Green screens are used in movie backgrounds for creating special effects, but here’s a green screening that brings to the foreground some special effects of its own: raising funds and awareness for sustainable preservation work in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. Historic Green’s 2011 Green Screening event presents the documentary The Big Uneasy at Screenland at the Crossroads (1656 Washington,…
Restaurant work being the time-honored occupation of actors between roles, the story line of Becky Mode’s Fully Committed — about an unemployed actor working in a four-star boîte of the moment — is no stretch. What is a stretch are the 40 characters played by the actor of this one-man show. Shea Coffman (last seen at the Fishtank in Thrill…
Jennifer Aniston stars in the terrible B-movie Leprechaun, which is hardly worth watching except to mock. And mocking is the point of the Screenland Slams film series, which turns local comedians loose on bad movies. Fri., March 4, 9 p.m.; Sat., March 5, 9 p.m., 2011 Tags: Jennifer Aniston, Night & Day
No doubt about it: Arturo Sandoval is one of the best trumpet players performing today. The Cuban-born Sandoval, who once was the student and colleague of Dizzy Gillespie, has received numerous awards in his three-decade career, including four Grammys, six Billboard awards and one Emmy. (Sandoval has performed with Alicia Keys at the Latin Billboard Awards and played with Justin…
%{}% Kansas City, Kansas, police have identified the victim of Tuesday’s homicide as 26-year-old John Breckenridge. Breckenridge’s body was discovered around 5 p.m. on Greeley Avenue in KCK. He was from Smithville, Missouri. Categories: News Tags: homicide, John Breckenridge
%{}% An NFL lockout won’t just punish those of us who like to watch football on Sundays. Is anyone thinking of the coaches? The general managers? The Kansas City Star reported today that a lockout will mean pay cuts for everyone from Chiefs coach Todd Haley to general manager Scott Pioli. A work stoppage means pay cuts for everyone. The…
Chinese buffets are not reserved for lovers of Asian cuisine nor are they recommended for the faint of heart (or stomach). With everything from sweet-and-sour chicken and fried rice to fried okra and banana pudding to choose from, you’re sure to find at least a handful of cultures on your plate. Charles Ferruzza reviews China One Chinese Restaurant, China Garden…
Tyshawn Taylor is no longer indefinitely suspended from the Kansas Jayhawks. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has reinstated the junior guard, who had been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules. Taylor missed Jayhawk victories against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, but he’ll be back on the court tonight to face Texas A&M. The Star awkwardly noted in today’s story about Taylor’s…
Did you know the song numbers in the Dave’s Stagecoach jukebox (R.I.P.) by heart? Can you explain the allure of Kona Grill as vigorously and accurately as you can the Riot Room? Can you drink on someone else’s dime but not get so hammered that you leave your notebook on the back of the toilet? If yes, we may have…
Most men are forced to sell the motorcycle and give up their dream of the open road. It’s the end of a midlife crisis or a concession to a pregnant spouse, an unhappy compromise that has taken years to accept. But most men don’t sell the motorcycle when they’re 18 years old. And they don’t sell it for the chance…
Fat City traveled to Lawrence yesterday to see what was going on in the restaurant scene on busy Massachusetts Street — including the still-closed Jefferson’s Restaurant — and noted more empty restaurant storefronts than we recall seeing in a long time. The casualties included the Teapouro Tea & Espresso shop, above, and a burger joint, Jo Schmo’s, among others. Categories:…
I know there’s a timely Charlie Sheen joke to be made here, but I’d feel like Jay Leno doing it. You guys are clever people. Make some in the comments section. Anyway, a couple of nights ago, Kansas City police officer Bobby Irvin found 50-year-old Tim Gormley behind the wheel of his car, out of gas on Interstate 435. He…
One of the funnier moments in the new Miguel Arteta film, Cedar Rapids, takes place in a hotel bar where nerdy Tim Lippe, played by Ed Helms, is drinking a root beer but is pressured by his new friends to join them for a shot of liquor. Not knowing what to order, Lippe impulsively orders a glass of cream sherry….
Now for a moment of public shaming: The names of the adults involved in a brawl during dueling birthday parties at Check E. Cheese’s have been released. Cited for disorderly conduct for fighting inside — and outside — the Topeka restaturant were 45-year-old Roger Boykins and 37-year-old Demetria Caldwell, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Congrats on ruining at least two birthday…
Extreme Internet sensation Wendy Jo Smith (aka Wendy Ho) has blond hair, a big ol’ ass and the voice of a soul singer. Her range and vocal strength are clearly apparent when she sings one of her signature songs, “Poop Noodle.” Tomorrow night, she’ll be at Missie B’s. It will be free to get into the bar, but you’ll have…
Tech N9ne and Strange Music have released an official statement about Klosed Custody’s lawsuit against the artist and music label, courtesy of label CEO and president Travis O’Guin. (Read more about the alleged claims of the lawsuit here, and Daniel ‘Dank’ Martin’s claims about the back-story here.) This is the letter that they have released: We provide the following statement…
Casey Brezik, the lunatic accused of stabbing a community college dean last fall, is one step closer to having his mental illness formally recognized by the state. “Time is limited,” Brezik announced on Monday, after a Jackson County judge ruled that he was incompetent to stand trial. Brezik is clearly sick, but that didn’t stop professional wing nut Glenn Beck…
In this week’s Pitch, I take a wild stab at understanding and explaining Tony Botello, the 36-year-old blogger behind Tony’s Kansas City. (Conclusion: He likes boobs more than he likes the women who have them and way more than he likes Funkhouser.) To illustrate the story, The Pitch’s art director, Sarah Norwood, took a stab at re-creating The World According…
Building off My War-era Black Flag, Kansas City’s No Class plays excellent testo-aggressive throwback hardcore. The band released their debut, Keine Klasse, in November on Deranged Records. (It’s the Canadian label that was home to some of the early releases from Fucked Up). Now, the quartet is prepping for what is expected to be a whirlwind riot of a mini-tour…
Jeffrey Relitz reportedly told his wife that he was going to make police shoot him. The 48-year-old kept his word and confronted Blue Springs police with two handguns earlier this week after a standoff, the Star reported. Officers reportedly tried to disarm Relitz with beanbag rounds, but they failed. That’s when the real bullets came out, and Relitz was shot…
