Archives: June 2016

A&E

WWE legend Ax talks Demolition’s success, Andre the Giant drinking 101 beers and more ahead of Saturday’s Metro Pro Wrestling show

Justin Kendall,

Bill Eadie lived several professional-wrestling lives, performing as the Masked Superstar, Super Machine, and most notably to children of the 1980s and 1990s as Ax of Demolition in the then-WWF during the golden era of Hulkamania.These days, Eadie and his partner Smash (aka Barry Darsow) are still working the wrestling circuit. Though they don’t wrestle as much, they do autograph…

Food & Drink

Zach Moores of Crows Coffee buys Coffee Girls

Charles Ferruzza,

Zach Moores of midtown’s Crows Coffee is spreading his wings. The 40-year-old entrepreneur, who opened his first coffee house at 51st Street and Oak two years ago, has recently completed a deal to purchase the Coffee Girls venue at 7440 Washington. He had been negotiating with Lindsey Patterson-Smith, who owned this location for the last five years, for nearly a…
A&E

A classic skateboarding icon gets the First Friday treatment, Whitney Kerr returns, and more

Tracy Abeln,

Another first Friday, another street party. June 3, the fifth annual Crossroads Flock Party takes over the area around 19th Street and Wyandotte from 5 to 11 p.m., with free musical entertainment from Paddlefish, Warm Bodies and Be/Non.One of the neighborhood entities contributing to the artists’ displays and collaborations at the party is Escapist Skateboarding, which at its own shop…
News

Henry Fortunato goes the extra mile for the Indian Creek Trail Project

Scott Wilson,

For certain ambulatory, outdoor-minded persons, summer’s real independence day comes about a month before the Fourth of July: National Trails Day. The first Saturday in June has for the past few decades been the American Hiking Society’s annual celebration of the National Trails System, a loosely woven highway beloved by nature walkers, birders and the generally less TV-addicted.For Henry Fortunato…
News

KC’s CFPB hearing on payday lending today a reminder just who keeps defending an indefensible industry

Barbara Shelly,

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau couldn’t have picked a better spot than Kansas City for a hearing on payday lending. Friends and foes have been dug in for years, and Thursday’s forum, at the Music Hall, brought everybody out of the trenches.Critics began massing at Barney Allis Plaza around 9 a.m. They brought signs and slogans to make a…

Food & Drink

Celebrate three years of Big Rip, drink for your prostate, get ready for Martin City cans and more

Justin Kendall,

This weekend is the Big Rip Brewing Co.’s third annual Get Ripped Fest (216 East Ninth Avenue, North Kansas City). It’s a relaxed atmosphere with local breweries and distilleries and few, if any, lines. Big Rip’s Josh Collins and Kip Feldt say they prefer the smaller fest.“We don’t really want to grow it,” Collins says of the event, which goes…

Music

Kris Kristofferson to perform on his 80th birthday at Liberty Hall

April Fleming,

Living legend Kris Kristofferson will be appearing at Liberty Hall as part of this year’s loaded-for-bear Free State Festival (Public Enemy, Jad Abumrad from Radiolab and Maria Bamford are also appearing on separate days). Kristofferson will perform on Wednesday, June 22, at Liberty Hall, which also happens to be his 80th birthday. Tickets are available now for $40 via Ticketmaster. %{}% Categories: Music Tags:…

A&E

“Weird Al” goes Bang! Bang!, Red Bird alights on Amazon Prime, and Boulevard joins Fight Club

Thursday 6.2Screenland Armour is known almost as much for its wide-ranging selection of craft beers as it is for special movie events. Tonight at 7:30, you can rail against consumer culture while consuming copious crafts from Boulevard, which is presenting a special showing of David Fincher’s cult classic Fight Club. Raise a glass. His name is Robert Paulson. %{}%Friday 6.3The…

News

Stephane Scupham, Kansas City Film Commissioner and Film Manager at Visit KC, talks movie making in KC, Laugh-O-Gram and more in The Pitch Q&A

Justin Kendall,

Twitter handle: @kansascityfilm @stephscuphamHometown: Born in Los Angeles and raised in St. Louis. (I went to Kirkwood High.)Current neighborhood: Waldo What I do: I hold a vision that KC is a film-production hub in the Midwest. I am the liaison for filming in KC and first point of contact for film, TV and commercial productions that come to Kansas City….

News

Brett Eibner’s injury threatens Royals rookie babe quotient

April Fleming,

With Alex Gordon, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez out of the Royals’ lineup due to injuries, it’s been hard not to notice that the rookies called up from Omaha and Drew Butera are kinda, well, appealing, and it’s due to more than Whit Merrifield’s solid play, or Brett Eibner’s .400+ hotting, er, hitting streak. Yet, with Eibner’s apparent ankle injury, this…