Zach Bauman This year’s Winfield bluegrass festival was as dirty, boozy and joyful as ever. Over 10,000 attendees show up every year to partake in the competitions, camping, festival food-ing and pervasive sense of musical community. Happy to have gone, but my liver might need the year to recuperate. Click through for some photos by Zach Bauman. Categories: Music Tags:…
TLC BBQ Pitmasters is back and headed for KC. When the smoke settles, one Kansas City area barbecue team will have some serious bragging rights. BBQ Pitmasters is set to film an episode for its fourth season at the American Royal, Saturday, October 6. As the Baldwin City Signal reported, Pellet Envy’s Rod Gray (take his advice on cleaning and…
Hope he got the cheesy corn bake. It turns out there are some perks to running for president. KCTV reported that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney touched down at Kansas City International Airport yesterday afternoon, a refueling stop between Los Angeles and Boston. Romney was scheduled to attend a campaign rally in Colorado, but a crash at the airport in…
Flickr: NatalieMaynor What would you consider a farmers’ market? I pulled into Minor Park and wondered if maybe I had my days wrong. This past Saturday, the Kansas City Organics farmers market consisted of two tents and a card table with a freshly brewed pot of coffee. I left with a lovely bag of green beans, a pound of skirt…
The Chiefs might as well get KC Wolf in pads and put him out there. It was a remote thrower. A curse hurler. A joint stinker. A year removed from a 41-7 pasting at the hands of the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs were no less dominated in a 35-17 loss that saw the Bills take their foot off…
Brooke Vandever Hot times at the Speedway From the Kanrocksas website: After a year hiatus which saw Kanrocksas Music Festival’s home, the Kansas Speedway®, undergo a significant facelift, including major infield renovations and the opening of Hollywood Casino, festival organizers announced today that the festival will return on June 28 — 29, 2013. So, basically, Kanrocksas will be back next…
Flickr: Brains The Head Contraception coverage is proving a bitter pill for many to swallow. The debate over contraception coverage in employers’ health plans is headed to court in Missouri. Hours after the state Legislature voted to overturn Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a contraception coverage bill, the Greater Kansas City Coalition of Labor Union Women filed a lawsuit in…
Kobach is playing politics with the election process. Residency debates are typically left to local school races or battles for the Statehouse. But Thursday in Kansas, the nationality of the sitting president was up for debate. The State Objections Board heard a challenge to President Barack Obama’s name being on the November ballot from Manhattan resident Joe Montgomery yesterday. Montgomery…
Jalisco has one of the best signs in KCK. Jalisco’s fans will be sad to learn that the restaurant’s location at 1411 S. 26th St. in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, is closing tomorrow. If you’re craving one last lunch buffet, Jalisco is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today. The Kansas City Kansan reported yesterday that…
Todd Roeth These United States These United States is set to play RecordBar tonight. The 18-and-older show will get started around 10 p.m. Tickets are an affordable $10 at the door. If you aren’t familiar with the band, check out States’ video for “Maps.” Categories: Music Tags: Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, the Plant, These United States
Flickr: GoodiesFirst The Battle of the Brisket commences Friday. Some might consider Christopher Elbow’s chocolates as art that you can eat, but the sensory experience lasts only so long. You can munch on barbecue and take home a piece of art to remember the occasion at the ninth annual Mission Arts & Eats Festival tonight and tomorrow. The Battle of…
Michael Wilson, 18, killed in shooting on Tuesday. The man fatally shot Tuesday night has been identified as 18-year-old Michael Wilson. Kansas City police say they were called to a shooting at 94th and Cleveland around 9:30 p..m. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Wilson dead in the street. The caller told police that he shot Wilson in…
It’s 2037, and a creaky white puma strolls out of his Plaza apartment in a bathrobe. His hand shoots out to the side, catching a copy of the holographic newspaper thrown in his direction from some snot-nose kid on a hover bike. The old cat still has his reflexes, even if his Danish has gone rusty. Jimmy Nielsen, the former…
In case you hadn’t heard, it’s a Prize Winnin’ Day. That’s the latest track to come out of the Worlds of Fun crew, courtesy of a young MC by the name of Cole Lindbergh. The park’s games manager (who answered our questionnaire in April) has a new song dedicated to the possibility of winning a stuffed gorilla, among other things,…
Flickr: jmettraux Take a beercation. In case you were thinking about sacrificing beer in an effort to cut carbs or deny yourself happiness, I suggest you put off your noble obligation for one more week. McCoy’s taps its latest brew tonight — McCoy’s Oatmeal Stout with chipotle peppers and cinnamon. It’s over 6 percent ABV, but McCoy’s maintains that it’s…
