If you find yourself in town for one of the many basketball tourneys in the next weeks, and need a respite from the squeaky-sneakers-on-wooden-courts, you may want to check out some of the venues with good tunes.
It was the roaring ‘20s, and 18th and Vine was the center of the black community at the time. The stage at the Panama Club was their showcase. It was also the beginning of Mayor Tom Pendergast’s political era, with the lax enforcement of liquor,…
The Peanut Cold beer, Killer wings and BLTs The Peanut was the very first bar to get its liquor license after prohibition was repealed in 1933. (Before the repeal, it was a speakeasy.) A neighborhood dive just south of the Plaza, they serve up…
If you are heading to KC for the NCAA Basketball Tourney, then you are in store for some great hoops and even better Q. My preference is always Oklahoma Joe’s, especially the pork, although LC’s pork sandwich is pretty killer, too. And I really love…
Last night, Kansas City’s ad community gathered to celebrate themselves at the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF-KC) 2013 Addy Awards show and reward creative excellence. Happily, Best Road Trip Ever! took home the gold for Apps in the digital advertising category. The road to Best Road…
This Friday, November 6th would have been Kathy’s birthday. She passed last year after a battle with cancer. I was fortunate to have known Kathy, and her art was a big crowd favorite at the Rare Visions/Detour Art show at the Belger. Eclectics Gallery in…
Don, Narrow Larry, and Erika Nelson Sometimes it takes visitors to get you out into your own town. Luckily, Don, Erika and Larry aren’t your typical visitors, and wandering aimlessly is AOK with them. Downtown Kansas City Public Library 14 West 10th Street Signs ‘n…
The March 2009 “Green” issue of the home/shelter magazine, Spaces has hit the newsstands and it was a doubly-good issue. Not only did they come by my over-crowded home to see the collection as it was being packed up for the Belger show, there is…
Whew – yesterday we moved all of the rest of the art from my house (102 pieces in all) and also from Mike Murphy’s house. Luckily, it was one of those freak February days that was 65 and sunny. Last week the art came in…