Sarah Rae Hamburger Mary’s will be taking its gay-friendly concept and drag brunch to midtown in 2014. If all goes according to plan, the Kansas City franchise of Hamburger Mary’s (the gay-friendly burger restaurant chain that first opened in California in 1972) will move from its current location at 101 Southwest Boulevard to take over the Conspiracy Room space in…
Peter Kinder, Missouri’s lieutenant governor, flirted with the idea of running for Congress in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District for about a month, but has thought better of it. Kinder put out a statement late Friday afternoon saying he won’t make a run in 2014 for the seat currently held by Republican Jason Smith. The 8th Congressional District covers bootheel Missouri….
Ten dudes walk into a bar and start belting out Adele and Lady Gaga songs. No, wait, that’s not right. Ten dudes walk onto the Midland’s stage and start performing intricately arranged and choreographed a cappella versions of popular songs. Yes, that’s the one. And that’s what you’ll get when a certain renowned a cappella group opens wide at the…
Dust off your brightly colored spandex pants and dig out your glow jewelry. That’s what you wear to a dub fest, right? Well, whatever you slip on, the room-shaking, synth-blasting sounds of U.K. sensation Flux Pavilion, along with Skism, Dirtyphonics, Fury and Roksonix, take over the Midland Saturday. You’re invited to dance, grind and sweat the night away. The studded,…
Does the world really need another music awards show? YouTube certainly thinks so. Except the plans for the first ever YouTube Music Awards, being held this Sunday, are vastly different from what people have come to expect. For one thing, there’s no red carpet. There will be no celebrities giving away awards – that’ll be left to the hosts, Jason…
No need to abandon your Halloween costumes for All Saints Day: The closing reception for Día de los Muertos at Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery (919 West 17th Street) coincides with the true week of the Mexican holiday. To celebrate, the gallery has special music and, at 8 p.m., a Calaca Parade led by StoneLion Puppet Theatre with giant glow-in-the-dark figures…
Howard Hanna, Justin Norcross and Jim Coley salute their upcoming champagne bar – with the real stuff. Chicago has two champagne bars. St. Louis has one. And in December, Kansas City will join the list with Ça Va, the brainchild of chef Howard Hanna, executive chef and co-owner of the Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange; Justin Norcross, bartender and restaurant…
