Archives: December 2017

EJ’s Urban Eatery teams up with KC Bier Company, Boulevard hosts a holiday bazaar, and more of this week’s food and drink events

April Fleming,

Wednesday, December 13Beginning at 4 p.m. today, Border Brewing Company (406 East 18th Street) is releasing its Imperial Coffee Stout, this year made with beans roasted by the West Bottoms’ Blip Coffee. Thursday, December 14Crane Brewing Company (6515 Railroad Street, Raytown) is tapping two new beers tonight, both of them New England–style “milkshake” IPAs. This newer style of beer uses lactose…

Trans Siberian Orchestra does its Trans Siberian Orchestra thing at the Sprint Center

Nick Spacek,

Trans Siberian OrchestraSprint CenterSaturday, December 9For two shows on Saturday, the prog-rock-meets-Christmas event that is the Trans Siberian Orchestra brought its spectacle to the Sprint Center. The group’s celebrating its Ghosts of Christmas Eve special on this tour, performing it as half of the show before filling the second half with a collection of other numbers — including a version of Carl Orff’s…
Music

21 Savage fails to slay at the Uptown

Aaron Rhodes,

Atlanta — and perhaps the rest of the world — has never seen a rap star quite like 21 Savage. Other household names in hip-hop over the years have made violent lyricism their bread and butter, but few have made it as central to their image as Savage has. The snarled, Southern drawl and flagrant threats of drive-by shootings on “Red…
Savage Love

Savage Love: What happened?

Dan Savage,

Dear Dan: I used to be a fan of your column, but something happened to you. Maybe it’s stress, the current political climate or some other issue — I don’t know. I used to look forward to your columns because they were fun, smart and helpful — but I don’t enjoy what I’m seeing now. If something did happen to you,…
Stage, Theater

The Unicorn gooses Chekhov with a Bird that fails to soar

Liz Cook,

Life … is disappointing, sings Mash in Stupid Fucking Bird, Aaron Posner’s slickly American adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.The line sounds cynical. But, as is the case with much of Posner’s script, it’s predicated on a profound, at times heartbreaking hopefulness. Optimism, after all, is the oxygen of disappointment.The Unicorn Theatre — in a co-production with UMKC Theatre —…
A&E, Art

Drunken Fiddles helps you uncork your inner musician

Angela Lutz,

Just after sundown on a chilly fall day, I spot a few people crossing 43rd Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. I’d arrived in the neighborhood to sit in for a session of Drunken Fiddles, the strings class for adults taught by local musician Laurel Parks. The figures ahead of me in the twilight were carrying violins. I’ve caught the scent…
News

What can a double-decker bus tour tell us about Kansas City?

David Hudnall,

“A word you’ll hear me say a lot today is condos,” said my tour guide, Troy, as we sailed past the Western Auto building on Grand, atop a double-decker bus. What a coincidence: I had been talking about condos just hours before. Or maybe I am just always talking about condos these days. Luxury housing is sprouting up everywhere in this…
Music

Ekali, 21 Savage, $uicideboy$ and the rest of December’s concerts

Wednesday, December 6Ekali’s name might not ring a bell, but if you’re a hip-hop fan, you’ve already heard bits and pieces of his work. Portions of his 2014 single “Unfaith” are sampled on Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Since then, the Vancouver electronic producer has signed to Skrillex’s OWSLA label and dropped the first single from his…
News, Politics

Fights lay ahead as the oil industry creeps into the Flint Hills and Douglas County

David Hudnall,

“This doesn’t really have anything to do with your story,” Cindy Hoedel said, slowing her pickup truck — a 1990 red-and-white Ford XLT Lariat, outfitted with 10-ply heavy-duty tires — to a halt on a gravel road near the Greenwood County line. “But, I mean, look at those wild mustangs. Aren’t they just beautiful?” Hoedel gawked out the window to the…

Antler Room’s champagne dinner, Sip and Shops in Lawrence and KC and more food and drink events

April Fleming,

Monday, December 4For the first time, the Rieger (1924 Main) is putting on a dinner prepared by chef Howard Hanna and accompanied by drinks from Andy Rieger and Ryan Maybee downstairs in its sister establishment, Manifesto. Rieger and Maybee will tell stories from the Rieger family’s past. The three-course meal is $85 (excluding tax and gratuity) and comes with paired…
Savage Love

Savage Love: Devastation

Dan Savage,

Dear Dan: I’m a straight man in a live-in relationship with a beautiful woman. There are no sparks in bed, and it’s been more than a year since we’ve had sex. She says, “I’m sorry, but I’m just not interested.” Sometimes she asks me if I’m disappointed, and I say something like, “I miss sex.” And she says: “Maybe someday….