Archives: August 2011
Bar Louie is opening next month in the Power & Light District
Write Place! Write Chick! Bar Louie will be in your neighborhood soon. The fanciest neighborhood bar you’ve never visited is coming to the Power & Light District. Bar Louie is taking over the former Ted’s Montana Grill space at 101 E. 14th St. with a scheduled opening date of Tuesday, September 6. Those who stay out past midnight will be…
Are you still going out on the Plaza?
Stars & Stripes TKD The Country Club Plaza is perhaps our Times Square (albeit sans the neon-awash T.G.I. Friday’s). Maligned by locals for a lack of authenticity or homegrown options, it’s one of the showpieces of the city. I’ve regularly heard it mistaken for downtown by those who have never been here. That said, there are hotel bars that know…
Three teens wounded, and Mayor Sly James ducks for cover in Plaza shooting Saturday night
Mayor Sly James knows this is true. The Plaza was a mess Saturday night. Three teenagers were shot near the Cheesecake Factory. Mayor Sly James’ bodyguards shoved him to the ground, and former Councilman Alvin Brooks ducked for cover. Police barricaded the street from J.C. Nichols Parkway to Broadway. The shooting victims were two boys and a girl ages 13,…
The KC Reggae Uprising Festival is returning to Californos
The third annual KC Reggae Uprising Festival is coming up. From noon to midnight Saturday, August 27, on the patio of Californos, you can catch a ton of local reggae acts: 77 Jefferson, Liv Stat, the Seed, the Passtimes, Arm the Poor, Jah Kings, AZ-One. Plus DJs Jabberock, S. Ranx, Richmo, and Stiga. Categories: Music Tags: kc reggae uprising festival
18-year-old Ieisha Byers shot and killed Saturday night; 15-year-old arrested at the scene
A 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection to a weekend slaying. Lots of talk about violence over the weekend. The most disturbing may be the shooting death of 18-year-old Ieisha Byers Saturday night — and the arrest of a 15-year-old boy. Police were called to the shooting in the 11600 block of Richmond at 8 p.m. Byers was dead when…
David George Band posts acoustic demo for “Radiant Man”
Since former Moaning Lisa frontman David George returned to the Kansas City area over a year ago, he has released a new album, Love/Life, and played a series of well-received solo gigs and full-band appearances. The first new music since the release of that album almost a year ago just made its way online, and it’s an acoustic demo of…
Your Farm Aid 2011 schedule has arrived
What’s the holdup, Nelson? Stoned again? For unclear reasons, the organizers of Farm Aid decided to wait until the day before the festival to release the schedule of who plays when. But here it is. Categories: Music
Central Standard’s Google map of Kansas City’s murals is awesome
View A Mural Guide to Kansas City in a larger map KCUR’s Central Standard is doing a pretty sweet thing with Google maps. It’s mapping out all of Kansas City’s murals (see the project here), including the Martin Luther King Jr. mural that Alexander Austin painted in 1993 (check out the awesome audio interview and slideshow that were done with…
This Sunday! The Pitch Music Awards ceremony! Open bar!
Miriam Doan The Pitch Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Kansas City Air Guitar Champion and Dead Girls dude Eric “Mean” Melin (pictured), is on Sunday night at the Uptown. VIP ticketholders ($25 through Ticketmaster, $35 day of event) can enjoy an open bar and free food from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Uptown’s Conspiracy Room. General admission to the…
Jennifer Payne fighting trespassing charge after being arrested for writing thank-you cards at Weatherby Lake
Jennifer Payne going to court as seen on KMBC. Add writing thank-you cards at a Weatherby Lake picnic table to the list of things that are illegal in Missouri. Jennifer Payne, 24, found this out a few weeks ago. Payne was writing thank-you cards in the picturesque setting when the cuffs came out. She was arrested and taken to the…
New Found Glory, STS9, Chevelle and more incoming artists
Pop-punk is not dead. Pop-punk is alive! New Found Glory is coming to the Midland November 9. Tickets are on sale Monday. And there are other shows for you to know about. Categories: Music Tags: Chevelle, New Found Glory, Pato Banton, Right Between the Ears, STS9
A quick chat with the Louisiana Street Band
The Louisiana Street Band won General Mills’ U Rock Battle for the Best, a national music competition, back in February. The Lawrence act plays contemporary, bluesy jazz that’s crisp without sounding manufactured. It’s at the Brick on Saturday, and we spoke with the group earlier this week. Categories: Music Tags: The Louisiana Street Band
International House of Prayer leader Mike Bickle claims he’s been personally attacked by demons (video)
International House of Prayer leader Mike Bickle says he has seen demons with his own eyes. At least once. But it wasn’t the first time he’d been attacked by demons. He has been assaulted at least 10 times in the last 30 years. Really, this isn’t a surprise. This is a man who has dreamed of 100-foot snakes raining from…
Jillian Riscoe and the 21st Century on girlsROCK!, the awesomeness of female-fronted bands
Jillian Riscoe and the 21st Century play RecordBar on Saturday as part of girlsROCK, a series celebrating female-fronted bands. We spoke to Riscoe, a co-creator of the series, about the show and the genesis of girlsROCK. Categories: Music Tags: 49 Stones, Jillian Riscoe and the 21st Century, the Prolific
Catholic Priest Shawn Ratigan sued for allegedly taking child pornography photos
Shawn Ratigan is being sued over allegations that he took photos of a young girl. A day after a federal grand jury indicted the Rev. Shawn Ratigan on charges that he possessed and produced child pornography, another lawsuit was filed against the priest and the Kansas City Catholic Diocese. The lawsuit accuses Ratigan of taking “sexually explicit photographs” of a…
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