The former office in the century-old City Ice Co. Building is a raw space. It has bare brick walls, exposed ducts and a garage door that looks out on Campbell Street. But Craig Howard, standing on the plywood floor that he laid last week and sipping tea made in a nearby electric kettle, sees the potential for a very different…
Arrowhead Addict Tyler Palko threw the only touchdown of the game. The Chicago Bears didn’t hand the victory to the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday at Soldier Field — they tipped it. The only touchdown in the game came courtesy of Chris Conte forcefully knocking the ball out of linebacker Brian Urlacher’s hands into the belly of Dexter McCluster. That Hail…
Aaron Sullivan pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Aaron Sullivan admitted Thursday that he fired the gun that killed 11-year-old Blair Shanahan Lane on the Fourth of July and also allowed others to fire the gun. Sullivan, 50, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. His sentencing is slated for February 3. Jackson County Prosecutor is reportedly asking Missouri lawmakers to pass “Blair’s…
Tonight: Replay Records present Cheap Beer featuring Mouthbreathers, Der Todesking, the Spook Lights, Jabber Josh, Dry Bonnet at Replay LoungeScattered Trees, Quiet Corral, Envy Corps at the Riot RoomBear Club Winter Ball at the BottleneckKansas City Rock and Metal Fest: Bleeding the Heavens, 12 Gauge Choir, Seven, Collapse, Dented Fingers, Hate Incorporated at the BeaumontBoombox, Somasphere at the GranadaJohn Prine…
There are three portraits of Gallery 325’s original owner, Harry Fogliani, in the art space at 325 Southwest Boulevard. One portrays him as a gunslinger. But Fogliani passed away in 2009, and as part of his estate settlement, the space has been sold to a company that wishes to use it to film commercials, and Gallery 325 is closing after…
OK, so the new song from Hidden Pictures is gloriously poppy and catchy — the sort of thing you’d love to happen upon in the 45 bin of your local record store. The drumming from Dead Girls’ Cameron Hawk offers up some energetic backbeat, nicely complementing the duo of Richard Gintowt and Michelle Gaume Sanders. I’m also pretty sure that’s…
Zach Tomaselli says he is a victim of Bernie Fine’s, and he’s facing his own allegations of abuse. The Kansas State Collegian is reporting that a man hoping to start attending the university next fall is claiming that former Syracuse assistant men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine abused him in a hotel room in Pittsburgh in 2002. Zach Tomaselli, 23, told…
Phil Cline, Alex Pope and Matt Kafka are getting ready to open the Local Pig. It seems like everywhere chef Alex Pope has cooked, he has managed to find a way to do some butchering in the kitchen. At the American, he lobbied then-executive chef Celina Tio to bring in whole pigs to cure prosciutto on-site. At R Bar —…
Cowtown Chow Is Seasons 52 the best new option on the Plaza? The Plaza has a few new doors for you to walk through these days. Natasha’s Mulberry & Mott has a pop-up holiday shop across from Zoom, which sells everything from macarons to tarts. Seasons 52 opened last month, dishing up their calorie-conscious grill fare. Gram & Dun, an…
Facebook: Wheat State Pizza It’s just like Little League. Sundays are for pizza again. How much pizza can you eat for $5? That’s the eternal question, isn’t it? Get your answer on Sunday when Wheat State Pizza (2820 W. 47th Avenue, KCK) kicks off its new Sunday pizza buffet with a $5 buffet promotion from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m….
KC Jazz Lark The People’s Liberation Big Band is known locally for creating top-notch jazz and for being large in size, as its name suggests. The KC collective is preparing to release a new CD, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, at RecordBar this Sunday, December 4, at 8 p.m. Cost is $5. We recently spoke with Brian Cox of…
The Chieftains We haven’t posted an incoming blog in almost two weeks. The result? A humongo list. The most notable notables: The Chieftains, known for making traditional Irish music hipper ’round the world, will perform at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Helzberg Hall) on March 7. The funkified rock band Galactic is at Liberty Hall on March 15….
Thanks, Jeff. What could possibly coerce relief pitcher Jonathan Broxton, who had spent his entire career hurling for the Los Angeles Dodgers and reportedly had interest in other winning teams including the Texas Rangers, to sign with the Royals? Could it be the blue chip youngsters coming through the minor league system? The fact that The K will host the…
Jake Hendershot and chef Grant Cansler kick off dinner service at Pandolfi’s Deli on Saturday night. Sorry, if you want a reservation to the first night of dinner service at Pandolfi’s Deli in historic Columbus Park, it’s already too late. Soon after Pandolfi’s owner Jake Hendershot and chef Grant Cansler announced that the restaurant would kick off dinner service on…
Kinky Friedman aims to get kinky and fried. You’ve entered Level 2011, Stage: December. Better recharge your health with a Best Bet. Tonight: Black Christmas, Devil Television, 1,000,000 Light Years at Replay LoungeKinky Friedman at KnuckleheadsNIPSEY HU$$LE presented by CrazyBoy Status, Josh Sallee w/Adam Case, Gee Watts at the BottleneckMark Lowrey & Drums at 1911 Restaurant and LoungeDeas Vail, Sick…
Your breakfast isn’t this cool. Mac Lethal spits rhymes and flips pancakes in his latest video — a fan request tribute for “Look At Me Now.” And as you’ll see, he lives life hard with an open bottle of Most Wanted and a Pyrex measuring cup. For having a righteous sense of humor and a million hits on YouTube in…
Blue Moose Bar & Grill The new milk-braised pork at the Blue Moose. Jack London penned an entire short story about how a piece of steak might have made all the difference in a man’s life. But the real difference maker in chefs’ lives these days is pork. Certain parts of the pig remain affordable and versatile, meaning you’re always…
Documentarian Chris Metzler’s choice to do a documentary about skafunkrastrapunkers Fishbone should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with his earlier work. When you’ve done a film entitled Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea — about the infamous dead lake in California — narrated by John Waters, a logical next step is covering a genre-jumping bunch of freak…
Killer Bunnies Inc. Fudge can get people pretty fired up. I didn’t know fudge was a polarizing dessert until I took a batch to Thanksgiving last week. Some folks kept coming back for squares; others made general pronouncements about the evils of grainy chocolate. The Kansas City Business Journal has a great piece about what it takes for Michael and…
Fox 4 has put together a couple of moving tribute videos to meteorologist Don Harman, who died Tuesday evening. The above video remembers some of Harman’s more memorable moments on Fox 4’s morning show. The video after the jump shows the morning news team talking about what Harman was like when the cameras were turned off. Categories: News Tags: Don…
A sad announcement for Flogging Molly fans. 96.5 the Buzz has announced that Flogging Molly will not perform December 7 at the Midland because of personal reasons. Categories: Music Tags: 96.5 the buzz, antennas up, Antennas Up!, Company of Thieves, flogging molly, Matt & Kim
