Babette needs a forever home … like yours. Dog lovers and Chiefs fans, this one’s for you. Babette the terrier needs a forever home. She’s on Petfinder now (see her profile here). Ex-Pitch calendar editor Crystal K. Wiebe tells us that Babette wandered into Arrowhead Stadium during the last Chiefs home game, which would have been the August 26 game…
Eric Durante allegedly got stabby after his offer of free drinks was refused. Eric Durante wanted to buy a round of drinks at the Blarney Stone on Labor Day. But the 35-year-old’s generosity allegedly turned to rage after a few patrons refused his offer and left the bar. The Blarney Stone’s bartender told a belligerent Durante to leave the bar,…
It won’t exactly be like this. Tonight: Another fucking tribute show! Actually, I am kind of enjoying the sudden abundance of tribute shows in Kansas City, and I think tonight’s tribute to the Grateful Dead at Crosstown Station — Workingman’s Beauty — might be a good time. At least one of the dudes in the band, Steve Molitz, comes well-credentialed…
Papu’s platter is worth the extra dollar. Life doesn’t give you many second chances, but the woman operating the cash register at the Shell Station on 75th Street is a bit more forgiving. Seeing my can of pop and receipt for a sandwich from Papu’s Cafe (604 W. 75th St.) — the Middle Eastern restaurant tucked inside the gas station…
Here’s your daily dose of warm fuzzies, courtesy of Missouri Western safeties Jack Long and Shane Simpson. Liam Snook, a 17-month-old, became trapped in his grandmother’s car after she accidentally locked her keys in the car. Long and Simpson were driving by when they saw the commotion and stopped to help. They smashed the window, freeing Liam, and, as this…
Chipotle is making a public commitment to sustainability. It’s not a new concept for fast-food operations to have a nonprofit arm — Ronald McDonald House Charities being among the most recognizable — but a fast-food franchise using a nonprofit to promote sustainability is news. Chipotle recently announced the creation of Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, a nonprofit designed to support sustainable food…
Facebook: Bar Louie Bar Louie opens tomorrow. Downtown is getting a neighborhood bar. Bar Louie (101 E. 14th St.), the franchise based out of Glenview, Illinois, that brands itself as a neighborhood restaurant bar, opens the doors tomorrow at 11 a.m. And the grand opening won’t technically end until Friday when it closes at 3 a.m. Categories: Dining, Food &…
Kylr Yust pleaded guilty to a domestic-violence charge on Tuesday. The ex-boyfriend of missing Belton teen Kara Kopetsky pleaded guilty to an unrelated domestic-violence charge on Tuesday. KSHB Channel 41 investigative reporter Russ Ptacek reported that 22-year-old Kylr Yust allegedly choked and struck his pregnant, 18-year-old, now ex-girlfriend. Yust allegedly told her that he’d killed before. “I’ve killed people before,…
Expect to see a lot of this, but fashionier. How many of you have your Halloween costumes already figured out? Don’t scoff, and be honest; at least half totally have thought about it. A quarter of y’all don’t care, and another quarter are already piecing your costumes together. Well, good news for the more enthusiastic among you: You can take…
The Bullet Hole The Bullet Hole was the scene of an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday. The bodies of a man and a woman were found Tuesday at the Bullet Hole shooting range in Overland Park, and police are investigating the case as an apparent murder-suicide. There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but KCTV5 reported that police aren’t looking for…
Nerdcore rapper, Adult Swim alumnus, and all-around geek hero mc chris is coming to The Granada on Thursday, October 6, along with MC Lars, Mega Ran, and Adam WarRock. The tour, in support of his recently released Race Wars LP, isn’t so much news as the attendant hoopla. It seems that mc chris isn’t just satisfied with dropping rhymes and…
A developer wants a tax break to replace this old Qdoba. Kansas City, Missouri, council members will consider a development proposal this week. When they do, a form of extortion will take place. Price Development Group, which is based in Overland Park, owns an empty building at the corner of State Line Road and West 39th Street. The last occupant…
The late 1970s and early ’80s marked a fertile time for music in Los Angeles. English and New York punk inspired a West Coast response that was characterized less by a sound than by a boundary-pushing attitude. Acts such as Black Flag, X, the Go-Go’s, the Dickies and the Blasters may have set the template, but only Los Lobos, a…
On a midsummer afternoon, Sean Malto is working the counter at Escapist Skateboarding. The skinny, baby-faced 21-year-old has made a sale, but he’s having trouble completing it on the store’s computer. This isn’t his usual job. He’s covering for the Southwest Boulevard shop’s co-owner, Dan Askew. An unflustered Malto apologizes to the customer, who doesn’t seem to recognize him, even…
It’s important for a restaurant to have personality. Raytown’s Blue Yuu, however, may be the only venue in the metro with a little too much personality. I happen to like the eccentricities of the place, but it’s not for every taste. And for Raytown, the Blue Yuu is borderline outrageous — not just a restaurant but dinner theater. The Blue…
A handmade CD turned up in the mail the other day from Burnie Booth, a local guy who records under the name Folkicide. It’s called Devotional Hymns From the Church of the Darwinian Snuff Film. The album art is a collage, the focal point of which is a nearly nude Filipina undergoing some kind of bloody voodoo operation involving a…
Ashford Stamper The Vagabonds: Chef Alex Pope and Jenny Vergara are popping up all over the place. When it’s time to look back at Kansas City’s restaurant business in 2011, one of the most interesting innovations on the year-end list will be Vagabond, the pop-up restaurant conceived by chef Alex Pope — formerly of R Bar — and local writer…
Facebook: Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott There’s a macaron for every color of the rainbow at Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott. Asked about the best macaron she’s ever eaten, Natasha Goellner pauses (not 20 feet from a colorful display of her own creations at Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott) and smiles at the memory. “It was a plain lemon macaron from Fauchon ….
Lou Engle doesn’t realize Texas’ drought continues. Hey, everyone, homophobic Kansas City evangelical Lou Engle said something crazy. I know. It’d be news if he didn’t. The latest from the creepy prophet: Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s announcement that he’s running for president may have brought relief from Texas’ drought. “I heard that actually the day that Gov. Perry announced that…
Kid Congo. (Sorry, no photos from this show.) Labor Day Eve is one of the few occasions when patrons of bars can squeeze a few extra drops from life. Without work on Monday, Sunday night at the Replay Lounge was Saturday: The Sequel. The general mood was of elation, that another day to celebrate had been created out of nothing….
This is what the duo looks like up close. I wasn’t too familiar with Gillian Welch’s work before walking into Liberty Hall in Lawrence on Sunday evening. I’d had plenty of time before the show, though, to ruminate and think about how she’d sound and perform. After all, the line to enter the venue wrapped around Massachusetts to New Hampshire…
Wilco loves it some Midwest, and bully for us. The band just announced a huge fall/winter tour, and it includes a stop at the Uptown on December 3. It’ll be in support of the band’s new album, The Whole Love, out September 27. (Via Pitchfork). Categories: Music Tags: wilco
