Schumer will stop in come springtime. Funny human Amy Schumer is having a nice 2013. Her Comedy Central series, Inside Amy Schumer, premiered this past spring. And Judd Apatow recently signed on to develop her first film, Train Wreck. Today Schumer announced an upcoming set of comedy dates that she’s calling the Back Door Tour. It hits the Midland Friday,…
Well, maybe not a thing of beauty so much as it is a thing of awesomeness. The veteran band’s latest music video for “Terra Nova” off its May-released What’s in Between will appeal to basically anyone with good taste. Animated by Brodie Rush, the nearly four-and-a-half-minute adventure takes viewers for quite the ride. For more music by the Pedaljets, go…
City Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, was evacuated this morning after a bomb threat was called into the Kansas City Police Department. Police emptied the 29-story building early this morning and blocked off some streets around City Hall. No specifics were immediately available about the nature of the bomb threat. It interrupted a planned hearing to allow the public to…
Oh, Jeff Tweedy, how do we love thee? Is it your tousled bed head? Is it your role as frontman for Wilco, America’s most universally beloved post-alt-country band? Sigh. Or perhaps it’s just that Tweedy has generously elected to bestow an early Christmas gift upon select Midwest and West Coast cities in the form of a solo show. Yes, we…
Emilie Autumn The Granada, Lawrence Monday, December 2, 2013 Charming herself as the corruptor of young ladies, Emilie Autumn carried out her role with an eerie level of ease during last night’s performance. There’s no end to how much she involves herself for her shows – she is definitely dedicated. Opening up the first act was one from her latest…
Mirelly Cevallos, a native of Pachuca, Mexico, moved to the Kansas City area 13 years ago but missed the distinctive empanadas of her homeland. In September, Cevallos opened Mi Antojo Pastes and Empanadas at 7551 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. The storefront restaurant offers a variety of empanadas – single-serving turnover-style pastries with both sweet and savory fillings –…
King Carl returns for a chat. Despite a few new rules, the NFL’s concussion crisis continues to haunt the league. Tonight at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, some former NFL-ers with KC ties will gather to discuss the issue from both sides. “Big Hits, Lasting Hurts” is the title of the talk, which will feature insight…
A Kansas City, Missouri, firefighter was shot dead downtown in the early morning hours of December 1; the suspected assailant is a Kansas City Police Department officer who was off duty at the time. The KCPD officer, whose identity hasn’t been confirmed, was in uniform when he responded to a dispute at 12th Street and Wyandotte in downtown Kansas City….
Earlier this year, there was all this talk about whether Kansas City International Airport should be reconfigured into a one-terminal facility. Some people got up in arms, suggesting that a $1.2 billion project would be another Kansas City construction boondoggle. Others said KCI is a drab, lonely, inefficient space that needs a face-lift. Then Kansas City Mayor Sly James did…
Kansas City police are now calling the death at Arrowhead Stadium a “suspicious death.” Just after 7 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Darryl Forte sent a tweet saying: “Detectives investigating a homicide at Arrowhead Stadium. Two suspects in custody. Will update as info becomes available.” Here’s what we now know from the KCPD. Police have three “persons of interest” in custody,…
The larger-than-life culinary personality Guy Fieri, of the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, taped an episode of the series in mid-October at Succotash, the Dutch Hill bruncheonette owned and operated by Beth Barden. Barden admits that she’s a little nervous about watching herself on national TV when the episode airs tonight at 9 p.m. “I waver between being excited and…
It’s never too soon to get in the holiday spirit, right? With the world-famous Canadian Brass quintet, the Kauffman Center turns on its seasonal charm in style. The quintet – which includes a horn, a tuba, a trombone and trumpets – shares more than four decades of music and history. Organist Douglas Reed joins the ensemble Monday night, and together…
Remarkably prolific Los Angeles electronic musician Kevin Greenspon plays music that is otherworldly and organic. Each song sounds like something is being birthed or bloomed as it progresses, going from the start of simple sustained chord to a lush garden of sound, something that’s much in evidence on his latest record, Betrayed by the Angels/Apropos of Golden Dreams, a split…
Singer-songwriter and violinist Emilie Autumn makes music that’s part Broadway musical and part gothic cabaret. She is, in other words, a pretty niche act. Her latest release, Fight Like a Girl, is a concept album based on her semi-autobiographical book, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls. (She has been open about her time in a psychiatric ward.) Her performances suggest…
Third Eye Blind with Hydra Melody Uptown Theater, Kansas City Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Third Eye Blind, the ’90s rock band known for such pop gems as “Jumper” and “Semi-Charmed Life,” performed at the Uptown the night before Thanksgiving, winning the hearts of all in attendance and blowing my mind so thoroughly that I am left wondering if I was…
Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte announced Sunday evening on Twitter that detectives are investigating a homicide in the parking lot of Arrowhead Stadium. “Detectives investigating a homicide at Arrowhead Stadium,” Forte tweeted at 7:06 p.m. “Two suspects in custody. Will update as info becomes available.” No other details were given. As of November 26, Kansas City police counted a…
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