The crowd at the Granada for Stephen Malkmus Sunday night: 80 percent male, skewing older, a little sleepy. Sunday crowds always seem to be stifling yawns. (You know how some yawn inside their mouths without opening their mouths? There was lots of that.) Expectations for the show seemed mostly to be met — with the exception of the opener, Nurses,…
Nashville’s Heypenny kicks off its Spring Is Forever tour with Kansas City’s Antennas Up at Czar this Friday, February 24. It’s a logical pairing of eccentric pop acts, neither of which is afraid to throw in dance-y elements. The tour works its way across the United States and down to SXSW next month. The song featured above, “Parade,” might sound…
A sample of the comments on Boulevard’s Facebook page. It’s been less than a month since Boulevard Chocolate Ale hit the shelves, and euphoria has sadly given way to griping. People have complained about manufactured hype and inadequate supply. Conspiracy theories about shipments and marketing decisions have run rampant in the comments section here and media across town. And then,…
Food Network Roger Mooking (left) and Aaron Sanchez battle KC’s hottest dishes tonight. Chileheads and pepper guzzlers, this one’s for you. The episode of Heat Seekers, the Food Network program featuring celebrity chef Aaron Sanchez and Roger Mooking that was filmed in Kansas City last year, will be premiering tonight. The pair of spicy thrill seekers will take viewers to…
Facebook: Royals Here’s to a season of Gatorade showers. The sun is out. The beer is cold. And pitchers and catchers have reported for the Kansas City Royals. They have come to Surprise, Arizona, the aptly named home for the Royals’ spring training camp. And as Sports Illustrated wrote yesterday, the success of the hometown team this season will depend…
Meatballs in pomodoro at the Boot. Meat has been literally making the rounds recently in Kansas City with the meatball being the hottest menu option this side of Brush Creek. There are albondigas at La Bodega, a pillowy meatball sub at Pandolfi’s Deli and a serious plate of house-made balls at the Boot. There’s a meatball truck — the Magical…
This Wednesday, February 22, there is a free screening of the documentary Colonel Jin Xing. The film is about the former Chinese army colonel, now a transgendered woman and founder of China’s first independent modern dance company. The 2001 documentary about her life tells the tale of how the Chinese man, born to Korean parents, became one of the few…
Mayer Hawthorne and the County Announcements abound! All very diverse. See for yourself: First, the rock: Slash is coming to KC on May 12, at Liberty Memorial Park, according to Pollster. Now, the opposite of Slash: Mayer Hawthorne and the County is bringing its pop-soul to the Granada on Monday, May 21. Support from the Stepkids. Doors at 7 p.m….
These are treasured plates at the Bloomsbury Bistro. Everyone brings back keepsakes from a vacation, but Cari Jo Cavalcante has a whole restaurant full of mementos, thanks to one memorable trip to Paris. In the fall of 2000, the chef had no idea that she would be the owner of the Bloomsbury Bistro by the following spring. So she booked…
Michael Ptacek pours a beer behind the bar of his new restaurant. The Green Room Burgers & Beer (4010 Pennsylvania, Suite D) has been open for 312 hours, and owner Michael Ptacek has been in his new restaurant for 221 of those hours. But even with 17-hour days to start, he’s still excited that people will have the chance to…
This is a date-worthy view. The American Restaurant (200 E. 25th St., Ste. 400) may not be the first place you think of for having a drink and a small bite to eat, but it should be. The restaurant has redesigned its lounge and relaunched it with a new menu of small plates (pork crackling, chicken liver pate, monkfish, cheese…
Maynard James Keenan is involved with multiple musical projects: Tool, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle. He has also worked as an actor, a sometime comedian and, lest we forget, a vintner. You can catch this talented man exhibiting his skills when he and fellow Puscifer members perform at the Music Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 ($28-$38). Support courtesy of…
Whitten Pell hopes his new restaurant, the Beacon, will be a comforting harbor for the South Plaza neighborhood. For a hot minute, Whitten Pell considered calling the restaurant he’s opening — with a group of investors — Whit’s End. “But then I realized I might be making a prophesy about the future that I didn’t want to imagine,” Pell says….
The Bloomsbury Bistro is tucked away inside the Mission Road Antique Mall. Chef Cari Jo Cavalcante, the owner of the Bloomsbury Bistro, has made Kansas City her home the past three decades, and she’s glad that the world is finally catching on to all that the city has to offer. “Kansas City is just a great town. It’s been interesting…
