Archives: September 2012
Shirley Oyer pleads guilty in tax-fraud scheme
Shirley Oyer will likely serve six months in prison. Shirley Oyer, a Kansas City woman facing federal charges for her alleged role in a nationwide tax-fraud scheme, pleaded guilty Thursday morning to a single charge of filing false claims for tax refunds. Five other charges were dropped as part of the plea agreement. According to the plea, Oyer will be…
Lady Gaga is coming to the Sprint Center, again
America’s Girl Lady Gaga has announced some new live dates, and one of them is in KC, at the Sprint Center, Monday, February 4. No word yet on when tickets are on sale. We reviewed her Sprint Center show a couple of years ago. Categories: Music Tags: Lady Gaga
Mocktails and other tipsy tales
Like being a certified mechanic — with liquor bottles. It’s no secret to longtime Fat City readers and listeners to Central Standard Friday (tomorrow’s show, by the way, is all about the restaurant scene in Lawrence, Kansas — tune in!) that I stopped drinking a long time ago. Yes, I occasionally miss a nice glass of wine with dinner —…
Listen before the show: Twin Shadow
Yes, Twin Shadow (George Lewis Jr.) makes some original synth pop, but Lewis also stirs a mean remix. Listen to him work his dark-wave magic on Niki & the Dove’s “DJ, Ease My Mind” over at Stereogum. Want more? Hear tracks from Twin Shadow’s new album, Confess, at Pitchfork, via the Fly, before the show at the Granada this Sunday,…
Prairiefire development construction to start in November
Kurt Struve Prairiefire has another construction start date. After six years, construction on the Prairiefire at Lions Gate mixed-use development finally has a start date. Developer Fred Merrill shared updated plans with the Overland Park City Council Wednesday night, including a projected construction start date of November . The 300,000-square-foot development’s construction on 135th Street between Nall and Lamar has…
Tavern at Mission Farms opens next Wednesday
Tavern on Mission Tavern at Mission Farms’ sleek new dining room. Kelly Manning and partner Anthony Zarate are just about ready to unveil their second restaurant. Tavern at Mission Farms (10681 Mission), an offshoot of Tavern in the Village, debuts Wednesday, September 12. Tavern is opening in the former Avenues Bistro space in Leawood (Avenues Bistro continues to operate its…
Dining out with kids: The potty-training debacle
Papiblogger It’s not your fault, buddy. Parents of young children have different variations of a weekend that is ostensibly toddler spring break. There are no pants involved. There’s usually a mess involved. And several members of your party will be crying before it’s all said and done. This weekend is sometimes called a “lockdown” or the “nuclear option,” but the…
Tony Gonzalez returns to Arrowhead Sunday wearing black
NFL Gonzalez hopes to back dunking over the crossbar Sunday. It’s not the black of the Oakland Raiders, but it certainly won’t be Chiefs red when Tony Gonzalez returns to Arrowhead Stadium Sunday as a member of the visiting Atlanta Falcons. The star tight end talked to the Associated Press about what it will be like when he steps out…
September First-Friday Guide
Click href=”http://www.pitch.com/gyrobase/EventSearch?feature=First%20Friday&eventSection=2209543&page=1″>here for a guide to First-Friday events.
