Thousands of fans with Lorde tickets will descend upon Kansas City’s Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland this Friday when the 17-year-old New Zealander stops by as part of her first ever North American tour. The two-time Grammy Award winner, who recently revealed that she turned down the offer of a support slot on Katy Perry’s forthcoming Prismatic world tour, kicked off…
Rachel Cantor, the author of the recently released novel, A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World, has always been passionate about pizza – she spent six years of her childhood in Rome and became, she says, “a real pizza snob” – but that wasn’t the reason that she chose it as a profession for…
Name: Amber Versola Occupation: Trainer and community organizer Hometown: Galva, Kansas Current neighborhood: JoCo – specifically, Shawnee What I do (in 140 characters): If I’m doing my job right, I educate, engage, empower, inspire, organize and win … and train others to do the same. What’s your addiction? Being present in the space that exists between social justice and public…
Kansas City craft-beer drinkers will want to plan day trips to Manhattan, Kansas, soon. Tallgrass Brewing Co. has announced plans to open a brewpub in its hometown later this year. The Tallgrass Taphouse is slated to open in the 300 block of Poyntz Avenue before the end of 2014. The Tallgrass Taphouse will seat about 200 in a 5,900-square-foot…
Skrillex, one of the most recognizable names in electronic dance music, is on tour this summer. Fresh from a whirlwind SXSW week, a slew of festival dates and a fresh new album (Recess, released a few days ago), the Grammy-winning producer is preparing for a slew of summer dates – including one at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheater on Saturday, May…
Italian cookies are just one reason to visit a St. Joseph’s Table on Wednesday A century ago, Sicilian immigrants living in and around the Columbus Park neighborhood practiced a custom they had brought with them from their homeland: celebrating the intercession of the country’s patron, St. Giuseppe, in preventing a famine – by creating rain during a terrible drought –…
Through most of Owen Hawkins’ recent brushes with the law, the 58-year-old self-proclaimed entrepreneur has eschewed legal counsel. After all, if the Kansas City man could build one of the world’s largest companies only in his own mind, he possessed the wits to get himself out of legal trouble. But much like his purported natural-resources company, Petro America, Hawkins’ legal…
Cordish, the Baltimore-based operator of the Kansas City Power & Light District, got a splash of publicity last Friday when it announced that it would finally start building its long-awaited apartment high-rise at 13th Street and Walnut. City leaders generally hailed Cordish’s announcement, and, on its face, the development of One Light – the moniker of the nearly $80 million,…
If you put on Of Course You Do, the new record from Slothrust, you’re likely to get lost in the hazy reverb and thrashy perfection that the Brooklyn three-piece has crafted. Lead singer Leah Wellbaum has a big, bell-like quality to her voice, sounding almost off-key in the way Nico perfected. She plays it against furious guitar work with a…
Backstreet’s back…. I guess. The boy band that grew up (Wikipedia describes them as a “vocal harmony group,” which I find kind of hilarious, even if it is true) is on tour again, promoting last year’s full-length, In a World Like This. They stop at Starlight Theatre on Saturday, June 7. Here, this is the latest music video from good ol’ BSB. It…
The seeds are set, matchups determined and brackets are ready to be filled out, yes my friend March Madness is finally upon us. With yesterday being Selection Sunday it is officially that time of the year to print out all of your brackets and use every ounce your basketball knowledge to fill out a bracket that will (hopefully) win you…
On last year’s full-length, More Than Just a Dream, Fitz and the Tantrums delivered another version of what it had done with 2010’s Pickin’ Up the Pieces: retro soul for the restless and wistful, throwback jams that got kids born way too late to remember the greats insisting that they would have danced better underneath 1970s-era lights. Perhaps sensing that the revivalist…
Iowa State fans flocked to Kansas City this weekend to witness Fred Hoiberg’s Cyclones basketball squad capture the school’s second Big 12 Tournament Championship. It had been 14 years since the Cyclones swept through the tourney. The Power & Light District was flooded with cardinal and gold colors, especially on Saturday, as the Cyclones, coming off a semifinal win over…
Ex-Community star Donald Glover’s alter ego Childish Gambino is at the Midland tonight to close out this St. Patrick’s Day. The show is part of the actor-turned-rapper’s The Deep Web tour and in support of last year’s Because the Internet album. Doors open at 7 p.m. with showtime at 8. Tickets for the all-ages show cost $35. Get them here. Categories: Music Tags:…
Fred Phelps, pride of Kansas. Fred Phelps is apparently on his deathbed. Equality Kansas, a LGBT organization whose members have been tormented by the Phelps-led Westboro Baptist Church for the last 20 years, is taking the high road. “If the reports of Fred Phelps’ declining health are accurate, then his family and friends are certainly saying their good-byes and preparing…
Just a few weeks ago, the seven-piece Phox signed to Brooklyn label Partisan Records, home to the likes of Deer Tick, Heartless Bastards and Dolorean. This is a big step for the two-year-old Madison, Wisconsin-based band, and a well-earned accomplishment. The band’s debut EP, Friendship, showcases lead singer Monica Martin’s sultry, smoky jazz-singer vocals beautifully against a lush, glittering pop background…
