Archives: May 2012
Street League DC Pro Tour stops in KC
Skateboarding dominated the weekend sports scene with the Street League DC Pro Tour stopping at Sprint Center Friday and Saturday. Nyjah Huston won the event?s opening tour stop, while hometown favorite Sean Malto made the it to the finals but ultimately finished seventh. Also last week, MTV star Rob Dyrdek cut the ribbon for the expanded skatepark at Penn Valley….
Chef Charles d’Ablaing wins 2012 Golden Fork Award
One of Charles d’Ablaing’s winning dishes was a “deconstructed potato salad.” Last evening, six local chefs competed for the Golden Fork Award at the Pitch’s Taste of Kansas City event, held in the KC Live Block of the Power & Light District. Chef and restaurateur Jasper Mirabile Jr. served as emcee for the Iron Chef-style competition where the competing chefs…
AMC purchased by Chinese company for $2.6 billion
AMC will continue to be locally based. First AMC announced that it was leaving downtown Kansas City, where it had been headquartered since 1920, and now its ownership has left the country. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd., a privately held Chinese company, announced that it had snapped up AMC and its 346 multiplex…
Lil Wayne was apparently hanging out and skateboarding in Kansas City this weekend
According to some Hot 103 chatter and the above photo (posted on the Street League Facebook page), Lil Wayne was in Kansas City this weekend for the Street League DC Pro Tour competition at Sprint Center. He also shouted out KC skateboarder Sean Malto on Twitter on Sunday: “Props 2all da sk8rs in SLS!! Dey kilt it! Props to Nyjah…
Google taps the brakes on high-speed fiber
It’s coming, Google assures us, we just don’t know when. Ultra-fast Google Fiber is still coming to Kansas City, but it’s going to take a little bit longer than the Web giant had originally promised. The Star reports that Google’s speedy network will not be unleashed on Kansas Citians by the end of June, as the company had planned. Google…
Magnolia’s Contemporary Southern Bistro is good for your soul
Chef Shanita McAfee has brought her take on Southern cuisine to Cherry Street. The best parts of a picnic – purple potato salad, deviled eggs and lemonade – have come to 2932 Cherry Street. Magnolia’s Contemporary Southern Bistro, a modern take on Southern cuisine from caterer Shanita McAfee, opened last month in the former Cafe Seed space. Back in January,…
Friday night at KC Psychfest
This is one thing that happened. It turns out that there are enough bands around town that fit into the psych genre (which is by nature a bit loose) and are capable of whipping up a psych set (which is by nature jammy and improvisatory, based not so much in the writing of songs as in the layering of sounds…
Kansas City schools will not be run by the state this year
Twitter: jqhile School board member Jon Hile’s reaction to the news. The ball is back in Kansas City’s court after the Missouri Legislature failed to pass a bill on Friday, the last day of the legislative session, that would have granted immediate control over the city’s schools to a state-appointed board. Despite support in both chambers, the bill stalled in…
Who satisfies your craving for Chinese?
Angela C. Bond I’ve been thinking about the scallion pancakes at ABC Cafe since last Wednesday. Chinese food, like hot dogs, fills a specific void in our stomach. It’s a compartment that sends a very specific craving to our brain. By lunch, most of us know if we’re having Chinese for dinner. And just as barbecue slides from white tablecloth…
Buzz Under the Stars, Dethklok, Lamb of God, Victor Wooten, Jay Mohr, and other incoming artists
Scott Spychalski Brendon Small of Dethklok Oodles of show announcements again this week. Yay, summer! If you missed it: Earlier this week, we posted about these notable incomers, and highlighted the Lied Center’s 2012-13 season. Some other new shows: Buzz Under the Stars, with Silversun Pickups, Fun, Alabama Shakes, Garbage, and Electric Guest. Wednesday, August 8, at Berkley Riverfront Park….
Marcus Heilderberg fatally shot at Truman and McGee early Saturday
Kansas City, Missouri’s homicide total is now at 43 for 2012. UPDATE: Kansas City police say the victim is 23-year-old Marcus Heilderberg. Original Story: Kansas City, Missouri’s latest homicide occurred Saturday around 1:20 a.m. at Truman and McGee. Officers heard gunshots in the area near the Crossroads and the Power & Light districts. The shooting victim – described as a…
Andrea Shields identified as the homicide victim whose body was found burned at 19th and Brooklyn
KCTV 5 Andrea Shields was killed and her body burned last week. Kansas City police have identified the woman whose body was found burned at 19th and Brooklyn last week. She is 38-year-old Andrea Shields, who Fox 4 says is a mother of six. Shields’ body was discovered around 6:30 p.m. last Monday, May 14, burning in a parking lot….
Joey Balls of Old Man Markley on the intersection of punk and folk
Fred Morledge Fat Wreck Chords’ Old Man Markley falls in line with a long tradition of folk-punk artists, going all the way back to the Pogues. The band’s sound – lots of fiddle, banjo and washtub bass – is a fun time, communing as it does the energy of a punk show with the chops of a well-oiled bluegrass band…
DNC again ties Mitt Romney to shuttered Kansas City steel plant
Former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver spoke about Mitt Romney’s jobs record on Thursday. Under a bright midday sky on Thursday, Democrats and unions tried to squeeze one more political breath out of the long-shuttered GST Steel plant in northeast Kansas City. The factory closed in 2001 after just under eight years of ownership by Bain Capital, the private equity firm…
How zombies could have saved Bannister Mall
Facebook: KC Zombie Walk Why not use zombies to bring a mall back to life? Bannister Mall is never going to rise from the dead, but maybe it could have enjoyed a second life before it was torn down in 2009 – if only the undead had been let inside. Digital Trends writes about the Zombie Shopping Mall Experience: a…
310 voters could decide downtown streetcar tax district
Connect-KC.com A proposed tax district might be decided by only 5 percent of eligable voters. The fate of the proposed downtown taxing district that would pay for a large part of a streetcar line might be decided by only 310 voters. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that only 360 of the estimated 5,900 eligible residents have applied for ballots…
Five strawberry dishes to herald the coming of strawberry season
Facebook: Bloom Baking Co. Bloom Baking Co. in the City Market knows what to do with strawberries. With the warmer weather, strawberry season has come a bit sooner. Desserts and salads with fresh strawberries are popping up as a sweet red harbinger of summer. Even though NPR dampened the party a bit with yesterday’s piece on why store-bought strawberries can…
Kansas House votes to criminalize refusal of DUI tests
Kansas DUI suspects might have one fewer defense option soon. The Kansas House passed a bill yesterday that would make it a crime for DUI suspects to refuse blood and breath tests. The Senate passed a similar bill earlier in the session. Drivers who refuse tests will be guilty of a misdemeanor and face the same criminal penalties that a…
Van Halen at Sprint Center is NOT CANCELED
Candice Bergen, second from left. So, Van Halen just canceled about 30 shows for as-yet-unexplained reasons. But all those shows fall after next Tuesday’s gig at Sprint Center. Which means we might be in for an extra-terrible or extra-awesome night, or maybe both. Categories: Music
How long would you wait to buy food?
Babble How long would you wait on a doughnut? If a line is long enough, you usually have enough time to wonder why you’re waiting, feel good about seeing all the happy people leaving, wonder again why you’re waiting, curse the people for not leaving sooner, press your nose against the window like a street urchin in an attempt to…
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