Life ain’t easy for non-profits. It’s not always easy explaining how they work. But Octarium, Kansas City’s own vocal octet, has figured out a clever way to do it with a YouTube explainer video called “Explaining an Arts NonProfit” that’s gone viral and been viewed by more than 24,000. And that’s in just one weekend. The YouTube description reads: “This…
As per holiday season operating procedure, popular local bands of yester-year are cropping back up in KC. Most simply hope just to bring the party, get a little loose and play for old friends and family. Others, like Blackpool Lights, are hoping to reignite the flame that burned out in 2008 when the band broke up. A band that drummer…
In a box somewhere in my parents’ basement, there is footage of me wearing sunglasses, holding a tennis racket like a guitar, and pretending to perform “The Letter” by the Box Tops at some family gathering in the late 1980s. The thought of someone seeing that video makes me legitimately anxious. Two of the Hangauer brothers in Fourth of July, Brendan and…
Much like the Wu-Tang Clan, Santa Claus ain’t nuthin’ ta eff with (gotta keep it clean for Santa). But some Kansas City robbers decided to try their luck. Robbers broke into the Northland home of Jim Thompson, who has dressed up as Santa for 40 years, on Sunday, and stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics and jewelry, according to…
Panna cotta in a variety of flavors… Simmer cream, milk and sugar together, add some gelatin (or, in very early times, fish bones to help the concoction set) and you have panna cotta, a popular Italian dessert believed to have been first created in the Piedmonte region of Italy. It’s a confection seen on more and more Kansas City dessert…
There are plenty of fine ways to get a boy to quit hanging around you daughter. Bribery is a fair option. Allegedly grabbing your daughter’s pesky ex-boyfriend by the neck, however, is not a good plan. Especially in a police department parking lot. Super-especially when the county prosecutor and cops witness the incident. That’s the way Hutchinson Police Captain and…
Yesterday’s Chiefs-Broncos showdown had plenty of heated moments — and not just between the rivals. The most memorable came on Kansas City’s sidelines when offensive lineman Barry Richardson gave special teams coach Steve Hoffman a hard push. Hoffman must possess extreme balance control. Somehow he managed to stay on his feet, which can’t be easy when a 300-plus pounds man…
Cheril Vendetti wants you to eat something. What do you mean you’ve never heard of kid-noli? Even Paula Deen has heard of kid-noli, because comedienne Cheril Vendetti posted a video of herself — in a clown costume, no less — making a recipe for a child-friendly cannoli on the Real Women of Philadelphia website. It’s an online cooking competition sponsored…
I was really hoping the second coming would be a surprise. But no, Allison Warden and the Raleigh, N.C.-based We Can Know had to go and spoil the surprise. We Can Know has been putting up billboards (two in the KC area) that reveal the date of Jesus’ supposed return. So mark your 2011 calendars for May 21. But Warden…
You can’t name an event the Murder Ballad Ball and skimp on the atmosphere. Lace, booze, blood and a gigantic dollop of gothic irony: all four were churning strong at the second incarnation of the Murder Ballad Ball on Saturday night. Last year’s ball mourned the untimely death of Pretty Polly, but this year found our dead victim avenged, with…
Take a moment to picture that perfect steak in your mind. The sizzle and crackle when it comes to your table. The first salty bite. The buttery texture of marbled steak. The second when you tell yourself you’re not going to eat everything on your plate and the guilty pleasure of doing exactly that. My perfect steak is at Peter…
Len Dawson is a legend. A Super Bowl champion. A Hall of Fame quarterback. And a rude color commentator. Dawson’s broadcasting career began when he was an active player. He has worked the radio side of Chiefs games since in 1985. But besides star power, there’s not a lot he brings to the booth. “What do we say every game…
Goofy faces, epic solos, and kooky costumes: they’re all to be expected at Air Guitar Championships. Click here for a slideshow. Categories: Music Tags: air guitar championships, topeka
Franchises, like radio sidekicks, sometimes feel like they appear out of the ether. I wasn’t around for the birth of Mr. Goodcents in 1989, I just know them as a place to get a dependable tuna sandwich. But I think I might now have an idea of what it was like at the first sub shop after visiting the recently…
UPDATE: The homicide victims have been identified as 22-year-old Elijah J. Nelson and 19-year-old Damen D. Washington of Kansas City, Missouri. Original Story (7 a.m.): A quadruple shooting at 36th and Woodland early Saturday morning left two people dead — and Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide count two closer to topping 100 for the year. Just after midnight, Kansas City police…
This year’s Murder Ballad Ball was fraught with thieves, gunslingers, lovers, and a hearty helping of the dish best served cold: revenge.
The Missouri Tigers haven’t played smash-mouth football with the the Iowa Hawkeyes in 100 years. It wasn’t supposed to be that long. The Tigers and Hawks had an agreement to play a four-game, home-and-home series from 2005 to 2008. But Missouri backed out of the first two dates to play Arkansas State and Ole Miss because (it pains me to…
Goofy faces, epic solos, and kooky costumes: they’re all to be expected at Air Guitar Championships.
Hadacol, with Kristie Stremel and the 159ers Saturday, December 3 Crosstown Station In the middle of the barn burner, “Somebody Lied,” Greg Wickham calls out “Otis,” his brother’s middle name, and leans in as big brother Fred Wickham begins a lightning-fast solo. Greg’s on the left, his arm working like a coupling rod chugging away, and bassist Rich Burgess is…
My travels throughout Kansas will take me to Wichita on Saturday. I’m hoping that Fat City readers can do better when it comes to advising me about where to eat in the Air Capital of the World than my regular set of culinary advisors. Their response when I said where I’d be traveling was less than enthusiastic. “Why? Why are…
UPDATE: Read the band’s apology to Kansas City after the jump.Were you at Arrowhead this weekend? Well, then you saw the Eli Young Band’s lead singer — Mike Eli — royally screw up the words to the National Anthem. (Anyone who attended K-State in the last several years will probably remember the Texas band for their numerous dates at Longhorns…
