We’re crushing hard on these 14 Kansas Citians. Read our feature here and click through for outtakes of photographer Chris Mullins’ shoot.
The Pixies lived up to their own legend at the Midland on Tuesday night. Manhattan’s Cults opened.
Indiana’s Houndmouth sounds like a lot of things, but probably nothing hits closer to home than the Band. The recently college-graduated foursome – keyboardist Katie Toupin, bassist Zak Appleby, guitarist Matt Myers and drummer Shane Cody – might be a little young to make that connection. Nonetheless, the group certainly does a remarkable job of emulating the same spiritual-country vibe…
Checking in from a few weeks ago, Neutral Milk Hotel, the indie folk brainchild of Jeff Magnum best known for 1998’s “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” will be taking the stage at the Uptown Theater tomorrow night, February 13th. It will be a part of the group’s reunion tour featuring the same musicians as their groundbreaking album. According to…
Attorneys for condemned Missouri prisoner Michael Taylor filed a lawsuit against a compounding pharmacy in Oklahoma that has produced the lethal-injection drug for the last three Show-Me State executions. Taylor, a Kansas City-area man who was convicted of the 1989 murder of Ann Harrison, faces execution on February 26. If it goes forward, he would be the fourth prisoner to…
Name: Beth Nybeck Occupation: Artist/sculptor Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa Current neighborhood: Downtown metro What I do: I’m living my dream! I make large- and small-scale metal sculpture. Most of my work lives within the public realm: in parks, airports, cities and college campuses. My work is abstract, tactile, interactive, and brings energy to an environment. I design and build all my…
In Topeka, when industry money and cash-hungry politicians come together, you get some curious ideas. And sometimes those ideas become law. Among the battier notions dotting the 2014 agenda so far is Senate Bill 304. It’s a pro-cable-industry measure that would outlaw cities from building out their own broadband services and make it harder for them to cooperate with new…
Jonathan Murray cuts a big check to Mizzou. As the co-creator of The Real World and Road Rules – and executive producer of Project Runway and Keeping Up with the Kardashians – Jonathan Murray is one of the biggest names in reality-TV development, and arguably the genre’s true pioneer. (Peep his IMDB here.) Murray also happens to be a 1977…
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. There is nothing not to love about Sydney’s Wes Carr, who performs under the moniker Buffalo Tales. He’s got one of those…
What does it take to win the “Kansas City Sweetheart Award”? Not charm. Not good looks. Not even congeniality. Hint: sugar. Actually, sugar is just one component of The Pitch Sugar Rush, where many of Kansas City’s finest restaurants, bakeries and candy makers compete for top honors. The third annual sweets-and-dessert expo is held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday,…
When the clock struck 4 p.m., KC Bier Co.’s doors officially opened at 310 West 79th Street. Take a look at the photo on the right. Those five beers – Helles (pale lager), Dunkel (brown lager), Hefeweizen (pale wheat), Weizenbock (strong wheat) and Double Alt (German IPA) – are on tap at the brewery. You’ll be able to drink them in…
The University of Missouri is showing a lot of love for Michael Sam. The university posted this awesome photo to its official Twitter account on Monday with the following message: “Support for Sam at Memorial Stadium. #OneMizzou.” This show of support followed the former defensive lineman’s announcement to the world that he is gay. Barring another player coming out before…
After studying at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for several years in the 1990s, Giulio Covello returned to his hometown in Sicily, Carini – a city of 40,000 residents not far from Palermo – but found that he was homesick for Kansas City. “There were certain things that I had gotten used to here and things I really missed,” says…
The International House of Prayer twice made five-figure donations to Steve Dennis in 2012. Dennis was Grandview’s mayor at the time, but he told IHOP, the religious group based in Grandview, that the donations would go to a charitable organization that he had set up the year before. All told, Dennis received $35,000 from IHOP while representing that the funds…
The Houston Rodeo is only a few weeks away and this year’s edition is a star-studded event with some of the country’s greatest performers. Here’s a preview of what you can expect if you’re looking to grab Houston Rodeo tickets and attend any of the performances from March 4th to March 23rd. The three shows that are in the highest…
In June 2013, after a six-year hiatus, Queens of the Stone Age released what some might consider a comeback album with …Like Clockwork. This spring, QOTSA is heading back on the road for a short tour, mostly on the West Coast and in the Midwest, including festival stops (most notably Coachella), before the group heads over to Europe. Kansas City…
As part of our International Folk Alliance Conference preview series, we’re rounding up a bunch of notable acts that are coming to town and chatting about what’s happening in their world. The International Folk Alliance Conference takes place from February 19-23. Details here. In addition to his work with Merle Haggard, Redd Volkaert won a Grammy award for Best Country…
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. Willie Watson is probably best known as a founding member of the old-time folk band Old Crow Medicine Show, which saw a…
The US Open is coming soon to New York and tennis fans across the nation will be clamoring for US Open tickets. Every year, thousands of tennis fanatics come to Queens to watch the best tennis players in the world perform in one of the sport’s biggest competitions. While several other tournaments will be taking place all over the country…
If you haven’t made it to Lawrence yet to try Free State Brewing Co.’s Burroughser Weisse, stop the car. Free State is saving you a trip and taking over the taps at the Overtime Sports Bar & Grill (11300 West 135th Street, Overland Park) tonight for the Sunflower Showdown men’s basketball game. So while you’re watching the Jayhawks and Wildcats hoop it up,…
The 10-month-old Kansas City SmokeShack BBQ at 900 Swift in North Kansas City posted the announcement that it had closed on the restaurant’s Facebook page on Friday. The February 7 Facebook post read: Good Folks. We are closed indefinitely as of today. You have been the most awesome customers a barbecue joint could ever wish for. Thank You for patronizing…
