Archives: August 2019

Flying Horse Taproom turns one, National Bao Day, and more: KC’s food and drink events for August 19-25

Chefs Joe West and and Rick Mullins are teaming up Tuesday at the Savoy at 21c. Photo by April Fleming Monday, August 19 California’s Melville Winery is in the spotlight tonight at Vox Vineyards (19310 Northwest Farley Hampton Road). Melville general manager Kurt Ammann will be on site from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., pouring both current and vintage Melville wines,…

Slipknot brought the Knotfest Roadshow to Providence Medical Center Amphitheater on Saturday

Slipknot Legendary Iowa nu-metal crew Slipknot made its first visit to the metro in five years on Saturday night. The band delivered to the thousands of Maggots in attendance at least two songs from each of its six studio albums. The Providence Medical Center Amphitheater stage had been transformed into a sprawling, spooky warehouse featuring industrial fans, pyrotechnics, catwalks, a…

Am I really shrinking?

Dear Dan: I’m an otherwise healthy male of 54. When I was a teen, my cock measured about six-and-a-half inches. Not small, not huge, pretty average. I never kept track of the situation down south, but suddenly I find my junk reports in just over four inches. WTF? Is this normal? Do men lose size/girth as they age? I’m only…

Lawsuit alleges Jay Ashcroft wrote intentionally deceptive ballot language for voter reform initiatives

Jay Ashcroft // Missouri Secretary of State Office A St. Louis attorney who filed a slate of voter reform petitions in Missouri is suing Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, alleging that Ashcroft “intentionally cherry-picked portions of the initiative petitions and described them in as loaded and pejorative terms as possible, while leaving out aspects of the initiative petitions likely to…

KC native Mark Patton has made a documentary about his experience working on the gayest horror film of all time

Mark Patton Since 1985, Kansas City native Mark Patton has been hunted by Freddy Krueger.  Initially, Patton’s role as Jesse Walsh in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge seemed like something to covet. After all, Johnny Depp made his debut in Freddy’s first round of killings. And up to that point, Patton was a busy presence in commercials…

The Rainmakers, Unfit Wives, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, and more of the latest in local music videos

The alt-rock of Alice Sweet Alice, the Get Up Kids’ emotional pop-punk, Broken Arrows’ classic power pop, and a bunch of live performances: It’s your monthly dose of Cine Local.  Alice Sweet Alice, “Behind the Glass” Liza Jean, the singer of Kansas City alt-rock band Alice Sweet Alice, reached out to share this video for the band’s first single from…

The Ethnic Enrichment Festival, dinners at Green Dirt Farms and Powell Gardens, and more: KC’s food and drink events for August 12-18

Courtesy of Story Thursday, August 15 Visit story. (3931 West 69th Terrace) for a one-off taco night featuring house-made chips and salsa made with local, in-season tomatoes; avocado and sweet corn salad; and marinated, shredded pork or breaded and fried shrimp tacos.  The Thursday evening farmer’s market at Howard’s Cafe and Grocery (1708 Oak Street) tonight features house-made ice cream…

In MTH’s rousing In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda tells another immigrant story 

Gasbarre III and Delano // J. Robert Schraeder Musical Theater Heritage planned well, staging Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning In the Heights not long after the touring production of the playwright’s Hamilton made a stop in Kansas City.  What MTH Theater couldn’t have foreseen is the increasing anti-immigrant sentiment that may have precipitated the mass shooting in El Paso a week before…

A chat with Bruce Hornsby, who’ll be in Lawrence on Tuesday with the Noisemakers

brucehornsby.com The Grateful Dead, 2Pac, Mase, Bon Iver, Spike Lee: Who but Bruce Hornsby can say they’ve aligned themselves with such a wide array of massive musical figures over the years?  “My audience has been diverse since I started playing with the Dead in 1990,” Hornsby says by email. “Dreadlocked dancing denizens grappled for years for stockbrokers and their wives….

He “stealthed” me. Should I stay with him?

Dear Dan: I’m a 42-year-old single, straight female who recently started dating a 36-year-old man in a somewhat exclusive, long-distance relationship. We have known each other for a short time, but have clocked hours upon hours on the phone. I have specifically stated many times I don’t want kids of my own (he does), am extremely safety conscious (only when…

Mizzou will serve beer and wine at football games this year

Via mutigers.com The era of sneaking booze into Mizzou football games—or of not going at all because you can’t drink—is coming to a close. Earlier this year, the SEC voted to allow campuses the authority to decide whether to sell beer and wine at athletic events. Mizzou announced today it will test the waters this year at home football games….

One More Cup in Waldo is closing

One More Cup // Facebook Missed this announcement earlier in the week: The Waldo coffeeshop One More Cup will close at the end of this month. “We have decided that it is time to explore other directions in our lives, and do what is best for our family,” owners Stacy and Jeremy posted on social media Tuesday. “We invite you…

Massholes leans in to the Lawrence townie experience 

Courtesy Will Averill Over the last five years, Massholes, the occasional comedic quiz show from Lawrence’s Card Table Productions, has provided reliable laughs by lampooning some of the absurdities of Lawrence’s townie culture. The panel show pits two teams of local comedians against each other in a competition for “Mayor of Lawrence.” It’s about, host Will Averill says, “what Lawrence…

Q&A: Ryan Martin brings his folk-rock power pop to the Riot Room Friday

Michelle Varela I raised an eyebrow when singer-songwriter Ryan Martin released his album Gimme Some Light last year. High Moon Records, the New York label that put it out, is perhaps best known for reissuing long-lost ’60s and ’70s recordings from the likes of Love and Gene Clark. The only other album of new recordings on High Moon comes from…

Wyandotte County incumbents largely held on in Tuesday’s primary

The change some Wyandotte County residents are hoping for may not come this election season. In last night’s primary, voters advanced all of the incumbents running for reelection to the Unified Government’s Board of Commissioners. For the 1st District At-Large seat, incumbent Melissa Bynum and Mark Gilstrap will be on the general election ballot. Bynum, who captured a comfortable 58…

Eat This Now: Dipped Cones at Fairway Creamery

By April Flemming Cold, crunchy, melty, chocolatey — few cold treats evoke childhood the way a soft-serve dipped cone does. Eating them as an adult, the nostalgia persists, but it’s often diminished by inconvenient facts, like how the chocolate shell of most dipped cones leaves a waxy film in your mouth, or that soft-serve ice cream really doesn’t have all…

Mike Parson and the GOP dither while Missouri children lose healthcare faster than any other state in the country

Parson and the GOP are fiddling while Missourians get tossed off the Medicaid rolls by the thousands each month. Last week, Missouri Governor Mike Parson said in an interview that he’s been hesitant to look for ways to expand Medicaid in Missouri because he thinks the state needs to fix its broken system first. For a Republican, Parson seems to have…