Johnson County has tried to put a brave face on efforts to fix reporting software that failed in the August primary. County commissioners have reaffirmed their confidence in Ronnie Metsker, who runs the elections. Metsker, in turn, praises Election Systems and Software, the company that sold him on the brand new voting machines. After all, they “owned” the problem. They…
BKS Artisan Ales keeps narrow hours at its taproom: noon to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. But demand is high for its tasty offerings, and beer enthusiasts and Brookside locals alike pack the place on weekends. It is not for the claustrophobic. But it’s worth it for the Biere de Ferme. A golden,…
A New York Times review of the much-lauded 2009 Sarah Waters novel The Little Stranger calls it “incredibly gripping” with a “wonderfully evoked atmosphere of postwar anxiety.” But the new film adaptation — in the hands of director Lenny Abrahamson (Room, Frank) — might best be described as handsomely crafted and impeccably dull. Set in and around a dilapidated English…
When director Crystal Moselle met the New York-based group of young female skateboarders known as Skate Kitchen, her first instinct was that they would be fascinating subjects for a documentary. Having made the surprisingly joyous 2015 doc The Wolfpack — about a family of homeschooled kids who lived mostly in confinement in their Manhattan apartment — she would have been the…
Donuts and fish — such an appealing, intuitive combo! How has nobody thought of it before? We joke, we joke. But only because of how much we love this Corvino dish, which doesn’t remind us much of donuts or fish. These donuts ain’t Krispy Kremes, for starters. They’re savory, and a little puffy, and — as the name implies — they’ve got seaweed…
When Dr. Amber Botros walks the runway, it’s mesmerizing. She’s six feet tall and curvy, with a piercing gaze. You might have seen her at the West 18th Street Fashion Show, at the past few Kansas City Fashion Week runways, or on Instagram as @ambercurvemodel, where she expresses to her more 100,000 followers that sexy doesn’t have a size limit….
We’re refusing to do anything other than watch videos on our various devices this week. The Labor Day holiday is approaching, and we’re basically just looking forward to listening to some tunes, drinking very cold beer, and cooking food with fire. Join us as we slack our way toward a three-day weekend with metal, stoner rock, hip-hop, and pure old-fashioned…
Self-aware meat-eaters have little choice but to navigate an uncomfortable reality when we travel to the grocery store. The experience is an ethical minefield — and particularly so when it comes to beef. An insatiable appetite for inexpensive beef, both here in the U.S. and across the globe, has given rise to factory farming of cattle. It is no secret…
It’s back to school time, and in Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, the new year got underway seamlessly last week. More than 20,000 students found their way into classrooms. Instruction began according to carefully laid out plans.Behind the scenes, though, the district is roiling.When we last wrote, the school board had just passed up — to vocal displeasure — a popular local…
Ruth Carter has been dazzling audiences with her costume designs ever since teaming up with Spike Lee’ on his 1988 film School Daze. Her work on Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad earned her Academy Award nominations, thanks to the exacting period detail she recreated. But while Carter is most notable for her work in historical settings, she has other gears,…
Tuesday, August 28A collaborative sour beer-themed dinner takes place tonight as Novel (1927 McGee Street) teams up with Boulevard Brewing Company. The five-course meal, which will be hosted by Boulevard ambassador (and Best of KC nominee for best twitter personality) Jeremy Danner, includes sour beers from Boulevard’s lineup, as well as a welcome cocktail. Among the courses: Saison Brett sourdough…
Lotta people (me) complaining lately about the Shake Shack that’s supposed to open on the Country Club Plaza. When does the got-damn Shack open? I want my shakes, these people are saying. Today, an answer: the Shake Shack will open Thursday, September 6, at 11 a.m. The address is 239 West 47th Street — across the street toward the east from…
It wasn’t so much a question of if the layoffs were coming. It was a question of when. DST Systems, one of the largest private employers in Kansas City — indeed, one of the great business success stories in the history of the city — had been acquired, in January, for $5.4 billion. The buyer was a Connecticut-based firm called SS&C. That…
Dear Dan: I’m in a pickle. All I want is to experience touch, intimacy, and sexual pleasure — but without freaking out. I grew up with a lot of negative messages from men due to developing early, as well as having some other physical/sexual trauma (no rape or abuse), but the combination has me seriously fucked up. Whenever I get…
Lawrence’s Vigil and Thieves have been making what its members call “loud and pretty” rock ‘n’ roll since 2014, but its new album, make sure they hear you, is the band’s debut full-length. I sat down with Vigil and Thieves’ vocalist, Sarah Storm, and guitarist, Steph Castor, outside of Lawrence’s Bourgeois Pig, to talk make sure they hear you and…
Lil Baby is the latest in an increasingly long line of Atlanta rappers who have risen to fame with assistance from Quality Control Music. Founded in 2012, the label has played an instrumental role in the success of acts like Migos, Lil Yachty, and Rich The Kid, making it one of the driving forces in the ever-expanding world of trap…
There was much food, drink, and, of course, fashion at The Pitch’s first annual Fashion for a Fraction. But the highlight of the evening was the Body Positivity Panel, made up of Dr. Amber Botros of Plaza Aesthetics Fat Girl Flow’s Corissa Enneking, and Boudoir photographer Tayanna Harris of Hey Boudie and moderator Lisa Meyer, a social worker with Turner…
Despite its creepy-crawly title, Spinning Tree Theatre’s eighth season opener, Daddy Long Legs, feels like a relatively safe bet. The romantic chamber musical — book by John Caird, music and lyrics by Paul Gordon — opens with a spirited song by Jerusha Abbott, the “oldest orphan in the John Grier Home.” A mysterious benefactor has offered to pay her way through…
Steve Kavanaugh examines the antique Oliver typewriter I’ve brought to him for repair, gliding its carriage back and forth, checking for problems I may have missed in my own mechanical diagnosis. He leans the bulky machine back, quickly scans it from below. From this angle, you can glimpse its wondrous guts: the hundreds of curved, metal pieces connected to one…
On Monday afternoon, a Buzzard Beach bartender took to Facebook to share an experience he had while working at the Westport tavern last week. It starts with a Westport security officer named Mike Dargy stopping into Buzzard and ordering a “Trayvon Martini,” and it gets worse from there: The Westport Regional Business League subcontracts with a security management company called Chesley…
Tuesday, August 21Tonight at Port Fonda (4141 Pennsylvania Avenue), chef Patrick Ryan and his crew will be creating a coursed dinner highlighting Mezcal Vago, out of Oaxaca, Mexico. The meal (menu to be announced) is $65 a person; call 816-216-6462 for reservations.Whiskeys from Union Horse Distilling Company will be highlighted tonight at Repeal 18th (1825 Buchanan). From 5 to 9…