Now Open: Jon Russell’s Kansas City Barbecue
The two owners of Overland Park’s Jon Russell’s Kansas City Barbecue have serious smoking credentials. There’s a big gold-and-blue trophy perched on top of a refrigerated beverage case in the 19-seat dining room in Jon Russell’s Kansas City Barbecue at 12094 West 135th Street in Overland Park. The trophy, like the dozens of prize ribbons hanging from the walls of…
Drum Room Lounge opens later this month in the Hilton President
Say goodbye to the multicolored pillows. What once was old is now new again. The Drum Room, in the midst of a makeover, reopens as the Drum Room Lounge Wednesday, September 26, in the Hilton President Hotel (1329 Baltimore). The new space will focus on the rich jazz history of the original Drum Room (and we hope they don’t mess…
Santa-Cali-Gon Days
Independence festival Santa-Cali-Gon Days, which celebrated its 40th anniversary, ran from Friday, August 31, through Monday, September 3. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
The Reserve
The Reserve is bringing fine dining downtown in the new Ambassador Hotel. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
Kansas DNC delegate Pat Lehman drops the H-bomb
Kansas Dems are making headlines. Hitler is back in the news. Pat Lehman, the dean of Kansas Democratic delegates, talked to the Wichita Eagle about the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tuesday. At the end of a piece that was ostensibly about what the Dems will focus on at the DNC, Lehman made herself the story by dismissing…
Pee Party: D.B. Cooper’s on 39th Street
Pee Party is an irregular column where we investigate bar restrooms.I adore D.B. Cooper’s, the bar at 1804 West 39th Street. My friend and I have a standing weekly appointment to slide into one of the dimly lit dive’s booths and debrief over $5 pitchers of PBR and Schlitz served in frosted mugs. The newish digital jukebox lacks the charm…
Rounding up restaurants new, gone and coming soon
Nick Gardner Parreno (left) and Connor are the duo behind Milk & Honey After a summer of sweets, spice and smoke, local diners can now start packing on the winter weight early, courtesy of some new restaurants. This week in print, Fat City tells you what’s new, what’s gone and what’s coming. Kansas Citians craving a lunch-hour bite of Mexican…
The Pitch Questionnaire with 1 Million Cups’ Nate Olson
Photo by Sabrina Staires Name: Nate Olson Occupation: Analyst in the Entrepreneurship Department, the Kauffman Foundation Tell us about your work: My colleague Cameron Cushman and I share the Kansas City Entrepreneurship portfolio. Our job is to engage the community of entrepreneurs in Kansas City, create programs and events that can serve as education tools for the entrepreneurs and, it’s…
Renée Cinderhouse’s alternate history of Manifest Destiny
Forever. That’s how long sculptor Renée Cinderhouse says she has been working on her new installation, Manifest Destiny. For months, she has built molds and cast objects. Over the past few weeks, she has been on studio lockdown, pulling 30-hour shifts while the kiln burns away. This show, scheduled to open September 7 at the Charlotte Street Foundation’s La Esquina…
Pat Metheny’s new album leads back to Lee’s Summit
Guitarist and Lee’s Summit native Pat Metheny returns on Thursday to make his hometown debut with his new group, the Unity Band. (It derives its name from the Metheny clan’s longstanding affiliations with this area’s very own Unity Church.) Rounded out by saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Ben Williams and longtime Metheny drummer Antonio Sanchez, the Unity Band arrives on the…
Kyle James and Kemet “thePhantom*” Coleman come of age in KC’s music scene
Kyle James is center stage at Club 906 in Liberty. Microphone in hand, shirt off, cut abs on display, he’s delivering his hip-hop single to about 20 people. A few people dance to the rhymes as they watch Mayor Sly James’ 24-year-old son, backed by Kemet “thePhantom*” Coleman, perform “Bender.” Drinking for three days, some might say I’m on a…
Metric’s Emily Haines on Pussy Riot, Williamsburg in the ’90s, and her band’s latest release, Synthetica
Emily Haines — singer of Canadian new-wave act Metric, founding member of indie mega-group Broken Social Scene, well-known smart lady — has never been one to keep her thoughts to herself. She’s openly political and brazenly honest, and Metric’s fourth studio album, Synthetica, finds her busy wondering how our frenetic, computer-interfaced modern way of living might be affecting our lives….
Music Forecast September 6-12
Ghostface Killah, with Saigon and Sheek Louch That Ghostface Killah is coming to Kansas City is notable all by itself, but that the Wu-Tang fan favorite is performing at the little old Riot Room qualifies as truly remarkable news. Why are we so lucky? Ghost and Sheek Louch (of the Lox) are dropping a collab album, Wu-Block, in October, and…
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