Last week Missouri State Rep. Curt Dougherty — now running for Jackson County legislator — accused political rival Dennis Waits of using his political power to fix sweet deals for clients of his law practice. Waits dismissed Dougherty’s allegations as nothing more than grasps for attention in an interview with The Pitch. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Curt Dougherty, Dennis Waits,…
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Kansas City trio Takedown reunites tomorrow night for a one-off show at the gazebo in Brookfield’s City Park. Wayward Blog spoke with bassist and lead vocalist Chad Stewart via e-mail about the band’s reunion. Are you just reuniting for the one show, or will you be doing more? Takedown at this point is only reuniting for this one show. Categories:…
%{}% New love blooms at the KC Irish Fest? I’m not sure what to call this cannoli-cupcake hybrid from the Mirabile family. Spaetzle is the new mac n’ cheese. If you haven’t had your coffee yet, don’t try to read this piece which explains what caffeine actually does for your brain. The Marquee nightclub has filed a lawsuit against AMC…
On Saturday, 20-some NAACP convention-goers walked through the metal detectors at the maximum security prison in Cameron, Missouri, to participate in a historic event. After years of planning and pleading, prisoners with the NAACP Branch #4003 at the Crossroads Correctional Facility were granted permission to host a seminar at the prison as part of the civil rights group’s 101st convention…
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Ahem. Here is the real latest news about Bret Michaels: he is coming to Kansas City, to play music at the Uptown! Categories: Music Tags: Bret Michaels
Oladimeji Oladipo was a student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Jackson County corrections officer who was engaged to be married. On Tuesday, the 25 year old became Kansas City’s 59th homicide victim of 2010 — his body discovered in a McDonald’s parking lot on Troost (see photos of police investigating the scene here). Categories: News Tags: homicide,…
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. Get the Perfect Date, Perhaps a Lifetime Mate! Author: Bob Hinds Date: 1999 Discovered at: Found by Junior Crap Archivist Renee at an Ozarks truckstop Representative Quote:…
Do your tattoos fail to impress the girls at The Jones? Have you run out of new suits to show off at Woodside? Here are some places to swim for free in the city, and if it’s your first visit, you may find it a relief to go where no one knows what you did last summer. Categories: News Tags:…
The five Ovations are 12-year-old Atlantic City girls chasing the American dream: belting awful pop songs at an audience. Standing Ovation focuses primarily on leader Brittany (Kayla Jackson), a plucky waif living in genteel poverty above a pizza and chicken restaurant, dreaming of the father she never knew and singing on the boardwalk when her OTB-addict granddad can’t meet the…
Michael Paul Stephenson, director of Best Worst Movie, debuted in straight-to-video as the freckled kiddie in Troll 2. Shot in Utah with a cast of locals by Italian exploitation director Claudio Fragosso, that 1990 horror has gained a cult reputation for ESL dialogue and superlative wrongheadedness. I’ve had a hard time believing T2 wasn’t conscious of its ridiculousness. Stephenson interviewed…
At age 17, Sergio Marquez left his hometown in the Mexican state of Michoacán and traveled to the small U.S. town of Wapato, located amid the fertile farmlands of Washington’s Yakima Valley. Even in Mexico, he had heard about the valley’s famed apple trees—and the work that could be found picking, pruning, and thinning them. It took him a week,…
Farmers pray for rain. The Platte County Fair organizers pray for mud. The Mud Marathon — where all kinds of vehicles race around a circular track with knee-deep mud sucking at their tires — is the signature event of the 147th annual county fair (15730 Fairgrounds Road, Platte City). The 4-H exhibit halls, carnival, and petting zoo open today at…
The National Archives at Kansas City will host award-winning author Jonathan Eigor a discussion on his new book Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster. Thu., July 15, 6:30 p.m., 2010 Tags: America’s Most Wanted, Jonathan Eigor, Kansas City, Night & Day
Artist Anson the Ornery plans to mess with people’s minds during a one-night-only event Anson the Ornery Presents: A Synaklavier Performance and Mysterium Screening at Wonder Fair (803-1/2 Massachusetts in Lawrence, 785-856-3247). It’s the artist’s first public performance using his Synaklavier instrument, which produces a psychedelic blur of numbers, letters, colors and pitches to induce feelings of synesthesia — a…
There’s a fine line between eccentricity and insanity. Consider former Kansas City and Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finley, the subject of baseball historian G. Michael Green’s book Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman. As new owner of the Kansas City A’s, Finley took over a team that was run as a quasi-subsidiary of the New York Yankees…
Back when booze-loving college students, hot for a hookup, were the ones who cared about Facebook, grown-up David Kirkpatrick sensed the future: that this online version of society would eventually replace real life. Seriously, though, before businesses started uploading their faces to the book (and enticing you to hook them up with your money), Kirkpatrick, a former technology reporter for…
Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert curates the annual Off-the-Wall Film Series, presenting a cross section of his favorite films called EbertfestKC. Low-budget filmmaker Mark Borchardt is the subject of American Movie, a humorous and heartbreaking documentary that revolves around his 35-minute horror flick called Coven. Ebert’s review: “Borchardt is the embodiment of a lonely, rejected, dedicated artist. No poet…
Ever inspired by the spontaneity and enthusiasm of love-of-the-game public-access broadcasting, cheesy old game shows and costumed dance-a-thons, photographer Jaimie Warren has been spearheading Whoop Dee Doo talent shows for, oh, years. Now a full-fledged nonprofit community art and goofy-dance advocacy project, Whoop Dee Doo has a new home at 1735 Walnut in Kansas City’s Crossroads District. At 1 and…
Ever notice that when you work out, you arrive home starving? And you feast on just about everything your refrigerator has to offer? Rock the Crossroads 5K Run/Walk will make the cycle that much easier. The race starts at 7 p.m. in front of Grinders Deli (417 East 18th Street) and conveniently finishes in front of the same restaurant, so…
The artists of Eclectics Gallery (7015 Oak, 816-361-6643) don’t want gifts of bronze, topaz and aquamarine for their milestone achievement of 19 years as a local cooperative. Instead, bring money to buy objects at 19th Nervous Breakdown, an open house and artists’ reception. Another way to contribute to the gallery? For the first time since opening, Eclectics has begun to…
