It may come as a surprise to longtime Ani DiFranco fans that Allergic to Water, her next album, due out in November, is not the usual messy bundle of furious political songs. The 44-year-old singer-songwriter and activist has been carrying the torch for a host of hot-button topics since she founded her label, Righteous Babe, 24 years ago. But in…
I’ve been trying to lose weight lately, so the prospect of having a burger over lunch meant I had to skip breakfast yesterday. It also meant I was awfully hungry by the time I could make it to Lew’s Bar & Grill in Waldo for a late-afternoon lunch. Hunger pangs and a general aversion to restaurant specials put me in…
The Kansas City Chiefs have a chance to stay right in the middle of the AFC West title race. If they can beat the St. Louis Rams this week and the Chargers upend the Broncos on Thursday night, they’ll suddenly be half a game out of the top spot. It’s true that a lot has to go right for KC…
Rock & Run Brewery is bringing together more than 30 Missouri and Kansas breweries and distilleries for Saturday’s Rot & Ruin Fall Ale & Spirits Festival. It’s the biggest beer event of the week. Also, over the next seven days, a couple of special Founders beers will be tapped at Waldo Pizza and Barley’s Brewaus. Keep reading to find out…
Billy Long, a gigantic floating head U.S. Congressman from Springfield, Missouri, suspected of representing the 7th District of Missouri, even though nobody can seem to find him, is damn fed up with all these campaign ads on the airwaves. They’re everywhere this time of year! Real Americans don’t need to hear about how Billy Long didn’t sign a single bill…
Missouri Sen. Rob Schaaf knows what he would do if he became a member of Islamic State. “Everyone knows that our southern border is completely porous. People are coming across our southern border all the time and really our federal government isn’t doing a whole lot to stop that. If I was a terrorist from the Islamic State, I’d go…
In case you’re super tired of hearing Lorde’s “Royals” played in homage to our hometown pride, here’s a new jam you can get down to, compliments of local rapper B Double E a.k.a. Wallace B. It’s called “Royals Ready,” and it’s a swaggering beat that will get you hyped and make you proud, no matter what the outcome of tonight’s…
Stroud’s has opened a third restaurant in the metro, this one in Overland Park. Read Pitch food critic Charles Ferruzza’s review here, and take a look at these photos by Pitch photographer Angela C. Bond.
Generally speaking, I don’t like a lot of fuss on my burgers. An avocado or a pineapple on a burger sounds good, but in practice I usually end up picking those things off and eating them separately (if at all). What I really want out of the deal is about as simple as it gets: a juicy patty, cheese, ketchup…
We already knew that Boulevard Brewing Co. and Odell Brewing Co. were teaming up for a collaboration 25th anniversary beer due out in November. Now, the two breweries are going a step further for their silver celebrations with a pub crawl through Westport on Saturday, November 8. The crawl makes pitstops throughout the party district — the Riot Room, the Foundry,…
Earlier this year, the Kansas Supreme Court overturned death sentences for Reginald and Jonathan Carr, perpetrators of a brutal 2000 quintuple homicide in Wichita, on somewhat of a technicality. (The trial judge didn’t hold separate sentencing hearings for the convicted killers.) If you ask Gov. Sam Brownback, somehow this is Paul Davis’ fault. Brownback, a name-brand Republican who would ordinarily…
Hey, don’t blame Andy Lock and chef Domhnall Molloy for taking so long to open the new Summit Grill in Waldo. These two entrepreneurs, former McCormick & Schmick’s employees who branched out on their own two years ago and turned the former Rumors Steakhouse in Lee’s Summit into the first Summit Grill & Bar, are ready to open their doors….
When I wore my favorite KC shirt to school in the 1990s, my classmates made fun of me. “The Royals suck,” one boy said, and I wanted to punch him in the face. I wanted to hit him and then go home and change. But, oh, what a difference a postseason makes. Now that the boys in blue have advanced…
Name: Tim KC Canton Hometown: St. Joseph Current neighborhood: The ’Ville (Parkville) What I do (in 140 characters): By day, I create interactive design for Barkley. By night, I cultivate creepy things for downrightcreepy.com, Rotten Rentals and Panic Fest. What’s your addiction? Creepy things, interactive design and sports. Weird mixture, I know. What’s your game? Fantasy football What’s your drink?…
Jim Coley could talk wine for days. That’s his job. He’s the wine director at Gomer’s Midtown — which means, he says, at least as many cardboard boxes as fancy tastings. Away from work, he’s no less focused on finding the right bottle. That’s what he seems to be working on when I meet him on a Thursday night at…
Forrest Attaway’s Columbus Day dissects our fascination with narratives of conquest and redemption. A strong cast and production team, led by director Bryan Moses, tease connections from a world-premiere script that’s splintered at times. But as scenes alternate between two story lines that initially appear unrelated, it’s clear at least that — as with Christopher Columbus himself — reality is…
The Royals’ improbable run to the World Series — ending a 29-year playoff drought, the longest in any professional North American sport — has included too many incredible moments to count. But we gave it a shot anyway, even though our fingers hurt from staying crossed. Here are the 20 postseason moments that thrilled us most, from the night the…
Charlie Parr There aren’t many artists left who are true to the folk-singer tradition. Yes, there are plenty of folk musicians — it’s an inclusive genre with diverse talents — but few are considered in the same league as Pete Seeger, Doc Watson and Bill Monroe. Minnesota’s Charlie Parr is cut from the same cloth as those folk heroes. In…
Looking at Martin Bush as he sits in front of Lawrence’s Bourgeois Pig, one would assume that he was in a hardcore band: serious beard, close-cropped hair, numerous tattoos. In fact, Bush did front the Lawrence hardcore quartet Salt the Earth for several years in the early aughts, and he occasionally finds time to play in local Sabbath-inspired band Hyborian….
%{}% %{}% When Nicholas St. James slides into a booth inside Lawrence’s Harbor Lights one Friday night, he jokes that he’s wearing one of two outfits he owns. This one is thoughtfully put together: denim jacket; cowboy boots; bright-colored, plaid flannel. Tousled yellow curls frame his cheerful face, and his beard flows down to about midchest. It begs for someone…
