The awards will be presented at a FMQB summit in Boulder, CO in August. We’ll let you know if they win. More info on the Bridge here. And they’re pretty good Facebookers, too, if you’re into that sort of thing. Categories: Music Tags: 90.9 the Bridge
When E.P Dutton & Company published Lila Perl’s What Cooks in Suburbia, in 1961, suburbia was part of the American dream: a brand-new house with all-modern appliances that was close enough to the hustle-and-bustle of big city life to enjoy the culture of the metropolis without actually having to put up with the noise, the crime, the pollution and less-desirable…
Until Freddy’s gets to town, most people assume that there are only three frozen custard options for Kansas Citians — Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard, Sheridan’s and Culver’s. But if you do a little digging, you’ll find two more options for frozen custard in the area. Shake’s Frozen Custard is a national chain with a location in Overland Park (12140 College…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. Get in touch with your inner pit master. The Great Lenexa BBQ is Friday and Saturday at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park (87th Street and Lackman Road). You can talk to any of the 195 teams, and there’s plenty of barbecue to…
Christos and his crew headed south of the border after throwing down in Austin, Texas, yesterday. Austin was grand as usual. Now off to Phoenix! We actually had a day without a show so we took out time and enjoyed some of the sights of the Southwest. Along the way we caught a flat right outside of El Paso, TX….
Two longtime record collectors are setting out hundreds of LPs and thousands of 45s for you to scoop up on Saturday morning. It’s a sale courtesy of Tom Sorrells, who co-founded the local powerpop label, Titan!, with Mark Prellberg in the mid- to late-’70s. (You can find a compilation of the label’s local gems on Titan: It’s All Pop!.) We…
It’s too hot not to think about ice cream. Ben & Jerry’s is rolling out two new flavors this week to help raise awareness for VolunteerMatch — a website that helps volunteers find short-term projects in their community. Berry Voluntary is raspberry-cheesecake ice cream with white chocolate chunks and raspberry swirls. Brownie Chew Gooder is vanilla-caramel ice cream with fudge…
We prefer the number 16 Nick Lucchesi of The Riverfront Times — the St. Louis sister publication of The Pitch — has written a scathing and hilarious list of the 16 cardinal sins commited by food bloggers. Sure, we might be guilty of one or two of these sins here in Fat City (although we don’t think so), but it’s…
Cole Aldrich can temper his enthusiasm for playing with New Orleans Hornets’ elite point guard Chris Paul. The Kansas center was drafted by the Hornets with the eleventh pick and then traded to the Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma City Thunder for a couple of later first round draft picks (Iowa State power forward Craig Brackins and Washington small forward Quincy Pondexter)….
I know what you’re thinking. Why is my bacon so drab and brown? It never seems to match my eggs or grilled cheese hamburgers. Well, graphic designer Neil Caldwell has solved a crisis the world didn’t even know existed with his colored bacon. The proprietary method for bacon coloring remains Caldwell’s secret. It’s not a big leap to assume it…
Around 7 a.m., I heard the unfortunately familiar plastic pop of two vehicles colliding. Here’s the scene at 11th and Broadway of the SUV vs. truck smash up. Click to the photo to see a bigger shot of the wreck (and more photos after the jump). Categories: News Tags: car wreck, crash
It shouldn’t be a suprise, but Kentucky rock band Cage the Elephant rocked harder than I thought it would. Heading to the Beaumont on Thursday night, I half-expected a watery knockoff of Jack White and the Followill brothers to appear onstage. (Two of the brothers in Cage the Elephant have a Christian, Southern upbringing similar to the Kings of Leons’ backstory, and…
Walt’s talking about food festivals today Hey folks, I’ll be joining Walt Bodine, Chris Becicka, Mary Bloch and Gloria Gale on today’s “Restaurant Critics Panel” of the KCUR’s Walt Bodine Show (10 a.m. on 89.3-FM) to discuss this summer’s Food Festivals. If you’ve attended events like the Flint Hills Beef Fest in Emporia or the “Little Balkan Days” in Pittsburgh,…
1. Drool over James Franco. The actor makes Allen Ginsberg seem sexy in the biopic Howl, which kicks off the 11th Annual Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival tonight. 2. Root for the right Missouri pro baseball team. The Kansas City Royals begin a three-day series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight. 3. Hope that America stomps Ghana. Our…
Along with his wife, Wendy Williamson, Sundahl has been organizing the Donkey Show — a local variety show of music, burlesque, comedy, and whatever else they feel like putting on stage — for years now. This Saturday marks Donkey Show XXII (that means it’s the 12th one), and it’s being held at Crosstown Station. We caught up with Sundahl yesterday…
%{}% Trezo Vino serves deep fried blue cheese gnocchi. Yup, you read that right. Fresher Than Fresh’s recipe for peach and Prosecco popsicles is in July’s issue of InStyle magazine. Herr’s Kansas City Prime Steak Flavor potato chips apparently taste like “the trunk of a car.” What does barbecue mean? One of the great existential questions of our time. Categories:…
SkillsUSA brought more than 5,000 red blazer-wearing high school and post-secondary school students to downtown this week for 96 competitions ranging from commercial baking to motorcycle repair to cosmetology. Outside of Bartle Hall, there was plenty of swag to collect and power tools to try out. Click on the SkillsUSA race car to see a slideshow of the event. Categories:…
Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club is a grizzled old dive. Well, it turns out, the club has actually been around 60 fucking years. Clearly, this is why it’s one of the few bars that’s legit enough to have the word “ramblers” in its title. The bar opened on Broadway in 1928 (!!!) but it’s been boozing in its current location on 34th…
Remember John Alt? Sure you do, he was a left tackle on the Chiefs during the ’80s and ’90s. And he was good, helping to make the Chiefs an offensive powerhouse back in the day. Alt’s son, Mark, who was born in Kansas City, is also quite the athlete. Mark just wrapped up his senior season at Cretin-Derham Hall high…
This week, Ubiquitous, a.k.a. U b i, of local hip-hop duo CES Cru, responds to our drinking queries. Categories: Music Tags: CES Cru, drinking, ubiquitous
A decade ago, The Pitch ran a story about the city’s homeless population (“A community hidden, but close”). In it, writer John Heuertz introduced Kansas City to Ron Aerts, a homeless man who lost both of his size-15 feet to frostbite. Since then, Aerts has become an icon of volunteer success with homeless outreach programs. Categories: News Tags: homelessness, Ron…
