The cochinita pibil tacos are extraordinary. The first place that comes to mind if you’re headed to the Kansas side for tacos is Kansas City, Kansas. But it might just be time for you to reprogram your GPS. Fogones Mexican Delights (11200 Johnson Drive) opened this past December in Shawnee, and the Zavala family’s tacos (The Shawnee Dispatch recently ran…
The ninth annual True/False Film Festival ran from March 1-4 in Columbia, Missouri. It was the site of parties, James Franco sightings, and the occasional showing of a documentary. Photos by William Lounsbury.
Ono Sushi Kansans may finally be able to celebrate happy hour. We told you Kansas was only going to get wetter. Now, it just looks like it might start courtesy of a cheap pint of Tallgrass Beer. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Kansas House gave first-round approval to a bill, House Bill 2550, that would overturn the state’s ban…
Goodie Bags Crown Center is getting a lot more jelly beans. Bulk candy never dies — it just goes in a new container. Mike and Nicole Herman, the owners of Chip’s Chocolate Factory, are planning on opening a second store in Crown Center: Chip’s Candy Factory on April 15. The Candy Factory replaces the Candy Store, which closes on March…
The MidCoast Takeover is getting plenty of (well-deserved) attention for bringing our area’s music scene to South By Southwest, but they’re not the only ones presenting Kansas City and Lawrence acts in Austin next week. Replay Records — those fine gents who brought you the Cheap Beer compilation — will have their showcase Thursday, March 15, at the Longbranch Inn….
Flickr: Rubenerd Laptop jockeys are finding hostile coffee shop owners in other cities. On the occasion that I make a coffee shop my office, I attempt to be as considerate as one can while nursing an iced coffee and blocking out the world via headphones. I typically buy breakfast or lunch, as well, and drop a few extra dollars in…
Missouri’s new cash crop? Amber Langston has one message for Missouri voters: “The sky is not going to fall if we legalize it.” Of course, Langston, Western Region director for the statewide pro-legalization group Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, admits that she’s facing a significant challenge. The group needs 150,000 signatures, from all over the state, by May 4 to put its…
Derek Fagerstrom The Moveable Type Truck. Wonder Fair (803-1/2 Massachusetts, in Lawrence) is hosting Kyle Durrie and her fully functional Moveable Type Truck tonight (free, open to the public). The stop is part of Durrie’s 10-month tour. The evening’s events include printing demos and studio/truck tours. Also, Durrie will teach a printmaking workshop on March 8 to KU art students….
Name: Bruce Copeland Occupation: By day, I’m the director of business development at Vince & Associates Clinical Research. By night, I become general manager of MUSA Kansas City. How can you not want to be the commissioner of a kickball league? Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa/Kansas City, Missouri Current neighborhood: Merriam Who or what is your sidekick? My little brother, Brahm….
Bands that hail from Athens, Georgia, seem to be particularly apt in the art of funky beat creation. Reptar, just one of the latest bands to spring forth from the South, makes breezy, easy-to-digest electro-funk. The band recently announced the release date of its debut album, Body Faucet (hmm). Check for it on May 1 on Vagrant Records. Categories: Music…
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The University of Missouri takes its final Big 12 basketball bow this week at the Sprint Center and Municipal Auditorium. This year may also mark the beginning of the end of the Big 12’s tournament presence in Kansas City, thanks to Mizzou’s jump to the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers’ carpetbagging leaves the Big 12 with no schools in the Show-Me…
Last Wednesday night, I was pretend-reading texts on my cellphone while waiting in line for the men’s room at Eastside Tavern. I furrowed my brow at an old message to a friend about which of us was going to drive to lunch, as if deep in thought. Nobody at this bar will realize how boring I am if I keep…
One of the most anticipated local releases of 2012 is the upcoming full-length from Ghosty, which arrives in mid-April. But those of us who follow the band on social media have been acquainted with some of the material since January, when the Power and Light EP surfaced on Bandcamp. Power and Light is essentially Ghosty gone electronic, with producer Nathan…
Hearts of Darkness Kansas City’s favorite Afro-beat soul-funk act dropped a new single, “Renumeration,” last month as part of a split 7-inch with Motown revivalists the Good Foot and held a release party at the Uptown. It’ll be a nice contrast to see them at tiny old Davey’s, where they’ll try to cram all 16 of their people onto a…
In a different time, when someone famous lent his or her name to a restaurant, the celebrity was almost always a TV or movie star or a big sports figure. It’s a tradition that dates back to the 1930s, when cinema beauty (and future murder victim) Thelma Todd opened Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Café in Pacific Palisades. Later examples include Arthur…
Tom Gregg has been working out of a shabby-chic space in the West Bottoms since 1994, long before the First Friday antiques crawl helped make peeling paint and calculated clutter marquee attractions. Friday, March 9, Gregg leads two tours through the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. His talks — at 6 and 7 p.m. — showcase works from the museum’s collection…
The Lawrence Public Library is going all out to celebrate the March 13 appearance by NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg at the Lied Center in Lawrence. The event, presented by the Lawrence Public Library Foundation, is a fundraiser for the planned major renovation of the 40-year-old library building. Because Stamberg’s speech is called “Libraries, Cranberries and New Stories” (Stamberg’s radio…
Gage Skidmore Newt wants the rock. Update: Sadly, news came today that watching basketball at Rookie’s will be politics-free on Friday. Gingrich has canceled his scheduled campaign trip to Kansas in order to focus on Alabama and Mississippi. He won his home state of Georgia in last night’s Super Tuesday primary-fest. Original post: Ahead of Kansas’ caucuses on Saturday, GOP…
Ashford Stamper At Fud restaurant, the best-selling sandwich is barbecue. Vegan barbecue. You would think that I would have finally learned my lesson. I’m one of those people who procrastinates over every decision, including visiting restaurants — sometimes waiting until it’s too late. I mean, after years of watching those late-night TV commercials for the semi-legendary Rockwood Country Club (where…
The sun is out. A cookie from your childhood, Oreo, turns 100 years old today. Tuesday is looking just fine. Kraft Foods has a special, limited-edition birthday cake Oreo to mark the occasion, and the Chicago Tribune has all the relevant stats and history about the most famous of sandwich cookies. Beyond just eating a cookie, Fat City thought to…
David Anderson is excited that the Opera House is up-and-running. David Anderson shuttles back and forth between the glass room that houses a bakery and the coffee bar, checking on cinnamon rolls and a few regulars whom he stops to acknowledge by their first names. The co-owner of the Opera House — his partner is Kyle Getz — is just…
Liberty Memorial is seeking official recognition. The war is long over, but the battle might just be beginning. Reuters reports that Kansas City and Washington, D.C., are currently tussling over which city should have the “official” World War I memorial. This debate is not just semantics. The official title is seen as critical by Liberty Memorial officials because the museum…
