Archives: April 2016

Guns N’ Roses play Arrowhead Stadium on June 29

After Guns N’ Roses semi-cryptic announcement of their reunion tour surfaced last week, we finally have our  Kansas City show announcement. The band, featuring Axl, Slash and Duff McKagan (no Izzy, as far as we know), will appear at Arrowhead Stadium on June 29. VIP and fan club tickets go on sale April 2, and tickets go on sale to the…

George Brett’s wife calls weepy Mets fans ‘hilarious,’ is totally right

The New York Times just published the results of a typically thorough NYT investigation: Who exactly was sitting in the expensive-ass seats at Game 5 of last fall’s World Series, and what exactly were they thinking as the camera captured their horror at Eric Hosmer’s historic slide home.  The short answer: Mets fans whose privileged view suddenly gave way to…

See this now: Emily Connell’s Vade Mecum at Kiosk

Kiosk Gallery’s front room has been transformed into a kind of fossilized library, with evidence of a made-up lost world set on pedestals and displayed along the walls. The pieces range from blocks depicting weighty tomes, their bindings forever split wide, to the cross-sectioned pages revealing (or not) abstract narratives. Emily Connell’s art here reinterprets a common phrase: even an…

The Architects, Be/Non, Bummer and more of March’s must-see local music videos

It seems that March is the month for quality live videos. Be it on-the-road performances (Bummer), dive-bar rocking out (Kolumbine Kids), epic productions (Be/Non) or stadium quality rock ‘n’ roll (the Architects), area bands are starting to shake off the winter blahs and play out everywhere. Spring fever hits this installment of Cine Local. Narkalark’s final showMarch 5 A highlight…