Subject: Fourth of July

• The second-annual Taste of Troost festival: a KC Fourth of July street party for the ages

  July 2, 2009

• Road Trip

  July 2, 2009

• Al Latta will not be allowed to serenade America

  Damn, of all the weekends to muzzle Kansas City's most enigmatic crooner, why does it have to be the Fourth of July? According to this story, Latta's home base, the Cigar Box, has its liquor license suspended for two days due to violating city ordinances, selling booze to minors among them. The suspension starts at 6 a.m. July 4th, and ends at midnight, July 5. Too bad Latta and the Box won't get their hands on a little of that sweet holiday drinking money, but at least this way maybe he'll

  July 1, 2009

• What to do this weekend -- our suggestions

  Celebrate America. Duh -- it's Fourth of July weekend. But seriously, Worlds of Fun is having a Celebrate America Festival every Friday and Saturday in July. Since you're probably not working today, you should just go now. As a reward for surviving the Orient Express, there will be fireworks in the evening.If you want to wait until Saturday to get your Independence Day on, head to the Crossroads. Due to the holiday, some galleries are waiting until next weekend to hold their monthly openings. Bu

  July 3, 2009

• Flier of the Week: Fourth of July at the Replay on the Fourth of July

  Fourth of July plays the Replay on the Fourth of July. Wow, if that's not meta, I don't know what is. Anyhow, we're attempting to showcase a flier every week we think goes above and beyond the usual clip art / movie still means of show promotion, and creates something that might actually be construed as "art." As far as inaugural pieces go, this one's a corker. If you have a flier you'd like to submit, drop me a line.

  July 3, 2009

• Concert Review: Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd at Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone

  I don't have a gun, a trucker hat or any cutoff denim clothing. I refuse to drink PBR, I drive a Japanese car and honestly, motorcycles kind of freak me out. Despite all of this, I thought that to turn down tickets to see Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd on the Fourth of July would be decidedly unpatriotic. Sandstone was packed... A veritable sea of white folks. I remember reading that a pack of four lawn tickets could be purchased for $100. It was true recession relief. Kid Rock would later thank

  July 6, 2009

• KCK's Schlitterbahn waterpark may actually open before summer ends

  Last we heard, KCK's Schlitterbahn Vacation Village Waterpark was hiring. Now, the lucky hires may actually get to collect paychecks; the waterpark might open next week (although there's no official opening date, yet). KMBC Channel 9 reports that the first phase of construction at the waterpark is finished and the park will open with 13 attractions. Here's the list of water slides, rollercoasters and more.The Schlitterblog shows photos of "Torrent River" getting filled with water on the Fourth

  July 8, 2009

• Mighty Mighty Bosstones Enter the Studio For New Album

  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones entered the studio on the Fourth of July to begin recording their first album of all-new material since 2002's A Jackknife to a Swan. They've been posting regular Twitter updates, including a master list of all the songs they're working on. Nine of those songs have been culled from the 25 listed, leaving 16 remaining. No idea as to which ones made the cut. Since the band reunited in late 2007, they've released the b-sides collection Medium Rare and a 7" single with

  July 20, 2009

• Concert Review: Toby Keith at Sprint Center

  Because he's a ka-jillionaire whose product is mostly shoveled by Wal-Mart and is therefore in no position to sell out anyway, I don't know why it surprised me that Toby Keith, that big ol' hunk of American angus, opened his Friday-night Sprint Center show with a seven-minute Ford commercial. Camille Brecht​ Or that hearty Ford logos bedecked his tailgate-themed stage set. Or that this stirred reverential whoops from the breasts of an audience more like constituents than mere fans. "S

  August 3, 2009

• Official Guide: 2009 Pitch Music Showcase and Awards

  August 6, 2009

• Shon Pernice out of jail and in court

  Shon Pernice​Shon Pernice, the husband of a missing Northland woman, bonded out of jail last night, KSHB Channel 41 reports. Pernice is scheduled to be in court this morning for a preliminary hearing on charges that he endangered the welfare of his two sons and threatened a neighbor (the same neighbor that accused Pernice of stealing a gun from his home) on the Fourth of July. A grand jury indicted Pernice in July.Shon Pernice's wife, Renee Pernice, disappeared at the beginning of the year. Re

  August 21, 2009

• Friday Freebies

  And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em. ​ Artsy type things in Lawrence this weekend include two art openings. Friday night is the opening reception for "Heaviness," an exhibition by Donika Wiley, at the Lawrence Arts Center from 7-9pm. Wiley was the 2008-09 artist-in-residence in printmaking at the Arts Center. Saturday night is the last night of the Asteroid Head show, "

  September 11, 2009

• A Single Man

  January 14, 2010

• Los Cabos opens in Mission Farms

  ​Los Cabos -- the twelfth restaurant from KC Hopps -- opened last Monday in Mission Farms. Today it debuts a new menu with several additional seafood and vegetarian items.  "We look at every concept and decide if it's something we can do well," says Chris Sutton, CEO of KC Hopps. "In this case, we felt like we had the talent to put our mark on the location in Mission Farms." The restaurant at 10551 Mission Road seats 268 people with two private dining rooms available -- and what Sutton be

  February 18, 2010

• Simon Joyner

  March 18, 2010