I’ve called up Chris and Sara Teasley — two-thirds of the Lawrence rock and roll trio the Heavy Figs — to talk about the end of the band they started with John Cutler nearly ten years ago. Chris and Sara, who are also married, are about to move to Gainesville, Florida. “It’s been a super-crazy day,” says Sara, the Figs’…
In a crowded back gallery at Leedy-Voulkos, a wall is covered with screen prints featuring a Coke bottle silhouette with words in Swahili that translate to, “Some people think you can get HIV/AIDS from utensils, dishes, or sharing food, but you can’t.” It’s a clunky rewording of the 1980s San Francisco AIDS Foundation PSA that said, “Some people think you…
Like an old-school Stax revue, the rotating collective of musicians in the Jane Doe Revue includes a chorus of back-up singers and horn and string sections, in addition to the full rock ‘n roll band. There’s one key difference, though: the lineup is all female, and the musicians whose songs they cover — everything from Etta James on up through Feist…
Our Summer Guide issue is out now on the streets of Kansas City. Here are some of our events picks for the month of June. Want to know more happening in KC, the suburbs, or a day trip away? Visit our calendar. June 4 Uriah Heep, Knuckleheads, 8 pm knuckleheadskc.com Hozier, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland, 8 pm arvestbanktheatre.com…
Kate Sweeten and her husband, Sam, were promised several luxury amenities when they bought their condo from Park Reserve Condominiums in midtown Kansas City: an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, and a game room, to name a few. Four years later, the couple is still waiting on those amenities, and based on an email Park Reserve homeowners…
Moments after the final song from Chicago rapper Juice Wrld on Sunday night at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena, Juice’s swaggering DJ, Mike P, announced that Juice (born Jarad Higgins) had lost his father just two hours before the show. Juice then spoke briefly about persevering and achieving your goals before closing out his time onstage by encouraging fans to…
April Fleming Kansas City’s barbecue scene is as crowded as it’s ever been — great for us ravenous carnivores, less great for aspiring grillmasters looking to make a name for themselves. Tyler Harp has managed to stand out in that scrum of smoke after only a few months of serving up barbecue on Saturdays at Crane Brewing Company, in Raytown. Harp’s…
“Mayors do things,” James says. “Other people argue about things.”Kelby Reck Kansas City Mayor Sly James uses a phone app to track his time left in office. He can’t check it often enough. “Ninety-one days, twelve hours, 34 minutes,” he boisterously told an out-of-town developer at a ceremony marking construction progress on the new downtown convention hotel. “Seventy-seven days, 14…
Courtesy J. Rieger & Co. Monday, June 3 Meet and share a whiskey tasting with J. Rieger & Co. co-founder Andy Rieger from 6–8 p.m. tonight at Harry’s Tavern in south KC (13657 Washington Street). Each $20 ticket includes samples of all the Rieger products (whiskey, amaro, vodka, and gin) and paired appetizers. Tickets are available next door to Harry’s Tavern at…
Skeletonwitch with Soft Kill and Weigedood The Bottleneck Thursday, May 30 Athens, Ohio’s Skeletonwitch puts on one hell of a show regardless of how many people are in the room. That fact was readily apparent on Thursday night at the Bottleneck, where a slim turnout bore witness to a proper metal thrashing. Who knows why the crowd was so sparse?…
Savage Love Live swooped into Seattle’s Egyptian Theater and Denver’s Oriental Theater over the last two weekends. I couldn’t get to everyone’s questions at these sold-out shows — there were so many great questions and I’m just one lousy advice columnist — so I’m going to power through as many as I can in this week’s column. Weddings are terrible….
