Archives: October 2010
Fan’s Tea and Dumplings opens in Overland Park
Jennifer Fan serves great steamed dumplings I received an e-mail from an old friend, Lucia, telling me about a new Chinese restaurant in Overland Park. She’s crazy about the place, Fan’s Tea and Dumpling Restaurant, but is concerned that the location isn’t the greatest. Now that I’ve actually eaten in Jennifer Fan’s little restaurant, I’ll be even more candid. The location…
Murder Factory documentary shows the sorrow behind Kansas City’s homicide rate
Mike B. Rollen, a local cinematographer, set out to make a film that measures the toll of urban violence. He took his camera into living rooms and funeral parlors to show that Kansas City’s murder rate is more than just a number and a ribbon of police tape on the 10 o’clock news. Rollen encountered a number of people whose…
Another priest child sex-abuse case filed against St. Elizabeth
In the ’70s, spiritual comfort was the last thing kids at St. Elizabeth received. Yet another person has come forward alleging they were abused as a child by priests working at St. Elizabeth Parish in Waldo. They’re in sad and numerous company. Over the year’s the church, and its notorious rectory, have been named in so many child abuse…
The Walkmen class up a Plaza parking garage at Standard Style’s rooftop fashion show
I have no way of knowing what the promoters of last night’s Standard Style rooftop fashion show paid the Walkmen to come perform, but for the band to fly to the middle of the country and play a set on top of an outdoor shopping mall, it must have been a rather attractive offer. (Especially considering they’ve got a show in Lawrence…
Jason Whitlock gives Kansas City Chiefs backhanded compliments, compares ’em to Boise State
Jason Whitlock loves the ladies, hates Scott Pioli. Hey, you know who has an opinion about the Kansas City Chiefs? Jason Whitlock! Yep, even though his Chiefs gripes won’t appear in The Kansas City Star anymore (tear for democracy and salute to The Wire!), they apparently will continue in his Fox Sports column, like his latest NFL Truths column….
No. 3: Samosas from Chai Shai
Pakistan’s favorite street food, eaten indoors or out To whet your appetite for The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue, we’re counting down our favorite Top 50 dishes each weekday until October 7. Long before the Tufial brothers — Abdul and Kashif — decided to open Chai Shai, a cozy tea-and-samosa shop near the University of Missouri-Kansas City…
Plan your night at Scion Garage Fest
Well, kids, it’s finally here: the epic garage festival, Scion Garage Fest, goes down in Lawrence tomorrow. (Here’s what Vice has to say about their partnership with Scion, and the festival they’re putting on.) After the festival opened up the guestlist again to squeeze everybody in, you literally have no excuse not to be there. So, who are you going…
Best of Kansas City: sweet memories
Best Bakery honors last year went to Jay WaLe in KCK. On the eve of The Pitch’s 2010 “Best of Kansas City” issue next week, we thought it would be entertaining and revealing to take a backward glance at some of our past winners. Who’s still on top? Which restaurants and bakeries had their 15 minutes of fame and…
Kareem Hurley, Rebecca Smith charged after baby’s broken femur goes untreated for weeks
Earlier this week, Kareem Hurley and his fiance Rebecca Smith noticed something wonky with their 2-month-old son’s legs. They’re not doctors. How were they supposed to know the kid’s femur was broken in two places? Hurley, 23, and Smith, 22, took the baby to Children’s Mercy Hospital on Tuesday. Smith said she’d noticed the swelling the previous morning, and that…
Hell’s Kitchen Season 7 winner Holli Ugalde is in town to teach you how to cook
If you need to know how to stand the heat in the kitchen, you should take a few tips from chef Holli Ugalde. The winner of the seventh season of Hell’s Kitchen managed to earn the respect of acclaimed firebrand Gordon Ramsay. And this weekend, Ugalde displays some of the culinary technique that helped her win the show. Categories: Dining,…
Killa City: September 2010 victims and accused in photos (slideshow)
%{}% %{}%September started with six homicides in nine days. Kansas City, Missouri, topped 80 homicides and Kansas City, Kansas’ death toll also rose. There was an attempt on Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s life, shootings at a Shell gas station and a homicide that shut down southbound Interstate 35 during the morning commute. Take a look back with photos of some…
Hey, McDonald’s, we’ve got an easy fix for your health insurance dilemma
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that McDonald’s was considering cutting health insurance for employees unless a federal health-care requirement that 80 percent of a plan’s premium revenue be spent on medical costs was waived. After the story ran, McDonald’s responded by saying the company wouldn’t cut health insurance plans, but might have to seek alternatives. Look, McDonald’s, here’s something…
Kansans For Life seek to terminate Kansas Supreme Court judges
Activist judges want to abort all the babies, all the time. As a trained journalist, I know a lot of ways to interpret facts and check my theories. I’m hoping you can participate in a brief poll right now if you have time. It’s going to sound extremely scientific, and it is, and please don’t think I’m talking down…
What is Kenny Loggins’ most awesome album cover?
