Whitlock is back at ESPN Jason Whitlock is back on sports media’s tallest pedestal with a flashy new gig at ESPN. The Big Lead has the news, which Whitlock’s most recent employer Fox Sports subsequently confirmed. Whitlock blew out of ESPN in 2006 after going on record with the Big Lead criticizing the network; he wrote for ESPN.com’s old Page…
Facebook: The Fresh Market The OP store will be open soon like this new location in Orlando, Florida. Overland Park is getting a new grocery-store chain. The Fresh Market (6261 West 135th Street) opens in the Prairiefire at Lionsgate development at 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 4, with chef demonstrations, drawings for gift cards, and a reusable shopping bag for the…
Captain Spaulding Sid Haig is pretty memorable. Everything about him presses on your senses, from his imposing 6-foot-4-inch height to the deep, soothing timbre of his voice. But it’s his work in horror movies that really shows – strike that – slaps you in the face and screams: I dare you to look away, asshole! Yet the film industry somehow…
Brooke Vandever Church is always excited to see regulars. People have been coming to this Freight House’s Church for the past four years. A good ear. A bit of absolution. A sip of wine. “What’s going on? How’s the day shift?” Mark Church asks two women who melt into their stools just after 4:30 p.m. at Grünauer’s Wunderbar. The women…
In 2003, then – Kansas City Councilwoman Teresa Loar got a complaint from a resident who was suspicious about how Union Station was spending tax money that was supposed to go toward the Kansas City Museum. Loar asked Mark Funkhouser – then the city auditor – to examine whether Union Station, the contractual manager of the Kansas City Museum, was…
Name: Eric Kuhl Occupation: Guest relations, and transportation and promotions coordinator for Crypticon Kanas City Hometown: Roeland Park Current neighborhood: Olathe What I do (in 140 characters): Provide transportation for celebrity guests. Schedule radio and print interviews. Assist guests with anything they might need while here. What’s your addiction? Horror movies and horror conventions. I go to several of…
The 2013 Pitch Music Awards were held this past Sunday at the Uptown Theater. Hijinks ensued. Click through for photos from the evening by Angela C. Bond.
It’s not called Torre’s anymore, but it’s the same pizza. When the Dark Horse Tavern closed up a couple of weeks ago, it also meant the end of Torre’s Pizza – the polarizing pie shop that operated out of the bar’s kitchen. (We spoke highly of the joint in our epic pizza issue in March.) Fear not, Torre’s devotees. You…
Facebook This isn’t Tuffy Gessling’s first rodeo. While politicians from both sides of the aisle were quick to pour criticism upon last weekend’s Missouri State Fair stunt featuring a rodeo clown clad in a President Barack Obama mask, a cottage industry of support is also growing up around the clown Tuffy Gessling. A “Support Tuffy Gessling” Facebook page popped up…
Flickr: John Liu TV wants to watch you grill. If you’ve always thought they make grilling look easy on television, here’s your opportunity to find out if you’re right. A reality cooking competition is seeking grill jockeys and pitmasters to represent Kansas City in a neighborhood barbecue throw-down. Grillmeisters are also being auditioned in Memphis, Austin, Detroit, Brooklyn and the…
The Kansas City Museum is the subject of plenty of drama at City Hall. A June 15 vote by the Kansas City Museum Advisory Board regarding a business plan for the Kansas City Museum was wiped out when a city attorney discovered that the vote was conducted through an online survey with no public notice. Martha Lally, chairwoman of the…
It takes awhile to recover from a pizza hangover. But back in March, after The Pitch’s pizza issue came out, we got a message from The Pizza Co. (809 N.E. Woods Chapel Road) in Lee’s Summit, asking us to pay them a visit. Since I’ve given up on recovering a normal blood cheese content (and the Pizza Co. recently added…
Hockey. For its first album, 2009’s Mind Chaos, Hockey wrote a batch of songs from its home in Portland, Oregon, that resembled the work of acts popular in New York at the time: MGMT, the Strokes, LCD Soundsystem. The group has since relocated to New York and accordingly made an album – this year’s Wyeth Is – whose beachy synth-pop…
Saturday night’s Metro Pro Wrestling show at the Turner Rec Center may have been the last for the independent wrestling organization. Metro Pro owner Chris Gough announced that his wrestling league was going on an indefinite “hiatus,” and he wasn’t sure when – or if – it would return. Gough told the crowd that programming changes at Time Warner Cable’s…
Bruce Mathews Turn in the jerk who killed Ella, and you can cash in big. Ella, Elmwood Cemetery’s most famous creature, was senselessly killed a week ago. Some cruel jerk shot the 2-year-old doe and left the body in the cemetery. A security guard found her last Monday night. Ella was born in the cemetery and hung around the tranquil…
Facebook: Oklahoma Joe’s Does this sandwich stand for KC now? The Smithsonian exists to catalogue our national heritage, whether it’s the Fonz’s jacket or now Kansas City’s burnt ends. In a recent list of the ’20 Most Iconic Food Destinations Across America,’ the Smithsonian tabbed Oklahoma Joe’s as the lone representative of the region. In the introduction to the list,…
Show Me Progress This photo is making the news rounds all over the world. Missouri became the target of international scorn and derision over the weekend when the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia featured a rodeo skit in which a clown depicting Barack Obama was seen as disrespectful and inviting violence upon the president. Social media captured the moment when…
Still kinda recovering over here, but in case you weren’t at the party last night, here’s who won. Americana/Bluegrass: The Grisly HandAvant-Garde: Jorge Arana TrioBlues: Trampled Under FootCountry/Rockabilly: RumblejettsDJ: SheppaEmerging: She’s a KeeperGarage: The Empty SpacesHip-Hop: ReachJazz Ensemble: People’s Liberation Big BandJazz Solo: Mark LowreyLive Act: TIE! Hearts of Darkness and Cowboy Indian BearMetal: HammerlordPop: The ACBsPunk: Pizza Party MassacreReggae:…
Facebook: Pie Five Pan crust pizza is one of the four crust options at Pie Five. Overland Park, meet Pie Five Pizza Co. The first area location for the fast-casual pizza chain based out of Fort Worth, Texas, opens today in the former iEats space at 13366 Metcalf. Pie Five works like a sub shop, in that all the 9-inch…
If you want to hit and pitch, stuff your face with a pregame Z-Man. It’s been long established that Oklahoma Joe’s is one of everybody’s favorite barbecue joints. The gas-station meat haven has been featured on just about every food and travel TV show and in every food-porn glossy magazine. It’s good. Why else would even locals who have eaten…
Brooke Vandever Rub elbows with all the finest musicians in this budding cowtown this Sunday night at the Uptown Theater at The Pitch Music Awards. The show starts at 8 p.m., but get to the adjacent Conspiracy Room at 6 p.m. for the VIP party – free booze! Eric “Mean” Melin hosts; the Conquerors, Grand Marquis and Cherokee Rock Rifle…
