With six teams in the NCAA field of 68 teams (four will be eliminated by Wednesday night after four play-in games), it would seem that Big 12 fans have little reason to gripe. But this is college basketball; there’s always some reason to gripe. In breaking down the brackets, the Big 12 suffered from having Kansas, Missouri and Baylor beat…
Regardless of your devotion in the Border War, you will enjoy The Last Jayhawker. The fictional history short tells the tale of James Naismith using basketball and machetes to exact revenge on William Quantrill for terrorizing Lawrence during the Civil War. It’s hilarious. It’s brilliant. It has surprisingly high production values. Somebody really needs to add, “I’m going to teach…
John Mayer has some sort of throat problem and will be taking an indefinite hiatus from performing. That includes his May 3 show scheduled at Starlight. If you bought tickets with a credit card, it’ll be refunded automatically. More info here. Mayer’s full statement after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: john mayer
dantotsupm Vegetarians don’t really anger chefs these days. It’s not so much Kansas City chefs who are waking up to the idea that the local produce is good enough to star on the plate — it’s the eaters who have become more enlightened in the past several years. The result is a burgeoning vegetarian scene — Charles Ferruzza reported on…
Busted Coverage We made another list for our ribs’ ability to stick to our ribs. Grab a ham hock and reinforce that couch — this is not good news. Men’s Fitness has ranked the 25 fattest cities in the United States, and Kansas City comes in 22nd, exactly one spot ahead of St. Louis. The rankings also include the fittest…
Natasha Fowler doesn’t like being treated like a prostitute. Following up on Monday night’s homicide at a Travelers Inn: The victim has been identified as 50-year-old David Turner. Jackson County prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Natasha Fowler and her boyfriend, 39-year-old Zachary Showengert, with second-degree murder. They are being held on $200,000 bond. Here’s what court records say went down: Fowler…
Holiday Byte Get out your green. St. Patrick’s Day is a bit like Oktoberfest — the party is no longer really just for one day. But also like Oktoberfest, you wouldn’t have it any other way. Irishpalooza comes to Martin City on Sunday. The 25th annual parade begins at 2 p.m. at the State Line Point Shopping Center (Washington and…
Typically, when bands say they are going on a hiatus, it’s like going “on a break” in a relationship — the temporary break will likely end up being a permanent one. In the case of the Roseline, it really was a shame to hear a few years back that group members were finished playing together; the alt-country act perennially ended…
Strawberry joins the Shatto ice-cream lineup this week. Photo by Alistair Tutton Photography Sometimes life hands you strawberry ice cream when you least expect it. At least that was the case for Lara Armendariz, who thought she was buying a pint of Shatto vanilla ice cream. But when she got home from the Hy-Vee in Lenexa, where she shops, she…
Strawberry Hill art space and gallery FOKL recently announced KC Psychfest, to be held May 18 and 19. As the press release states, they wanted there to be “a major music festival,” so people in KCK wouldn’t be let down with the lack of Kanrocksas this year. Yes, there is Middle of the Map, but that’s in KCMO, and the…
It’s game over for the 810 Zone. Pour a little Bud Light out on the ground and figure out someplace else to hold your fantasy football draft this year — Fox 4 reports that the 810 Zone is closing its Plaza location in early April. The sports bar moved into the former Canyon Cafe space at 4686 Broadway back in…
This version of the West Edge will only exist as a rendering. Kansas City will have a little less Safdie at the end of this month. Fox 4 reports that the demolition of the West Edge project, Moshe Safdie’s design for the Bernstein-Rein ad agency, is expected to be completed by the end of March. It’s the final chapter for…
Andy Staples The ribs at Gates are a beautiful sight. Barbecue is not a science. It might be a craft or an art or a calling or simply the thing you were put on this Earth to do. As a result, barbecue is not only subjective but it also sparks the kind of debates that run instantly hot, like college…
Bartosh Salmanski The alien rockers from Venus (by way of Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Valient Thorr are notorious for their energetic live shows. Playing a blend of what used to be called “boogie metal” and good old-fashioned rock and roll, the band wields lyrics that blend the political and the popular. “Infinite Lives,” from its 2008 album, Immortalizer, notably related…
Facebook: Governor Stumpy’s Governor Stumpy’s pork tenderloin is right-sized. We’re not ashamed to put pork on the menu in this town. You’ll find it one of three ways: braised, smoked or tenderloin-ed. Today, we’re concerning ourselves with the third one. Governor Stumpy’s offers arguably the only Canadian pork tenderloin (its description) in the city, it’s not the best. The 4-ounce…
The universe gives us hints all the time to keep us on path. For example, I stopped to adjust a door stop before I left my house. Less than a couple of minutes later, a man was driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Had I not adjusted the door stop, would I have run into him? Then, my…
A bit done with death. I feel this way as I mark four years this Saturday since my father’s passing. And I am even more done with the fear of death (his last year he lived this way). Death cannot teach anything when we don’t enjoy the life we are living now. The death of Whitney Houston (although not surprising)…
For nearly two decades, artist Tom Gregg has been filling his studio in the West Bottoms with clippings, flea market finds and other bits of inspiration. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
Mestizo is serving up celebrity chef Aaron Sanchez’s modern takes on Mexican classics above the skating rink at Park Place in Leawood. Photos by Brooke Vandever.
