First Friday Artwalk: March 2011
The scene at this month’s First Friday Artwalk in the Crossroads District. Photos by Sami Dowd.
Archives: March 2011
Lance Armstrong, Sporting Kansas City announce Livestrong stadium-naming deal
As if those ubiquitous yellow rubber bracelets weren’t enough of a marketing tool, Livestrong, Lance Armstrong’s cancer research nonprofit, now can add stadium-naming rights to its name-recognition arsenal. Inside of the nearly complete new Sporting Kansas City arena on Tuesday, the club and the seven-time Tour de France champion announced a unique deal that will name the team’s posh new…
Garrett Mason admits helping kill two teen girls
“I committed two murders,” Garrett Mason told a judge in a Joplin courtroom Monday. Mason had reached a plea deal in the 2009 stabbing deaths of Anne Reid and Kylie Leyva, the Joplin Globe reported. For pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, the 19-year-old was sentenced to two life sentences, but he’ll be eligible for parole in a…
Artist and restaurateur Stretch signs deal for his own TV show
Restaurateur and visual artist Jeff Rumaner, better known around town as the larger-than-life character Stretch, is finally getting his own TV show on Spike TV. Yesterday, the Kansas City Business Journal’s Krista Klaus reported that Stretch had signed a deal to host a Spike TV show. No details about the show, though. And there’s a reason for that. “I can’t…
Trezo Vino launches “Around the Rim” promotion for March Madness
You might have heard of a pop-up restaurant, but how about a pop-up sports bar? Beginning today, Trezo Vino (11570 Ash) rolls out its new “Around the Rim” menu, which runs through April 8. Executive chef Daniel White has created 12 dishes to honor the schools of the Big 12, which will be featured alongside Roasterie-crafted cocktails and Boulevard beer…
Petro America shareholder website pops up, celebrates ex-CEO Owen Hawkins
The shareholders of Petro America Corporation are speaking out — and their voices sound an awful lot like former CEO Owen Hawkins. The Star’s Dollars & Sense blog reported that a new shareholders website has popped up, linking to supposedly unaffiliated YouTube videos from shareholders repeating some of Hawkins’ old claims, which federal investigators say were a scam that bilked…
Kansas City Royals hot dog-injury lawsuit begins today
%{}% John Coomer, an unfortunate Kansas City Royals fan, claims to have suffered a detached retina and other eye damage after a hot dog thrown by Sluggerrr, the Royals’ mascot, hit him in the face at Kauffman Stadium. He filed a lawsuit against the Royals in February 2010. We can only assume that Coomer turned down all settlement offers from…
Ke$ha’s giving out condoms. What should other musicians catapult into the crowd?
In a partnership with LifeStyle, Ke$ha is blasting thousands of condoms from her glitter cannon (no, that’s not a euphemism) onstage during her shows for her “Get $leazy” tour — and they all have her face on them. (Check our list of musicians we wouldn’t want gracing our condom wrappers here.) So, what should other musicians start blasting their fans…
Michelle Preston, Shawnee Mission West teacher, accused of inappropriate relationship with a student
UPDATE: Fox 4 has identified the teacher under investigation as Michelle Preston, a third-year psychology and world geography instructor. The station cites Lenexa and Overland Park police. Read the rest of the update after the jump … Original Story: Get ready for a chorus of “luckiest boy in the world.” A female teacher at Shawnee Mission West High School is…
Guide to the Big 12 Tournament nailed by K-State blog
Kansas State blog Bring On the Cats has a pretty dead-on primer for the Big 12 basketball tournaments (women’s games start today, if you didn’t know). Of course, it’s from a K-State slant, so the rest of the conference sucks (and it’s kinda sweet that the site’s poll is predicting a Wildcat tourney win). But as someone who can remember…
Joseph Smith accused of going WWE on Kansas City police officer, hitting him with a steel chair
Joseph Smith is not hardcore pro wrestling legend Mick Foley. However, the 31-year-old Richmond man is accused of hitting a Kansas City police officer with a metal folding chair at the Uptown Theater, according to the Star. Braining someone with a chair in WWE will get you disqualified (unless you do it behind the ref’s back). In real life, that’s…
All aboard! Mumford and Sons and more team up for the Railroad Revival Tour
Beginning at the end of next month, indie darlings (and Grammy nominees) Mumford & Sons will join forces with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and the Old Crow Medicine Show for a short tour — on vintage rail cars. Their venues? Odd (but appropriate) places like Chandler, Arizona’s Railroad Museum. It’s a lot like the 1970 Festival Express, the…
Isaac Perdomo-Paz called ‘person of interest’ in Red Roof Inn triple homicide
Clay County authorities have a “person of interest” in custody in last week’s triple homicide at a Northland Red Roof Inn. KMBC Channel 9 is reporting that 18-year-old Isaac Perdomo-Paz is being held on charges unrelated to the homicides (failure to appear and obstructing police charges), but authorities are calling him a person of interest in the homicides of 18-year-olds…
Win tickets to see Das Racist at The Granada!
For a hot minute in 2008, the entire blogosphere was plagued with one pressing question: Are you at the Pizza Hut or at the Taco Bell? Who knew that two goofy guys repeating a couple of stupid phrases could have been the beginnings of a credible — hell, revered — rap group that Rolling Stone gave accolades to last year?…
Get inside chef Michael Smith’s head in blog form
Chefs are just like us. They want good service and strong drinks. They have bad meals and strong opinions about food. Sometimes, they choose to sit down at their computer and share those opinions. Chef Michael Smith, who co-owns Michael Smith and Extra Virgin with his wife, Nancy, has launched a new blog on the website for Michael Smith. Categories:…
Pimping perfume: five pop stars guilty of shamelessly promoting their fragrances in videos
Recently, Wayward tossed off a blog entry about Lady Gaga and her future fragrance. (Can we even call it that?) While we are still grossed out over the idea of buying something that smells like blood and, um, man goo, we have also given some thought to how she will promote such a product. Then it hits: why not in…
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