One of rock’s heaviest tours nears it’s conclusion as Black Label Society, Hatebreed, and Butcher Babies visit the Arvest Bank Theatre this Wednesday, and while the volume will undoubtably be turned up, your wallet won’t feel the effects. According to ticket gurus TiqIQ, your best bet for Black Label Society tickets in Kansas City is on the secondary market. At…
Don’t freak out, but: New Kids on the Block has just announced a summer tour. Go ahead, unleash your inner ’80s fangirl. But that’s not even the best part. NKOTB is touring with the legendary ’90s all-girl R&B group TLC and – and – rapper Nelly. That’s right: For one fateful night, babies of the 1980s, ’90s and early aughts…
“I happen to believe that football, in its exalted moments, is not just a sport but a lovely and intricate form of art,” cultural essayist (and lifelong Raiders fan) Steve Almond writes at the outset of his latest work, Against Football: A Reluctant Fan’s Manifesto. But true to the title, Almond’s book is a moral exploration of the grim realities…
Once upon a time, Tom Valenti made a deal with Mission officials: If the city made $12 million worth of stormwater improvements on the old Mission Mall site, the Mission Gateway developer would repay the city’s investment with a portion of the public incentives the plan would receive. Moreover, the city would get the first $6 million up front in…
This June, local power-pop fans can celebrate in a big way: Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick are joining forces for a double-headlining show on Thursday, June 18. It never occurred to us that “Baby, I Love Your Way” and “I Want You to Want Me” would complement one another in side-by-side sets, but now that we think about it, it…
Ten years ago today—January 19, 2005—restaurateurs Victor Esqueda and Alejandro Hernandez opened Ixtapa Mexican Cuisine at 7103 Northwest Barry Road, in a somewhat forlorn shopping strip across the street from the entrance to the newer, more glamorous Zona Rose shopping center. It wasn’t a particularly terrific location, and Esqueda didn’t want a typical suburban Tex-Mex venue. In those early days,…
Remember about 12 years ago, when no matter what station you were dialed into, you could not escape the unabashed wailing of Pat Monahan’s voice on “Drops of Jupiter”? Well, good news for the nostalgists of mainstream rock from the early aughts: Train is on the road again. Still riding the waves of last September’s full-length, Bulletproof Picasso, the California rock band…
AMG Services, the Overland Park-based online payday-lending giant controlled by race-car driver Scott Tucker, entered into a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission on Friday. The company will pay $21 million to the FTC and forgive $285 million worth of outstanding loans and fees owed by borrowers. The $21 million settlement is the largest ever by the FTC in…
Circle Saturday, February 21, in Sharpie on your calendars. That day is dedicated to stouts as the Foundry is hosting Big Ass Stout Day, an all-day event with some really, really great stouts from 1 p.m. until close. Just about anyone who sipped McCoy’s Ursa Major will tell you that it’s a divine drink, and it’ll be available in 6-ounce…
The Fairfax Bridge, which connects Fairfax, Kansas, with Riverside, Missouri, via Highway 69, over the Missouri River, is being demolished and replaced with a new bridge. What happens when a bridge built in the 1930s explodes? Why don’t you watch this deeply satisfying 16-second video, taken earlier today: You feel better, don’t you? You do. The bi-state bridge project is…
Gov. Sam Brownback boasted during his gubernatorial campaign last year about how much money he was pouring into K-12 education. It was a technically accurate but realistically dubious claim (he counted pension funding, which doesn’t reach classrooms) but one he made nonetheless. With a second term safely in hand, Brownback is now treating K-12 education funding like the annoying stepchild…
“Super” Bo Macan is a fighter, and Saturday night there will be a pro wrestling show at the Impact Fellowship Church (12011 West 127th Street, Overland Park) to raise money for the 5-year-old Roeland Park boy who has a genetic condition so rare that it was named after him. Among Bo Macan’s extensive list of health issues in “Bo’s Syndrome” are…
Restaurant Week, the popular fundraising event presented by US Foods, kicks off tomorrow — Friday, January 16 — and runs through Sunday, January 25. More than 150 local restaurants are participating in the 10-day event, which has three charitable beneficiaries this year: BoysGrow, the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired, and Cultivate Kansas City. The Kansas City Regional Destination Development Foundation…
The winter months can get a little scarce in terms of local shows and music options, unless you know where to look for the good stuff. Tomorrow night offers up one such gem, when Midwest Chamber Ensemble performs a free concert at the the Bell Cultural Events Center at MidAmerica Nazarene University. Now in its third season, MCE is a group of young…
%{}% Unified Government of Wyandotte County’s Commission had two years to fill a vacancy in its 1st District at-large seat but couldn’t. So the voters will do that job this spring. The 1st District at-large seat has remained vacant since Mark Holland, the last UG commissioner to hold that office, was elected mayor in 2013. Since then, the UG commission…
Globetrotter Nation, are you ready for the 2015 Harlem Globetrotters world globe tour? Featuring Stretch Middleton (pictured), the third-tallest Globetrotter to ever trot the globe (he’s 7 feet 4 inches)? Or Handles Franklin, who can dribble while lying on the floor (“That ball’s got to have invisible handles on it somewhere!”). Or Ant Atkinson, the little guy who holds the…
