Archives: September 2011
What was your favorite school lunch?
Flickr: Nate Steiner Brown-bag lunches aren’t as fun when you’re an adult. Whether you were having hot lunch or brown bagging it, not all school lunches are created equal. Gray hamburger meat and neon-red sloppy Joes were only saved by cartons of chocolate milk and cellophane-wrapped chocolate-chip cookies that needed to be softened in said milk to be eaten. But…
Crypticon Kansas City 2011 was a literal horror show (slideshow)
Horror fans donned makeup and fake Freddy Krueger hands to show their love of horror films at Crypticon Kansas City 2011. The horror memorabilia show was at the Overland Park Convention Center last weekend. Click here to check out the zombies, monster masks and stars of the horror genre that were captured on film by The Pitch’s Angela C. Bond….
KC Irish Fest and other weekend possibilities
Flickr: Alistairvance What’s it going to be, whiskey or Scotch eggs? Dust off your green shirt and rekindle your fondness for Scotch eggs — the Kansas City Irish Fest is back. The ninth annual festival is at Crown Center from Friday, September 2, through Sunday, September 4. And this time around, you have plenty of options for washing down shepherd’s…
Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City dissolves
In a recent press release, the Kansas City Civic Opera announced that the organization will dissolve. Citing “declining funding and attendance,” the volunteer group’s board of directors voted to dissolve the not-for-profit corporation. The Civic Opera’s last performance of its 26-year history was Conrad Susa’s Transformations in March of this year. You can read the whole of the press release…
The Pitch Questionnaire: Stephanie Sharp
Occupation: Self-employed — Sharp Connections, political communications consulting Hometown: Garden City, Kansas Current neighborhood: Lenexa Who or what is your sidekick? My trusty iPhone What was the last local restaurant you patronized? Extra Virgin Where do you drink? We have a toddler, so it’s harder to get out. Mostly on the back patio or somewhere close to home, like Callahan’s…
It’s 2 a.m. and, damn it, you want a crepe!
Dirk Knoedler, left, and Craig Klein serve up freshly made crepes … with gusto! I’ve never actually sat down to ponder this pressing question: Where in Kansas City would I put a late-night creperie? The Crossroads? Westport? The Power & Light District? How about, say, 38th Street and Broadway? It’s not an unlikely location for after-hours dining: The venerable Chubby’s…
Pastry chef Natasha Goellner on her shop on the Plaza and why a little color never hurts
The marshmallows at Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott are just some of the colorful things in the Mission Farms shop. Natasha Goellner walks around the counter, hand extended, her blond hair pulled back and a smile on her face. It’s shortly after 8:40 a.m., and she’s smiling because she slept in today. Her weekdays usually start somewhere around 4 a.m. Goellner…
What I Like: Bleach Bloodz (tonight at Riot Room)
Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things. This week: Bleach Bloodz Bleach Bloodz is well-known locally for its cool-guy garage rock. The band — Troy Diesel (vocals, bass), Vincent Lawhon (vocals, guitar), Jerad Meadows (vocals, drums) — is performing on the Riot Room patio tonight (9 p.m., $7, support from Savage Seven,…
Crypticon Kansas City 2011
Things got downright spooky at the Overland Park Convention Center on Friday, August 26, to Sunday, August 28, as Crypticon Kansas City 2011 brought out horror devotees, Freddy Kreuger and veteran actor Bill Moseley. Photos by. Angela C. Bond
Denver Broncos fans pissy over “Chiefs red” sign at stadium
 Following the Denver Broncos’ disastrous 2010 season, which saw the team fire its head coach, get tangled in a videotaping scandal and finish a dismal 4-12, you would think that fans would have some serious concerns about how the team is looking heading into the season. Instead, Broncos fans are throwing a hissy fit over new signage at Mile…
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen is bringing geek chic to the Crossroads and the food means that’s it definitely worth plugging into your GPS. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
Marilyn Maye: alive and really kicking
Marilyn Maye only stopped working once, briefly, in her long career: to give birth to her daughter, Kristi Tucker. This week, Kansas City lost one native jazz artist — Pearl Thurston Brown died Monday at age 84 — as another legend, one year younger, was literally kicking up her legs (to great applause, by the way) onstage at Jardine’s. Kansas-born…
Kansas will give Planned Parenthood its money after all
Planned Parenthood will get its federal money. Planned Parenthood’s Hays, Kansas, clinic has been spared. The organization had said it would shutter the facility on Friday if Kansas didn’t hand over $330,000 of federal funds that the state was obligated to give them. Earlier this summer, the Kansas Legislature diverted the money to public health departments and hospitals. On Tuesday…
The five best date bars in Kansas City
These seats were meant for dates. Taking a date to a bar can have a lot of different meanings. You can be looking to extend a great date, escape early from a bad one, or simply hope that alcohol can take the edge off the moment that feels like the wall of a high school dance. Whether you’re seeking solace…
Danny Gibson, the Doo-Dads and more in this week’s Pitch
Angela C. Bond Danny Gibson In this week’s Pitch: Danny Alexander hangs out with the Doo-Dads, a group of adults playing a modern version of children’s music. I talk to artist Danny Gibson about making show posters for bands and being kind of a hoarder. Plus the Forecast. The Pitch: Delicious company while you eat a sandwich alone on your…
Group gives up ballot initiative to stop Honeywell plant
It looks like the Honeywell plant will go ahead as planned. Kansas City Peace Planters, a group trying to prevent Honeywell from building a shiny new weapons plant, have given up on their effort to get the issue on the November ballot. The group had collected more than 4,000 signatures on a petition to get a vote on the plant…
Zagat names Arthur Bryant’s one of the top 10 barbecue meccas
American Roads Arthur Bryant’s is on Zagat’s barbecue bucket list. Zagat, the creator of city food guides, named Arthur Bryant’s to its list of top-10 barbecue joints in the country and one of the “barbecue havens you must go to before you die.” Absent from the list is Oklahoma Joe’s, which chef Anthony Bourdain suggested should be on everyone’s culinary…
DJ Ray Velasquez on the Lazer, New York, and his history behind the decks
DJ Ray Velasquez is familiar to anyone who ever listened to the Lazer late on Saturday nights in the ’90s. Driving to and from the bars or hanging out, you most likely heard his program, “Nocturnal Transmissions,” which introduced many a Midwestern kid to the realm of electronic music outside the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim. Additionally, as part of…
What’s the best thing to eat at a state fair or themed festival?
Flickr: Robotclaw666 Does anything beat a great corn dog? Right now is an interesting time to be your stomach. At the end of every summer, there is a cavalcade of state fairs and themed festivals — meaning your monthly intake of food on a stick goes up dramatically. This weekend alone is the Kansas City Irish Festival, Santa-Cali-Gon Days and…
Warning: Library garage’s wall of books not drawn to scale
The parking garage adjacent to the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library elicits two kinds of reactions. The most common response: “Hey, neat! Books!” But there are also those who think the south face of the garage’s exterior, which resembles a bookshelf lined with classics, is a little on the nose. Abraham Piper, the Minneapolis-based keeper of the…
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