Peter Frampton with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Monday, August 5 Starlight Theater Peter Frampton is retiring from regular touring at the end of 2019. The iconic guitarist and songwriter was recently diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis, a disease that brings on muscle weakness and atrophy. Like any self-respecting fan of ’70s rock, I know Frampton Comes Alive top to…
Joe McAdam, a Los Angeles comedian by way of Chicago by way of Kansas City, returns to his hometown this evening with BUTT, a live show featuring McAdam and his comedy partner, Chris Stephens. The duo have been involved with a variety of projects on Comedy Central, IFC, Funny or Die in recent years, and they are hilarious. Here is…
Monday, August 5 Because why not, it’s apparently National Oyster Day. If you’re in the mood to celebrate, head to Lee’s Summit and visit Pearl Tavern (1672 Northwest Chipman Road), where they’re serving $1 Delaware oysters all day long (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.). The event will also feature drink specials and giveaways. Or: learn how to make both homemade ricotta…
Pixabay Technically, Jackson County voters will decide on November 5 of this year who should replace Brandon Ellington and DaRon McGee in the Missouri House of Representatives. But in many ways, that decision will already have been made for them. Last week, Governor Mike Parson at last issued a long-awaited call for special elections to fill the seats of Ellington…
wycokck.org Faith Rivera attended her first Board of Public Utilities meeting in April of this year. The Kansas City, Kansas, resident — she’s a precinct leader in the Rosedale neighborhood — watched as a handful of her fellow citizens asked the BPU’s board of directors for help with their various utility problems. One said her service had been turned off on one…
Syozen, “Yellow Mountain Pine Peak” Traditional Chinese ink drawing, breakdancing, and weaving are all in the mix at Kansas City art shows this month. A handful of notable exhibitions close at the end of August, too, so if you’ve been spending all your time at the pool, throw on your sandals and go see these shows before Labor Day arrives….
“Handsome” Harley Race, who grew up near the northwest Missouri town of Quitman and later rose to prominence as a professional wrestler, has died. Today at 12:50, we lost the man that fought up until the very last of his existence. More information will be released soon, but just know that he loved pro-wrestling and the fans that loved him….
Lucas for KC It’s official: Quinton Lucas is mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. The man’s got a lot on his plate. Kansas City has one of the highest crimes rates in the country, an evident lack of affordable housing, and 319 square miles of jurisdiction full of neighborhoods, each with their own sets of diverse issues. In an interview with…
