Archives: August 2012
City Market’s Veg Out and other weekend possibilities
Gimme Some Oven The City Market is all about veggies this weekend. If you can’t find a vegetable you like at the City Market’s Veg Out celebration Saturday, then you’ll never make it on the Paleo Diet. The latest in the Farm to Table celebrations in the downtown market (205 E. Fifth St.) is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m….
Duo on Main Street could be yours for $55,000
Craigslist Duo needs a new numero Uno. Duo, the shuttered East African restaurant at 3415 Main, is hoping to find new life with a new owner. An advertisement on Craigslist lists the kitchen, bar and dining-room inventory — an eclectic mix that reminds you that restaurant closings and estate sales are not all that different. If you’re wondering what you…
Want to referee MMA fights? How about be a judge? Sean Wheelock hosts a seminar led by Rob Hinds in Overland Park this weekend
Sean Wheelock hosts a training seminar for MMA refs and judges this weekend. If you’ve ever wanted to get into the sport of mixed martial arts but don’t want to get punched in the face, here’s your chance. Bellator TV commentator Sean Wheelock is hosting a MMA referees and judges training seminar at the Overland Park Convention Center (6000 College…
Shut the cluck up, Jeneé — Chick-fil-A doesn’t need your help
What the cluck, Jeneé? Sometimes I feel sorry for Jeneé Osterheldt. The Kansas City Star’s longest-serving intern knows that every time she posts one of her commerce-friendly, minimally reasoned columns on the paper’s website, she’s going to get trolled. Commenters don’t question her preschool logic or call her to account for her sub-Kardashian shallowness. That might be amusing. No, they…
Megabus bound for Kansas City crashes in Illinois
KMOV-4 Numbers on injuries are not clear yet. A double-decker Megabus driving to Kansas City has crashed in Illinois. A Chicago CBS affiliate reports that the bus blew a tire before smashing into concrete support. The crash happened on Interstate 55 near Litchfield, Illinois, about 60 miles north of St. Louis. It had planned stops in St. Louis and Columbia…
Shawn Ratigan, priest accused of producing child pornography, pleads guilty
Shawn Ratigan pleaded guilty to five counts Thursday. Shawn Ratigan, a former priest at Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist in Independence, has pleaded guilty to five federal felony counts of making or attempting to make child pornography, The Star reports. He faces up to 30 years in prison for each count. Ratigan’s shocking story became public last…
Sarah Palin heads to the Berry Patch this Friday to support Sarah Steelman
Wikipedia Palin’s back. A pair of “mama grizzlies” will be in a blueberry patch this Friday. Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is set to campaign with Republican Senate candidate Sarah Steelman at the Berry Pitch (22509 State Line Road) in Cleveland, Missouri. The duo will be serving barbecue for a picnic, which starts at 6 p.m. Friday. Gates open…
What happened to National Relaxation Week?
LaBudde Special Collections, Miller Nichols Library In a different time and place, all Americans received a week to relax. Preferably in a movie theater. One of the glass museum cases in the LaBudde Special Collections room in the Miller Nichols Library on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus features a “subway car”-style poster clearly intended for display outside a 1940s…
The new Aixois Brasserie downtown is now open for dinner
Restaurateurs Emmanuel and Megan Langlade have cold wines and hot dishes available at their new venue. It has taken only an additional two months, but chef Emmanuel Langlade and his wife, Megan, have finally gotten their liquor license and will begin offering both happy-hour specials and dinner beginning tonight at their new Aixois Brasserie (1006 Walnut, 816-474-0000). Fat City reported…
William Smith shot to death Wednesday afternoon; Lamont Kemp accused of killing his girlfriend, Laquita Long
Homicide detectives were working two killings on Wednesday. William Smith was fatally shot at a home at 2409 East 30th Street on Wednesday afternoon. Police found the 46-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound outside the residence around 3:30 p.m. Smith was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police say they received info that a suspect in the case left…
Oddly Correct and Hammerpress come together in the icebox
Oddly Correct Tumblr This is some serious coffee alchemy They call it Hop!Toddy, one word, the exclamation point embedded where a calmer product name would allow a little room. It would be truer simply to call this cold-brewed, weekend-sold coffee! and order a bottle by slapping your palm on the counter at Oddly Correct. It’s rich, wallopy stuff — as…
Chick-fil-A opens Lee’s Summit location a day after appreciation day
Facebook: Chick-fil-A Lee’s Summit Chick-fil-A opens another outpost in the KC area. Whether you’re looking to line up against Chick-fil-A or simply get in line at the counter, there’s a new area location open at 690 N.W. Blue Parkway in Lee’s Summit. The eighth restaurant in the Kansas City area opened at 6:30 a.m. and will be open Monday through…
Sporting KC’s Kyle Miller uses his head to great effect
Anyone who has played a soccer video game has attempted the desperate move of sending a player flying at the opposing goalkeeper in the hopes of blocking a ball back into the net before time expires on a match you’re losing. The computer never lets it happen. Thankfully, despite all the technology at Livestrong Sporting Park, it’s still humans who…
Suzie Q’s Smokehouse has closed in Gladstone
Facebook: Suzie Q’s Suzie Q’s has closed. The pit at Suzie Q’s Smokehouse has gone dormant. The barbecue restaurant in the former Tommy’s Bar & Grill at 6221 N. Chestnut Ave. in Gladstone has closed after five months of operation. Pitmaster David Russell used a mixture of his own recipes culled on the barbecue circuit and those of his grandfather,…
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Everything you need to know about the 2012 Pitch Music Showcase
Forester Michael We are getting geared up over here for The Pitch Music Showcase in Westport this weekend — Saturday, August 4. Wanted to do a little housekeeping and make sure we’re all on the same page about everything. So: To view Saturday’s schedule, go here . To purchase tickets, go here. Our big feature in which we interviewed most…
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