Why Kenny Loggins? Well, my friends, UMB Financial unveiled plans for a new music celebration for Kansas City yesterday at its downtown offices. It’s called UMB Big Bash, and the “Grammy-winning talent” they’ve been buzzing about is Loggins. (You know, the man responsible for the disturbingly indestructible song “Footloose.”) We’re not sure if this qualifies as a “big bash,” per…
Celina Tio starts her quest to become the Next Iron Chef this Sunday
%{}% The heat is on for Chef Celina Tio this Sunday at 8 p.m. when The Next Iron Chef debuts on the Food Network. She’s competing against nine other chefs in the show’s third season. The weekly food competition involves two separate battles (challenges). The first is based on a secret ingredient, while the second is an elimination challenge. The…
Valient Thorr at the RecordBar this weekend for the venue’s fifth anniversary
Valient Thorr infused its first four albums with heady rhetoric about work, life and political duplicity, under the cover of balls-out rock. Informed by a Tao of searing Iron Maiden licks and MC5’s revolutionary zeal, these North Carolina hair farmers emanate adrenaline-spiked fury. The music suggests an extreme sport involving Sterno, acetylene torches, roller skates and pain. (Hey, it reminds…
Craig Ferguson and five more reasons to go out this weekend
1. Practice your “I’m thinking deeply about what the color, shapes and texture of this painting mean” face. Yep, it’s First Friday. 2. Eat until you cry barbecue sauce. Smoke rises from the American Royal Barbecue tents through Sunday. 3. Watch some rasslin’. Handsome Harley Race, the king of wrestling, could be cracking skulls at the Metro Pro Wrestling TV…
3 Girls Cupcakes cruises into Kansas City
Fresh baked goods, delivered right to your office. We’ve all been there. You’re sitting in your office, and suddenly you want a piece of delicious cake. But you’re stuck — too busy (or too lazy) to do anything about your hunger. Well, now your baked goods can come to you. Let me introduce you to 3 Girls Cupcakes: Kansas…
Sake tasting at the Japan Festival and three versions of Oktoberfest this weekend
A ticket to Japan will run you a cool $1,200 right now. But tickets to the 2010 Greater Kansas City Japan Festival? Those are just $10 for adults and $5 for students and children. The festival is set for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Johnson County Community College’s Carlsen Center (12345 College Boulevard, Overland Park). See the…
Breana Greathouse accused of threatening man with gun for writing mean things about her on the Internet
Saying mean things on the Internet comes with no consequences, right? Uh, depends on the target. Breana Danielle Greathouse is apparently one woman who isn’t going to take any shit. Some guy named in Ottumwa, Iowa, named Forrest Jamison supposedly made some derogatory posts about Greathouse on the Internet. I mean, it’s not like she’s going to drive from Kansas…
Q&A: Steve Tulipana on five years at the RecordBar
Last night was the first night of the RecordBar’s four-day weekend of shows celebrating a half-decade in business. Tonight, Field Music headlines an excellent bill of bands that includes the Future Kings, Hidden Pictures and Soft Reeds, and the party goes through Sunday. Earlier this week, we emailed with Steve Tulipana (who co-owns the joint with Shawn Sherrill) about what…
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