Family members who contributed to J.J. Rizzo’s August 3rd primary campaign in the 40th District Representative race also voted illegally for Rizzo, according to Rizzo’s opponent, Will Royster. Chris Moreno, spokesman and adviser for the Royster campaign, says that John and Clara Moretina are Rizzo’s aunt and uncle, and Frances Moretina is Rizzo’s cousin. Categories: News, Politics Tags: 40th District,…
Doodle Brewing, a “nano-brewery” in Liberty, Missouri, is gearing up to introduce its first beer, the Doodle Dubbel. It’s due to land on KC shelves within the next month. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: doodle brewery
Kansas City is no stranger to visits from famous celebrities, especially musicians. But what if one such musician asked you to show off the city, through your own eyes, in one whirlwind of a day? Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch has done just that. In conjunction with the release of their latest album, Belle & Sebastian Write About Love, the…
Back in August, Wayward reported on local jazz legend Bobby Watson’s latest, The Gates BBQ Suite, a seven-part composition released in September. We’re not the only ones who’ve taken note of Watson’s activities. Last week, the Wall Street Journal — you know, the newspaper with the highest circulation in the country — wrote a fairly extensive piece on Mr. Watson….
%{}% Republican congressional candidate Kevin Yoder’s Twitter feed does more cheer-leading than attention-getting. “Yoder for Congress Vets Coalition is rocking out the phones tonight!” reads a typical update from late September. But yesterday @KevinYoder sent a perplexing message. The Twitter account retweeted a post from Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos, who linked to an interview he conducted with Carl…
It’s a good thing Scott MacMillan is a bad shot. The 29-year-old was stopped for speeding — 45 in a 35 mph zone — and swerving early Sunday on Lucy Webb Road at Meadow Lark Lane. The officer suspected MacMillan had been drinking. According to the police report, as the officer approached MacMillan’s gray Isuzu Rodeo, MacMillian got out, said…
Darin Seal plays in Capybara and also has a solo project called Saharan Gazelle Boy, which is on the bill for tonight’s free Drums show at RecordBar. Saharan Gazelle Boy has a new, ’80s-influenced, synth-y EP out, Strange Teen Heart. I’ve been listening to it a lot because I’m reviewing it for the paper — spoiler alert: it’s a favorable review…
The Funk wants to put a stop to foreclosures. As evidence mounts that trigger-happy banks have been improperly foreclosing on homes across the country, Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser is grabbing some publicity by calling for a state-wide moratorium on foreclosures. Anything that forces the banks to holster their signing pens sounds like a good plan. But calls for…
Take back those library books! The Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library once again holds “Food for Fines Week,” beginning next Monday, October 18, at all of its locations. (Click here for a list of locations and hours). That means library patrons who bring boxed or canned nonperishable food items to one of the libraries receive a $1 credit for each…
This past spring, Venice, the hip-hop musical created by Kansas City Repertory Theatre artistic director Eric Rosen and composer Matt Sax, made its world premiere. No less a voice than Time magazine called it the best musical of the year — not just in Kansas City, in the whole United States. Brandon Draper, drummer for local beloved jazz ensemble Organic Proof, sat…
Executive chef Martin Heuser Martin Heuser, the executive chef at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, doesn’t wear his white chef’s jacket every day. In fact, he’s more frequently seen in a dress suit. “I’m not just the executive chef in the hotel,” Heuser explains. “I’m also the food and beverage director.” There are plenty of challenges in wearing both…
National Coming Out Day was yesterday, and coming out can mean a lot of different things for different people. For St. Louis sex blogger The Beautiful Kind, it means going public with her true identity. No more anonymous blogging or cropping her head out of heads for Kendra Holliday. The 38-year-old divorced mother is out in the open. The Pitch’s…
Are foodies the new zombies? In what has to be considered one of the weirder bits of news to come out of New York Comic Con, chef Anthony Bourdain is writing a graphic novel about “ultraviolent food nerds.” Get Gyro will be published by DC Comics. As Eater notes, it’s “manga comics meets samurais meets Spaghetti Western meets luscious food…
Somewhere the beast is waiting for you. A meat patty shaped to look like rib bones, but without actual bones. It is the McRib I speak of….but not too loudly, for I don’t want to waken it. The Wall Street Journal tells tale of the lengths to which McRib enthusiasts go, telling a story of desperation mixed with unhealthy obsession….
%{}% I wish Nancy Botwin were growing her weeds in Kansas. Sad times for Kansas pot smokers. Deer hunters stumbled across a huge marijuana grow operation in central Kansas on Friday. How big? “About 3,000 towering marijuana plants,” each worth $1,000, according to the Associated Press. The AP adds that the plants were being tended to by people living…
Your use of potatoes as science experiments likely peaked when you stuck a toothpick in a potato and grew a new plant. But you don’t have to sit at home and wonder what might have been. Alan Kurzweil, the author of Potato Chip Science, will be at the Healthridge Fitness Center (17800 West 106th Street, Olathe) to demonstrate and talk…
Looks like Tech N9ne has joined the undead. The local rapper took a break from his Independent Grind tour to film a bit part in the new Night of the Living Dead movie — a re-imagining of the film in 3D, due out in 2011. Categories: Music Tags: Night of the Living Dead, Tech N9ne, zombies
Menomena has a sound all its own. One of the members, Brent Knopf, invented a complex digital looping program — he calls it the Deeler — that the Portland, Oregon, band uses during the recording process. Menomena is musically versatile and ambitious, too, able to chop up and loop together a kitchen-sink jumble of tech-savvy art rock — saxophones, xylophones,…
History tells us that when Ssion singer and filmmaker Cody Critcheloe and designer to the indy stars Peggy Noland team up to make a music video, it will be colorful, probably a little strange, and — like it or not — impossible to turn away from. Critcheloe directed Gossip’s new video for “Men In Love” (with Noland styling it), which…
The Drums are playing at the RecordBar for a (formerly secret) free show tonight. By now, you’ve probably heard the much-buzzed beachcombers’ song, “Let’s Go Surfing.” It’s a little bit like Robert Smith, um, standing on a beach and staring at the sea: new wave vocals, ennui, and a refrain you’ll remember even when you’re drunk and sunburned: Oh mama / I…
Less Than Jake releases yet another collection of covers today (and follows previous Slayer and Grease cover albums). Entitled TV/EP, it consists entirely of theme songs to television programs, as well as couple of commercials. It’s of mixed quality, but you can at least stream the whole thing and save yourself a few bucks. Here are five other covers of…
