Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop
Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop sparkles in it’s new location with a recharged menu for the downtown set. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
Archives: September 2011
Wham City Comedy Tour coming to Paragraph Gallery
Dan Deacon is coming to Kansas City this fall, though not to perform the electronic party music he’s best known for. Instead, he’ll be hitting up the Paragraph Gallery on November 9 with the Wham City comedy collective. Founded in 2004, this self-described “bat-shit variety show” brings performance art, stand-up and assorted other craziness to the stage. Categories: Music Tags:…
Take a Chuck Berry holiday with Nobunny
%{}% Nobunny loves you. And you ought to love him right the hell back. The gentleman in the underpants and ratty rabbit mask makes some of the most clever, insanely addictive garage-pop gems on the market these days. Every show turns into a sing-along, with giddy audience members bopping along like they’ve found a Raffi for drunk 20-somethings. The man,…
Kindergartner brings mom’s crack pipe and meth to show-and-tell, according to authorities
Michelle Cheatham’s after-crack photo (allegedly). We’re now taking nominations for worst mother ever. Today’s candidate, 32-year-old Michelle Marie Cheatham. Hailing from Sweet Springs, Missouri, Cheatham’s nomination comes thanks to the shocking story of her son bringing mom’s crack pipe and “several baggies of crack rocks” to kindergarten show-and-tell on September 6. KCTV5 reported that Cheatham is charged with possession of…
Could Chipotle be bringing bahn mi and noodle bowls to fast food?
WoodStone It’s still a bowl, just with a bit of twist. The Vietnamese sandwich, the banh mi, has never had its shot at mass production, until now. Chipotle founder and CEO Steve Ells debuted ShopHouse recently in Washington, D.C. It’s a test franchise for a Chipotle-style take on Southeast Asian cuisine that features bowls of rice and noodles and banh…
Daniel Ontiveros III, 53, accused of stalking 14-year-old girl he met on a dating website
Nothing creepy here. There’s a whole lot of creepy in the Daniel Ontiveros III stalking case. The 53-year-old allegedly pretended to be a 16-year-old on a dating site and engaged in sexual conversations with a 14-year-old girl. This didn’t go over well with the girl’s mom, who turned Ontiveros in to police. Court records say Ontiveros and the girl exchanged…
Missouri strips the Kansas City, Missouri, School District of accreditation
The district may want to consider a new slogan. Anything bad happen to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District? Oh, yeah. The Missouri Board of Education voted unanimously to strip the district’s accreditation, which goes bye-bye on January 1, 2012. The district gets two years to try to establish provisional accreditation, meaning it’ll have to meet six of the 14…
Kansas City police ID victims in double murder-suicide (updated)
Police believe Wylie Hill’s younger brother killed him. UPDATE (September 21): Kansas City police have identified the victims of Tuesday’s double-murder-suicide. They are 18-year-old Terra Swann and 25-year-old Wylie Hill. Swann and Hill lived at the home at 55th and Jaudon with their suspected killer. Yesterday, police released their theory of how the killings went down: A 21-year-old man shot…
At which restaurant can a vegetarian and meat eater co-exist?
