Chef Michael Corvino doesn’t have time to get nostalgic about leaving the kitchen of the American Restaurant – Kansas City’s best-known fine dining venue (and allegedly the least profitable) for 42 years.Corvino, the American’s executive chef for the last three years, says he had given his notice to the Hallmark-owned property in June, weeks before the announcement that the restaurant…
August 5 is a good day to play hooky and eat nachos before heading out for your usual evening art rounds: First Friday in the Crossroads is also Arts Day at the K, where $5 of your ticket to the 1:15 p.m. Royals game against the Toronto Blue Jays goes to the ArtsKC Fund, which supports the artists working in…
Winner: ModerationGreg Smith of Overland Park and Jeff Melcher of Leawood were among the five conservatives in the Kansas Senate who lost their seats to moderate Republicans. Dinah Sykes, who beat Smith, and John Skubal, who challenged Melcher, ran energetic campaigns critical of the policies that have depleted the state’s coffers and set up showdowns over school funding. Moderate Republicans…
Twitter handle: @KCMOwater and @KipPeterson Hometown: Salina, Kansas. Home of delicious Tony’s frozen pizza! Current neighborhood: Brookside What I do: I lead KC Water’s communications team. We’re obsessed with putting customers first and telling the story of the value of water. I’m also the voice of @KCMOwater. What’s your addiction? The word moist. While it’s water-inspired, it’s one of those…
New brews are coming from Martin City Brewing Co. This week, look for Poitier brandy barrel–aged tripel in the tap room (500 East 135th Street). In the coming weeks, limited quantities of Poitier will show up on draft around the metro.Also coming to select watering holes in the weeks ahead: Purple Train Berliner Weisse and Kentucky Friar American strong ale.Thursday…
OK, so what’s the deal with the guy with the boomerang?That’s not really the first question you figure the makers of a $175 million would-be blockbuster tentpole mean for you to take home with you, yet I found myself walking out of Suicide Squad, wondering just who this fella was. Besides being one of the major characters I’d just spent…
Scores of Kansas healthcare providers gathered in Salina last week to seek relief from problems they’re encountering with KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program.Meeting with federal officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, representatives of hospitals, nursing homes, mental health clinics and elsewhere complained about long waits to get people certified for Medicaid. Some said a recent 4 percent…
Steer & Beer, The Pitch’s big event this weekend, focuses on two things that Kansas City knows well: burgers and suds.On the beef end of the spectrum, guests will be well tended to by crews from Amerisports Pub (chef John Johnston), Dempsey’s Burger Pub in Westport, and the Flying Saucer. Johnston and his team are preparing a seared, peppered burger,…
Laura and Tim Tuohy used to have a cherry tree in their backyard. Which doesn’t sound exceptional — until they remind you where they lived at the time.“We were in New York, and something was bearing fruit that you could actually eat,” Laura tells me. “It was bizarre.”To make the most of it, the Tuohys started canning the fruit. Laura…
Suicide SquadIn theaters August 5.Alamo Drafthouse presents the original Star Wars trilogy4 p.m. Saturday, August 6The Midland, 1228 MainJim Jefferies8 p.m. Friday, August 5The Midland, 1228 MainAmerican Theatrical Premiere of The Little Prince6-9 p.m. Friday, August 5National World War I Museum and Memorial 100 W. 26th St.Kansas City Trashboat Regatta1 p.m. Sunday, August 7Kaw Point Riverfront Park Categories: A&E Tags:…
Amerisports 3200 North Ameristar Drive4-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.–1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. SundayAmerisports lives up to its sports-bar moniker. The brewpub in the Ameristar Casino is home to the city’s largest professional-grade, high-definition indoor monitor. Want to watch the Royals, the Chiefs or Sporting on a big screen? There’s none bigger. Brewmaster Stacey Payne’s beers each…
Thursday 8.4The Coen brothers are strict anti- sentimentalists, which is why your first viewing of Inside Llewyn Davis (newly streaming on Amazon Prime), their minor-key 2014 master- piece, can be written off as just another pitch- black comedy. Watching it again, though, reveals the movie, set within the 1960s folk scene of Greenwich Village and starring Os- car Isaac, to…
Psychedelic Furs, the ChurchAlmost a year to the day after they appeared at Crossroads KC, post-punk besties Psychedelic Furs and the Church are rolling back into town (stopping at the same venue) for another co-headlining tour. In preparation for what appears to be an annual tradition, might we recommend revisiting the Furs’ essential 1981 album, Talk Talk Talk, which established…
From the spiderwebbed glass in its front door to the $2 Pabsts, Blind Tiger exudes nonchalance. The bar opened on Main Street, at Westport Road, a little more than a year ago, but you could mistake it for a much older dive. The proprietors have achieved this charm with obvious intent. The nearby Buzzard Beach or Dave’s Stagecoach maintain one…
The Pitch’s Steer & Beer may not be a beer nerd’s rare-pour heaven, but it is a haven for the hungry and the thirsty. There are good beers here. VIPs will drink Samuel Adams’ KMF grand cru, Oskar Blues’ Chaka Belgian-style pale ale, and Crane Brewing’s Small Ball Saison while supplies last — and they’ll also get a free slider…
Liquor store shelf space is precious and tap handles are a limited and coveted commodity. But, as a beer nerd, I always want to drink different brews. Give me the best of Portland — Maine and Oregon. I’ll drink Allagash White or Breakside Brewery’s Fresh Hop Simcoe all day long. Or bring me St. Louis’ Side Project Cellar — anyone…
On the afternoon of April 15, 1994, two men were sitting in a powder-blue Cadillac in the Quindaro neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. A man dressed in black ran up to the passenger side, raised a shotgun and fired four rounds. Doniel Quinn, 22, who was in the passenger seat, died at the scene. Donald Ewing, 34, was pronounced dead…
Singer David Basse and pianist Joe Cartwright are fixtures of Kansas City jazz. Basse, with his unexpected phrasing and voice that rides a gruff but soulful edge, first captured KC’s attention with the popular City Light Orchestra in the 1980s. Cartwright, with his bluesy and inventive mastery of the music, has backed just about everyone in this city’s jazz scene…
It’s the heart of the heat of the summer, so hardly anybody’s out shooting music videos right now. However, everybody’s playing shows, so we have a wide array of live music on which to affix your gaze, be it the bluegrass of Julian Davis & the Hay-Burners, Horned Wolf’s metal, or some classic punk from the Micronotz. We have you…
