Archives: November 2014

A&E, Stage

At the Unicorn, the charged connections of Bad Jews

Deborah Hirsch,

A death in the family can be messy. There’s the grief and the mourning, yes, but underneath lurks a desire — guilty or masked, perhaps — for the possessions left behind. For some, acquiring a thing owned by the dead fills a void left in the wake of loss. For the three cousins in Bad Jews, at the Unicorn Theatre,…
News

Rita Coolidge will be the keynote speaker at the Folk Alliance International Conference next year, early registration ends today

Natalie Gallagher,

It’s never too early to start planning for next year’s Folk Alliance International Conference & Camp. The FAI has just announced the keynote speaker for the huge annual folk blowout: Rita Coolidge, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (“We’re All Alone,” anyone?) and one of VH1’s original VJs.  The FAI Conference & Camp takes place February 18-22 in 2015 at the Westin…
Dining, Food & Drink

Kansas City loved Polynesian cuisine — it still does

Charles Ferruzza,

A friend of mine gave me a gift last month: a vintage menu from the mostly forgotten Bali Hai dining room, a popular Cantonese restaurant on the lower level of Bretton’s Restaurant at 1215 Baltimore — don’t look for it, the building was torn down years ago. Bretton’s Restaurant was a landmark local dining venue from 1945 to 1976, serving…
Music

Pure Bathing Culture and Tennis are at the Granada tonight

Natalie Gallagher,

This Tuesday double headliner is a match made in 1980s synth-pop heaven: Denver husband-wife duo Tennis and Portland, Oregon, male-female duo Pure Bathing Culture, whose 2013 Moon Tides garnered more than a few (completely warranted) comparisons with the music of Beach House. The former’s Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley have just released Ritual in Repeat, an album full of catchy…
News, Politics

Five reasons you should vote Brownback out of office today

David Hudnall,

His Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, is up, slightly, in most polls, which means there is a reasonable chance that today could be the beginning of the end of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s political career. For Kansas citizens who are not millionaires, this would be tremendous news. But it’s far from a sure thing. For folks west of State Line heading out…
News

Little Class Records unveils plans for new monthly publication, American Roots Magazine

Natalie Gallagher,

The folks down at Little Class Records can’t seem to sit still. Last week, Jody Hendrix, one of the label’s co-founders and publicists and the booker for Westport Saloon, announced a brand-new project for the team: American Roots Magazine, a monthly publication to debut in January.  According to ARM’s website, the goal of the publication is to “promote, nurture and…
News

Missouri may get to vote on marijuana legalization in 2016

Steve Vockrodt,

Missouri voters in 2016 will have a hand in picking a new president, a successor to Jay Nixon and possibly legalizing marijuana in the Show-Me State. Show-Me Cannabis, an association of pro-legalization-minded individuals and organizations, plans to submit paperwork with the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office this week or next to start the process of putting a ballot initiative before…