The Power & Light District issued the call, and Kansas City’s discerning cinéastes responded, paring down a field of 10 Christmas classics, old and new, to the three most-wanted movies of this holiday season. They’re being screened at the AMC Mainstreet 6 (1400 Main, 816-474-4545) on successive Saturdays at 11 a.m. (Tuesdays, too, at 7 p.m.). The series began with…
The new theater company She & Her Productions started out with a bang with its premiere play, The Shape of Things, by famous woman hater Neil LaBute — an interesting choice for a company run by a lesbian couple. After scaling back the intensity for You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, She & Her returns to a lighter take on…
Go ahead and say a little prayer to Saint John Bosco — the patron saint of magicians — for 38-year-old Eric Price. Price goes by Eric Z. Price on his website, which has a prophetic statement floating around the blue background: “Eric had a premonition yesterday…”If he did have a premonition, he might have chosen not to work yesterday at…
Should the state of Missouri require prescriptions for allergy and cold medicines containing pseudophedrine? One anonymous commenter emphatically answered no. Anonymous wrote: Hell no. since i don’t have insurance i have to rely on allergy meds with this substance in them. i understand limiting my purchases by keeping track, but it would only make my life more difficult. if i…
Not a lot of people see Broadway as a great investment in the best of times, let alone the last few years in this economy. If you did somehow find a way to make money, you’d be forgiven for just pocketing the cash. And there’s Micah Riggs, owner of the coffee Wonk and the subject of this week’s feature (“Buzz…
The Zack Greinke trade talk changes by the day. Yesterday, Yahoo’s Jeff Passan reported that the Royals ace would be willing to waive his no-trade clause that prevents Kansas City from trading him to big-market teams like the New York Yankees. Citing a source close to the right-hander, Passan reported that Greinke “would happily pitch anywhere that would provide…
Blues musician Elbert “Big Woody” Davis Jr. died in a fiery crash Monday evening after a high-speed chase with police after being accused of shooting and stabbing a county administrator. The story in the Topeka Capital-Journal is a bizarre read, with the chase beginning after Osage County director of economic development Stephanie Watson showed up at the sheriff’s office to…
Blues musician Elbert “Big Woody” Davis Jr. died in a fiery crash Monday evening after a high-speed chase with police after being accused of shooting and stabbing a county administrator. The story in the Topeka Capital-Journal is a bizarre read, with the chase beginning after Osage County director of economic development Stephanie Watson showed up at the sheriff’s office to…
Refried beans can be the ultimate mystery dish. Chef and culinary consultant Bonnie Winston can take the tiniest taste of long-simmered beans in a Mexican restaurant and tell you if they’ve been cooked in lard. “If the beans are really flavorful,” she says, “there’s probably lard in there.” I have several vegetarian friends in Kansas City who take a “don’t…
This mountain lion with evil glowing eyes was spotted in Platte County. While you’d think the cat was eviscerating humans with its laser eyes, the cat is more likely here to drink Wild Turkey and much on white-tail deer (according to KCTV5). Or kill humans by shooting laser beams from its glowing yellow eyes. So National Geographic: Kansas City continues….
Molly Picture Club is a relatively new band knocking around town. They’ve got kind of an icy post-punk vibe goin’, and a song called “Bleed On It” that I like. Apparently they also have obscure European connections, because the video they just released for their song “Satellites” (from their recent Four on the Floor EP) was made by a German filmmaker…
No? For shame! This little treasury of kooky finds is on Mission and 47th Avenue, and it’s been open a whole year already. Good job, you guys! Check out the store’s Facebook page to score some dollars on your next purchase of good old geekery. (Bias: they have some killer old punk t-shirts. For examples, check out Hudnall’s post about…
A reservation is a promise between the diner and a restaurant. You agree to show up at a certain time with the members of your party, and the restaurant agrees to have a table ready. The idea is clear, but the reality is a bit muddied. Sometimes you have to wait as a party sits with an unpaid bill on…
All of a sudden, everyone seems to have noticed that a lot of folks are getting shot around here, and most of their killers are going free. As the number of murders creeps toward 100 for the year, the number of those unsolved sits at 55, the most in years. Everyone is outraged! But no one has much of a…
If you’re frequently a victim of second-hand embarrassment, you might want to steer clear of the RecordBar on New Years’ Eve. (After all, you just might be subject to this.) The RecordBar is hosting Donkey Gong — a ’70s-style gong show that will award brave talent-holders cash prizes from $500 (first place) to $50 (third place). Who will be judging…
When a date goes south, it usually has nothing to do with the food. However, there are certain foods that can tip the scales to make sure you go home alone. Plus it feels better to blame the scampi, instead of your inability to generate topics of conversation. With a need for a scapegoat, or scapesteak, I’d like to suggest…
Did the one and only Usher chow down on the Plaza this weekend, after his rip-roaring show of muscle, fireworks and good old-fashioned lovin’ at the Sprint Center last Saturday? Fat City reports. Was that Usher eating at the Cheesecake Factory late Saturday night after his concert at the Sprint Center? It’s not unlikely — the California-based dining chain is…
Thursday could be a joyful soccer Christmas for American fans, or it could be a day filled with bitter disappointment. Also kinda like Christmas. FIFA will vote on and announce host countries for the 2018 and 2022 Cups, and the U.S. has been been busting its ass to get the 2022 tournament. They’re even sending Attorney General Eric Holder to…
Fried chicken for the holidays? Last August, just six days before Galvin’s Dinnerhouse, the iconic fried chicken restaurant in St. Joseph, celebrated its 70th anniversary, the building nearly burned to the ground in a devastating fire. The restaurant is still in the process of re-building, according to Toni Grace, who has operated the venue with husband Bill Grace for many…
The television options start to look as bleak as the back of your fridge right about now. But one show is hoping to fill the void left between Thanksgiving leftovers and a very special Christmas episode. Top Chef All-Stars, the eighth season of the reality cooking competition, debuts tonight at 9 on Bravo. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Sleigh Bells — the awesomely “odd marriage of over-the-top, blown-out guitar riffs and pop vocals,” according to our writer Ian Hrabe — has canceled its date at the first night of 96.5 The Buzz’ The Night the Buzz Stole Xmas at the Midland on December 6. They’ll be replaced by Cage the Elephant. (Read a review of the gritty alt-rock…
Blackpool Lights are resurrected and touring again, as we’ve diligently reported here on the Wayward. The band —which currently consists of frontman (and Get Up Kids guitarist) Jim Suptic, plus Billy Brimblecom, Steve Wilson, and Greg LaFollette — stops by RecordBar this weekend, on Friday, December 4. Yesterday, they dropped Okie Baroque, an EP that’s their first collection of songs…
Reading or listening to an outsider’s assessment of Kansas City can be excruciating. The Show-Me State showed me lot of a hot barbecue and cool jazz! So credit Brian Lambert, a contributor to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, for recognizing Kansas City as something more than a plate of burnt ends and a place where Charlie Parker developed a taste for narcotics. Describing…
