Aug

30

KCTV-5 gets Plaza Lighting Ceremony

August 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

Live! Late-Breaking! Investigative!  Sleazy!  Channel 5 has won the rights to televise the next three Plaza lighting ceremonies, beating out long time presenter Channel 9.  We can’t wait to see how KCTV sleazes up this Kansas City institution.  Perhaps they will conduct Internet perv stings live from inside the crowd?

Aug

28

Arrowhead naming rights

August 28, 2008 | 10 Comments

It was just a matter of time before the Chiefs went ahead and sold the naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium.  The new lease with Jackson County allowed it, so this shouldn’t be a surprise. Since it’s inevitable, let’s look at some local companies that might be interested in buying the naming rights…
Hallmark Cards – Crayola [...]

Aug

28

Labor Day Festivals

August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

If high transportation costs has you stuck in town over the Labor Day weekend, there will still be some great entertainment options available.
Irish Fest
One of the country’s biggest Irish festivals runs Friday-Sunday at Crown Center.  This year they are expanding into Washington Square Park, so hopefully that hill help alleviate the overcrowding that happened last [...]

Aug

28

Rockhurst/BS-South game on ESPN

August 28, 2008 | Comments Off

Rockhurst High School vs. Blue Springs has traditionally been the big high school football rivalry in this area, but in recent years Blue Springs South has joined the rivalry. This Sunday at 11:00 a.m. ESPN will nationally televise the game between 2007 state champs Rockhurst and 2006 state champs BS South.
The Wednesday Sun: Rockhurst readies [...]

Aug

27

Jolie Justus on blogging politicians

August 27, 2008 | Comments Off

Hey Cameraman is at the Democratic National Convention and scored a video interview with State Senator Jolie Justus. She talks about her experiances blogging as an elected official and about blogging in general.  Check out her experiences at the DNC on her Fresh Meat blog, which she is updating from her iPhone.

Aug

26

Comedy returns to Westport

August 26, 2008 | Comments Off

The Glazer clan may have packed up Stanford’s and moved their drama to the hinterlands of KCK.  The Power & Light District may be planning to bring a St. Louis comedy chain to Downtown. But Westport will not be denied its comedy. Improv troupe ComedyCity has relocated from Downtown’s Columbus Park neighborhood to a new [...]

Aug

25

More layoffs coming at the Star

August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Bottom Line Communications has news that The KC Star is getting ready to announced another big round of layoffs, largely due to its continued inability to adapt to the no-longer-new Internet age.

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