Brunch is never a bad idea, but on New Year’s Day, it is a necessary event. It is the thing that is going to take you from barely alive to sort of functioning. On Thursday, you will drag yourself out of bed, shake off last night’s glitter and regret, and embark on a search for coffee, eggs and probably a…
The Philadelphia Eagles unfortunately will not be going to the playoffs this season, but they can at least make up for a disappointing finish with a win against a divisional rival in their final matchup of the year. This Sunday, the Eagles will travel to New Jersey to face off against the New York Giants. New York boasts just six…
In 2010, a Columbia, Missouri, SWAT team burst into the home of Jonathan Whitworth. They shot and killed his pit bull. They wounded his corgi-pit bull mix. Then they held Whitworth’s wife and 7-year-old son at gunpoint as they handcuffed and arrested Whitworth. The reason for the raid was that Whitworth was suspected of being a “major marijuana distributor.” But…
If you’re a burgeoning artist – or even, perhaps, a very opinionated fan – there’s good news from Trampled Under Foot singer Danielle Schnebelen. Ahead of her upcoming album Wolf Den from the Danielle Nicole Band, Schnebelen has organized a contest to determine the cover art. From now until Monday, January 26, interested parties can upload their album cover designs here….
Friday, December 26Goose Island Sofie, Deschutes Jubelale, and River North White Witbier tapping, Waldo Pizza (7433 Broadway Street) Saturday, December 27Best of the Midwest 2: Electric Kegaloo beer festival, at Bier Station (120 East Gregory Boulevard), 11 a.m. One day. Twenty-eight taps. Two firkins. Consider it a late Christmas present. This year’s lineup is a jaw dropper, including Perennial Artisan…
Tannin has a $30 burger on its menu. Let me say that again: There’s a burger at Tannin that costs $30. It’s described as including crispy braised pork cheeks, kimchee, oyster mushrooms, arugula and frizzled onion. Foie gras can be added for another $10, a fried egg for $1. It comes with fries. This dish is called the Executive Burger,…
“I personally consider myself a very seasonal drinker,” says Barry Tunnell, the bookish manager and wine buyer at the downtown restaurant Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen. With his wire-rimmed glasses, shoulder-length hair, lean face and quiet voice, he could be mistaken for an especially approachable librarian. And Tannin, which he has run since its 2011 opening, could be mistaken for…
The long national nightmare of not being able to see a James Franco comedy because of vague threats from hackers came to a partially satisfying conclusion yesterday. Currently, the big theater chains — Regal, Cinemark, and the Leawood-based (and Chinese-owned) AMC Theaters — will still not be screening The Interview. But a growing number of independent theaters will screen the film…
Name: Jessica Manning Occupation: Owner/lead stylist at Re•Hab Hair in Westport Hometown: Blue Springs Current neighborhood: Westport What I do: Make people feel beautiful. In addition, I lead a team of very talented stylists, and hopefully in doing that, I provide a strong female role model for my daughter(s). What’s your addiction? Physical activity — running, boxing, biking. I’ve got…
World War II’s Pacific and European combat theaters fight it out for Christmas Day moviegoers and various awards-season statues with dueling Great Man biopics. Each looks lustrous and period-proper, and each deploys a spare and dramatic Alexandre Desplat score. One stars Benedict Cumberbatch and takes full advantage of the cerebral actor’s gifts to depict an inscrutable martyr. The other makes…
It’s not hard to make Stephen Sondheim’s stage musicals look cinematic. Sondheim is a movie fan, and shows such as Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods are expressionistic in ways that play to the strengths of visually oriented filmmakers. What has been seemingly impossible is for directors such as Sweeney Todd’s Tim Burton and Into the Woods’ Rob Marshall to…
What a holiday miracle it would have been to report that Tim Burton’s latest movie was not another who-asked-for-this signpost on the dirt road to irrelevance, that his reunion with Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski instead had resulted in another fruitful and darkly funny biopsy of mid-20th-century kitsch. Nope. The dim, semi-anonymous Big Eyes stars Amy Adams…
Trying to cram every awards-season double-wide into a couple of weeks — including several titles that won’t make it to Kansas City until January — can backfire. Watch Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game virtually back to back, and your brain may soften a little trying to keep the details straight, and your spirit may weaken enough that when…
Anyone who can read a map understands why Overland Park’s Brookridge Country Club was going to be redeveloped someday. Golf is a hobby on the decline, and Brookridge’s courses make inefficient use of land for a place like Overland Park — especially here, where Interstate-435 traffic hisses by and Antioch Road is still an artery. But the plan to refashion…
Sure, 2014 was the Year of Baseball in Kansas City, but other local players made big waves. So before we flip the record over and crank the volume on 2015, we’d like to note which shows, venues and sounds helped make the past 12 months worth remembering. A Big Warm Welcome Last January, KTBG 90.9 (the Bridge), having been purchased…
Mac Lethal’s Christmas Extravaganza This year was tremendous for rapper Mac Lethal. In July, he performed his speed-rap tongue twister “Alphabet Insanity” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He’s also working with FX on a TV show based on his book, Texts From Bennett. And he’s recording a new album, Congratulations, which has yet to be given a release date —…
If you’re looking to greet the new year with jazz, two events stand out December 31. Pianist Charles Williams, who also anchors the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra’s rhythm section, mixes jazz with soul and R&B in his Motown Revue at the Blue Room. Joining him is renowned singer Ron Gutierrez. Champagne and a buffet complete the night. Meanwhile, at the…
Being a librarian, I am often asked for book recommendations. And, being a librarian, I know that offering such advice is an art, not a science. Every reader approaches a book differently. Each year, though, a number of titles emerge — fiction from an array of voices, nonfiction addressing a variety of subjects — that deserve broad notice. These are…
The body of a young woman was found this past Sunday behind an abandoned apartment building on the 2400 block of Monroe Avenue, not far from the 23rd Street exit off Interstate 70. The Kansas City Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide but has yet to identify the woman and is seeking information on her identity. Details:…
When Erik Borger — the owner of the eight-month-old Il Lazzarone pizzeria in St. Joseph, Missouri — told The Pitch that he was opening a second location of his restaurant in the River Market next March, he said he hoped that he wouldn’t have to wait so long to purchase an authentic Naples-manufactured Acunto Mario Forni oven for the Kansas City operation….
This year, the Folk Alliance International introduces its Music Fair into the Sheraton Hotel next to the Westin in downtown Kansas City. Though the Music Fair takes place over the same period as the FAI Conference – Thursday, February 19, to Sunday, February 22 – it is designed as an entirely separate event. The Fair is meant to cater to the…
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Henderson Engineers claims that Mission Gateway developer Tom Valenti has refused to pay the firm $405,690 for engineering work done on the terminally delayed retail project. Valenti, a principal with New York firm The Cameron Group, signed a personal guarantee to pay any debts owed to Henderson Engineers, according to the lawsuit. That means Valenti’s…
Henderson Engineers v. Mission Gateway Developers and Tom Valenti
