The Texas Gentlemen’s debut album, TX Jelly, is straight out of the 1970s, incorporating elements of country, funk, singer-songwriter, and psychedelic rock to make an album that’s as infectious as all get out. It’s rough-edged and loose, a whole Saturday-night party conveniently tracked onto one LP. The band has backed the likes of Leon Bridges, Nikki Lane, George Strait and…
It’s nearly impossible for me to look at the title piece of Cydney Ross’s first solo exhibition, Structural Integrity, and not see a reference to the World Trade Center, destroyed on 9/11. But in this collection of eight large clay buildings and three smaller studies, the sculptor isn’t drawing such literal associations.Architecture, her art reminds us, frames our space. It…
Angie Williams is at her desk, on her phone. She’s at her desk a lot of the time, on her phone more than that. Williams is an immigration lawyer. And if her profession had somehow not existed before Donald J. Trump was elected to the White House, this turbulent year would certainly have forced its invention.She attended St. Teresa’s Academy…
The statistics cited on the Steps of Faith Foundation’s website are sobering: 500 people a day lose a limb in the United States, 185,000 persons a year end up with an amputation, and the cost of a prosthetic limb can run $10,000 to $100,000. Nothing funny about any of that. But of course organizations such as Steps often rely on entertainment…
Twitter handle: @AshleyScoby Hometown: Glasgow, Kentucky Current neighborhood: Quality Hill What I do (in 140 characters or less): I’m in sales at a local gym, but I also keep a foot in freelance writing after recently transitioning out of journalism. What’s your addiction? Caffeine, like every other American. Even if I didn’t need it to get through daily life, I…
Thursday, November 9Lawrence’s Bon Bon (804 Pennsylvania) is offering a mezcal tasting tonight from 4 to 7. Attendees will taste seven mezcals as reps from Standard Beverage walk them through the selections. Snacks will also be available. The tasting is $10; no reservations are necessary. In the Crossroads, Tannin Wine Bar (1526 Walnut) is hosting a tapas wine dinner featuring selections…
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Slowdive, with Cherry GlazerrFriday, November 3, 2017The TrumanOn the heels of its first release in 22 years, British shoegaze pioneer Slowdive made a somewhat surprising stop in Kansas City just a week into its North American tour. Noting that the group’s last stop in Kansas City was “all the way back in 1992,” singer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Goswell, along with…
Jeff Becker has seen some TIFs in his day.In 2001, Becker founded the Arts Incubator, a nonprofit offering studio space and business advice to emerging artists. It was located at 115 West 18th Street, in the heart of what we now call the Crossroads Arts District. Today, the Crossroads is where Kansas Citians go to drink a $14 cocktail served…
Dear Dan: I am a pretty handsome gay (I have been told) and I am dating a gorgeous man. I am 34, and he is 31. I am bottom only, and he is top only — so it’s a good match. He seems sincerely interested in me, and we are talking about being together. But here is the thing: He noticed…
You are Mike Cierpiot, and this was supposed to be your shining moment.For seven years, you’ve toiled in the Missouri House, working your way up to the exalted position of majority leader. That’s a big deal in Jefferson City, even if your constituents in Lee’s Summit and other parts of eastern Jackson County don’t much seem to care.Now a state…
High Dive Records, perhaps understanding the kind of year it’s been, has a little something for those of us who may have forgotten how to have fun. In fact, not a few people wouldn’t know a good time if it smacked them square in the face. So Time Never Lies — the debut EP by Jim Button & the Beholders — takes…
When people look back on this era of filmmaking, the movies in the Marvel cinematic universe are likely to define blockbuster: movies that are fantastical, freewheeling, fun — formulaic entertainment that takes itself just seriously enough. And when the people of that future time recall Thor: Ragnarok, the 17th such film in nine years, they will say it was Marvel’s Airplane!This unexpected…
Back in 2008, the first Apocalypse Meow raised funds for musician Abigail Henderson’s treatment, after she was diagnosed with Stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer. The event fetched nearly $20,000; in the spirit of giving back to the community, Henderson started the Midwest Music Foundation to, as she said at the time, “provide musicians with healthcare assistance.”Henderson died in 2013, but…
Donald Trump’s surprise factory pumped out a local mystery in August when the White House appointed Cathy Stepp to a top position at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 7 headquarters in Lenexa. Stepp is well known in Wisconsin, where she has taken sharp stances against environmental regulation. But what’s she doing here?Over the summer, the Trump administration said Stepp’s title…
Back in 2008, the first Apocalypse Meow raised funds for musician Abigail Henderson’s treatment, after she was diagnosed with Stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer. The event fetched nearly $20,000; in the spirit of giving back to the community, Henderson started the Midwest Music Foundation to, as she said at the time, “provide musicians with healthcare assistance.”Henderson died in 2013, but…
