Jun

26

Big Weekend

June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment

Some highlights of stuff going on this weekend…
KCK Street Blues Festival
Two days of some of the best blues bands from KC and beyond. Friday and Saturday at 13th and State Avenue in KCK.
Royals vs. Cards
The I-70 Series returns for another installment Friday-Sunday. And please, please wear some blue to the stadium this year.
Quixotic Performance Ensemble
A [...]

Jun

24

Music Exchange inventory for sale

June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments

Two years ago the Music Exchange closed and the city lost one of its last record stores. Next month the store’s inventory goes on sale, according to the Pitch’s Wayward Blog. It includes half a million records and stacks of flyers, posters, and other memorbilia. Here are the details.

Jun

20

The gift that keeps on giving

June 20, 2008 | 15 Comments

No, it’s not The Clap, it’s The Cordish.  As in the Power & Light District developer the Cordish Company.  We begged the Cordish Company to help us revitalize Downtown, and some days it seems like we might have made a deal with the devil. The gifts have ranged from record-setting tax breaks to delayed openings [...]

Jun

17

Union Station Massacre anniversary and documentary

June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today is the 75th anniversary of the Union Station Massacre, an infamous shootout between law enforcement and the Kansas City Mob in 1933. Tonight the station will show a new documentary about the massacre called Shooting Back in Time. It is produced by Terrance O’Malley, who created the excellent Nelly Don documentary that played at [...]

Jun

12

Poo overflow postpones Flush Creek dragon boat races

June 12, 2008 | 6 Comments

Recent heavy rains have caused sewer overflows into Flush Brush Creek, forcing Saturday’s dragon boat races to be postponed until July 26. That’s too bad, because the floating turds would have added an obstacle course element to the boat races.

Jun

3

Sugar Creek Slavic Festival

June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The suburbs of Sugar Creek in the east and KCK’s Strawberry Hill in the west form two Slavic bookends on either side of the metro area.  Both neighborhoods have long histories of hosting Slavic immigrants and throwing great parties to celebrate that heritage.  This weekend is Sugar Creek’s annual Slavic Festival.  Head east to sample [...]

May

27

Wanted: Copy Editor for Muralist

May 27, 2008 | 5 Comments

Call the grammar police, and snap your photos while it lasts. The Monarchs baseball team was definitely plural, not possessive.
This is a photo of a new mural going up along Truman Road between Grand and Walnut, in the Power & Light District. It matches an earlier mural a block west. Both murals serve as temporary [...]

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