Now that Kansas City is getting comfortable with food trucks, it’s time to get even more experimental and appropriate the concept of the food flea market from Brooklyn, New York. Eater NY covered the opening of Smorgasburg (as did The New York Times) — the foodie complement to the Brooklyn Flea — in Brooklyn this past weekend. And with everything…
Cortez Williams graduated from Paseo Academy on Sunday. Someone snuffed out his life just a couple of hours after the ceremony. Williams was found shot in the head inside a vehicle in the 4900 block of East 40th Terrace around 8:27 p.m. Witnesses saw Williams driving southbound when another vehicle approached and opened fire on Williams, who crashed into a…
Amigoni’s latest, Urban Rose, is out this Friday. Kansas City doesn’t just brew beer; we’re one of the only cities in the nation with an urban winery. Amigoni Urban Winery is holding a release party for its new Urban Rose, made from Rhone grapes. The party at the Genessee Royale Bistro (1531 Genessee) in the West Bottoms is from 4…
As one bar prepares to close its doors, another gets granted a new lease on life. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been receiving little tidbits of news here and there about how Gusto Lounge was changing (in a positive way), and the interior was gettin’ a spruce. That’s now confirmed. Categories: Music Tags: Gusto Lounge
The principal at St. Patrick School warned the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph that teachers and parents were concerned about the Rev. Shawn Ratigan’s “inappropriate behavior with children.” Ratigan was arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography last week, five months after the diocese became aware that he kept images of children on his computer. A diocese spokeswoman…
You may have heard that Wichita-based anti-abortion group Operation Rescue is in the middle of a national campaign to de-fund Planned Parenthood. Yes, it was all going just fine until actress Scarlett Johansson did a PSA, asking people to support their local Planned Parenthood so women could get checked for cervical cancer, and maybe get some condoms now and then….
For some reason, I kept missing the radio piece that aired yesterday on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered: a news story created by ATC correspondent and KCUR 89.3 reporter Laura Ziegler about the new AMC movie chain’s dine-in concept. Some of the Kansas City-based company’s theaters — including the AMC Mainstreet in the Power & Light District — have…
The Rev. Mark Kiyimba fled Uganda in March, fearing for his safety after becoming an outspoken opponent of the proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in that East African country. Kiyimba’s upcoming appearances in Overland Park this weekend are significant because of Kansas City-based evangelist Lou Engle, who exported his homophobic agenda to Uganda last year, endorsing lawmakers’ efforts to lengthen jail terms…
A solid evening of guitar pop tonight at the Brick, with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and the ACBs. A little bit earlier this afternoon, SSLYBY hinted that Ha Ha Tonka, fellow Springfield, Missouri, natives, might be joining them on the bill. Categories: Music Tags: ha ha tonka, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, the ACBs
%{}% Politicians are inordinately awful people. Not all are broken, adulation-starved and capable of acts of hypocrisy that would give normal people diarrhea for a week, of course — just an unusually high number of them. Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri voted for the House Republican budget that puts Medicare on a voucher system, a scheme that shifts…
%{}% New mommy Rachel Perez is going to prison for some really shitty parenting. Last August, Perez was arrested after her 6-year-old son with Down syndrome was found covered with feces in a hot, filthy, mold-covered attic in De Soto. The boy was malnourished, and his bones could be seen through his skin. This led to charges of attempted second-degree…
%{}% Samuel Logan is a sad, sad man. Logan, 46, was a partner at big-ass Overland Park law firm Foulston Siefkin (he has since been disbarred). But Logan’s attempt to screw a 14-year-old girl killed his career and will send him to federal prison. Logan pleaded guilty yesterday to using the Internet to conduct sexual chats and to send images…
The Grisly Hand reached 1,000 Facebook fans the other day, and to celebrate, the band is giving away its Safe House EP for free until Sunday. All’s you gotta do is fan Grisly Hand on Facebook and it’s yours. Categories: Music Tags: Grisly Hand
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill toured the wreckage of Joplin on Tuesday and took these stunning photos. You can see the full gallery with many more pictures on McCaskill’s Flickr page (and a few more after the jump). Categories: News Tags: Claire McCaskill, Joplin tornado, photos
The indie-pop band Blind Pilot brings its breezy, free-flowing music to the Bottleneck on July 13. Harmonizing all-lady experimental folk trio Mountain Man will support. Doors at 8 p.m. Tickets $13-$15. All-ages. Categories: Music Tags: Blind Pilot, Mountain Man
It’s fitting that chef Alex Pope was wearing a Boccalone T-shirt when we sat down at R Bar to talk earlier this week. Because in another life or time, he very well may have been an artisan butcher — running a shop similar to the San Francisco craft-meat purveyor. The chef who kept the American in prosciutto for literally years…
The search for Will Norton continues in Joplin. Norton was driving his Hummer home after his high school graduation when the tornado hit and sucked him through the vehicle’s sunroof, despite his father trying to hold on to him. He hasn’t been seen since. His father is in stable condition. A “Help Find Will Norton” Facebook page has been set…
This video was shot Wednesday of a tornado heading straight for the Sutherlands in Sedalia, Missouri. The Star reported that the tornado was either “a high EF1 or a low EF2.” It damaged homes, businesses and a trailer park, but the people of Sedalia were reportedly all accounted for. I’m tornadoed out for the year. H/t: Wheelingrabbit for uploading the…
The more I interview Kansas City chefs, the more I realize that most would rather have a very limited selection of fish, or none at all, on the menus in their restaurants. While sustainability is a concern, most chefs are simply voicing concerns about their ability to get consistently fresh seafood when they know it needs to be shipped here. …
