%{}% Short on cash? Know who killed Brian Euston in Westport last October? Today’s your lucky day, you Anonymous Person, you! The coordinator of the Crimestoppers’ TIPS Hotline, Detective Kevin Boehm, announced today that Euston’s friends and family have forked over $35,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for Euston’s death. Add that to…
%{}% It’s good to be reminded that fights over strip clubs aren’t solely confined within the borders of Missouri. Right now, for instance, there’s a fevered battle going on in Jefferson County, Kansas, where Lawrence developer Zach Snyder wants to build a private club with (brace yourself) female nudity right outside Meriden. This gives Jefferson County residents the vapors, because…
Lee’s Summit wouldn’t support the B:2 concept. Update: Ernesto Peralta is very unhappy about the negative comments inspired by this post, and he called Fat City to clarify. Read what he has to say after the original story. Original story (January 3): Fat City received a call on Sunday from Ernesto Peralta, co-owner of Blanc Burgers + Bottles, announcing that…
Kansas City-based Farm to Market Bread Company kicks off a new venture with the Hen House Market at 135th and Metcalf starting next Monday: Trained store employees will bake and sell fresh loaves, straight from a special Spanish Llopis oven, from 4 to 6 p.m. The bread will be available only on Monday evenings, and only one kind of bread…
Awwwww, yeeeah. The porn industry’s most successful starlet is gonna be in the house next Saturday night at P&L. Categories: Music Tags: Jenna Jameson, porn stars at the Power & Light District
%{}% We’ve already reported that magician Eric Price — the magician who was shot in a parking lot outside Waldo Pizza November 30 — will be the recipient of a fundraiser on Saturday. A group of fellow magicians organized the benefit, which takes place Saturday at the Kansas City Improv Comedy Club in Zona Rosa. Tickets are still available. Price,…
Yes, yes, I know the difference between a traditional vegetarian and a vegan. But until recently, I didn’t know that there were vegetarians who liked meat-free dishes designed to look and taste like, you know, meat. Or, conversely, vegetarians who considered this practice anathema to the very concept of vegetarianism. I should have known better. Years ago, I was extolling…
Hot damn! Here’s some more national love for the local scene, thanks to Mac. Saharan Gazelle Boy is featured in this graphic for Apple’s App Store. We snagged this image off Capybara’s blog that was posted a couple of days ago. Look really closely at the picture above — do you see Saharan Gazelle Boy in the background? Categories: Music…
%{}% It hasn’t been a particularly good couple of months for newly minted Cass County presiding commissioner Herschel Young. Sure, he hung 10 on the Republican wave and landed his new gig. But a funny thing happens when you run for public office: People tend to look into your past. In Young’s case, that meant the discovery of a guilty…
For the past eight years, the Greater Kansas City Chefs Association and the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association have sponsored an ice-carving competition as a preliminary event to the festivities connected with the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association Inaugural Ball. This year, the event is moving to the Country Club Plaza; it was held at Crown Center last year. So…
Calling all Sheila E. fans! Do you know Kansas City is an apparent hot spot for hot female drummers? Davey’s Uptown does, and it’s putting together a show featuring a lineup of girl drummers. Sara Teasley, drummer of the New Lost Souls, has curated the rare treat of a showcase of rhythm-keeping femme fatales that should knock the socks off…
Nature may have thought it found a way to deny humans access to hot and tasty burritos, but nature was wrong. The Thrillist writes that Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in Mammoth Lakes, California, has solved the problem of getting you a burrito at the middle of a snow-covered mountain. The Roving Mammoth, a food truck and Snowcat, is bringing street…
Margo May, last year’s winner of “Best Emerging Act” at The Pitch Music Awards, heads to Portland, Oregon, on January 17 for an undetermined amount of time in order to work on her next record. But fans of the songstress were treated to one last show at RecordBar, where she was joined by her friends Oriole Post and the Sunday…
This week’s feature story asks the question, “Can DMX ever stay out of trouble long enough to top the charts again?” Giving such an answer may take more than mere words can provide. So for you, our readers, we have three songs to help you decide for yourselves if DMX (or, at the very least, his music) has a shot….
Bill Murray showed off his singing chops in Lost In Translation. His follow-up act? Entertaining a room of strangers at Karaoke One 7 in New York City recently. Regardless of your stance on karaoke, it would be hard to pass up a chance to croon with the Caddyshack star. Categories: Music Tags: Bill Murray, karaoke
You’re not alone in your search for good beer. And with the newly launched OnTapKC, you can get the word out about the craft beer at bars and liquor stores by tagging what’s on tap or in stock. The interactive map created by Overland Park Web developer Corey Wood (who you likely know better by his Paul A. Ner blogger…
%{}% Bill Murray showed off his singing chops in Lost In Translation. His follow-up act? Entertaining a room of strangers at Karaoke One 7 in New York City recently. Regardless of your stance on karaoke, it would be hard to pass up a chance to croon with the Caddyshack star. The Chive has the photos and story from “Mike,” who…
Get ready for Smallcakes, America. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Smallcakes has signed a franchise deal with Beautiful Brands International. The cupcakery is the 14th restaurant concept in a portfolio of BBI franchises around the world. Jeff and Brandy Martin, the founders of Smallcakes, will continue to operate the stores in the Kansas City area and will have…
Koo Koo Kanga Roo bridges the gaps between hip-hop and dance music and … dinosaurs. Sure, Koo Koo Kanga Roo shares similarities with the Beastie Boys, Backstreet Boys, Disney movies and Yo Gabba Gabba! But that’s not the point of the duo’s goofy rap. For Neil Olstad and Bryan Atchison, the point is the audience, whether tots or twenty-somethings. Olstad…
A tribute to David Bowie is taking shape at RecordBar on January 23. It’s hosted by Sonic Spectrum — that’s DJ Robert Moore — and it’s the first of many. Check it out: RecordBar and Sonic Spectrum present the Sonic Spectrum Tribute Series beginning January 23. The monthly series will feature a different artist’s work covered by some of the…
%{}% The FBI is apparently sniffing around the Port Authority of Kansas City, but a City Council committee declined an opportunity on Wednesday to jettison the agency’s chairman, Trey Runnion. Mayor Mark Funkhouser has identified replacements for Runnion and another Port Authority board member. The agency has come under fire because its lawyer, William Session, received a contract to excavate…
Westerns comprise perhaps the largest of all film genres, perpetuating certain archetypes and stereotypes amid a forgiving assessment of our Manifest Destiny. So by 1970, the time was ripe for director Arthur Penn’s anti-Western, Little Big Man, a biting, revisionist satire that skewers the whitewashed myths of American and Native American history, as narrated by 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman),…
Ladies and gentlemen, emperors and plebes: presenting Season Seven of Improv Thunderdome, The Pitch’s 2008 winner for Best Comedy Show. Each of the three rounds showcases a frenzied three-way of improv competition, which means nine teams battle over the course of four months for the championship title. Round one pits Babel Fish against RocketFuck and multiple championship winner Loaded Dice…
At 6 p.m., curator Caleb Taylor talks about artistic voyeurism and the concept of looking within — the body, the mind, nature. That’s the purposely vague premise of the multimedia and multi-artist exhibition A Glimpse Inward, featuring works by Taylor and four other artists. The opening reception lasts until 9 p.m., and the show stays up through February 19. Wednesdays,…
