Really cool video of Kansas City pro skateboarder Sean Malto skateboarding through downtown Kansas City — he even gets hassled by a rent-a-cop. Last weekend, Malto finished fourth in the Street League Skateboarding competition at the Sprint Center. I struggle to think of a more exciting — and possibly more under-appreciated — pro athlete in KC. H/t: TKC. Categories: News…
Some things never change, and that’s a good thing. Browne’s Irish Market celebrates its 124th anniversary with its annual Irish Street Faire on Saturday from 4 to 11 p.m. The festival with food, brews and music benefits Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics. Grab a bag of Tayto Irish crisps and a Guinness while enjoying the Elders and Irish dancers. Categories:…
Oh, you better believe that the pun in the hed is intended. Tonight at Crosstown: yacht rock tribute act Summer Breeze. And on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Cambridge Church Park (16301 Roe): More of the same but free to attend (and with Quiet Corral and Funky Mama). We spoke with bandleader Chris Sieggen about his love of…
Mister Heavenly is a “threesome” — Sub Pop’s words, not mine — a supergroup that includes Nick Thorburn (Islands, the Unicorns), Ryan Kattner (Man Man) and Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse). The band plays dreamy, blues-infused gloom pop and stops by the Bottleneck on August 27 in support of its new album, Out of Love (Sub Pop, out August 16). There are…
Markus Lee must have nine lives. A judge could have sentenced him Thursday to five years in prison for resisting arrest and leading police on a 10-minute, high-speed chase in a Prius (really, and props to Lee for signaling every turn) last July. But Lee escaped with 120 days of “shock time,” and if he behaves, he’ll have the chance…
UPDATE (June 16): Jamie Sheets, the 17-year-old Overland Park girl who had been missing since May 18, has been found. This message was posted on the Missing Jamie Facebook page earlier today: Yes, Jamie has been found safe! Thank the Lord and thank each one of you who actively helped and prayed for this outcome. At this time please respect…
UPDATE (June 16): Jamie Sheets, the 17-year-old Overland Park girl who had been missing since May 18, has been found. This message was posted on the Missing Jamie Facebook page earlier today: Yes, Jamie has been found safe! Thank the Lord and thank each one of you who actively helped and prayed for this outcome. At this time please respect…
The alleged Petro America scam is beginning to unravel in federal court. Earlier this week, two ministers pleaded guilty to their roles in a $7.2 million securities fraud conspiracy that victimized more than 12,000 investors who bought shares in the company. And just last night, eight more people were indicted. The Rev. Edward Halliburton of KCK and Joseph Harrell of…
I was dining at a restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas, last weekend — a mellow, Asian restaurant on Massachusetts Street — and was ready to get up and leave after five minutes. Now, I usually don’t care what kind of music a dining venue plays — Muzak, Tubular Bells, old-school country and western, Lawrence Welk, Lady Gaga — as long as…
Since 1988, the Garza family has been serving freshly made tortillas and modestly priced Mexican food at Ninfa’s Tortillas and Taqueria at 964 Kansas Avenue in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. But unlike almost every other cantina in the metro, the meals at Ninfa’s are not preceded by a basket of fried corn tortilla chops and salsa but…
Forget bubbly — the true art lies in the bubbles. Craft-beer lovers will be in heaven on Saturday in Waldo when Hop Fest 2011 comes to 207 W. 74th St. (the parking lot east of the Well). The first-year event, sponsored by Lew’s and the Well, runs from 1 to 5 p.m. and will showcase more than 50 breweries, nary…
This ad featuring Kansas City Chiefs Brandon Flowers and Eric Berry (and a handful of porn actresses) caused quite a stir on Wednesday afternoon. The party flier is old — it’s from May 20 party at Club Play in Miami — and advertises several NFL players as hosts along with porn actresses appearing at the “official after-party for Exxxotica,” a…
It’s quiet at 11:30 in the morning midweek at the American Restaurant. The plush carpeting hushes your footsteps, and the empty formal dining room makes you want to whisper. But chef Debbie Gold is relaxed in the lounge, her chef whites as clean as the baby grand behind her. She’s comfortable after nearly a decade at the American, and when…
Kansas City police are investigating a rape reported by a woman on the Trolley Trail this morning. A woman in her 50s who was walking on the trail reported being attacked by a white man wearing all black clothing, KMBC reported. The attack occurred around 5:45 a.m. near East 85th Street and Main, and police have reportedly closed the trail…
The source of the fish is proving as important as the actual fish these days. Serious Eats has a post, in what will we be a continuing series, about whether seafood from Louisiana is safe. They don’t offer a clear answer to that question but do acknowledge that the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing board has been working hard (on…
Kansas City, Kansas, police are looking for a rape suspect with a tattoo reading “Misery’s Child” on his back. Police say the man is suspected in two recent rapes in the Rosedale area of KCK. The rape suspect is described as a black man in his mid- to late-30s with a medium to light-brown complexion. He’s between 5 feet 6…
The Good You, Kansas City’s organic mobile food truck, spent this past weekend at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Now, while chef Kelli Daniels has yet to reveal the exact composition of her secret sauce in the best burger, she did offer some hints in an interview with Eric Alvarez of Nashville’s WZTV Fox 17. “It has unicorns…
Canadian punks Dayglo Abortions were deported back to Canada earlier this week, bringing their American tour to an abrupt end. However, their tourmates, San Francisco’s Verbal Abuse, are carrying on, and tonight they’ll play at Davey’s Uptown. The show — also featuring local sex rockers the Pornhuskers, along with Pizza Party Massacre and El Canero — kicks off at 7…
The questionable behavior of Missouri state Sen. Brian Nieves (R-the Fightin’ 26th) is now the subject of an ethics complaint and a civil lawsuit. A political operative who complained to police that Nieves threw him up against a wall, head-butted him and threatened his life last year has filed a lawsuit in Franklin County. Shawn Bell accuses Nieves of false…
