About a year ago, Chiefs fans were thinking that they dodged a bullet. Jamaal Charles had just lost to Peyton Hillis in the fan voting for the 2012 cover of the Madden football game. Charles was supposed to avoid the curse. It would be Hillis’ to bear. Then Charles went down with a season-ending knee injury in the second game,…
Roadfood If you can’t sleep, you might as well eat. Lovers of late-night burgers no longer have to go downtown in search of a patty. Tonight, Winstead’s (101 Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard) on the Plaza begins offering 24-hour drive-through service, and, yes, that includes a free dog biscuit for your pup if they’re riding shotgun. The dining room will keep…
Angela C. Bond The St. Patty’s Day festivities kicked off last Saturday. We take the fun of St. Patrick’s Day parades very seriously in Kansas City. As a result, there’s a whole weekend of parades before the actual day. The 32nd annual St. Patrick’s Warm-Up Parade was last Saturday, March 10, in Brookside. Click here or the photo above for…
By 6 p.m. tonight, your bracket will likely be in the garbage. These are the facts of March Madness. Therefore, you should focus on something eminently achievable: drinking beer. The second annual Brew Madness returns to Cellar & Loft (525 Walnut) in the River Market tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. “We pick our top 64 beers by sales, put…
OC Register Twitter is instantaneous feedback, for better or worse. Nothing irks chefs like wasted food. And while diners might point to oversized portions, chefs can point right back at a more likely cause, the “no-show,” a reservation party that fails to materialize and never calls to cancel. The Wall Street Journal writes about restaurants that are taking back their…
The Kansas City Public Library is consistently doing cool things. Capitalizing on March Madness, the library is doing its own tournament … but instead of basketball teams, the library is pitting classic books against each other. The field of 64 doesn’t have seeds, so it’ll be up for interpretation on what’s considered an upset. There can be only one. Can…
%{}% We are waterlogged. We’re at a logjam. Hello, beaver. In first nation/Native American lore, each of us gets at least one totem animal, a spirit who protects us. For example, I have a friend who reportedly sees foxes on her way home from the office (she lives in the suburban Baltimore area). These animals choose you to aid in…
The 32nd annual Brookside St. Patrick’s Warm-Up Parade was Saturday, March 10, and the green was in full effect at 65th and Wornall. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
My ears were ringing (and still are; getting kind of nervous about it) from Thee Oh Sees when I woke up Tuesday afternoon morning, and so I elected to participate in the tech — Interactive, they call it — portion of the festival. I combined that objective with finding free things to put on or in my body. Categories: Music…
The weekend intersection of St. Patrick’s Day and the NCAA basketball tournament is like a Dear John letter to your liver. But as long as the two of you are breaking up, you might as well go out with a pop-top or two. A pair of local releases are serious fridge contenders: Boulevard’s Rye-on-Rye returns to the Smokestack series for…
Facebook: The Dubliner The taps are flowing at the Dubliner The Power & Light has a touch of the Irish again. The Dubliner has opened in the former Raglan Road space at 170 E. 14th St. The new Irish pub, operated by KC Hopps, will serve an authentic Irish breakfast at 8 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. Eddie Delahunt begins…
Human beings have always searched for where to find the sweetest, fattiest, most delicious thing we can eat. It’s not enough to simply char meat. We need to figure out who does it the best. Reuters’ Felix Salmon wondered earlier this week why tacos from taco trucks always taste better than similar offerings from brick-and-mortar restaurants. He answers his own…
Hermon Mehari The American Jazz Museum is set to present “A Vibe Called Mesh,” the third installment of the organization’s music series celebrating the links between hip-hop and jazz, tonight, March 14, at the Blue Room. Categories: Music Tags: Ben Leifer, diverse, hermon mehari, Kinyon Price, Les Izmore, reach, Ryan Lee
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Name: Jon Fulton Adams Occupation: Men’s wear designer Hometown: Savannah, Georgia Current neighborhood: The historic Northeast Who or what is your sidekick? A miniature Schnoodle named Dorian Gray What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Art curator What was the last local restaurant you patronized? Café Trio Categories: News Tags: Hungry, Jon Fulton Adams, Queens Rocket
Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir recently asked, “After The Artist, what’s next for French film?” That loaded question is aimed at the anomaly of American audiences having embraced, in spite of themselves, the perfect storm of a film that was not merely French but also silent and monochromatic. But France is never at a loss for compelling, well-acted, finely produced films, seven…
The digital age has blessed us with great convenience, but it has also raised new, interesting questions. For instance: What’s the proper etiquette for sending another person a picture-text of your own penis? Scale is important, explains Chicago comedian Mike Lebovitz, in a recent Funny or Die video. “Why not showcase your privates next to something puny, like a peanut,…
The 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest swept the Academy Awards — best picture, director, actor, actress, adapted screenplay. Almost 40 years on, Milos Forman’s successful film remains a resonant pop-culture landmark, even if people sometimes forget exactly why. Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s production — timed, perhaps not coincidentally, close to Easter — reminds us. Like the movie, the…
Nothing By No One (self-released) Context: Chris Copp is a rapper who lives in Auburn, Kansas, which is just southwest of Topeka, according to Google Maps; he’s also half of a hip-hop group called the Blos. Copp sings and raps on Nothing By No One, and the other dude in the Blos makes the beats. Vibe: Part eerie electronica, part…
Morning Party (self-released) Context: Bluesy girl group (plus one guy) gets vaguely psychedelic on its second EP. Lowlight: The clunky vocals and jam-band-lite aesthetics of “Postman, Please Don’t.” Highlight: The final minute and a half of opener “Five Day Weekend,” which fries itself into a joyously berserk crescendo. Nice touch: The CD is designed to look like a rainbow-sprinkled doughnut….
Western Avenue EP (self-released) Context: A four-song EP of backwoods boot-stompers from the folk-rock darlings Highlight: The title track, with its buoyant vocal harmonies and Waylon Jennings echoes (“The Wurlitzer Prize,” especially), is the finest song the Grisly Hand has recorded to date. Conclusion: “Black Coffee,” a clattering old-timey Americana tune, is the only other new song on Western Avenue….
Last week’s private RecordBar performance by the Elders was a trial run of sorts. It not only was a chance for the band’s family and friends to see the six-piece Celtic-rock band away from the usual Guinness-fueled festival atmosphere, but also was an opportunity to witness the debut of the band’s newest member, Kian Byrne. “I’m about to have a…
Raw, harrowing, confrontational, but also quite beautiful, Past Life Martyred Saints by EMA was one of the artistic highlights of 2011. Its creator, Erika M. Anderson (formerly of the psych-folk band Gowns), is a 6-foot blonde who grew up in South Dakota, migrated to Los Angeles, then started hanging around Portland, Oregon. The Pitch recently had a pleasant conversation with…
