Magic Hat #9 tasting at its Plaza location (4710 Jefferson) this evening from 4 to 6. Magic Hat is still fairly new to Kansas City. The Vermont brewery’s signature #9 beer has only been available here since December. If you’ve been holding off, this is a great excuse to take the plunge. Conveniently,…
The recent paperback release of Barney Hoskyns’ Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits finally led to me grabbing the book and taking a read through. As a hardback, the book was of a rather intimidating girth. The idea of taking on the life of an artist with such a wide and varied career was a bit off-putting,…
Navin Vaswani is fulfilling a baseball fan’s dream. He’s visiting all 30 Major League parks. Vaswani writes a Toronto-centric blog Sports and the City. His MLB tour recently reached Kauffman Stadium, and he left “astonished” by the park’s beauty. Vaswani, who shares content with the online version of The Globe and Mail newspaper, was mesmerized by the outfield fountains, though…
Ribs and pasta? Why not? Last week we reported that Fat City was bursting with rib deals: Even Burger King is now selling barbecued ribs! Since then we’ve discovered that Cinzetti’s Italian Market restaurant — the lavishl Italian-style buffet at 7201 W. 91st Street in Overland Park — is now offering all-you-can-eat barbecued ribs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights….
With a contagious laugh and a quick smile, baker Greg Connally is the man you want making your cake. Fresh out of the pastry department of Whole Foods, Connally began working at the Bloom Baking Company (profiled yesterday) on May 8. Since then his days have started at 7 a.m. because somebody has to make the Napoleons. Fat City…
You might have caught them opening for Pearl Jam’s epic two-and-a-half hour show at the Sprint Center not too long ago, but indie-folk rockers Band of Horses are stopping by the Blue Note on July 14 all by their lonesome. The band is out supporting its new album, Infinite Arms, which finds frontman Ben Bridwell’s honeyed rasp backed by more…
As a preface to this post, we’d like to remind you that the Kansas City/Lawrence area has scads of fantastic record stores, wherein you can buy vinyl LPs without fear of them arriving at your home warped, dinged, or otherwise boogered up. That being said, Amazon is having a stellar vinyl overstock sale at the moment. You can grab those…
Update (9:31 a.m. May 27): The homicide investigation in a gated community in the 5300 block of Sunset Place will continue for several more hours while detectives process and collect evidence, police say. Police are now saying the homicide victim is a man in his fifties. The unnamed man owns the home in which his body was discovered. He was…
%{}% The Sweet Guy has samples of a new gelato flavor — sea salt caramel. Perhaps Christopher Elbow has some competion? The Kansas City Barbeque Society’s new cookbook contains some surprises and a lot of helpful tips. A whole new world of extreme flavors is a sign that America’s palate is changing — and Doritos is now our tastemaker. Here’s…
Pro footballer Jared Allen hasn’t played a down for the Chiefs since 2007. Yet until a current player finds himself in an Arizona bar, threatening to write checks with some homeboy’s name, he remains the team’s most interesting player. Alas, Allen’s connection to Kansas City gets weaker by the day. The All-Pro recently annulled the Missouri compromise that once shot…
No, we’ve not turned into a celebrity gossip site (what up, Perez!). It’s just that when an icon such as Willie Nelson cuts off his trademark braids, it’s a change of an epic nature. It’s like when Metallica cut off their hair…aw, man — I hope this means that Willie isn’t going to turn into a whiny tool who makes…
Update (7:26 a.m. May 27): We had a feeling that Kansas City Public Works would need more than six hours to clean all of the pigeon poop off the bridge girders on Southwest Boulevard. The city is shutting down the Boulevard between Summit Street and Pennsylvania Avenue again Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. View Larger Map You’ve been…
Area hip hop heads know Stik Figa and D/Will can bring the party. They’ve got a new EP coming out soon, entitled Alive and Well. To get you all pumped for it, they’ve leaked the first single, “Whudupwitit!” In addition, they’ll be shooting a video for the song at this Saturday’s Granada show. Greg Enemy and Rufio Morris also on…
Update (7:17 a.m. May 27): Paperwork is delaying the funeral of former Royals pitcher Jose Lima, who died Sunday from what is believed to be a massive heart attack. ESPN reports that Lima’s funeral is now tentatively scheduled for Friday in Queens, New York. Original story (10:05 a.m. May 26): ESPN is reporting that a massive heart attack is still…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Sex Model Author: Al James Date: 1960 Publisher: Nightstand Books The Cover Promises: “She was riding high — on a roller-coaster of lust!” Representative Quote: “Here she…
The world — including Americans, more now than ever — may be obsessed with soccer at the moment, but why crowd around a TV when you can enjoy this country’s original pastime, in person? It is America’s birthday, after all, and this is what she wants. The Royals are out of town, but the Northern League players are home. On…
Missouri state Sen. Jolie Justus has 5,000 Facebook friends and a lot more constituents in the 10th District who want to communicate with her. That’s one reason Justus hosts a coffee gathering at the Oak Street Coffee House (6221 Oak) every Friday when she’s in town. (She posts notices on her Facebook page.) But not everyone can take time away…
Some people wouldn’t seek a new life path after a significant brain injury. But for Jason Wood, it was a bike accident and a subsequent injury that led the once-aspiring writer to art. With his first gallery show, Woods demonstrates how terrible events sometimes yield great results. His mixed-media pieces utilize found objects such as cans and tree branches —…
Farm Aid and the original “We Are the World” combined charity with music — usually a successful blend. Kansas City adds interactivity to this formula with Record Fair, an event benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. From noon to 7 p.m. at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road), participants can get more than their fill of music, prizes, cheap beer and food….
If you ever want six or seven hours of uninterrupted reading, take the Amtrak from Union Station to St. Louis. Sure, you could drive the same distance in about four hours, but you’d miss the history, the spirit of adventure and the uniformed porters — all things you’d ponder whenever the train stopped, miles from any station, for no apparent…
It’s Pride Week 2010 starting — wait — right now! Everybody flex your gay pride and hold that position for the next seven amazing days of celebration. At 9 a.m., the community gathers at Union Station before walking to the Liberty Memorial (100 West 26th Street) for a respectful military memorial at 9:30 that honors gay and lesbian troops. At…
