Southcomm adds alt-weeklies in Charlotte and Tampa. Southcomm, The Pitch’s parent company, has added two more alt-weeklies to its portfolio with the acquisitions of Creative Loafing Charlotte and Creative Loafing Tampa. The company just announced the deal in a press release issued a few minutes after noon. Read what the Nashville-based holding company has to say after the jump: Categories:…
Surfer Blood The Buzz’s Halloweenie Roast show, with Social Distortion, the Hold Steady, Viva Brother, and the Architects is coming up in a few weeks here, on October 27 at the Midland. Today, we’ve got details on the radio station’s next holiday-themed party, The Night the Buzz Stole Christmas. The Buzz is getting pretty good at booking shows where they…
Tavern in The Village Oktoberfest comes to Prairie Village tonight. October is probably best enjoyed with a beer in hand. Free State Brewery and Tavern in the Village are doing their part, at least for tonight. To celebrate the Lawrence brewery’s release of its seasonal Octoberfest beer, Tavern in the Village (3901 Prairie Lane, Prairie Village) is having a free…
Darryl Forte is the new chief of police. Just in case you missed it last Friday (and we were super busy, so we didn’t have time to blog it), Deputy Chief Darryl Forté will be dropping the “deputy” in his title. Forté, 49, was named chief of police. He’ll be sworn in at 9 a.m. Thursday at police headquarters. Forté…
Facebook: Nick Wesemann A smoked vanilla melon dessert from pastry chef Nick Wesemann. Dessert is often overlooked. You’re usually too full of food or drink to begin even to think about tackling the final course. So, Fat City asked pastry chef Nick Wesemann of the American Restaurant to make it easier for you and provide a blueprint for the best…
With the Best Of issue slated to come out on Wednesday, life is all about comparing things these days. Is your breakfast better than mine? Is it the best of anyone’s in the city? Frankly, our stomachs and livers can’t take much more of this. (Seriously, why do bars open so early in this town?) Apparently, we’re not the only…
KC Addys You no longer have to put milk in your coffee. Now you can just skip straight to the milk. The Shatto family might want to think about building a trophy case the next time they add on to their dairy farm in Osborn, Missouri. Shatto’s root-beer milk is walking away with the top prize in the Open Class…
It’s been almost a week since 10-month-old Lisa Irwin was last seen, and there still is no trace of the girl. Over the weekend, the girl’s parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, began cooperating with authorities. They hadn’t spoken with authorities since Thursday. On Sunday, authorities tried to re-create the alleged kidnapping at the Irwin’s Northland home at 37th and…
Nick Spacek Mouthbreathers’ “Anxiety” single finally came out on In the Red, and they had a hot-dog hullabaloo to celebrate this past Saturday night. For real — the band was grilling dogs out on Love Garden’s back porch. Fellow Lawrence garage rockers Dry Bonnet opened, and we shot some pics and video of the whole affair. Categories: Music Tags: dry…
The Kansas City Chiefs needed a second-half comeback to beat the lowly Indianapolis Colts, which they did 28-24 on Sunday. The Colts have yet to win this season. The above third-quarter Dwayne Bowe touchdown catch was simply amazing as the Chiefs receiver juggled the ball and somehow made the catch. A fourth-quarter Matt Cassel to Steve Breaston 11-yard touchdown sealed…
Victims of domestic violence are probably not feeling lucky. In news that seems more likely to be coming out of Somalia than Kansas, Topeka’s City Council is considering repealing the city ordinance regarding domestic battery. Yes, they’re looking at decriminalizing domestic battery. But don’t worry! They’re doing it for a good reason: to save money. See, Topeka still wants abusive…
JCCC’s e-mails are the caviar and champagne of public documents. How much do you figure it would it cost to obtain a day’s worth of e-mails between two faculty members at Johnson County Community College? Oh, only about 10 grand. Seriously. The Campus Ledger, the JCCC student newspaper, reports that a former employee is suing over charges that the school…
So much going on this weekend, you guys. FRIDAY St. Vincent at Liberty HallThe Wilders, Howard Iceberg, and Grisly Hand at Davey’sMinus the Bear at GranadaThe Damnwells at RecordBarThe Floozies, Evil Bastards at Riot RoomDoug Stanhope at Raoul’s Velvet RoomBoz Scaggs and Michael McDonald at StarlightAnd it’s First Friday, so a bunch of stuff in the Crossroads Categories: Music
Is the Westin Crown Center Hotel going to have a view without a restaurant? Update: The Westin Crown Center Hotel sent out a statement this afternoon after Fat City broke the news that the hotel’s only fine-dining venue, Benton’s Prime Steakhouse, was scheduled to close in December. The statement confirms the report, adding that the restaurant will become a “rooftop…
The lawsuits keep coming. Another lawsuit is being filed against Bishop Robert Finn and the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests sent out an e-mail today saying a “whistle-blower” is suing after being forced out of her job last month due to “her advocacy within the diocese on behalf of victims and…
Wrath and Ruin gettin’ wrathy. Wrath and Ruin recently threw a record release party/show at the Riot Room in mid-September. Now, the band’s preparing to present its long-awaited release to its hometown of Lawrence. We recently asked Dean Edington (vocals) and Jason Khomsi (drums) how the KC release went, what the band’s got planned for the Lawrence release, and when…
Facebook: Nick Wesemann Pastry chef Nick Wesemann’s brown butter brulee. Pastry chef Nick Wesemann’s perfect meal may just be a single savory course followed by five or six desserts. It’s funny, but the diners at the American, where he has worked for the last six years, might just feel the same way. Yesterday, Wesemann explained why he still is found…
Scott Spychalski Bill Simmons dreams about pro hoops at the Sprint Center. The NBA labor dispute is threatening to cancel pro basketball for this season. Basketball lovers like Grantland chief Bill Simmons aren’t taking the threat of no basketball well. In his latest story on the site, Simmons talks up Kansas City as a great city for a renegade basketball…
Say it ain’t so. Next Friday, October 14, the Eighth Street Taproom will host the last Funky Rewind, the DJ night of rare funk, soul, and boogie records. Cover $3. 10 p.m. 21-plus. Rory Flynn (DJ MAKossa) and Josh Powers will spin. Come out and bump it like you’ve never bumped it before the Funky Rewind boogies off into the…
This week: the Floozies The Floozies are Matt and Mark Hill, a Lawrence duo that makes “funk for aliens.” Well, hell. We can get behind that. Step into the ethereal regions of the band’s hypnotic beats and grooves when the Floozies play the Riot Room on Friday, October 7. 9 p.m. $5. 21-plus. Evil Bastards support. Yeah, but what do…
Corey Wood The grapes at Somerset Ridge are part of a burgeoning wine industry in Kansas. Brides may want to think about getting married on the Missouri side in these here parts. Because the state of Kansas is cranking out more red wine than white wine these days, according to a new survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ….
