%{}% Tienda Casa Paloma called it a day May saw the closing of an old favorite in Overland Park: Tienda Casa Paloma, the combination Mexican diner and market on Metcalf. A sign taped to the window announces that a new restaurant, Gavino’s Mexican Restaurant, is scheduled to open in the space. Savvy Coffee & Wine Bar in the Power &…
Update (1:24 p.m. June 2): The Latino Advocacy Taskforce is holding a prayer vigil for 16-year-old homicide victim Juan Carlos Garcia at 6:30 p.m. today outside of the Garcia family home at 15th and Belmont — where Garcia was shot and killed on Memorial Day. Garcia was a student at East High School, where he was a member of the…
You’ve probably had chocolate ice cream, but have you ever had ice cream from a chocolatier? Glace (prounced glah-say) — the latest venture from Christopher Elbow — opened this past Friday at 6 p.m. to a line of people eager to see just what flavors were available in the shop at 4960 Main Street. “It’s like everybody heard the click…
Intuition and luck were behind this awesome photo taken by Pitch Flickr Pool member Steve Thompson. When Thompson heard about last week’s Kansas City Hot Air Invitational in Gardner, he knew he had to go. The self-proclaimed “SLR newbie” thought the event would be a great way to flex his SLR muscle. “I had noticed earlier that their was a…
Portland-based schizo Americana outfit Blitzen Trapper plays the Record Bar in a few weeks, on Tuesday, June 22. In the meantime, you can stream their latest, Destroyer of the Void (out June 8 on Sub Pop) over at NPR. Or if you want it for your iPod, you can download “Dragon’s Song,” a track from Void, plus an exclusive demo,…
Here’s a review of We Will Make You Whole Again from Anthonia Akitunde, courtesy of the Plog. Strangers cross paths. They brush shoulders or hold a glance a beat too long. In that brief moment, lives can be changed. By now, this set up is familiar — it’s a theme routinely seen in movies because it speaks volumes about the…
Don’t tell Jason Miller, but deer hunts are coming to five Kansas City, Missouri, parks this fall. Last week, the Kansas City parks board approved hunts in Tiffany Springs Park, Riverfront Park, Hodge Park, Jerry Smith Park and, for the first time, Swope Park. View Larger Map Managed hunts have taken place in KCMO’s parks for years. But hunts to…
I love barbecued ribs and God knows I’m not a food snob, but I just can’t bring myself to order them from the drive-through window at Burger King, which recently introduced its “fire-grilled ribs.” Burger King might be able to turn out a good burger, but ribs? That’s where a Midtown dweller named Edward comes in. He called me this…
%{}% The kids who played the board game Mousetrap have grown up to be the adults who are continually striving to find ways to get us in and out of the drive-thru faster. The latest plan is a test run of online reservation systems that let you reserve your window. From May 31 to June 5, before Chick-Fil-A introduces a…
Who would have guessed that using your personal credit card to subscribe to a Web site called Pedo Heaven would get you in trouble with the feds? Samuel T. Smith found out the hard way that the feds frown on it. The 44-year-old Platte City admitted in February that he used his credit card to subscribe to child porn sites…
Strangers cross paths. They brush shoulders or hold a glance a beat too long. In that brief moment, lives can be changed. By now, this set up is familiar — it’s a theme routinely seen in movies because it speaks volumes about the human condition. Kansas City acts as the backdrop for another such film, the beautifully shot We Will…
7-Eleven has joined the parade of chains hoping to grab a slice of the coffee market from Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts with a new recession-busting cup of iced coffee. The convenience store’s small iced coffee (16 oz.) is 99 cents and comes in mocha and French vanilla. It’s dispensed pre-mixed from a “fill and chill” machine that advises buyers to…
Steampunks, renaissance lovers, role players, science-fiction fans and more converged at the Hyatt Regency Crown for the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society’s 41st annual ConQuest. Hugo Award-winning author Michael Swanwick was the guest of honor. Also in attendance was Pete Abrams, the creator of popular webcomic “Sluggy Freelance.” The three-day event featured dozens of lectures and workshops on…
The fest will still go down as planned Wednesday, June 9, one week from today. All already-purchased tickets will be honored at the Uptown, and all the same big-name acts will still appear. Oh my, look at Good Charlotte and Simple Plan all the way down there in the middle font range — how the mighty have fallen. And hey, elder…
%{}% This tale of homebrewing includes a step-by-step guide to making Biere de Garde. Here’s the recipe for KC Masterpiece Rib Rub; you probably have most of the ingredients in your pantry right now. A report from the Environmental Working Group looks at which fruits and vegetables have the highest and lowest chemical residue from pesticides. The intersection of political…
A sentence in the recent Yahoo! Sports investigation into the KU ticket scandal suggests that The Kansas City Star let the story slip through its fingers. The Yahoo! story features an interview with David Freeman, the sketchy real-estate developer who admits playing a role in the ticket-scalping operation. Freeman has been depicted as a man spilling his guts in order…
Update (7:41 a.m. June 2): Kansas City air guitar champ Eric “Mean” Melin slayed Las Vegas Friday night, qualifying for the U.S. Air Guitar Championships in New York City next month. Melin’s one-minute, sweat-soaked metal meltdown to Slayer’s “Angel of Death” is now on YouTube. Beware: There are naughty words (it wouldn’t be metal without ’em). Original story (8:30 a.m….
Steampunks, renaissance lovers, role players, science-fiction fans and more converged at the Hyatt Regency Crown for the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society’s 41st annual ConQuest. Hugo Award-winning author Michael Swanwick was the guest of honor. Also in attendance was Pete Abrams, the creator of popular webcomic “Sluggy Freelance.” The three-day event featured dozens of lectures and workshops on…
Peculiar Jesse came one step closer to finding love last night on another two-hour episode of The Bachelorette. The 24-year old general contractor from (you guessed it) Peculiar was not invited to bachelorette Ali’s Malibu beach calendar shoot but received a special invite for a “fantasy date” in Las Vegas. “Jesse is hot,” Ali gushed. “I mean, he is sexy!…
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are hanging it up after 20 years in the biz — for good, they say, and the fact that they’re not rap stars lends credibility to their claim. The 1990s country radio heavyweights – the biggest-selling duo in country music history, in fact – will grace the Sprint Center stage as part of their “Last…
Update (5:29 p.m. June 1): A press release earlier today claimed the Pride parade was back on. But let’s be clear, this isn’t a sanctioned part of the Pride weekend festivities, which you might have guessed since the “parade” organizers plan to end their march with a protest outside the Power & Light District. So with that info, we’re changing…
If the National has been making you feel a little depressed lately — and not (for once) because of lead singer Matt Berninger’s icy baritone vocals, but because the band’s spring tour wasn’t landing anywhere near Kansas City — you can turn that frown upside down. Cincinnati’s finest just announced a second U.S. tour, which includes a September 29 stop…
