Calling all freaks, geeks and wild and crazy guys: Now is the time to show off your uncanny ability to chug a beer while balancing on one hand with your feet behind your head, or swallow eight pool balls or sing “Gloria” just like Patti Smith. In fact, at the New Year’s Eve Donkey Gong Show, the weirder and wilder…
Ring in the New Year Parkville style with the Inaugural New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at Wines by Jennifer (405 Main St., Parkville). Bringing European flair to the suburbs for their Spanish-themed night of food, celebration and (of course) wine, the celebration begins at 8 p.m. with appetizers and wine pairings. The four-course meal, along with desert bar with wine and…
From the artist’s statement: “Call it a teenage love song addressed to love songs. This group of paintings is not unlike kids filling notebooks with band names or kissing album covers of sean cassidy in their bedrooms after school. All of it done out of pure, unadulterated admiration. Longing to be identified with the bands who could write such songs,…
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, then it’s New Year’s — so swing into 2011 with Dean Martin: Memories Are Made of This at the Chestnut Fine Arts Theater (234 North Chestnut in Olathe). Featuring tunes like “Send Me the Pillow You Dream On” and “Everybody Loves Somebody,” this suitable-for-all show is a tribute to…
Want to avoid midtown mayhem and downtown traffic disasters this year? Head to historic downtown Parkville for the New Year’s Eve edition of Final Friday: New Year’s Eve Celebration. Start the night by taking in the works of local artists at Parkville Coffeehouse (103 Main, 816-216-6560), followed by a tasting of house-made blends from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Move on…
Start the year off with a deposit in the good-karma bank. Rather than lazing away the first day of 2011, do something for the community. The inner city beautifiers with the Tulips on Troost project hold their final planting session of the season at 18th Street and Troost, starting at 10 a.m. Arrive in eco-friendly style on the Troost MAX….
Bras sure are powerful. For the most part, hardly anyone but its wearer sees it. Yet on any given day, a brassiere can make a woman feel older, younger, daring, proper, sexy or incredibly uncomfortable. Fortunately, it isn’t necessary to burn the ones that don’t flatter. That basic beige racerback that you wore only once might be a perfect fit…
Rare is the evening when guitars don’t wail live through the sound system at Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club (3402 Main, 816-753-1909). But, alas, this is the slow season for live music, and at press time none was scheduled tonight at the gritty midtown venue. However, that’s no reason to stay home, especially when drinks are so cheap. Well liquors and…
The pageviews are in and the numbers don’t lie: Here are the top 10 most read cover stories of the year.
Eric Lee Klinge is clearly a tattoo enthusiast. Independence police believe Klinge also has an affinity for kidnapping. At least, that’s according to the warrant they have for the 30-year-old’s arrest. Independence police believe Klinge was involved in the abduction of a woman from an Independence QuikTrip Tuesday night. The woman has since been found and is safe. However police…
Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley has a riverboat gambler’s mentality to coaching. He’s effing crazy. But Pitch editor Joe Tone has found five reasons to love the visor-sporting coach’s craziness. But Tone omitted one thing that struck me and Commenter of the Day thephantom816: “I’ve -always said that Todd Haley coaches football the way most people play Madden.” Exactly. Haley…
It will be 2011 in a few days, and a terrific way to start a fresh new year is to meet a few new friends. So think of the freshly launched Facebook page,The Pitch’s Fat City, as an exciting place to find out what’s going on in Kansas City’s dining scene and become introduced to a whole new group of…
Local music blog There Stands the Glass has a list of some of the Kansas City musicians that we lost in 2010. A couple that Wayward paid tribute to: rapper Sliccs Gotcha, westside rapper JP (Tha Mex), and local jazz icon Ahmad Alaadeen. Categories: Music
%{}% A double shooting in midtown Wednesday afternoon has left one person dead and another injured. That news comes from the Star, which tells us that police hit the scene at East 31st and Gillham Plaza around 1:15 p.m. One of the shooting victims was found at a Jiffy Lube and the other across the street at a 7-Eleven. KMBC…
We just got word from Cody Wyoming that he’s putting together a Rolling Stones tribute at Crosstown Station, where a local 12-piece band will play Exile On Main Street in its entirety. It’s a doozy: the singers will include Mitch Rich (Rich Boys), Troy Geoghegan (Bleach Bloods), Amy Farrand (American Catastrophe / EIO / Shotgun Idols), Mark Smeltzer (Rural Grit…
It’s a lot harder to find a restaurant open on New Year’s Day than on New Year’s Eve. Sure, there are joints that you just know will be open, like Denny’s at 16th and Broadway, or the Perkins Family Restaurant at 6292 North Oak Trafficway, or the casino buffets. They’re almost always open. But what about a more upscale venue?…
Missouri’s tattoo artists better get ready to pay higher fees to practice their craft. The state of Missouri wants to triple licensing fees charged to tattoo artists to offset the costs of overseeing the industry, according to the Associated Press. Two-year licensing fees for tattooists and body piercers would jump from $30 to $100. Tattoo businesses would also see increased…
UPDATE: Prosecutors don’t expect to file charges in the shooting death of 14-year-old Megan Reppond, according to the Joplin Globe. Reppond died after being struck in the head by a bullet fired from a .38-caliber handgun that one of her friends found sitting on top of a piano during a slumber party. Original Story: Megan Reppond was at a slumber…
UPDATE: The victim of Tuesday morning’s homicide at Inner City Oil has been identified as 25-year-old Sujendra Amarasingham. Read the update after the jump.Original Story (December 28): Kansas City police are investigating the city’s 104th homicide of 2010 Tuesday morning after a customer made a gruesome discovery. A man was found shot to death inside the Inner City Oil gas…
Any old guy can get a sandwich named after him. But you know you’ve made it when you’ve got a beer on tap with your name. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Gov.-elect Sam Brownback has a new brew bearing his moniker at the Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant in Topeka. Brownback Wheat is a dark wheat, brown in color (get…
%{}% UPDATE: The suspected prowler who was shot and killed by police this morning allegedly charged police with a metal pole. Read the rest of the update after the jump … Wednesday morning has seen two officer-involved shootings in the area — and one has ended in the shooting death of a suspected “prowler.” The Star reported that officers shot…
The Foundation’s weekend late-night jazz jam sessions are a true Kansas City treasure, and especially perfect for a night like New Year’s Eve. On Friday, the party at the Foundation starts at midnight and runs until 6 a.m., providing a perfect way to keep the party going. Categories: Music Tags: harold o’neal, mutual musicians foundation, Mutual Musicians’ Foundation
With the Kansas City Chiefs penciled into next week’s NFL playoffs, it’s high time for the media to start tossing around dreamy estimates of how much money a home playoff game will mean for Kansas City. By next Sunday, the stories go, area bars will be pouring liquid gold from their taps, and we won’t even need the e-tax to…
Money saved is money earned. And money tipped, well, that’s money gone. And, Winstead’s, I wish I had my $5 back. I get it. I asked for 12 sandwiches. That’s a large order. That’s why I was glad to leave a tip. However, that was before I had to tell my father-in-law that he didn’t have a burger because we…
