No state searches for hipsters more than Minnesota. Our friends at BuzzFeed point out in the above map that the people in the Land of 10,000 Lakes search the word “hipster” more than anyone. Well played, Minnesotans. Way to perform a hipsterectomy on those poseurs in Williamsburg. Notice that Missouri is also in a darker shade of blue, even though…
From the editor’s desk: Mr. Fish, Soft Serve Assault, 2007Nothing is more awkward than a child getting an ice-cream cone full of mint chocolate chip shoved in his eye. The person attached to the “hate” tatted hand wielding the cone of punishment is unknown, but it’s my guess that he (or a hairy she) hates obese children who have missing…
The power of prayer couldn’t bring a 54-year-old Wichita man’s fiancee back to life. The Wichita Eagle reported that the man prayed for “divine intervention” to bring his fiancee back to life, but she unsurprisingly stayed dead. This went on for about a week before the woman’s relatives requested a welfare check by Wichita police, who found the woman dead…
Kansas City Chiefs fans, take note: When traveling to San Diego to root for your team against the Chargers, feel free to let your middle fingers fly. It’s completely legal. Truly, this is a landmark victory for constitutionally protected buffoonery. The California court battle began way back in November 2009, when Chiefs’ fan Jason Ensign was detained by security guards…
There’s no taking back on the Internet. Once it’s online, it’s out there. The Rev. Jacob Jester wishes that he’d never posted the photo of airport security giving an 8-month-old child a pat-down at Kansas City International Airport on Twitter. The photo has gone viral and caused an uproar among those who believe security screening has run amok. Jester told…
Not long after the executives at Union Station decided that the four-year-old diner bearing the historic Harvey House name simply wasn’t going to work — it reportedly lost a small fortune — and they closed the venue. Why not? Three different management teams couldn’t make a success out of the casual-dining spot in the original 96-year-old Harvey House location. It…
Rise Against The Midland Wednesday, May 11, 2011 There’s something about a good punk show that means summer is here. For me, it goes all the way back to seeing the Descendents at Liberty Hall shortly after graduating from high school. Something about cramming a lot of folks into a theater when it’s hotter than hell and getting them all…
The indie-rock band will play at the Uptown Theater on August 3 (via Paste). The band’s new album, Circuital, will be released on May 31. Fans can pre-order My Morning Jacket’s new album (limited deluxe box, digital, CD) and download Jacket’s new single, “Circuital,” on the band’s website. Categories: Music Tags: My Morning Jacket
Bistro La Scala, tucked inside the Clarion Plaza Hotel, is serving up a few hidden gems. Photos by Chris Mullins.
An air guitar flash mob popped up outside the America Here and Now exhibit on First Fridays in the Crossroads. Photos by Cameron Gee.
With a hit television show, a new digital venture and, oh yeah, that restaurant she runs in Brookside, chef Celina Tio is certainly busy these days. Fat City caught up with Tio to talk about how she came to open Julian in Kansas City. Today, she’s sharing what it’s like when the cameras stop rolling and why she’s smitten with…
The demise of bath salts in Missouri appears to be at hand. A bill banning synthetic drugs, including the so-called body product and K3 phony Mary Jane, has made it to Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk in Jeff City. The state banned the K2 variety of synthetic marijuana last August. But the narrow wording of the ban allowed fake-drug designers to…
Bonita Michoacan’s fourth annual Cinco de Mayo festival was Saturday, May 7, in Kansas City, Kansas. Photos by Sabrina Staires.
No state searches for hipsters more than Minnesota. Our friends at BuzzFeed point out in the above map that the people in the Land of 10,000 Lakes search the word “hipster” more than anyone. Well played, Minnesotans. Way to perform a hipsterectomy on those poseurs in Williamsburg. Notice that Missouri is also in a darker shade of blue, even though…
With, thanks to Jesus and a woman openly weeping about the beauty of her burger, In-N-Out opened two restaurants in Frisco and Allen, Texas, yesterday. The burger joint out of California took the Dallas area by storm with die-hards camping out in tents overnight, just to be the first to get their hands on a Double-Double. Over at The Dallas…
Given the bizarre news out of Augusta, Georgia, that a man was found living on the roof of a Waffle House, I naturally began to think about what restaurant I would want to come home to at night. I think I could easily rule out Waffle House. Because as James Mayle told UPI.com: “No, you never expect anything like this,…
The Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden from Rob Riggle Finally we know the Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden. It’s ex-Daily Show correspondent, KU grad and Marine Rob Riggle. This Funny or Die video captures how I imagine the member of SEAL Team 6 is celebrating. Discretion assured! Better put the headphones on if you’re watching at…
High school has always been filled with drama. Now that angst comes to the stage with the Coterie Theatre’s Young Playwrights’ Festival. The nationally ranked, family-friendly venue in Crown Center (2450 Grand) has selected the work of seven scribes from its Young Playwrights’ Roundtable — a yearlong workshop in which teens provide feedback on one another’s work — for a…
As a symphony-attending fancy person who wears silken waistcoats and black patent-leather opera pumps, you probably think you’ve seen it all: theatrical guest conductors, temperamental viola players, the solos of world-famous bassoon virtuosos. But the performance of Symphonic Quixotic, a collaboration of the Kansas City Symphony and the Quixotic ensemble, just might make your monocle pop out and become ensnared…
Who says dressing up like an ambulatory corpse is an activity reserved solely for the month of October? Certainly not Amber Higgins, of the local Kittens of Chaos Promotions. She’s a huge fan of zombies, local metal and good causes — three things that she mixes tonight for a fundraiser benefiting the Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City. And…
During Argentina’s Dirty War (1976-83), thousands of adult children disappeared after being abducted by that country’s military dictatorship. Their mothers didn’t let this go unnoticed. Known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, they began marching every week in Buenos Aires, beginning in 1977, to demand answers. Their courage and dedication are memorialized in dance by the Wylliams/Henry Contemporary…
