Two longtime Kansas City Star writers were laid off this week. Steve Everly, who covered energy and utilities for the business desk, departs after 28 years at the Star. Reached by e-mail, Everly said, “It’s something I wanted and sought….What I made clear was that whether there would be a buyout or layoff, I wanted to be picked. In short, I…
The recently incorporated Kansas City snack-food company Hungry Monkey won the “KC Sweetheart” award at last night’s Sugar Rush, having swayed a majority of the 400 attendees that its popcorn was the event’s best treat. “It was the first time we’d participated in the Sugar Rush event,” says Tim Colley, who opened Hungry Monkey with business partner Dillon Bond about…
Last month, Michael Stryder, the devious president of Metro Pro Wrestling, screwed Jeremy Wyatt out of the Kansas City-based wrestling organization’s championship. This month, the road back to championship gold gets even tougher for Wyatt as Styder has brought in current Ring of Honor and former TNA star “the Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels to take on the local favorite. That’s the…
This morning, Live Nation announced four big-name country shows coming to Cricket Wireless Amphitheater this summer under its Country Megaticket banner. Luke Bryan performs on Friday, June 19; Tim McGraw on Friday, July 24; Lady Antebellum on Friday, August 21; and Dierks Bentley on Saturday, September 12. Tickets for all four shows are sold together and bundled into four tiers, ranging from $109 for…
Guitarist Yonatan Gat is best known for his work in the much-loved Israeli garage-rock trio Monotonix. That group released a pair of full-lengths and a handful of singles on Drag City before disbanding in 2011, after seven years together. Since then, Gat has embarked on a series of tours and releases, wherein he harnesses the power of improvisation and jamming…
Night has fallen over Mission, with the only glow from the neon of chain restaurants and box stores. The old Mission Bank building, home to the Cumulus cluster of radio stations, is dark. Inside, the cubbies of radio stations, from 101 the Fox to 95.7 the Vibe, are all empty. All of them with the exception of a production studio….
Can fried chicken and coaster-sized cinnamon rolls take the bad mojo out of a restaurant location? Shawn and Devan Taylor think so. The storefront at 1124 Oak, tucked into the street level of a parking garage, has seen more than its share of restaurants come and go: the Silver Spoon Cafe, Latin Bistro Express, Barbosa’s Express, to name a few….
Brookside lawyer Sherry DeJanes, a frequent critic of Kansas City’s streetcar project, is launching an initiative petition to require citywide public votes before expanding the rail line out of downtown. DeJanes said on Thursday that the petition effort isn’t one meant necessarily to stop the streetcar expansion, but one that would gather the approval of registered voters throughout Kansas City…
When a Kansas City chef like Joe Shirley creates one of his Uberdine pop-up restaurants, it’s a special culinary event that is held for only one or two nights at unexpected locations. Sam Donnell, 26, is producing his first pop-up restaurant in Lawrence, the Waffle Iron, starting tomorrow, and he’s planning on a much longer run. The Waffle Iron, located…
Keith English, a Missouri Rep. from northern St. Louis County, announced earlier this week that he is leaving the state’s Democratic Party to become an independent. “This is no longer the Democrat Party of Bill Clinton or John F. Kennedy,” English said in a press release announcing the move. “I’m leaving the party because I love my state. It shouldn’t…
If you’re looking to spend a little extra special time with your little ones this weekend, this weekend at the Sprint Center offers multiple opportunities – and all on a budget. The Sesame Street: Let’s Dance liveshow will host 2 performances on Friday, 3 on Saturday, and 2 on Sunday – with 6 of the 7 shows featuring an average…
Details are beginning to trickle in on this year’s Boulevardia festival during Father’s Day weekend (June 19-21) in the West Bottoms. For craft-beer lovers, Taps & Tastes will return, and there’s a VIP ticket package this year with an added hour of festival time. Here’s what we know so far in regard to ticket packages: General admission: The cheapest…
If you didn’t get a chance to party with Royals players — and thank them — at McFadden’s last fall, then you’ll want to be at Bartle Hall (301 West 13th Street, Suite 100) this weekend. The annual Royals FanFest returns Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, with nearly every boy in blue, from Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon to Mike…
Honky-tonk troubadour Adam Lee only called Kansas City home for a few years before upping stakes to take the role of Johnny Cash in the Chicago production of The Million Dollar Quartet. But in his short time in KC, Lee and his band, the Dead Horse Sound Company, released two albums and played dozens of shows (to say nothing of…
Hearts broke back in 2013 when local garage/psych-rock trio Bloodbirds announced the end of the band. In no time, though, we were consoled with Brooke Tuley’s excellent debut album, First Midnight, and the news that she – with her husband and Bloodbirds frontman Mike Tuley – would be welcoming a baby Bloodbird into the world. But now, Bloodbirds are back…
Album 2 by bloodbirds
Album 2 by bloodbirds
Country music legend Merle Haggard has just announced a new tour, and he stops in town just in time to catch the tail-end of the Folk Alliance International Conference. Haggard plays at the Uptown Theater on Monday, February 23. If you haven’t seen the 77-year-old outlaw country patriarch live, now would be a good time to nab tickets and scratch…
Actress and comedic force Lily Tomlin – of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In fame – has just announced a show at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in June, the final show (so far) in a string of North American appearances. This announcement comes on the heels of Tomlin’s reception of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors in December. “An Evening…
