Owl City with Mat Kearney, tonight at the Uptown
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Archives: July 2011
Gojee, the recipe search engine, is worth a test spin
There is no shortage of advice when you’re searching for recipes on the Internet. But there is a shortage of good advice — something that new recipe search engine Gojee is hoping to rectify. The site, which generates recipe ideas based on the ingredients you have on hand or want to cook with, has a roster of “curated” food sites,…
Paul Michael, frequent New Theatre actor, dies at age 84
As a kid, many years before I actually met the actor Paul Michael, I was already a fan. Michael — whose acting career spanned more than six decades and who had become a frequent performer at Kansas City’s New Theatre Restaurant — had played “King of the Gypsies” on TV’s first gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows (a show that has…
Woman armed with assault rifle shot and killed by Kansas City police at 58th and Manchester
%{}% Freaky story leading to an officer-involved shooting this morning. Kansas City police shot and killed a woman armed with an assault rifle at 58th and Manchester, according to KMBC. The unnamed armed woman was in her 20s or 30s. The woman with the rifle allegedly busted into a home around 9:30 a.m. and told a woman sleeping there to…
Ryan Ross pleads guilty to stabbing his girlfriend’s dog 17 times, killing it for tearing up a Christmas present
Ryan Ross must be a really tough guy. The 22-year-old is so tough that somehow he thought that an appropriate punishment for a 1-year-old boxer tearing open a Christmas present was stabbing the dog 17 times and slitting its throat. Ross pleaded guilty Friday to felony animal-abuse charges, according to NBC Action News. He’d been indicted in January, accused of…
Keith Handson stabbed to death at Independence and Bales
UPDATE (July 11): The victim of the July 7 stabbing death at Independence and Bales has been identified as 33-year-old Keith Handson.Original Story (July 8): Kansas City police are investigating another homicide. A man stabbed at Independence and Bales around 11:30 p.m. ended up dying from his wounds. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Keith Handson, stabbing
Hop Fest Hangover’s rare beer sale is tonight at the Well
The brave man is willing to walk into the very fires of summer in order to taste beers that won’t be seen again in Kansas City. The wise man waits until some of those beers become available from behind an air-conditioned bar. The Hop Fest Hangover Party begins tonight at 6 p.m. at the Well (7421 Broadway). The special cellar…
Kansas City Chiefs’ Mike Vrabel retiring, joining Ohio State coaching staff
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel announced this morning that he’s retiring from pro football and joining the coaching staff at Ohio State. Vrabel played college football at Ohio State, which just vacated every win from the 2010 season, including a Big Ten Championship and a Sugar Bowl victory, amid a scandal in which Buckeye football players traded autographs and…
The Barbershop Harmony Society convention, Saturday at Sprint Center and P&L
Photographer Brooke Vandever crashed a couple of Barbershop Harmony Society convention events this past Saturday. Click through to check out the scene. Categories: Music Tags: barbershop harmony society
Trader Joe’s opens Friday. Will you be there?
In four days’ time, you’ll be able to walk into either of the area Trader Joe’s stores and get your fill of frozen Indian dinners and organic peanut butter. The stores on both sides of the state line — the Ward Parkway Center (8600 Ward Parkway) and the One Nineteen shopping center (119th Street and Roe, Leawood) — open at…
Kansas City Royal Chris Getz isn’t offended by being called ‘gay’
Last week, Chicago White Sox Gordon Beckham scrawled a message in the infield dirt to his friend and former teammate Kansas City Royal Chris Getz: “Getz is gay.” Fans in the stands of U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago could see the message. Even if they couldn’t see the words, the words would still be wrong. Beckham has since issued a…
Ad Astra Arkestra’s “Reverse Fishing” available for your listening pleasure
Ad Astra Arkestra, Kansas City’s resident purveyors of exuberant dissonance, have posted the first recording from their forthcoming EP, Reverse Fishing. It doesn’t yet have a release date, but this cut ought to tide you over for a bit. Categories: Music Tags: Ad Astra Arkestra
Three homicides over the weekend bring total to 54 for 2011 (updated)
It was a deadly weekend in Kansas City, Missouri, with three homicides in two days. The bloodshed began Saturday evening when a man was found shot in the 3500 block of East 34th. The unnamed man was rushed to a hospital around 8:30 p.m. where he was pronounced dead. UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 27-year-old Lealon Muldrow II….
Yao Ming, ex-Garmin spokesman, retiring from pro basketball
Houston Rockets center and former Garmin spokesman Yao Ming is retiring, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. Nagging injuries have hampered 7-foot-6-inch Yao’s career. Last season, he played in just five games after suffering a stress fracture in his left ankle. In nine seasons, Yao averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks. In 2008, Yao became a pitchman for…
Missouri marijuana legalization push begins
Missouri’s pro-pot lobby wants to let voters decide whether marijuana should be legal. Show-Me Cannabis filed papers earlier this week with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office in an attempt to get a November 2012 ballot initiative started that would regulate marijuana in a similar way to alcohol, allow medical use of it with a doctor’s prescription and create a…
Chef Jason Bowers, Part Three: Phil Anselmo and five summer beers
It was late one night two years ago and Jason Bowers was crossing the lobby of the Hotel Phillips in his chef whites. Celebrities are a regular occurrence at the downtown hotel and the executive chef is rarely star struck. But when he saw Phil Anselmo — the lead singer for Pantera — the major heavy metal fan was initially…
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