Archives: January 2014
Cheryl Womack was a big supporter of KU athletics and called for its financial reform before she found her own problems
In the early part of the last decade, the Kansas Jayhawks played women’s softball on a hardscrabble Lawrence field that looked better suited to an adult beer league than to an NCAA program. The batter’s box faced into the wind, making it hard for sluggers to smack a ball deep into the outfield. Jayhawk Field, as it was known before…
Kansas considering banning minors from tanning beds
Tweens in Kansas might soon find base tans harder to come by. The most common form of cancer for people under the age of 30 is melanoma. There’s also evidence that using a tanning bed prior to the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 75 percent. Factor in the roughly 2.3 million teenagers who use tanning beds…
Kyle Rogers and James Flexman explain how the Kansas Jayhawks inspired the Knoda app
Future NBA players Nick Collison, Kirk Hinrich and Drew Gooden were just freshmen at the University of Kansas. Kyle Rogers knew that Roy Williams had something special in the three men. “When these guys are seniors, KU is going to win a national championship,” Rogers recalls telling his mother. Rogers, 27, was almost right. The Jayhawks made it to the…
Testing the sweets at Baked In Kansas City
An unexpected guest was at the three-day-old Baked in Kansas City bakery and café last week: former Napoleon Bakery pastry chef Guillaume Hanriot, who was there with his wife, Ingrid, and their newborn, Pauline. The Hanriots purchased the Parkville bistro Café des Amis last year, after running the restaurant for six years. “I was the pastry chef here when Larry…
U.S. Supreme Court tells Missouri to hold off on executing Herbert Smulls
%{}% U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito stopped Herbert Smulls’ execution at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night, less than three hours before he was scheduled to die. Missouri officials planned to kill Smulls with a lethal dose of pentobarbital at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. But the country’s highest court intervened, issuing a temporary stay of Smulls’ execution without explanation. Missouri’s death warrant…
Screenland Armour gets weird with Panic Fest
The second-annual Panic Fest is all about weirdo fare: nerdy sci-fi, gory horror, cult thrills – and, for Screenland Armour co-owner Adam Roberts, one of the event’s masterminds, one big shock: He says he’s surprised that Panic Fest is back at all. Roberts and Brent Miller, his brother-in-law and business partner, ran into more than a few obstacles during their…
Jay Nixon denies clemency for Herbert Smulls
Gov. Jay Nixon rejected Herbert Smulls’ request for clemency, closing one of very few legal options available for the convict to avoid Missouri’s executioner in a few hours. Missouri has the death chamber in Bonne Terre prepped for Smulls’ punishment for his role in a 1991 shooting death in St. Louis County. Smulls has lost his latest court appeals and…
Missouri Basketball Ticket Preview
Over the past few seasons, the Missouri Tigers Men’s Basketball team has been one of the most consistent and successful programs in all of collegiate sports. Since taking over the program in 2011, Coach Frank Haith has posted an astonishing record of 56-17 with the Tigers and has led them to an NCAA Tournament appearance in each of his first…
Cucina della Ragazza
Cucina della Ragazza’s space is small, but the plates are big. Read Charles Ferruzza’s review here and see photos via Pitch photographer Angela C. Bond.
Mötley Crüe announces farewell tour with Alice Cooper, coming to Sprint Center in August
After over three decades, legendary metal band Mötley Crüe is hanging up the gloves and retiring the hairspray. At a press conference today, the band announced that they will be breaking up following a 72-date farewell tour, which features Alice Cooper as the opening act. And then they signed a legal and binding contract making the whole thing official and…
Pizza Manifesto will open in Waldo in March
A 31-year-old property manager in Kansas City plans to turn the storefront space at 505 West 75th Street into Pizza Manifesto. The fast-casual Neapolitan-style-pizza operation would replace the former Inspired Fitness location and open by March. “I still have my day job,” Pizza Manifesto’s mastermind says, explaining why he won’t yet be quoted by name in connection with a story…
Hopslam Ale on tap today at Flying Saucer and Bier Station
If you’ve been dying for a taste of Hopslam Ale, head to Flying Saucer Draught Emporium now or Bier Station after work. The long-awaited Bell’s Brewery winter seasonal is on tap at both establishments starting today. Flying Saucer (101 East 13th Street) sent a tweet over the noon hour that Hopslam was already pouring in the Power & Light District…
Cher Lloyd is at the Midland in March
Here’s one for all the X Factor aficionados out there: Cher Lloyd, a bright young thing with Spice Girl charm from the U.K. edition of Simon Cowell’s star-hunting franchise, is stopping at the Midland on Tuesday, March 18. The 20-year-old Lloyd got some traction with her 2012 hit single “Want U Back” and full-length debut Sticks + Stones. We can…
The Dandy Warhols are at the Riot Room in May
The Dandy Warhols, a 1990s alt-rock band that somehow survived the post-1990s music-industry meltdown, is getting back on the road this spring. They stop at the Riot Room on Friday, May 9. The Warhols’ most recent album was 2012’s This Machine. On the band’s website, they explain their 2014 tour: “We wanted to play some places we had not played in…
Cate Le Bon and Kevin Morby played an intimate show at RecordBar last night
Cate Le Bon with Kevin Morby RecordBar, Kansas City Monday, January 27, 2014 “We look quite feral. Come closer if you wish,” offered Cate Le Bon at the beginning of her set. The Welsh songstress stood outside of herself and sweetly apologized for their appearances from long hours of travel. She set the tone for an extensive set that channeled…
Belton man complains to KSHB that investing in people dying isn’t getting him rich
We’re big fans of KSHB Channel 41 ace reporter Ryan Kath, whose investigative wits sometimes bring us tales of the grim side of local humanity. One of our favorites was exposing Michael Brooks, the Kansas City councilman who sent lewd photos of himself to a woman who wasn’t the married pastor’s wife. Kath brought us another gem yesterday last February that we checked…
Jordie Lane’s ‘Feet Fall’ is your Folk Alliance International Song of the Day
The International Folk Alliance Conference & Winter Music Camp comes to KC February 19-23. To get you geared up for the folk blowout, every day we’re posting a song we like by one of the event’s showcase artists. In the video for his Americana-lite song “Feet Fall,” Melbourne native Jordie Lane wanders around New York eating things, gazing contemplatively, and…
Indie Rock forefathers Neutral Milk Hotel to Play Uptown Theater on February 13th
Neutral Milk Hotel, the pioneers of the “fuzz-folk” movement will make their way to Kansas City this February for the first time since the late 1990’s. Essentially the workings of singer-songwriter Jeff Magnum, Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 breakthrough album “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” has influenced many of today’s indie-folk bands, including Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Iron & Wine,…
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