The Westboro Baptist Church Protest in Lawrence
The Westboro Baptist Church protested outside Dan Barker’s debate on the existence of God at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, on Friday, May 6. Photos by Allie Mason.
Archives: May 2011
The Great Food Truck Race in Manhattan
The Great Food Truck Race was filming in Manhattan, Kansas, on Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15. Photos by Allie Mason.
Taste of KC
The Pitch’s annual Taste of KC was Sunday, May 15, in the Power & Light. Photos by Sabrina Staires.
KSHB’s Brett Anthony would like to show you a UFO (video)
KSHB Channel 41 meteorologist Brett Anthony pointed out a UFO caught on video during last night’s full moon. Anthony describes the flying object — “looks like a flying car” — in the upper-right corner of the time-lapse video above. He’s not the only local station reporting on UFOs. KCTV5 reported that the number of UFO “sightings nearly tripled last weekend…
Give me a Cheese Frenchee, si vous plaît
Yesterday, I remembered another era in American history when modern technology was going to replace every waiter and waitress in America. This was before computers, so the state-of-the-art technology of the time was a telephone. If I hadn’t spent most of the late 1970s nursing hangovers, I might have remembered that there were other restaurants in that decade that tried…
Hot Lixx Hulahan talks about Thursday night’s U.S. Air Guitar Championship event in Kansas City
Kansas City’s next air-guitar champion will be crowned Thursday night at Crosstown Station. Air Guitar World Champion Hot Lixx Hulahan, KCUR producer Andrea Silenzi and I will make up the three-judge panel deciding KC’s best invisible-guitar player. (The winner goes on to Chicago in July to duel with America’s best air guitarists.) Hot Lixx took time out from sitting around…
Missouri teachers, sex with students off school grounds could be banned. Wait, that was legal?
For Missouri teachers screwing students off school grounds, your dirty, dirty ways could be banned by the Show-Me State real soon. I guess I should have read the current law because I had no idea that teachers sexing students off school grounds was even legal. But no more, say Missouri lawmakers. They want to make nailing students off school grounds…
ABC’s “Private Practice” to feature a song from local songstress Sara Swenson
ABC’s hit series “Private Practice”, a spinoff of the medical romantic-dramedy “Grey’s Anatomy,” is one of a handful of shows on the air right now that typically features alternative, indie-based soundtracks. So it’s no surprise (though it’s certainly exciting!) that they picked up a track from local songstress Sara Swenson for the series’ season finale, which will air tomorrow night…
Chiefs cornerback Javier Arenas talks to Sports Illustrated about Tuscaloosa tornado
It’s every athlete’s goal to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, but not in the way Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Javier Arenas has done it. Unfortunately, it isn’t gracing the cover because of his skills. Rather, Arenas is featured in the magazine for surviving the tornado that chewed up his adopted hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 27. The…
Where will Marcus and Markieff Morris go in the NBA Draft? And don’t forget about Josh Selby
%{}% The Morris twins and Josh Selby won’t be going with the first pick in the NBA Draft (no matter how great you think they are, Jayhawk fans). But they do have a shot at being lottery picks — all of them. Last night, the NBA held its draft lottery to determine the order of the first 14 picks. The…
The five best beer-sipping patios in Kansas City
It’s Craft Beer Week and it’s 65 degrees. I’m willing to bet that if you don’t drink outside this week, it’s never gonna happen. What might be the finest beer-drinking patio in town hasn’t opened yet, but Paddy O’Quigley’s (in the former Blue Moose Mountain Grill space) at 5317 W. 151st St. in Leawood should be on your agenda this…
A weird Elvis extravaganza at the Gusto (May 19), new trivia at the Union (tonight)
Show me someone who doesn’t love Elvis and I’ll show them the door. Introduce me to someone who hates trivia and, well, I’ll show them the door, too. The following two events caught our attention because they are (1) interesting, (2) weird (both events) and (3) involve boozing it up with locals in Elvis garb (the first event). All that…
Police Chief Jim Corwin retiring in September
Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin will retire in September. The Star reported today that Corwin is leaving after 32 years on the force (seven years as chief). Corwin confirmed it to the daily but didn’t go into detail (he wanted to talk to the force first). So who’s next? Categories: News Tags: Cy Ritter, Darryl Forte, Jim Corwin, Kansas…
Have you ever sent a dish back to the kitchen?
I can still picture the steak that I sent back to the kitchen. It was more cow than steak and seemed to bleat its protest when I approached the peppercorn-encrusted bark with my steak knife. I sent it back, knowing full well that I’d probably get a steak on the charred side of the spectrum. Sending your meal back is…
Todd “Bebop” Burd — of Blue Riddim Band — talks new releases and Rougher Records
Since their reunion in 2009 as a full-time act, Kansas City’s reggae lifers of the Blue Riddim Band have been at it nonstop. Last year, they released Tribute, a collection of covers that pay homage to forefathers of ska, reggae, and dub, and they recently issued a version of their 1982 classic, “Nancy Reagan,” featuring toasting vocals from icon Big…
Go to Grill Camp this summer with Oklahoma Joe’s Joe Davidson in Alberta, Canada
At some poin,t we got too old for summer camp. But you can recapture a bit of the magic this June by attending Grill Camp in Alberta, Canada. Oklahoma Joe’s co-founder, Joe Davidson, is hosting a Grill Camp with chef Scott Hergott of the Fairmont Banff Springs June 17-19. Over a hot grill in Banff National Park, he’ll teach you…
Jason Whitlock wants an intern, bitches about kids today and their MTV
Do you think Jeff George was the greatest quarterback who ever lived? Do you have a van to deliver copious amounts of barbecue to a Los Angeles playboy’s palace? Are you willing to work cheap? I mean, really fucking cheap? Do you live in L.A.? Do you have the ability to listen to a grown man go on and on…
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs bill for stricter abortion clinic regulations
Sam Brownback got a standing ovation during his first State of the State address in January when he called for tighter regulations on abortion clinics. Right-wingers had to be embarrassed that, even with only four abortion doctors working in the state in 2008 (the number comes from before Dr. George Tiller assassination), the Kansas abortion rate was still the 13th highest…
Brian Pennington, handyman accused of slashing woman’s throat, bound over for trial
We still don’t know why handyman Brian Pennington allegedly slit Marti Hill’s throat and left her for dead in her Prairie Village basement. Pennington, 26, was in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on charges of attempted first-degree murder in the September 8, 2010, attack. Hill’s co-workers called authorities after she didn’t show up at work. Police found Hill in…
Sorry, technology will never replace waiters and waitresses
Count me as one of those people who rolled their eyes at the story that Fat City’s Jonathan Bender reported yesterday about technology — a multifunctional touch-screen device in this case — replacing servers in restaurants. The post struck a chord with several professional servers in town, including waiter/blogger (and soon-to-be book author) David Hayden, who thinks the concept of…
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