The long setup to last night’s big joke started months ago when Wham City’s man in Kansas City — Joe Hammers — called the Baltimore avant-slacker comedy troupe into town to perform its big variety show at the Paragraph Gallery. Actually, the funniest thing about the Wham City Comedy Tour was that the end — the punch line — was…
Facebook: Petticoat Pies Oatmeal pie is Petticoat Pie’s signature. When talking to Rachel Simmons, I get the sense that she’d be willing to try and transform any dish into a pie. It’s the kind of ardent fervor that has lodged bacon in the national consciousness and perhaps will allow the humble pie tin to reclaim its hold over the cupcake…
The Runza sandwich is a handful. In the shadow of McDonald’s, the green and yellow awning of Runza beckons cars from Johnson Drive. The Nebraska chain has been dishing out bierock (which they call a Runza sandwich) in Mission since May, but I’ve managed to steer my car past without a second thought. That all changed yesterday when it was…
Maynard James Keenan Wine and cheese pair well together. But put a robust wine and an oddball rock musician together, and you’ve got something epic. Tonight, Cellar Rat Wine Merchants hosts a tasting of wines from Arizona Stronghold, which is partially owned by Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle). The tasting is from 5:30 to 8 p.m. “Ryan…
Fredrick Darrington Jr. gets 25 years for a pair of murders. Fredrick Darrington Jr. pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two homicides from 2007. Darrington, 22, entered an Alford plea — a guilty plea in which the defendant doesn’t admit committing the crime but acknowledges that there is enough evidence to convict him at trial — in the homicides of Kevin…
If you only think of ramen as the salty flavor packets that got you through the lean times of post-college life, it’s time to rethink one of the great late-night foods in the city. The Westport Street Fare — the new food truck from restaurateurs Aaron Confessori and Richard Wiles (the duo behind the Westport Cafe and Bar and the…
Charles Levingston Jr. was killed outside of a Fast Stop. Update: Kansas City police have identified the victim of Tuesday evening’s homicide as 40-year-old Charles Levingston Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri. Police are still looking for suspects in Levingston’s killing Original Story (November 9): The shooting death of a man near a Fast Stop convenience store is Kansas City, Missouri’s…
This is bittersweet: The final episode of Dead Wait’s second season is here. It’s been a bloody season of zombies preying on the living (of course) and taking bullets (and a nail-spiked baseball bat) to the brain. Good stuff. Congrats to everyone involved. See the previous 11 installments here. Categories: A&E, News Tags: Dead Wait, zombies
Show your appreciation of the small kindnesses. Scorpio/Scorpio Rising* (Oct 23-Nov 21): Being the deepest and darkest of the feminine/yin/receptive signs, you thrive on introspection and psychoanalytical analysis. Before you get your collective underwear in a knot, know that yin energies are like an inhale (and, in your case, it is a long and deep one). So no matter what…
Dan Deacon extends his laughing hands to you. Laugh it out with Wednesday’s Best Bets. Tonight: Wham City Comedy Tour with Dan Deacon at Paragraph GalleryInfo Gates, Reggie B and the Solution, S.H.A.D.O.W. at the Riot RoomThe Devil Makes Three, Brown Bird at the BottleneckCapture the Flag, Paper Mache, Himalayan Adventure League at RecordBarRegret, the Informer, Grizzly J Berry at…
Mark Brenner, National Theatre All of the drama and theatrics of a real restaurant kitchen are captured in the Arnold Wesker play, The Kitchen. Jerry Harrington, the owner of Tivoli Cinemas in Westport, was so bowled over by the National Theatre of London’s filmed production of the The Kitchen — which he broadcast last Sunday afternoon and will show again…
Rachel Lora Simmons is the baker and owner at Petticoat Pies. The golden crust has the hint of fingerprints, and the warm oatmeal pie is like something out of a prairie kitchen. This is your grandma’s pie, but it just happens to come from someone of her granddaughter’s age. Rachel Lora Simmons, the 25-year-old owner of Petticoat Pies, moved into…
Chris Mullins Three songs in last night at the Midland, an audience member shouted “Happy Birthday” at the star of the stage, Paul Simon, who turned 70 years old last month. “Thank you,” he said, drolly. “I really love to keep thinking about these decade birthdays for weeks and weeks afterward.” Big laughs from the baby boomers in the house….
The Wendy’s Tour of America (a 14-week, 26-city tour) stops in Kansas City today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wendy’s will be giving away free Dave’s Hot N’ Juicy Cheeseburgers with a Frosty at Barney Allis Plaza, which is adjacent to the Kansas City Convention Center at 13th and Wyandotte. The new burger, named for founder Dave Thomas, has…
David Love cuts a plea deal. Former pastor David Love has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges in the death of one of his parishioners, Randy Stone, according to KMBC Channel 9. Love reportedly cut a plea deal in the death of the Independence insurance salesman. Love was sentenced to life in prison. He won’t be eligible for parole for…
Jim Mann’s college mentor. Update: A day after accepting the job as Kansas chief information technology officer, Jim Mann resigned from the $150,000-per-year job yesterday after it was revealed that he had a degree from an online diploma mill, the Topeka Capital-Journal, reports. The paper, which broke the story, reports that Mann’s resignation letter read, “The questions surrounding my qualifications…
Four Pounds Flour Take a hard look at yourself in this looking glass. Some friends are best appreciated in single servings, but sadly, you don’t discover this until well after the second round has arrived. Rather than rely on flawed judgment, you should instead turn to a trusted adviser: the bottle. Slate has a brilliant piece on the old-fashioned, a…
Facebook: The Upper Crust The Upper Crust pie bakery is coming back to Overland Park. Seven years after selling their first pies at the Overland Park Farmers Market, sisters Jan Knobel and Elaine Van Buskirk are bringing their baked goodies back to Overland Park. The duo behind the Upper Crust Bakery, which has been located on the basement level of…
Mouthbreathers The 11.11.11 festival has yet to descend on Lawrence. That’s not stopping participating venues from promoting and planning two other big, Lawrence-centric events. Replay Records will hold a two-day release party for its Kansas City/Lawrence compilation release, Cheap Beer, on December 2 and 3. (An LP, with digital download, will be available.) The following venues and bands are participating:…
Sabrina Staires Is Occupy Kansas City a den of drugs and hookers howling through the night? It is if you believe a TV news report last week. After all, nothing goes with revolution like a little weed and banging. A former occupier named Bill Shelton told KSHB Channel 41 that he could “stomach” only five nights at the Occupy Kansas…
Occupation: Comic-book artist mostly, recently storyboards and iOS game art as well Hometown: Kansas City, MissouriCurrent neighborhood: Hyde ParkWho or what is your sidekick? Peoplewise, Dennis Hopeless is my longtime friend and co-creator on a few of the comic books/graphic novels I’ve done. Nonpersonwise, my phone and iPad. I’m hopelessly addicted to mobile technology. I have an EVO 3D (bought…
If you’ve ever wanted to watch Dirty Harry murder Jack Dawson, J. Edgar is your movie. Director Clint Eastwood smothers Leonardo DiCaprio under makeup and padding right before your eyes. Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black presses the actor’s mouth shut, allowing this movie’s version of J. Edgar Hoover to exhale self-justifying speeches without taking in new air. DiCaprio’s eyes — clouded…
