Icelandair.com It was always rather amazing that Icelandair decided to offer direct flights from Kansas City to Iceland—the first nonstop flight to Europe in our little old airport’s history. But the party is over. The airline announced today that it will be discontinuing flights from both KC and San Francisco “due to commercial reasons”—i.e., not enough people buying those flights….
Ragazza’s Southmoreland spot was previously a Nature’s Own grocery store. // Photo by Zach Bauman. No one wants to listen to a restaurant critic complain about her job. But if there’s a drawback to this gig, it’s that even when I love a place, I rarely get to return. By the time I’ve signed the receipt, I’m already thinking about…
(Courtesy Lidia’s Kansas City) Monday, September 30 Celebrating 21 (!) years in business tonight is Lidia’s Kansas City (101 West 22nd Street), and Lidia Bastianich herself will be in the house. Bastianich’s restaurant, just one of two outside New York, is offering a multi-course menu for $55 in honor of the anniversary, with wine pairings available for an additional $30…
Last year, the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at The University of Kansas put together a series of horror screenings called Feminist Fright Fest, which re-contextualized films such as Carnival of Souls and The Love Witch from a feminist perspective. The series also included discussions with local folks like Girls Rock Lawrence co-founding member Kelly Nightengale and…
torbakhopper Thursday evening, the space where the Buckner, Missouri, branch of Mid-Continent Public Library hosts its community events sat empty. The event space was supposed to be filled with attendees of the library system’s second Trans 101 event, but the presentation was postponed. The decision to hold off on the transgender educational event comes after four people spoke out against…
Not parody: Fox 4 KC has a real story that somehow has not yet been removed about One Local Mom who thinks drinking industrial bleach helps with her kids’ autism. Far from being framed as a tragic story about a confused mother poisoning her children, this piece (headline: “Better thanks to bleach? Lenexa mom says chemical mix significantly improved son’s…
Dear Dan: I’m a 35-year-old bisexual man in a LTR with a man. My question, however, has to do with my parents. As an adolescent/teen, I was a snoop (as I think most of us are, looking for dad’s porn stash, etc.). I was probably 12 or so when I found evidence of my dad being a cross-dresser. There were…
The Central Business Corridor (Port KC) Earlier this week, the Port Authority of Kansas City approved a proposal that would give the mayor and city council more discretion in which projects the agency incentivizes in the downtown area. “Economic success and quality job growth for KC depends upon collaboration and partnership,” Port KC President and CEO Jon Stephens said in…
Photo by Aaron Rhodes. Few members of Kansas City’s DIY punk scene have proven as prolific as Bennett Weaver has over the last half-decade. Since forming his first band in his final year of elementary school, Weaver has been involved with nearly 20 different acts and recording projects. Some never made it past their initial demo, others became cult internet…
Arturo Cabral mug shot In early 2017, Arturo Cabral, the former owner of El Patron Cocina and Bar, on Southwest Boulevard, was charged with three counts of rape. One woman claimed to have been drugged by Cabral on the Country Club Plaza in 2015. Another had three drinks and blacked out at Cabral’s apartment; she woke up to find him…
A full room of citizens stood up in support of an ordinance that would decriminalize possession of 100 grams of marijuana during a KCMO city council committee meeting on Wednesday. Although the committee did decide to delay a vote on the ordinance until next month, the only person in the room who made an argument against the ordinance was KCPD…
Photo by Joe Carey. Wonder Fair, the downtown Lawrence print shop slash art-supply emporium, started out in 2008 as a gallery, hosting exhibitions in its basement and later its second-floor space at 803 Massachusetts Street. In recent years, though, Wonder Fair has evolved into more of a retail shop, full of zines, prints, ceramics, and other lovely and thoughtful gifts….
Just outside Lawrence city limits, down a gravel driveway off 59 Highway, is an old farmhouse where the musician and producer Mitch Hewlett lives. There’s woods to the south, a cornfield to the north, and, right before you reach the farmhouse, a little, old, low, squat building, unassuming from the outside. Inside is a different story. This is the Coop,…
Photo by Jacqueline Ayala. Jessica Ayala learned how to write in English before she could speak English. Her family emigrated from Colombia to south Kansas City in 1983, when she was just three years old. And Ayala still writes before she speaks—she considers it a foundational quality of her poetry. “I think that is my poetry,” Ayala says. “My poetry…
A true Renaissance Ron. // Photo by Emily Shur. Nick Offerman is still best known as Ron Swanson, the walrus-mustachioed libertarian of Parks and Recreation, but the figure he increasingly seems to cut is that of a modern renaissance man. Offerman runs his own wood shop in Los Angeles. He’s written four books, including one with his wife, the actress…
From left: Combs, Love, Luty, and Coppage on the bus // Photo by Erin Stricker, courtesy of The Coterie Theatre. It’s probably a coincidence that The Coterie Theatre’s Rise Up opened the same day as the global climate strike. Rise Up isn’t about climate change, but it’s another striking demonstration of youths bringing international attention—maybe even change—to a cause. In…
The Black Keys // Photo by Aaron Rhodes. Prior to Tuesday night, it had been nearly five years since the last Black Keys show rolled through Kansas City. The Akron duo—guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney—had embarked on a kind of hiatus in 2015, after more or less 15 straight years of hard touring. They are now back on…
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Troy Schulte // KCMO Water Dept. YouTube Troy Schulte announced today he will retire as city manager of Kansas City, Missouri. “I’ve made this decision with a sense of pride and nostalgia,” Schulte said in a statement. “Serving as KCMO’s City Manager for the last decade has been the greatest and most rewarding professional achievement of my life and I…
Dear Dan: I don’t listen to your podcast religiously, but as soon as I told my best friend this story, she said, “That’s a question for Dan Savage!” Backstory: I have a monogamous partner who I live with. It’s a heterosexual relationship, but we are both bisexual. That little inkling of homosexuality really drew me to him when we first…
Head to the Antler Room on Tuesday for the Goellners’ third Izakaya pop-up. (Photo by April Fleming) Tuesday, September 24 Chef Nick Goellner will be creating a unique izakaya-inspired a la carte menu tonight at the Antler Room (2506 Holmes Road). In Japan, an izakaya is a lively place where friends gather over drinks and small shared plates. The Antler…
Dear Dan: My roommate is a gay man who is into getting fisted. A lot. We were FWBs until he moved into my place, at which point we agreed it would be better for us to not have sex anymore. It’s worked out fine, and he’s been here for a year. Here’s the problem: About two years ago, he got…
When you grow up in the textile industry, creating designs from traditional fabrics isn’t difficult. Or, at least, that’s been true for Gabriela Arslanoglu. The Peruvian designer mixes styles from her home country with fashion trends in Kansas City, and she’s advocating for other designers to do the same. We spoke with Arslanoglu before her newest collection shows at Kansas…
Stephen Smith Kansas City is joining millions from around the world today in a global climate strike with a mass rally at the J.C. Nichols Fountain at Mill Creek Park. The hour-long rally will start tonight (Friday) at 5 p.m., with a march around the Country Club Plaza at 6 p.m. This evening’s event is part of the US Climate…
