Last week, I was supposed to fly to Boston for a student workshop at my high school alma mater as part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. I’d been given five minutes to talk to the students about myself and about my interest in civil rights. My high school is one of the nation’s storied academic institutions….
The man found shot at 35th and Garfield early Tuesday morning has died, taking Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide total to four for 2011. Kansas City police found 55-year-old Earthy Huff Jr. suffering from a gunshot wound in a driveway at 3523 Garfield at 12:59 a.m. He was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and died later that afternoon….
What’s going on with the red-brick building at 1610 Main, the former Irene’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge? The original sign is beginning to peek out from under the sign announcing the place’s last incarnation, Daddy’s Backdoor Bar, a gay leather-and-bear bar that served food. Before it was Daddy’s, it was Danny’s: Danny’s Big Easy — a real restaurant that closed…
If you’ve been wondering what’s happening with the Mohler family — the six men accused of molesting young family members 20 years ago — here’s the answer: The first trial date has been moved to a yet-to-be-determined date, according to The Kansas City Star. Jared Mohler’s trial, set for March 28, has been rescheduled for a future date. Mohler, and…
Bob Corkins believes in free markets. He worked at a succession of think tanks in Kansas that preached the gospel of limited government. Corkins’ experience advancing the libertarian views of industrialists, such as the ultra-rich Koch brothers, made him an ideal candidate to run the state’s public schools. Or so the Kansas Board of Education thought when right-wingers comprised the…
It seems like all of Kansas City wants to play in the 5 to 7 inches of snow that we got last night. Our friends over on Plog report that Sporting KC — formerly and more awesomely known as our soccer team, the Wizards — were planning a snowball fight with fans. Now Manifesto is getting in on the action….
Capybara has been off Kansas City’s radar for a little bit, even though the band’s members haven’t (especially Darin Seal, who helms Saharan Gazelle Boy). The band came back with news about a new album a month ago and posted a video asking for donations via a Kickstarter account. Tonight, though, another band named after the gigantic South American rodent…
Editor’s note: This story was written with a space heater blasting onto the author’s feet as he groaned about the dampness of his socks. The author is a total pussy. No Snow Day for Kansas City firefighters, who found themselves battling a two-alarm house fire this morning near the intersection of 12th Street and Benton Avenue. Firefighters already have their…
By now, we’ve all heard the horror stories of everyone stuck downtown last night in traffic, thanks to the snowpocalypse. If you haven’t noticed the 8 inches of fluffy white stuff outside, here’s a reason to take heed: the Sexy Accident’s show at the Living Room tonight is canceled. Here’s what the band says: “Stay warm and drive safe, everyone….
The trickle of molten cheese inside a jalapeno pepper just became a raging river. Popular Science reports that New Mexico State University’s chili breeding program has created a new “extra large, medium hot jalapeno pepper precisely optimized for jalapeno poppers.” The NuMex Jalmundo will change the menus at bowling alleys forever. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
If you’re feeling some cabin fever and lamenting the end of the Kansas City Chiefs season, the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library (4801 Main) is the place to be. A documentary film about the life of Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt premieres Thursday, January 20, at 6:30 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs team historian Bob Moore will introduce the…
You don’t have to be a bimbo (or a himbo) to work for Bimbo Bakeries USA, which holds a job fair tomorrow, January 21, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Wyandotte County Workforce Center (552 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas). Yesterday, the Kansas City Business Journal reported online that the job fair…
A wounded Johnny Cash stoically puffs his chest outside of a prison. Hank Williams’ upturned palms are pierced and bloody. A woman in a long, black veil crouches over a grave. These are all powerful images by artist Nora Othic, who has drawn enough pictures for two different music-themed art shows. The first exhibition, Rock & Roller, opens with a…
Man wasn’t meant to eat fire. Or was he? The Pitch’s Peter Rugg took down the Krakatoa Surprise — a flaming recipe from Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister — earlier this week. His entry in the band’s video contest is over on our sister blog, Wayward. It’s both dangerous and hilarious. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
In a show that’s being referred to as “kind of a big deal” by the local reggae community, the Melodians are coming to Crosstown Station on Thursday, February 3. Categories: Music Tags: crosstown station, DJ Rico, new riddim, reggae, rocksteady, The Melodians
Something’s cooking in the former JP Wine Bar space downtown. Or rather, someone is cooking. Executive chef Brian Aaron — the chef at JP Wine Bar the past year — is working on the menu for Tannin Wine Bar and Kitchen, the new restaurant that will open at 1526 Walnut, likely sometime next month. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags:…
Who wants to nail a Sporting Kansas City player with a snowball? Today at noon, you have your chance. Fans will meet soccer players in a snowfight (they’re calling it specialKCsnowmageddon on Twitter) at a park near the north side of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre (at Volker Boulevard and Rockhill Road). The Cauldron, fans of the franchise formerly known…
You’ve read this week’s article about the Club Oasis raid that sent scores of bar patrons on a path to deportation. Now see the neighborhood grappling with the bust’s aftershocks in these photos taken by Brooke Vandever.
Space nuts always skip right to the crunchy freeze-dried ice cream that is more novelty than taste sensation. But if you want dessert, you’ve got to eat your dinner first. But moon food doesn’t come around all the time, and you’ve only got a day to bid on the dehydrated beef pot roast created for the Apollo space missions ….
For not telling his partners that he is infected with HIV and screwing bareback, HIV-positive Air Force sergeant and swinger David Gutierrez will spend the next eight years in a military prison. On Wednesday, a military judge handed down the sentence, dishonorably discharged Gutierrez and stripped him of his rank, according to the Wichita Eagle. This means Gutierrez will lose…
Yesterday, chef Patrick Ryan talked about his start in the kitchen and the decision to launch Port Fonda (click here for the interview). Today, he answers a series of rapid-fire questions about what’s filling his pan, fridge and mind. What are your culinary inspirations? For people, it’s Rick Bayless and Paul Kahan. For places, it’s regional Mexican and the Midwestern…
On the one hand, it’s such a breath of fresh air to receive an actual, handwritten note rather than an anonymous comment online. And to receive that note on such a quirky postcard? Well, that just tickled the keys on the dusty typewriter that is my heart. On the other hand, a reference to “prenatal lynching” handwritten on the front…
