Singer-songwriter Jane Siberry is probably best-known for “It Can’t Rain All of the Time,” her contribution to The Crow soundtrack. But the Canadian musician’s string of hits goes all the way back to 1984’s “Mimi on the Beach.” Siberry’s music is at times folky, arty or spiritual, but always intriguing. She’s opening for k.d. lang this Sunday, May 20, at…
Lunch Blog KC Chef Jesse Vega took home the Gold Fork last year for his take on chicken and waffles. Find your new favorite spot in just one spot. Eat your way through the dishes of more than 20 restaurants at The Pitch’s Taste of Kansas City. The eating and drinking extravaganza is Sunday beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the…
Curren$y Curren$y is set to perform at the Granada this weekend. Sunday, to be exact. The tour is in support of his new album, The Stoned Immaculate, due out via Warner Bros. on June 5. Watch the video for Curren$y’s “Fast Cars Faster Women” and get a sense of his style. Hint:There is a lot of smoking, a few fast…
Lawrence is heavy on local mini-festivals this summer. Recently, the Bottleneck announced the lineup of Lawrence Field Day Fest. Expect to see local favorites such as Approach, the ACBs, the Sluts, and more. The two-day festival will take place July 6 and 7. And as with any well-planned, beer-soaked Lawrence event, there’s a pre-show extravaganza at the Jackpot July 5….
Former Kansas City restaurateur Sean Cummings, best-known for his Grille on Broadway restaurant, called Fat City today to report that his friend and original chef, Lorenza “Poco” Guiterrez, the owner of the beloved Poco’s on the Boulevard restaurant at 3063 Southwest Boulevard, passed away after a long illness. Luke Echterling Lorenza “Poco” Guiterrez, right, with Hope Dillon. One of Kansas…
Literally a garden on a plate: flowers and “dirt.” I have eaten more than my share of unappetizing dishes in my day – mostly crow. And dirt? Well, considering my notorious clumsiness, I’ve dropped God only knows how many doughnuts, hot dogs and deep-fried Twinkies on the ground over the years and still eaten them. And to paraphase Stephen Sondheim:…
GBV, y’all. Amazing News Department: Guided By Voices is playing the Granada on Friday, September 28. Robert Pollard and company will also be at the Blue Note in Columbia, MO, the night before. Tickets on sale at noon Friday, May 18. Last time I saw Pollard live he passed a bottle of tequila around the crowd and then drank more…
Flickr: Telemahos_E The cast of a local radio program focused on restaurants – yes, including myself – will blab on the art of food writing tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Uptown Arts Bar at 3611 Broadway. The gabfest will be “presented in a talk-show format.” For radio fans of Mary Bloch, Gloria Gale, Chris Becicka and Emily Farris, they’re…
The Golden Ox and I don’t have a long history. I’ve danced with the restaurant’s prime-rib sandwich and enjoyed an unironic Old Fashioned at its bar. But I do have a soft spot for the steer horns above the kitchen, the beaded booths and a dining room that is an unabashed love letter to steak. So my ears perked up…
Crossroads Currents It’s up for debate who will have the final say on KC public schools. You know those Kansas City school board elections you cast a vote in last month? That vote may shortly cease to have an impact on the Kansas City public schools. The Missouri Senate approved a bill yesterday to change the existing law that would…
Yelawolf will participate in the ‘opia. Last year, it was Kanrocksas. This year’s Kansas City music festival with a weird name is Dancefestopia. A two-day party at Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park, Dancefestopia is bringing a mix of pop, hip-hop and electronic acts to town next weekend – Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2. Among the acts: Wiz Khalifa,…
Rex Hobart Hey, Johnson County: If you like listening to some pretty stellar local music, outdoors, while resting atop a kept lawn, then boy, do we have a series for you. Johnson County Community College just announced the lineup for its Light Up the Lawn concert series. The free shows will take place on the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art’s…
Angela C. Bond Shrimp rolls with cream cheese are a plate worth keeping to yourself. The ABC Cafe (10001 W. 87th St.) in Overland Park is one of those places that keeps popping up in conversation. And as Charles Ferruzza discovered in this week’s review, that’s because the spot is serving authentic Cantonese cuisine until midnight, meaning that it pulls…
Suburban-KC-rapper-turned-Internet-celebrity Mac Lethal hit another Web jackpot yesterday with the debut of his latest video, “You’re vs. Your.” As I type this, it has gotten more than 250,000 views. I like this one better than the pancake rapping one – confronting the misuse of those words is a cause I can get behind. Also gotta respect that Louie C.K. T-shirt….
Is 20 pieces of fried chicken the equivalent of all-you-can-eat? Our growing waistlines notwithstanding, the latest debate over an all-you-can-eat dinner special comes to us via Wisconsin. Man eats 20 pieces of fried fish. Man is still hungry. Man calls the police and protests outside the restaurant over what he considers false advertising. Odds are, we all don’t possess the…
When we spoke with experimental duo CVLTS last summer, they were poised to release their debut full-length, Realiser. That did not happen. As the band’s Josh Thomas put it to us, “A couple different labels were planning on putting it out, but then something would always come up and delay the release.” The record will finally see release on AGUIRRE…
“Live long and prosper” is a science-fiction saying from Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek. It describes the Vulcan race, Earth’s first alien contact in the sci-fi lore. These purely logical people represent our left hemisphere divorced from the right one, therefore showing the politically conservative brain at its earthly worse. Fortunately, we have Venus (planetary signature of values, be they conservative,…
Facebook: Farm to Market Farm to Market’s trail mix bread is at Dean & Deluca and the Wednesday Waldo Farmers Market. “There’s a reason that San Francisco became the sourdough capital of the world, and that’s because of the climate,” Farm to Market bread company founder Mark Friend says. “It’s hell for us in August here.” Bread does indeed prefer…
The ABC Cafe has found its calling in Overland Park, serving authentic Cantonese cuisine that has crowds coming in until they close at midnight. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
