Employee Lounge The edible cocktails are still the draw at the Drop. When the Drop first opened five years ago, the focus was on small plates and drinks that put a little twist on a familiar taste. Owner Eddie Crane and executive chef Nolle Bond are hoping to recapture that spirit with a new small-plates menu and a bit of…
Does this Jayhawk offend your sensibilities? The people of Osceola, Missouri, are still butt hurt over Jayhawkers raiding their town 150 years ago. The Columbia Daily Tribune is reporting that the town’s board of aldermen passed a resolution Tuesday requesting that the University of Kansas drop its “Jayhawks” nickname and end the school’s supposed association with “a group of domestic…
Aaron Sizemore of Music House. Thanks to Music House, anyone can become a rock star. OK, not a real rock star, but the school will whip any pseudo musician or part-time artist into live performance shape. Aaron and Katrinka Sizemore started Music House in 2006 to provide individual lessons, group classes and workshops to people who want to learn a…
Your friends may no longer be so surprised when you tell them that Kansas City is a great city for foodies. Because it would seem that the national media are catching on to what’s happening in our restaurant scene. Travel + Leisure readers recently named Kansas City to its list of “America’s Best Cities for Foodies.” In the top 20…
Haith wouldn’t comment on his relationship with Shapiro. It’s been almost a month since jailed former University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro claimed in a Yahoo! Sports report that Mizzou men’s basketball coach Frank Haith knew Shapiro had paid a Hurricanes recruit $10,000 when Haith was coach at the school. Haith had remained silent on the accusation, which came complete…
Kansas City diners don’t have many brushes with celebrities, so you can understand if we might go a bit overboard. Last night, according to the above tweet from comedian Kathleen Madigan — in town for a show at the Midland this evening — Santa brought her a bottle of wine. Now whether the man looked like Santa, or Madigan was…
Say My Name “La Cygne” from ZAGUAR on Vimeo. Lawrence audio collage dude Steve Swyers, aka Say My Name, has a new record, Say My Name 2, out next week. I was a big fan of Zach Hangauer’s video for “Stop Snitchin,” off the first Say My Name record, and looks like he’s made another smart, faded video for “La…
Arts & Eats is back. Not many festivals satisfy your soul and your belly, but the eighth annual Mission Arts & Eats Festival has both of them covered. Tonight and tomorrow, you can enjoy everything from corn dogs to barbecue — the Battle of the Brisket barbecue contest occurs simultaneously — while checking out the wares of local artists, outside…
Evan “Big E” Doherty catches some big air on his vert ramp in the video above. It’s pretty sick what this 8-year-old can pull off — a 720 — and he may be the youngest person to ever hit the trick. More than 700,000 have watched the YouTube video of it, and he has awed pros like Tony Hawk and…
Mastodon A deluge of shows was announced this week. Some big. Some small. Some awesome. Some very lame. Mastodon, the Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang play the Beaumont Club on Monday, November 14, at 6:30 p.m. All-ages. The band’s touring in support of its new album, The Hunter (out 9/27). Psychedelic-pop rockers Gringo Star play Replay Lounge on Wednesday,…
The Royals beat the White Sox 7-2 last night — KC’s fifth win in a row — but the highlight of the night goes to a fan in the stands. With a beer in his right hand, the man snagged a foul ball in his left with ease. And as the announcer said, he didn’t spill a drop. Sir, we…
Sporting Kansas City rookie C.J. Sapong is a really big fan of Hope Solo. So much so that he wrote a poem/rap for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s goalkeeper. Gotta love a guy who introduces himself and immediately reveals his body-fat level. His poem/rap is pretty sweet. And he managed to make Solo blush. If you’re also a fan…
Denver band the Photo Atlas makes irresistibly fun, hard-driving dance-punk music. See for yourself when the band plays the Replay Lounge this Saturday at 10 p.m. Ambulants and Jordan Geiger support. We recently checked in with the band to see how it’s reacting to all the positive attention it has been receiving over the past year. Categories: Music Tags: Ambulants,…
Occupation: Social-media manager at CenturyLink Hometown: Girard, Kansas Current neighborhood: Shawnee Who or what is your sidekick? My iPhone. I’m a junkie. If someone took it away from me for a day, I would probably start twitching. *Hangs head in shame* What career would you choose in an alternate reality? I dream of being a travel writer or a food…
The fried green tomatoes at Webster House sort of resemble the Performing Arts Center next door. Tonight, noted architect Moshe Safdie — the architect who designed the beautiful new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (and the ill-fated West Edge development, but let’s not talk about that) — hosted a cocktail reception at the Webster House for 100 guests, including…
Jaimie Warren If you’ve got the dough, Joy Jacobs has an R Bar for you. Tonight the R Bar is celebrating its second anniversary. It’s also available for sale. Joy Jacobs, the owner of the two-year-old R Bar restaurant, saloon and entertainment venue, has listed the business for sale on Craigslist, asking price $200,000. We’re pretty sure the building isn’t…
Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things. Locals Molly Picture Club make crisp, post-punk dance rock. You can buy the band’s EP four on the floor on the band’s website. It’s a fine soundtrack for your pre-going-out ritual or for a post-show party, and there’s promise of a full-length release this fall….
Facebok: The Drop Chef Nolle Bond is feeling at home in the kitchen at the Drop. In another universe, chef Nolle Bond would still be serving you sliders; they just wouldn’t be made from lamb or pork. “I wanted to open a White Castle in midtown. It would be like an ATM,” Bond says. “But it’s not a franchise, so…
Missouri’s moneybag donors are waiting to write their checks. ESPN’s Andy Katz has a fascinating story on the economic impact that the death of the Big 12 would have on various Big 12 schools. Katz singles out Missouri and Kansas State. For example, conference realignment rumors have meant a pause on “high-level fundraising” at Mizzou, which is in the midst…