Love knows no dietary restrictions. You shouldn’t have to settle in love or dining. A friend recently asked me for some recommendations in midtown, the Plaza and 39th Street’s restaurant-row areas, where he (an avid meat eater) and his date (a vegetarian) could both eat happily. All too often, couples of mixed plates are forced to make the hard choice,…
What I Like: Stik Figa
Welcome to What I Like, our weekly chat with local musicians about their favorite things. This week: Stik Figa Topeka rapper Stik Figa’s new album (with D/Will), Crown and Coke, is now available to download. He recently won The Pitch’s 2011 award for Best Hip-Hop Artist. But what does he like? Categories: Music Tags: Cowboy Indian Beer, D/Will, stik figa,…
McLain’s sweet rolls are worth a bite
McLain’s is dishing up sweet treats on Gregory. McLain’s Bakery has opened its new location at 201 East Gregory (Fat City’s Charles Ferruzza broke the news of the move from its original location at 7422 Wornall last month.) The bakery opened this past Saturday. Yesterday afternoon the counter staff explained that they’d been busy since the first day, and the…
Pac-12 not expanding, BYU joining the Big 12 and more conference realignment
Coming to the Big 12? The last 24 hours have been eventful to say the least when it comes to the future of the Big 12 and conference realignment. Let’s start with the bombshell: The Pac-12 isn’t expanding. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement last night saying there are no plans for expansion, the West Coast conference’s presidents and…
Know it before the show: stream Mastodon, Twin Sister’s new albums
It’s always smart to get acquainted with a band’s new album before seeing the live show, wouldn’t you agree? Mastodon is currently streaming its new record, The Hunter (out September 27). Catch the metal mavens with the Dillinger Escape Plan and Red Fang, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 14, at the Beaumont. Tickets cost $27.50. Twin Sister is supporting the…
Amber Searles and 4-month-old daughter Kyra Searles-Davis found dead in Olathe; Adam Davis charged
Adam Davis is accused of a double homicide in Olathe. UPDATE (September 21): The father of the 4-month-old girl killed in a double homicide Friday evening is now facing two counts of first-degree murder. Adam Davis, 31, is accused of killing his daughter, Kyra Searles-Davis, and her mother, 24-year-old Amber Searles. The Star reported that police haven’t released how the…
David Barry shot and killed in Olathe; Robert Ward charged in the slaying
Robert Ward is charged with first-degree murder. UPDATE (September 21): Johnson County prosecutors have charged 34-year-old Robert Ward with first-degree murder in Sunday’s homicide in Olathe. Authorities found 36-year-old David Barry shot to death at a home at 516 East Brier Drive around 8:01 p.m. Ward was arrested in a wooded area a couple of hours after the slaying. Ward…
Out of Time & Space Astrology
%{}% Libra/Libra Rising* (Sep 23-Oct 22): As much as you talk, you know how to even your scales and keep the best secrets. Until the person goes beyond the pail, then you will spill guts to any and all Geminis and Sagittarians (the best gossips of the zodiac). I’ve heard the best revenge is a successful life (and also looking…
A Big 12 breakup most foul
It’s one of those sports stories that isn’t really a sports story. For the Big 12, this summer resembled a few acts out of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, as the powerhouse collegiate athletic conference, unraveled by envy and ambition, backstabbed its way toward an untimely demise. So now we’ve had a glimpse into the knifey big business of college sports, one of…
Moneyball
Toward the front of history’s 9/11 B-roll is the night when the New York Yankees won the American League pennant. Under the flash of fireworks, the sporting world’s most loathsome force for profit over heart became America’s team. The goat: Oakland’s long-suffering Athletics. There’s no mention of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Moneyball, director Bennett Miller’s deft, deliberate…
Ad Astra Arkestra plays on
Camp Tuley is located in a lushly overgrown midtown backyard. Not really a camp, it nevertheless boasts some essentials: a fire pit, bikes, and a Ping-Pong table on which residents Mike Tuley and his wife, Brooke Tuley, participate in tournaments with their Ad Astra Arkestra bandmates Brian Miller and John Nichols. How have things changed since the days when Mike…
UMKC’s Judy Ancel escaped the Andrew Breitbart machine
Andrew Breitbart had a new target. On the April 18 broadcast of Fox News’ Hannity — Breitbart was there to promote his latest book — the conservative provocateur told Sean Hannity that he and his powerful network of websites and supporters had embarked on a nationwide attack on its latest enemy. “We’re going to take on education next, go after…
Music Forecast September 22-28
%{}% Journey, with Foreigner and Night Ranger Steve Perry, the legendary voice of Journey, hasn’t performed with the band since the mid-’90s. Guitarist Neal Schon is still around, but a Filipino named Arnel Pineda — who can sing in English but not speak it very well — currently serves as frontman. Foreigner, too, is a shell of its former self….
Roy Gunna
The debut from 23-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, rapper Roy Gunna is “Dedicated in the memory of J. Dilla,” and many of the songs are built upon the kind of assuredly bleary sound for which the legendary late producer was known. The beats are impressive for a debut. The pillowy synths, soul samples, bobbing bass lines and subtle jazz tones on…
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