Blueberries are a summer grab bag. Some are tart. Some are sweet. And some are simply both. Right now could be the best time of year for blueberries. Picking season has started, although heavy rains could make for a smaller crop than in years past. Let’s get those jams, pies and pancakes started. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: blueberries,…
We know Royals G.M. Dayton Moore can scout amateur talent. We know he can hire and fire a field manager. But does he know how to squeeze another general manager’s balls? The July 31 trading deadline looms. For the first time in a while, the Royals have several decent pieces to offer contending teams. It’s Moore’s job to make to maximize…
The Darlins’ country-infused garage rock (or is it garage-infused country-rock?) is good, boozy fun, and it does not hurt matters that they also happen to be very sexy ladies. They’re like the wet dream of guys who subscribe to the Bloodshot Records mailing list. If you can’t make it to the RecordBar show, you can catch the band the following night, Friday,…
%{}% A man who was found wounded at 3:45 a.m. on Sunday died at the hospital. The sound of gunshots summoned police to what KMBC identifies as an apartment building near East 63rd Street and Interstate 435. One of shooting victims, Craig K. Sowell, 26, died at the hospital. Categories: News Tags: Killa City
%{}% Some beers seem made for bar bets. Top among those might just be the Weston Brew Labs Hot Pepper Ale. Hell’s Kitchen contestant Holli Ugalde talks about cooking for chef Gordon Ramsay, reality television and porn. It’s not all protein gruel in space. One science-fiction-themed dinner shows off what it would be like to actually eat soylent green. Diet…
It’s True over. For a while there, Omaha’s It’s True was starting to feel a little like a local band. Seemed like it was bringing its sprawling, melodic rock jams to a venue in Kansas City, Lawrence, or Columbia every couple of weeks. The band even released a split 7″ record with Lawrence’s Cowboy Indian Bear a few months back. Things were looking…
Categories: Music Tags: local bands, pitch music awards
Today: Feel the spirits. Or at least hear about them. Professional ghost hunter Beth Cooper will visit the Lawrence library to discuss her new book, which is a guide to Kansas ghosts. Wednesday: Drive a little out of the way for a good cinnamon roll. Van Till Farms’ homemade rolls are among the tastiest offerings at the Excelsior Spring Farmers’…
A family in the Northeast woke to find a dead teenager in their driveway on Saturday morning. Police identified Wilmer Perez, 17, of Kansas City, Missouri, as the shooting victim. Owners of the home where Perez came to rest spent the morning hosing down his blood. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-8477. Categories:…
It’s a good day for Kansas motorheads. NASCAR likely will add a second Sprint Cup race to Kansas Speedway’s schedule as early as next year. Categories: News Tags: icp, kansas speedway, nascar, racing
FRIDAY At RecordBar, it’s Everyday/Everynight, with Honey & Darling and Vehicles. Plus an early 8 p.m. show with Howard Iceberg. And in case you missed Hopeless Destroyers last night, they’re at Riot Room with Fists Up!, PesciVito, and Runaway Sons. Saturday and Sunday after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: Fourth of July, Levon Helm, Monotonix
In Johnson County, we’re used to candidates stealing their opponents’ signs. But this is the first time we’ve heard of a candidate putting signs in people’s yards without permission. Paul Hemenway says this happened to him a week ago Monday, when he found a Rob Bruchman sign in his front yard, near 97th Terrace and Nall. Categories: News, Politics Tags:…
Kum & Go is the name of a convenience store that you’ll occasionally kum across when you venture out beyond the city limits. It appears as though Kum & Go has no intentions of changing its insane, perverse name. Instead, it is soliciting customer ideas for a rebranding of its soda fountain cup. The contest ended yesterday, and there are…
Before the little corner store at 4301 Main Street was the Whole Foods Market — which closed this week — it was the Wild Oats Market. Before that, it was a quaint, unique grocery called Clearly Nature’s Own for most of the 1980s and early 1990s. Before that, of course, the space had housed other businesses, including Dahoney’s Drug Store…
Let me begin by saying that I know pro-sports jerseys are expensive. But this gentleman in the Jared Allen jersey, who was spotted last Saturday night at the Riot Room in Westport, exemplifies classic, lazy-dude non-style. Categories: News Tags: Carmelo Anthony, Jared Allen, jerseys, kansas city chiefs, kansas city royals, riot room
Pitch Flickr Pool member Kevin Carlyle’s photo makes me feel so young. It reminds me of summer days that seemed to stretch forever and long, breathless run-on sentences before I understood the importance of punctuation. Frozen in midair, this bronze boy is a part of the Children’s Fountain in North Kansas City, Carlyle says. Though the wispy clouds and bright…
Street tacos are the lead singers here in Kansas City. Gyros are the roadies. They may not be as sexy, but you gotta have ’em. This week, we set Gyro House and Papu’s Cafe head to head. Charles Ferruzza and I roped in Pitch staffers to try lamb gyro sandwiches. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Gyro, Gyro House, lamb…
Timothy Lomax sent his children’s babysitter a text message telling her to get his young children (ages 4 and 5) out of the family townhouse. The babysitter likely had no idea that Lomax was bringing a .22-caliber rifle to the home to see his estranged wife, Danielle Lomax. no idea that he’d shoot her twice and then turn the rifle…
You’ll remember Ra Ra Riot as one of those sunny, giddy New York bands that scenesters lost their shit over circa 2007. Well, they’re back, and apparently the band’s new album is supposed to be “so poppy you will want to throw up on yourself.” The rock quintet — comprised of singer Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci,…
You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved. Clips of Faith — a traveling picture show — comes to Theis Park (Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Oak Street) tonight. The touring fundraiser features fan-created short films and New Belgium beers. The proceeds benefit the Missouri Foundation for Bicycling…
Nothing says, “Welcome to Kansas City!” quite like disturbing images of puppy mills, slaughter houses and animal testing. Well, according to spotlight-loving animal rights advocate Jason Miller, anyway. Categories: News, Politics Tags: animal rights, billboards, Jason Miller
