We’re big fans of Sam Billen’s gentle, orchestral indie-rock over here at the ol’ Wayward Blog. Billen has parted ways with his old label the Record Machine (“no bad blood!” he says) and is self-releasing a new album, Places, which you can help fund by checking out his Kickstarter here. (Interestingly, Billen was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal…
Natural Grocers is open in Overland Park. If you ever needed proof that humans are creatures of habit, just attempt to take your regular shopping list to a new grocery store. It’s like entering those parts of Olathe where your GPS doesn’t work – you spend a lot of time navigating the same strip thinking, haven’t I been here before?…
Erika Wennerstrom is the backbone, heart and creator of blues-garage act Heartless Bastards, and her vocals have a fierce, feminine grit uncommon in modern-day frontwomen. She started writing songs on the piano at the age of 13 and learned how to play the guitar by writing original material. Wennerstrom and the band have been through some flux and turmoil over…
This food truck comes with movie tickets today. In a media promotion that is part scavenger hunt, part Willy Wonka – the makers of Snow White and the Huntsman are giving away movie passes with the purchase of special cupcakes this morning via a local bakery and food truck. 3 Women and an Oven (14852 Metcalf) will have five movie-themed…
%{}% As the days and, it’s hoped, our consciousness get longer and wiser, let’s talk pleasure. I’m reminded of one of my favorite hip-hop groups, Salt-N-Pepa (remember Spinderella?), when they talked sex. The song was more of a PSA for condom usage, typically lower in communities of color. OK, imagine this foregoing column is akin to your favorite car commercial…
Fifteen years ago, the Charlotte Street Foundation was among the first to take advantage of downtown?s then-empty spaces, using them for artists? studios and exhibitions. The foundation’s Urban Culture Project opened its doors last weekend to show what this year?s residents — seven performance groups and 30 visual artists — have been up to. May 18 and 19?s open studios,…
Story chef-owner Carl Thorne-Thomsen is ready for the next chapter of his Prairie Village restaurant. There are a few reservations left for this Sunday’s pig roast at Story restaurant at 3931 West 69th Terrace in the Prairie Village Shopping Center. The $10 dinner – roasted pig tacos with traditional garnishes and Santa Maria pinquito beans – celebrates the first anniversary…
The TEDxKC Facebook page announced today that TEDxKC 2012 will be held at the Kauffman Center on August 28. The post says tickets should be available in the second week of July. If that’s not exciting enough news, Midwest tech watcher Silicon Prairie News announced yesterday that it’ll be hosting a Big Omaha-like event in Kansas City in 2013. Great…
Taste of Kansas City was Sunday, May 20, in the Power & Light District. Attendees had the chance to munch on appetizers from more than 20 local restaurants as chefs competed for the Gold Fork won by Charles d’Ablaing. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
The Boot has brought back sit-down Italian fare to Westport. The latest restaurant from partners Richard Wiles and Aaron Confessori is a great spot for people watching and meatball eating. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
It’s been 13 years since Owen Hart died after falling 78 feet during a live WWE pay-per-view event at Kemper Arena. I was there, and it was one of the most numbing experiences in my life. I can’t even imagine what the Hart family went through. Hart, who was playing the role of the masked Blue Blazer, was supposed to…
The boy is becoming a man. It’s not even a joke anymore: Justin Bieber is super cute. Hot, even. Justin Bieber is hot, and he keeps getting HOTTER, you guys. His new record, Believe, is out June 19. And guess what? He just announced a huge North American tour that starts in September, and it is stopping at the Sprint…
Mike Talboy is leaving the Legislature for Burns & McDonnell. Missouri’s Democratic caucus is losing a great representative. Mike Talboy, the Missouri House’s minority leader, isn’t running for re-election; he’s taking a job with Burns & McDonnell as the firm’s first director of governmental affairs. His first day on the job is June 4. News broke earlier this week that…
Gov. Sam Brownback signed the tax-cut bill into law Kansas is headed for a reckoning. On Tuesday, Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill into law cutting income tax that would decrease the individual tax rate for those making more than $30,000 per year from 6.45 percent to 4.9 percent. Under the new tax-cut plan, married couples will pay 3 percent…
Photo by Angela C. Bond Amanda Crawley Name: Amanda Crawley Occupation: Executive director, Historic Kansas City Foundation Hometown: Prairie Village Current neighborhood: Brookside Who or what is your sidekick? The two things that go to bed with me: my cairn terrier, Angus, and my iPad. What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Emergency-medicine doctor. I love the pace…
Facebook: Spin Spin is in for Lenexa. Spin Neapolitan Pizza keeps rolling. The seven-year-old local pizza chain will open its fifth area location this Monday at 9474 Renner Boulevard in Lenexa. The latest Spin will feature the same menu as the existing restaurants, with a focus on pizzas, salad and gelato. “This is a growing area and a great match…
In an era of culinary experimentation, ice cream has moved far afield from chocolate and vanilla. And the guys most responsible for freezing your brain’s capacity to understand what it’s eating are likely Jake Godby and Sean Vahey (talking at Google above) – the owners of the Humphry Slocombe ice cream shop in San Francisco and the authors of the…
Snooki Look-A-Like Gets Kicked Hard – Watch More Funny Videos First of all, if you haven’t perused our Rockfest slideshow from a few weeks back, now is the time to do so. After you do that, watch this video of a girl dressed like Snooki getting kicked extremely hard in the chest during a fight at Rockfest. Spoiler alert: This…
Stony Crest Urban Farm’s turnips sparkle in the Wednesday sun. “These are so fresh, they could walk up here,” jokes Rodger Kube, who co-owns Stony Crest Urban Farm with his wife, Diane Hershberger. Their Scarlet Queen turnip (a bunch costs $3.50) is slightly bigger than a golf ball and comes in miniature-golf-ready bright white and pink. (The varieties due in…
Behind the scenes with Making Movies Scion has pretty much been the only member of the auto industry that’s made inroads to the music community over the past few years; the Scion AV arm showcases some of the finest garage, metal and hip-hop out there. However, Chevy has wised up to the fact that musicians need vehicles to haul all…
Ryan Loco Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson will attempt to bounce back to the UFC after fighting for Titan on Friday. Joe Kelly blindly weaves though a pitch-black Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The trim 35-year-old CEO of the Titan Fighting Championship mixed martial arts promotion crosses the length of the floor before reaching the switch to the arena lights. Illumination…
