It’s easy to feel bad for vegans, a population born to punchline maybe half of all service-industry jokes. (The other half of behind-the-scenes quips about high-maintenance guests are of course reserved for gluten-free diners.) Disdain toward this group has cooled somewhat in recent years, but it seems unlikely ever to fade entirely from this bone-crunching barbecue town.Even cocktails aren’t without…
Remember when watching Royals baseball was fun?It’s been easy, these past three years, to expect this team to win, even when it’s down by six runs in the bottom of the ninth. Fuck the stats: I’m talking about a certain magic, some badass baseball voodoo spurring seemingly impossible comebacks capable of galvanizing a whole city. I don’t know about you,…
Monday, May 8Wash Monday away with a Tequila Ocho dinner tonight at 6:30 at Affäre (1911 Main Street). This five-course meal puts the noted tequila with an oyster amuse, followed by a nopales (cactus) salad, then a duo of halibut (in ceviche form and grilled). Cool it off with a watermelon granita, then sample a Buttonwood Farms chicken breast served…
Garth Brooks with Trisha YearwoodSprint CenterFriday, May 5A banner in the rafters of the Sprint Center commemorates the shows Garth Brooks played here a decade ago. Shortly after the arena opened in 2007, the 160,000 tickets for Brooks’ nine-night stand sold out in less than two hours. The current run might not be as epic in terms of numbers, but…
Coincidentally, every so often First Friday is bound to fall on May 5. Cinco de Mayo is not a Mexican holiday, but people of Mexican heritage, like Americans do for St. Patrick’s Day, for example, take the day’s popularity to share their culture. It’s not just a cash-cow day for restaurants; the Guadalupe Centers, in fact, claim the longest-running regional…
The slow-drone lurch of Wrekmeister Harmonies brings to mind the sound of a dying world. An ever-changing collective, the group is led by musician JR Robinson, joined by Esther Shaw. Wrekmeister Harmonies has released four albums in as many years on Thrill Jockey, and the latest, 2016’s Light Falls, plays like an Old Testament verse in song, referencing the disintegration…
You can’t say that Melinda Henneberger is failing in her assigned role on The Kansas City Star’s revamped editorial board: God-fearing, anti-abortion Republican woman in a male-dominated conventional-wisdom factory. In fact, the carpetbagging journalist — who arrived in KC on the tailwinds of a résumé whirlwind that in only a year had blown her from Bloomberg to Roll Call to…
Earlier this week, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released a report that compiled information about how much money law enforcement agencies in the state are getting from federal asset forfeitures. You can browse the report here. The Department of Justice’s Asset Forfeiture Program allows local law enforcement agencies to keep a good chunk — technically the term is an “equitable share”…
“I can’t do anything if I’m dead.”So says Chico Sierra, who is called Jason on official documents and uses “Capitán” as a middle name on social media, and who is telling the truth.Sierra has met me inside the Garcia Squared Contemporary gallery, a room inside the Bauer Building that has again achieved calm in the days since the most recent…
How might U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder vote today on the revised GOP healthcare bill? He hasn’t said. Hey, he absolutely voted yes! But that’s no surprise — the man hasn’t revealed himself, or his positions, much lately. The congressman could have attended a recent town hall meeting called in his honor, for instance, but then he would have deprived a crowd…
XWith Skating Polly, 9 p.m. Friday, May 5, at Knuckleheads Saloon, all ages, $32.50Iconic Los Angeles punk band X is in the middle of a tour celebrating the group’s 40th anniversary. (John Doe talks to The Pitch about that here.) The band hasn’t released new material in more than two decades, but its debut album, Los Angeles, and its appearance…
John Doe has been many things in his life: writer, actor, poet. But he’s likely best known for X, the long-running SoCal punk band in which he sings with Exene Cervenka, and plays bass alongside guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer DJ Bonebrake. The quartet celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and despite the decades that have passed since “We’re Desperate”…
Yesterday, Billy Long was everybody’s hero. In a surprise move, the Missouri Congressman announced that he opposed the healthcare bill Republicans are currently trying to ram through the U.S. House of Representatives. Long said he couldn’t support it because of the fact that it eliminates protections for those with pre-existing conditions. That makes sense, because most ordinary people like the…
Kansas City may get to see Janet Jackson at the Sprint Center after all. After two postponements, first in October 2015 and then again last July, Jackson’s retitled State of the World tour is now set for Thursday, October 19. All original tickets will be honored for the show, with unsold seats going up for sale at 10 a.m. Friday,…
In April, voters in Kansas City approved a big ol’ bonds package — $800 million in all — to fund citywide infrastructure improvements. Your property taxes will go up late next year in order to begin repaying the bonds. The spending plan for the bond money calls for $40 million per year over the next 20 years. Today, city manager…
Josh Tillman, better known these days as Father John Misty, is set to make his fourth KC appearance in three years. After headlining at the Uptown last spring, he makes his Crossroads KC debut on August 20, touring on his most recent release, this year’s Pure Comedy.Tickets — $35 for GA or $79.50 for VIP — go on sale to…
Tuesday, May 2Ibis Bakery (12871 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa) fires up its celebrated Tuesday pizza nights again, starting today at 6 p.m. This evening’s two flavors: asparagus, spring onion and arugula; and spinach, young garlic and goat cheese. Get there early — these sell out quickly but are worth waiting in line to get.If you are hungry — and…
