This past Monday night, I went out to the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas, to redeem a Groupon and have a few overpriced cocktails at Dave & Buster’s. I stuck my face and camera against the window of Pin-Up Bowl, and this is what I saw. Categories: Music Tags: bowling, Campbell’s Soup, closed, Pin-Up Bowl, the Legends Kansas City Outlets
A couple of days ago, as Justin Kendall and I were leaving The Pitch, we were called to by a burly man already halfway out of his pickup truck. He clutched folded papers in his hands. “You guys work for The Pitch?” he asked. My first assumption was that he was mad about some gibberish Justin wrote (you have no…
%{}% In this week’s Pitch, Charles Ferruzza fills up on truffle-parmesan fries and pretzel twists at Westport’s new Beer Kitchen No. 1, a relaxed version of the space’s former inhabitant, One80. Sample Angela C. Bond’s photographs, read Charles’ review and save room for dessert. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
In 2002, Amy Miller of Eudora, Kansas, underwent surgery to remove one of her ovaries. Her doctor, Carolyn Johnson, allegedly removed the wrong one. A Douglas County jury in 2006 awarded Miller nearly $760,000 in damages. After the trial, the court reduced Miller’s award to $610,000. That’s because in 1988, the Kansas Legislature had set a cap on damages for…
Moody instrumental rock band Monta At Odds’ recent album, Fuoco Infernale, cracked The Pitch’s top 10 local releases earlier this year. These space cadets are releasing a new video for “Futile” with artwork from local artist Matthew Naquin. Here’s what the band says about it: Matthew digitally painted each frame, of 1600, and then reinserted it back into the video…
Rock photographer Autumn de Wilde has brought her brand of nostalgic, whimsical photography to bands ranging from Pavement to Willie Nelson, Beck and Elliott Smith. This time she’s outdone herself with a Polaroid project involving more than 2,000 shots of one band — and it’s no surprise that the group involved in this large and absurd undertaking is the seafaring,…
It’s a hard thing to tell your parents that you don’t like school. It’s even worse when they’re both teachers. Bluestem’s co-owner and pastry chef Megan Schultz Garrelts knew she wanted to be a chef at 15 years old. Her parents needed some convincing. “They were worried that I wouldn’t get a pension. And they wanted to know what I…
JayDoc is a free clinic located at 300 Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, that serves more than 2000 uninsured patients per year from all over the region. JayRock is a benefit concert for the volunteer student-run clinic. On February 11, JayDoc will host JayRock at the Uptown Theater with Liverpool, a renowned Beatles tribute band. (In the past, acts…
It takes 10 of these to make Spicy White Castle Dip. Chips and salsa? Out! Potato chips with ranch dip? Totally passe. For hosts and hostesses in Fat City who really want to impress friends and family coming over to watch Super Bowl XLV on February 6, the creative culinary wizards at Columbus, Ohio-based White Castle headquarters have developed stunning…
Wacky preacher Lou Engle, who hates gay folks so much that he went to Uganda to lobby for a law that allowed for executing gay people, has a new target: Supreme Gay Commander Ellen DeGeneres. In a recent speech, the Kansas City-based crazy man told his followers that a crucial step in ridding our nation of the scourge of demon…
Read Charles’ review of the new restaurant here.
It’s a little early to start pouting about Valentine’s Day, single kids, but it’s never too early to shake your ass. YEEEAH BUDDY is more than willing to help with the second cause: The DJ party is throwing its second Hater’s Ball on February 4. Some of you may remember one of the first parties we ever did at Czar…
The Beer for Bikes fundraiser — a happy hour organized by Young Variety of Greater Kansas City — is tomorrow from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Boulevard Brewery (2501 Southwest Boulevard). The “Kids on the Move” campaign raises money to purchase therapeutic bicycles for area children with physical disabilities and standard bicycles for children without means. The fundraiser is…
The story of Eric Winkel, which unfolded over the last few days in Independence, is one you really hoped would have a happy ending. But it’s over now, and the ending couldn’t be sadder. Categories: News Tags: Eric Winkel
Charlie Louvin was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame 10 years ago for his work with the Louvin Brothers. Louvin had been an active musician since the ’40s and was most notably recognized for his work with the Louvin Brothers. He spent the bulk of the past four-plus decades as an influential country singer. According to Paste, Nashville…
It’s been a little while since the smoking ban came down on Kansas City’s bars and restaurants. The smoky haze has finally lifted in midtown haunts after two years under the new regime, revealing — well, nothing, other than a gamy smell of spilled beer and mold, according to a new study by The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas…
Restaurants are finally catching on that diners want to have a lot of options when it comes to drinking a cold one. While we’re not at the point where we have cicerones (the beer equivalent of a sommelier) on hand, Beer Kitchen (reviewed by Charles Ferruzza this week) is a good start with four chalkboards chock-full of ales, lagers, porters…
%{}% You probably don’t remember Stella Liebeck, but you might remember her lap. It was her lap, or more specifically the hot coffee from McDonald’s that scalded her lap, that led to Liebeck being the plaintiff in a 1994 lawsuit against the fast-food franchise. And now, lawyer-turned-filmmaker Susan Saladoff is telling Liebeck’s story in a new documentary, Hot Coffee, which…
Animals don’t make love. Just ask Trent Reznor. Nevertheless, “Love and the Animals” is the coyly named highlight of an upcoming event at the Kansas City Zoo that’s all about animal sex. We all know what doggy style looks like, but what about froggy style? Elephant style? Beyond the actual mechanics of doing the deed, how do animals manage to…
Some folks out there really, really hate illegal immigrants. That much is clear from some of the comments left on Mandy Oaklander’s story about the recent raid on the former Oasis nightclub. But only the most soulless alien-hater could cheer the deportation of Rigoberto Damian Calderon. The 26-year-old has worked to support his family and has no criminal record. He…
