The First Annual Whoop De Doo Gala
The first annual Whoop De Doo Gala Fundraiser was on Friday, April 1, and there was plenty of balloon animals and dancing. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
Archives: April 2011
President Obama launches re-election campaign
%{}% O’Fallon loon Cynthia Davis and her birther brethren won’t like this: President Obama officially launched his 2012 re-election campaign this morning. In an e-mail to supporters, the president said “the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you — with people organizing block by block, talking to neighbors, co-workers and friends.”…
Five ways you can parlay your love of hot dogs into a career
America doesn’t mess around when it comes to hot dogs. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council is predicting that ballparks in the United States will serve 22,435,400 franks this season. To be sure, not all of those hot dogs are created equally. Case in point: the brand-new Meat Lover’s Dog at the Great America Ballpark in Cincinnati. It’s a…
Check out our Toro Y Moi slideshow
If you were stuck at the back of the crowd like I was at Friday night’s show at the Riot Room, check out these pictures for an up-close view of Toro Y Moi’s set. (We’ve also got shots of local openers Saharan Gazelle Boy and Adventures.) Click on Chaz Bundick above for more. Categories: Music Tags: Saharan Gazelle Boy, Toro…
Balsano’s is moving from the Plaza to Power & Light
Balsano’s Gelato Cafe will be moving from the Country Club Plaza to the Power & Light District. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Balsano’s will be closing on Memorial Day weekend and is hoping to reopen downtown in mid-June. The gelato cafe is relocating to the former site of Bice Bistro cafe at 14th Street and Main. Drunken Fish…
Country singer Lydia Loveless on women in music and her recent signing to Bloodshot
Country singer Lydia Loveless has come through Kansas City and Lawrence on a very regular basis, hitting the area four or five times in the past couple of years. Her voice, which is strong and powerful yet also quite plaintive, has garnered her a following with each successive performance. She’s playing our neck of the woods twice this week: Friday, April…
Miami’s Frank Haith the next Missouri basketball coach; does Miami go after K-State’s Frank Martin?
Sunday night, Sports By Brooks reported that Miami basketball coach Frank Haith was in negotiation to become the next Missouri Tigers basketball coach. ESPN and several other sources have confirmed the story and say Haith has accepted the job after meeting with MIzzou AD Mike Alden in Houston. ESPN is reporting that Haith will fly to Miami today to talk…
Anthony Adgers, KCMO homicide No. 20: 17-year-old shot at 57th and Bales dies
%{}% A man shot at 57th and Bales on Thursday afternoon has died, bringing Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide count to 20. Officers found 17-year-old Anthony Adgers with gunshot wounds at 3:12 p.m. on March 31. Adgers was rushed to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries. Categories: News Tags: Anthony Adgers, homicide
Rock N’ Fashion show has a ridiculous video featuring young things jumping on a bed in their skivvies
Here’s the promo trailer for the upcoming Rock N’ Fashion Show at Crosstown Station. It features the Beautiful Bodies, Roman Numerals and Audiovox, in addition to a bunch of people wearing pretty clothes from local designers. It’s on April 23. Click through to watch young pretty folks jump on a bed, touch each other and pour beverages over each other’s…
Toro y Moi at The Riot Room
Saharan Gazelle Boy, Adventure and Toro y Moi brought their funky beats to the Riot Room on Friday, April 1. Photos by Allie Mason.
Toro Y Moi’s show at the Riot Room was packed, but worth it
Did you see Toro Y Moi at the Riot Room on Friday night? No? Well, neither did I. I heard him, though; and Chaz Bundick has never sounded better. This was not the same artist that I saw last summer opening for Caribou at the Granada in Lawrence, stuttering and bespectacled in a white v-neck shirt. (Actually, Bundick could have…
Bright Eyes’ show at the Uptown had grace, weight, and symmetry
Bright Eyes’ stop at the Uptown, in support of what’s reportedly the last Bright Eyes album, The People’s Key, opened as it should have: with cold electric strums and Conor Oberst’s quavering voice. That’s how the Omaha, Nebraska project began in 1995, in the Oberst family basement; and, on what’s basically Bright Eyes’ farewell tour, that’s how it ended, too….
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