At some point, Kansas City’s leaders might consider being honest about Kansas City International Airport. For the last year, City Hall and its Aviation Department have taken well-deserved arrows for the clumsy way they have tried to sell the single-terminal airport concept to a skeptical public. The latest example is a final report issued on June 11 by the mayor-appointed…
For months, I’d heard about Bar Rosso’s Kenny Cohrs. Whenever I talked to a bartender around town, his name seemed to come up – and not without a touch of envy, given that Cohrs’ corner of the local cocktail world is part of the sleek, modern Rosso restaurant, on the seventh floor of Hotel Sorella. Everyone seemed to refer to…
Name: Patrick Egger Occupation: Co-owner of Normal Human Hometown: Shawnee Current neighborhood: Mission Occupation: Adjunct art instructor, Metropolitan Community College, Maple Woods What I do (in 140 characters): I am a maker and a teacher. Most of my energy goes toward art or making prints in some way. I also play drums and love doing gardening projects with Jessica (see…
Neon Trees I kind of feel bad for Neon Trees. The Utah band has been around for nearly a decade. It toured with the Killers and had a string of successful dance-pop radio hits (“Animal,””Everybody Talks”). Yet, all anyone wants to talk about is how lead singer Tyler Glenn came out as a gay Mormon. Do the band — and…
The old theater downstairs at the Westport Coffeehouse has been a home to jazz ensembles – sometimes regularly, sometimes sporadically – for decades. Each Thursday night this July, it is home to the Jazz Underground Series. This week, dynamic young drummer Brian Steever heads a trio with vibraphonist Peter Schlamb and bassist Bob Bowman. A favorite in numerous KC jazz…
Some of Beta Lowdown, the forthcoming debut from Minneapolis band Enemy Planes, could pass for synth-heavy neo–soul. Other songs are coated in so many layers of electronic wash that they sound eerie, like the work of a band trapped in a dark studio, surrounded by too many knobs. Overall, the album projects a startlingly dystopian feel — which makes for…
Rehearsals for My Brothers & Sisters are always a joyful, if not slightly chaotic, affair. Jamie Searle, the founder, guitarist and lead male singer for the 14-piece ensemble, manages the chaos in a rotating schedule. “The only time the entire group is together is when we’re onstage,” Searle says with a laugh. “There are just too many of us to…
A cowpoke can become a cattle baron — but it isn’t easy. Rob Magee was something of a cattle baron before he opted for the cowpoke life. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Magee spent a long career on the culinary side of the hotel business, working for international chains such as Westin and Hilton. Then, after more…
The title of Kemper at the Crossroads current exhibition is also its thesis. Curator Erin Dziedzic’s The Center Is a Moving Target illustrates shifting definitions of regionalism — the notion nominally at the show’s heart — with a collection of works that showcase the diverse practices of several local artists. “American Gothic” this isn’t. The 12 artists on display here…
One afternoon this spring, Nicole Emanuel was sitting in her office at the temporary headquarters of the InterUrban ArtHouse, the nonprofit she founded three years ago in downtown Overland Park, talking about the organization’s future. Against one wall was a shelf of cubby holes with labels: “Budget,” “Capital Campaign,” “Legal,” “Strategic Planning.” A dry-erase whiteboard was covered in jotted notes,…
I was chided by more than a few people for stating, in my review of Limestone Pizza Kitchen Bar in Lawrence, that I didn’t think I had ever seen Braunschweiger on a menu before. (It’s a tasty bar snack at Limestone.) I ate a lot of the soft smoked-pork liverwurst as a kid because our neighborhood delicatessen in Indianapolis, Sam’s Subway, sold…
“So a couple guards get knifed, so what?” We’re beginning to feel like a broken record over here, going on and on about the impact of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s terrible economic policies. But that’s just the way it has to be when every week brings new evidence of failure. The state’s tax revenues are down $310 million in the…
The Cauldron has a new brew. Boulevard Brewing Co. and Sporting Kansas City’s collaboration, Championship Ale, is in liquor stores today. The limited-release Saison-style ale, part of Boulevard’s Smokestack Series, is a tribute to Sporting’s MLS Cup victory last year. Boulevard is putting out 2,000 cases of 750 ml bottles of Championship Ale throughout the greater KC area, with a few bottles making…
The self-titled full-length from L.A.’s Allah-Las couldn’t be more chill if it were vegging on a couch in front of a whirring fan, sipping vodka lemonades and burning incense. That’s what the surfy, jangly, psychedelic release is perfect for, and the four dudes who make up the band make no apologies for it. If you were born too late for…
The 14th annual West 18th Street Fashion Show, featuring local designers, hit the Crossroads runway on Saturday, June 14. Pitch photographer Sabrina Staires was there.
At 28 years old, Troy Andrews, known around the world as Trombone Shorty, isn’t a child anymore, so the term “child prodigy” – ascribed to him as he was growing up in New Orleans and touring Europe with his older brother’s band – doesn’t apply anymore. Still, you’ll doubtlessly find plenty to be impressed with when Andrews stops by Crossroads…
Nashville’s the Bird and the Bear is the latest husband-and-wife folk darling. Shortly after they met, in 2011, Mirthe Bolhuis, a native of the Netherlands, and Garry Wood, from Wyoming, found that their romantic relationship was also an effective creative partnership. Bolhuis’ voice – spiderweb-delicate and about as haunting – tempers Wood’s roaring melodies. The duo recalls the Civil Wars…
Lauryn Hill Uptown Theater Monday, June 16 For the full slideshow from last night, go here. There are a lot of things you begin to wonder when you’re waiting for Ms. Lauryn Hill to take the stage. Like, how is it earthly possible that venues can continue to get away with charging $12 for a Boulevard beer and $4 for a…
It gets worse. Our hyper-connected modern age has wrought a blizzard of new addictions. We must stay vigilant, or else fall prey to these obsessions and compulsions. Maybe we wait another hour before we check Facebook again. Maybe we don’t need to take another Buzzfeed quiz before bed. Maybe we don’t check Instagram every three minutes after we post a…
All photos by Zach Bauman
In 2012, Olathe House Republican Scott Schwab got an election endorsement from the Kansas Chamber Political Action Committee, a powerful lobbying group in the Kansas statehouse. Schwab won’t get their endorsement this year as he heads into a August Republican primary against an underfunded opponent in John Wilson. Schwab thinks a run-in he had with Koch Industries officials last year…
If you’re feeling somewhat philanthropic and have been meaning to dine at Cafe Trio – the intimate bistro at 4558 Main, just east of Mill Creek Park – Monday nights in June might be just the reason to do so. Tonight and June 23 and June 30, the owners of the 10-year-old restaurant, Chris Youngers and Tai Nguyen, are donating…
