Brooke Vandever Things got fierce at Memorial Hall Saturday. Last Saturday night, Invicta FC4 – Kansas City’s homegrown women’s MMA promotion – went down at Memorial Hall. The 13 matches with fighters from all over the world (Japan, Austria, Scotland, Des Moines) were shown streaming live online. The main event of the night was Invicta’s first strawweight championship bout between…
Jovan Belcher’s autopsy report says he was drunk. The Jackson County Medical Examiner released the autopsy reports today for late Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins. Belcher killed Perkins and then himself on December 1. Perkins’ report notes the nine gunshot wounds that she sustained at the home they shared. It also said her blood had 10…
Invicta FC4, Kansas City’s homegrown women’s MMA promotion, went down at Memorial Hall January 5. The 13 matches with fighters from all over the world (Japan, Austria, Scotland, Des Moines) were shown streaming live online. The main event of the night was Invicta’s first strawweight championship bout between Bec “Rowdy” Hyatt and Carla Esparza. Shannon Knapp, CEO of Invicta, said…
Soul Providers Showcase Will 2013 be the year of the Soul Provider? That’s what we asked back in December, when we put the local hip-hop collective on the cover of this here magazine. This Saturday, a few of the crew’s talent have their first chance in this new year to make that case. On the slate: DJ Jamel Rockwell, plus…
Fans of mid-’00s indie rock will warm to Me Like Bees. The Joplin quartet conjures the nervous bombast of Cold War Kids, and singer Luke Sheafer’s voice recalls Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock at his most deranged. Openers Gentleman Savage traffic in Beatlesesque psych. Man Bear, who we featured this week, are all about power pop. With Burrowss. Friday, January 11,…
Facebook: KC Restaurant Week This is what you spend all year eating for, people. This is why you get both elbows on the table and a burger from Town Topic at 3 a.m., even as your body just wants you to go home. This is why you try and steer your car while holding a burrito from Pancho’s the size…
Flickr: Bob Doran In St. Louis, a little bit of weed may no longer be a big deal. Casual pot smokers might find life in St. Louis a little more relaxed if Alderman Shane Cohn gets his way. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Political Fix reports that Cohn is set to introduce a bill Friday that would relax the penalty for…
One Eleven Drink to better our world. Good causes often go hand in hand with great events. One Eleven Cocktails for a Cause is a night meant to draw attention to National Human Trafficking Awareness Day – Friday, January 11. The cocktail party, organized by the One By One Project, is from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Leedy-Voulkos Arts…
There’s a new life in the future for this Brookside building A Fat City reader alerted us that the current restaurant rumor in Brookside is that restaurateur Joe Zwillenberg (Westport Flea Market, Joe Joe’s Catering) had purchased the building at 21 West 63rd Street, built in the 1920s as a supermarket but serving as the Brookside location of Berbiglia’s Wine…
Ride Lust We might not stop, but we can’t stop talking about red-light cameras. The red -ight camera debate is set to return to the Missouri Legislature. State Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee’s Summit) filed Senate Bill 108, which seeks to send the revenue from red-light cameras to the school district where the cameras are located. In a guest commentary for…
Wyandotte County Reardon’s out. Kansas City, Kansas, is getting a new mayor. Joe Reardon, the mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, and chief executive officer of Wyandotte County, announced yesterday that he will not seek a third term. It was a surprise move from a politician who is leaving with a lot of political capital, having secured Google Fiber in 2012…
Beertone Now you can finally match your beer to your drapes. I’ll have the red. I’ll have the weiss. Or maybe the brown. Beer drinkers may use the same lingo as wine drinkers (thankfully, we don’t have brown wine), but while the color may be indicative of style, it’s not likely to be the determining factor. Beertone – a clever…
Pre- and post-SXSW dates are starting to roll in, and today came word of a promising show: Mac DeMarco at the Replay Lounge on Monday, March 18. DeMarco’s beachy, breezy guitar-rock record, 2, was a highlight of 2012 for me. He released a new video for “Dreamin’” yesterday, in which he is dressed as some kind of Colonial man. Watch…
Hallo! Celestial post-rock group Sigur Ros announced some spring dates earlier this week, and among them was a stop at Starlight Theatre on Thursday, April 4. Tickets start at about $50, and are on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. Wayward reviewed the moody Icelanders’ 2008 show at the Uptown, which you can read here. Categories: Music Tags: sigur ros
Vivilore is a comforting throwback in dining — an Independence restaurant where you know you’re going to eat too much, but you just can’t stop yourself. Photos by Angela C. Bond.
Facebook: Good You Eat some fries for Elvis. The deviled eggs have left the building. After dishing up tacos, Philly cheesesteaks and deviled eggs as the food options at Czar over the past year, the Good You, a food truck run by chef Kelli Daniels, has wheeled its starters and entrees down to the Green Lady Lounge. (The Pitch’s David…
Kansas City is in the midst of mustache madness. The woeful Chiefs made a splash Friday, hiring former Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid to lead the franchise’s post-Pioli era. The Eagles had fired Reid after a crappy 4-12 season, which followed 2011’s 8-8 campaign. Such blemishes were rare in Reid’s 14-year Philly tenure; Reid ended with just three losing seasons,…
Down the Byline Two all-star games in two years for Kansas City? Will Kansas City host all-star games in back-to-back summers? Over at Kansas City soccer blog Down the Byline, they think it’s a lock. The blog reports that on Tuesday night, Ticketmaster was hawking tickets to the 2013 Major League Soccer All-Star Game on July 31 at Livestrong Sporting…
Sabrina Staires Bier Station is hoping to be your next stop. You want a taste?” John Couture asks, gesturing to a line of 21 taps. He reaches for a small, silo-shaped glass. I do. And I’m not alone – there has been a constant flow of curious drinkers at Bier Station, the Armour Hills bottle shop and craft-beer bar that…
