Archives: November 2011

Music

Broadway Calls cancels Sidecar show tonight; check out Luther anyway

Nick Spacek,

Luther misses you, too. Sadly, tonight’s Broadway Calls show in the Sidecar at the Beaumont has been canceled due to van troubles, meaning your pop-punk fix will have to wait until New Found Glory hits the Midland later this month. However, we still think one of the openers bears mentioning, even if you don’t have a chance to catch them…
News

Katie Horner signs off at KCTV5

Justin Kendall,

Katie Horner is gone. Katie Horner’s last day at KCTV Channel 5 was Wednesday. We’d heard rumors in May that she was out. Rumors were confirmed in July that the station’s chief meteorologist was being replaced. The station posted the video above on its website of Horner saying goodbye after 18 years. In the video, Horner says she’s unsure what…
Dining, Food & Drink

La Bodega celebrates it’s first anniversary at One Nineteen

Jonathan Bender,

Angela C. Bond La Bodega is ready to celebrate. Sometimes for an anniversary, you’ll have all your neighbors over to celebrate. It’s just that your neighbors aren’t Glace and the Roasterie. La Bodega (4311 West 119th Street) is celebrating its first year over at the One Nineteen Shopping Center in Leawood this week. Tonight, the tapas bar and lounge is…
Music

Q&A: Victor & Penny’s Erin McGrane

AJ Stutzer,

Victor & Penny Kansas City is about to have Victor & Penny all to itself. The antique-pop duo had previously divided their time between Chicago and Kansas City. Both band members (Erin McGrane and Jeff Freling) also have multiple projects that they juggle. Even with all that, the band recently returned from a West Coast tour and recorded a new…
News

Sporting Kansas City advances to Eastern Conference finals

Ben Palosaari,

The stage was set Wednesday night at Livestrong Sporting Park for Sporting Kansas City’s dramatic advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. The rain was driving, the air was frigid, the soaked fans were huddled together and screaming, and the Colorado Rapids were determined to avoid being bounced out of the playoffs. Everything was ready…
Dining, Food & Drink

Mashed potatoes need to be an accepted part of the condiment canon

Jonathan Bender,

Mashed potatoes work surprisingly well in a pulled pork taco. In an effort to discover the ultimate mashed-potato recipe for Thanksgiving, I’ve been whipping up batches the past few weeks. Right now, the leading contender is Ina Garten’s parmesan smashed potatoes (a lot of butter, parmesan and sour cream), but there’s no shortage of potential contenders for the spoon. An…
Music

Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring on the music of art school dropouts; show tonight at the Jackpot

Kent Szlauderbach,

Baltimore-based Future Islands performs lush, swollen new-wave with minimal equipment and time. The three members gained momentum coming out of Dan Deacon’s Wham City collective in 2008, claiming ‘post-wave’ (post punk + new wave) as their own sound and releasing three albums, each more like a snowballing opera than a new-wave record. The most reductive consensus description of the band…
News

The Pitch Questionnaire: Jabulani Leffall

Justin Kendall,

Occupation: Multimedia public nuisance. I stole that from Walt Bodine. Hometown: Los Angeles Current neighborhood: Plaza/Brookside Who or what is your sidekick? My laptop What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Jazz musician/bootlegger in the Prohibition era, without the racism. Categories: News Tags: Central Standard, Jabulani Leffall, KCUR
A&E

Out of Time & Space Astrology

Quan Tracy Cherry,

Scorpio/Scorpio Rising* (Oct 23-Nov 21): Old wives’ tales speak to the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds being thinnest during your time of birth. Day of the Dead, Allhallows Eve and Samhain have their roots in this concept. Take your penetrating gaze and your long silences. That’s enough to make us think you’ve got ghostly (or is it ghastly?)…
Music

You have a second chance to catch Skrillex tonight

Nick Spacek,

Didn’t snag tickets to tonight’s sold-out Skrillex show at Liberty Hall? You still have a chance to catch the screamo singer turned dubstep producer at the official after-party down the street atthe Granada. Mammoth announced earlier today that Sonny Moore (as Skrillex’s mama knows him) and 12th Planet will both be performing at the Granada’s shindig. Dillon Francis, Alvin Risk,…

Houlihan’s

Houlihan’s is still dishing up classic comfort food in a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Photos by Lauren Phillips.
Music

Folk Alliance International relocating to Kansas City

David Hudnall,

Folk Alliance International, an organization and annual conference celebrating and promoting folk music, will officially make Kansas City its home base in 2014. The three-day conference attracts 2,000 registrants every year. Starting in 2014, and going for at least the next five years, the conference will be held at the Crown Center Westin and Sheraton hotels. Louis Jay Meyers, one…
Music

They Might Be Giants, Heavy Metal Bingo and the Wombats: Wednesday’s Best Bets

Bene Garcia,

In regard to their gargantuan stature, Flansburgh and Linnell are still on the fence. Get weird with Wednesday’s Best Bets. Tonight: They Might Be Giants, Gold Motel at the Beaumont ClubANR, Forest of Luxury, Post-Ect at Jackpot Music HallBeta Maxx, the Rackatees, the Hemorrhoids at Replay LoungeCaptured by Robots, Drop a Grand (FREE CAKE) at the BrickThe Static Jacks, the…

News

Richard Tripp needs help with his fall clothing drive and Thanksgiving feed

Justin Kendall,

Richard Tripp has finally found a home for his fall clothing drive and Thanksgiving feed for Kansas City’s homeless. Tripp tells us that Grand Avenue Temple (205 East Ninth Street) will let Tripp set up a giant circus tent for his Survival 11 Homecoming Event to help the homeless. It’s a bit of a homecoming: Tripp’s nonprofit started at Grand…

Music

Robocopter, ‘Pil14’ (video)

Nick Spacek,

Lawrence’s art-project-cum-rap-group Baiowolf will play its final show next Friday, as part of Up to Eleven’s 10th anniversary festivities. However, the group’s Rob Schulte has already unveiled his new project, called Robocopter. The first output from Robocopter, a video for “Pi|14,” made its debut at the Wild West Film Fest this past weekend, but it’s now available online. The video…
Dining, Food & Drink

Lakeside Tavern is now open in Mission Farms

Jonathan Bender,

Lakeside Tavern (10551 Mission) opened yesterday in the former Los Cabos space in Mission Farms. The latest concept from restaurateur Joe Birch (he’s a partner in the Avenues Bistro locations in Brookside and Mission Farms) is an upscale tavern with a focus on craft beer. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Dining, Food & Drink

Broadway Cafe has a secret critic … of you

Jonathan Bender,

The message underneath is not what you expect. Your mother probably told you not to take candy from strangers. But she never said anything about candy on a windowsill. A stranger with a bit of extra Halloween candy and a wicked sense of humor left behind a Hershey’s kiss with a note underneath yesterday at the Broadway Cafe in Westport….