%{}% The football gods have forgiven the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs put playoff tickets on sale to season-ticket holders just days before a road trip to San Diego. The Chiefs were hanging on to a tenuous two-game lead of the AFC West at the time, and sure enough, the angry gods struck, forcing quarterback Matt Cassel to miss the…
When K2 synthetic pot first broke onto the scene in 2009, it was pretty underground, all right. In Lawrence — often regarded as ground zero of the nation’s fake weed boom period — you had to know someone to score, dig? Only the most street-savvy of weed heads knew all the telltale signs, like the advertising in the windows of…
He’s an underground dude, so it’s kind of surprising that Tech N9ne hasn’t released, like, a hundred mixtapes already. Just before Christmas, he finally dropped his first one, Bad Season. You can snag that shit over at XXL. And in a recent interview with Hip Hop DX, Tech talked about hanging out with Lil Wayne in prison. It’s good stuff. …
The student blog of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, is a great way to find out how soldiers really feel about life in the military. Naturally, Congress’ repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the military’s stale stance forbidding gays to serve openly, has inspired discussion. Some are all for it, others against,…
We’ve covered the good, bad and the ugly of restaurant closings of 2010. But Charles lists his five picks for Kansas City’s best new restaurants of 2010. Check out pictures from three of his picks in our slideshow.
Kansas City sports fans who are longing for a home playoff game, played by any local professional team, get their chance. As the Chiefs and Chargers battle for the AFC West title in a tight race the rest of the regular season, the Chiefs face a must-win proposition every Sunday. This week should supply an easy test when the Tennessee…
This Christmas isn’t merely a homecoming for Chris Porter. He’s sort of returning to the scene of the crime. Sure, the Olathe native may operate out of Los Angeles now — that’s just a smart career move after a guy finishes in the top three on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and starts racking up late-night appearances and sets on Comedy…
Of course, they’re just going to take everything back on Sunday, but you can’t show up to Christmas empty-handed. Fortunately, the Legends is looking out for procrastinators by staying open until 10 p.m. Hurry! Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Starts: Dec. 11. Continues through Dec. 23, 2010 Tags: Night & Day
Set your phasers to funk and aim for the heart of Sun Ra. This evening is the perfect point in the space-time continuum for Black Crack Revue’s Ultra-Flesh Dance at Californos (4124 Pennsylvania). BCR is Kansas City’s longest-running self-described “afro, nuclear, wavabilly, funk, swing, reggae, turska band.” (How many are there?). Longtime members Allaudin Ottinger (drums and voice), Thomas Aber…
The cool thing about office holiday parties: free booze. The downside: Guzzle too much and you might end up making out with your boss. Yet, the concept of a festive social gathering remains appealing. And there’s an added thrill when it happens in an office building. That’s the setting for the KKFI Live Music Holiday Party. The eight-act jam gets…
Just because Kansas City’s Jewish population doesn’t celebrate Christmas doesn’t mean they don’t party. The annual Bagel Bash presents a chance for young people to mingle without having to deal with a bunch of candy canes or Christmas music. (Die, “Jingle Bell Rock,” die.) The shindig takes place at small-plate haven Taste (7938 Santa Fe Drive, Overland Park, 913-766-0320), the…
The Kansas City Comets are back! Sort of! The logo and spirit of the local indoor soccer team from the 1980s has been revived in the form of the Missouri Comets who take on the Baltimore Blast today. Wed., Dec. 29, 7:35 p.m., 2010 Tags: Baltimore Blast, Kansas City Comets, Night & Day
You’re spending Christmas Eve with family, but that doesn’t mean you want to spend Christmas Eve with your family’s cooking. You’ll be happier with the family recipes of Lidia Bastianich at her restaurant, Lidia’s Kansas City (101 West 22nd Street). The Crossroads spot holds an annual Feast of the Seven Fishes — a traditional Italian meal that brings family together…
There’s nothing like a sassy snowman to lead the pope to spiritual enlightenment, especially when the pope is down in the dumps over all the suffering in the world. That’s the idea behind The Pope and the Snowman, a mini play onstage at Pilgrim Chapel (3807 Gillham, 816-753-6719). It’s written by the Rev. Roger Coleman and directed by Danny Cox,…
For 138 years, Broadway Church (3931 Washington) has ushered in Christmas morning with the traditional Swedish celebration of Julotta, in honor of the church’s cultural roots. Join the congregation this morning for the lighting of 126 Advent candles, followed by American and Scandinavian Christmas hymns led by Swedish schoolteacher Nick Englen. Don’t fear, non-Nordic people, English and Swedish translations of…
Sunday marked the official start of Kwanzaa, which runs through New Year’s Day. The Johnson County NAACP celebrates today at the Antioch Library (8700 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Merriam) with two programs. Festivities begin at 11 a.m. with “Crafts for Children,” a two-hour window in which kids can get together and make Kwanzaa- and holiday-themed projects and decorate the room…
Few in KC show their thanks for UMKC men’s basketball. Since a move to Division I in 1986, UMKC basketball has remained the ugly step-.sibling of Kansas City winter sports: often quite pleasant but ultimately ignored for more attractive, high-profile alternatives. That’s a shame, because the plucky Kangaroo program provides affordable, interesting action that can be seen live, and not…
We know, we know. You’ve grown attached to straining your eyes over the distorted, nonsensical text of Captcha to prove you’re not a spammy robot. But we care about your retinas, Wayward readers. So we’re bringing you the gift that keeps on giving: Disqus, a new commenting system. Disqus is the same system used on many Tumblr blogs, as well…
Despite what some of you believe, we do have families and celebrate holidays, except for Peter Rugg. He’s pure evil. So we’re all taking a four-day weekend for Christmas and a variety of other holidays (mostly football), so you probably won’t see anything new Thursday through Sunday. Whatever holiday you’re celebrating, we hope have a good one and avoid Krampus…
UPDATE: The victim of the homicide at 11th and Hardesty has been identified as 27-year-old Jermaine E. Rowe. In other homicide news, the KCPD was investigating the city’s 102nd homicide Wednesday afternoon after 50-year-old Denise Peterson died after being shot at 54th and Wayne around 4:52 p.m. Police say a man reported hearing gunshots while driving through the area with…
Here’s hoping you have a sweet holidays. Fat City is taking a break for the holidays to marinate flank steaks, spike the eggnog and fill stockings with chocolate. We’ll be back Monday. Meanwhile, happy holidays. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Oatmeal is having a restaurant revival Earlier this month, the restaurant trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News reported that McDonald’s would roll out a new menu item, fruit and maple oatmeal — served with or without brown sugar and priced at $1.99 — to 14,000 of its locations on January 3. (The Houston Press thinks the fast food giant made the…
Well, everyone, we’re taking off on Thursday and Friday to sit next to a tree with lights on it, get drunk and give each other things. We hope you’ll do the same! (Or, you know, do your winter solstice dance, light candles, wear robes, eat Chinese food — whatever your holiday-time traditions may be!) Have fun and be safe, everyone….
“What’s a PoleCam?” If you’d asked us yesterday, we probably would have assumed a PoleCam was something invented by Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis. But thanks to a video posted on Kansas City Police Chief James Corwin’s blog, we now know that the PoleCam is an effective, if unsolicited, residential skylight-maker. Check out the video — the first in…
