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Subject: Johnson County Community College

  • Noontime Jazz

    March 19, 2009
  • Culinary School Diary: Week 13

    By OWEN MORRIS Tonight I finally realized why Johnson County Community College has our upper-level class cook in the smallest and most crowded kitchen in the entire school. The answer dawned on me as I was literally stuck in an impasse between two students cooking on a stove-top with two more students beyond them in each direction. In the best of times the fit between stove-top and warming station is only two-feet wide but a mass of bodies filled that two feet. I had a flashback to a similar

    November 25, 2008
  • Top ten things culinary school tought me

    Having just finished up a four-month culinary course, I thought I'd share some of the best kernels of knowledge I've acquired before I forget them myself. What follows is ten different concepts, tricks or just plain sense that culinary school has taught me so far:Number Ten: Mis en place. For chefs, this means having an organized kitchen after five hours of non-stop action. For lay people this means finally doing that major cleaning and overhaul of your kitchen's utensils, spices and food so tha

    December 3, 2008
  • Prairie Home Companions

    January 25, 2001
  • Kelly Conwell: student chef of the year

    Congratulations to Johnson County Community College's Kelly Conwell, who won the central region's student chef of the year award at the American Culinary Federation Conference this past weekend in Schaumburg, Illinois. "I was absolutely completely happy just to even get to regionals and to win -- oh my gosh. Winning is great," she tells me.Conwell had to beat out three other students and make a menu in 60 minutes plus five minutes to plate. It took nearly a minute for Conwell to just describe ev

    February 26, 2009
  • Letters from the week of February 22

    February 22, 2007
  • Eye-Boggling

    January 29, 2009
  • Sustainable Creations

    January 29, 2009
  • Two, the Aesthete Way

    November 20, 2008
  • Your Brain May Be Genius

    October 16, 2008
  • Hispanic Pride in JoCo

    September 4, 2008
  • Save Earth and Money

    September 4, 2008
  • Mortarboard of Fare

    September 4, 2008
  • Movement Minus Politics

    April 24, 2008
  • Paris in the Springtime

    April 17, 2008
  • JoCo Vanguard

    October 25, 2007
  • Seiden Gone Wild

    February 8, 2007
  • Art Capsule Reviews

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    December 8, 2005
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    December 1, 2005
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    November 24, 2005
  • Art Capsule Reviews

    Our critics recommend these shows.

    November 17, 2005
  • Art Capsule Reviews

    Our critics recommend these shows.

    November 10, 2005
  • High on Grass

    October 6, 2005
  • Best Theatrical Debut

    Peter Macy in Down Every Street Productions' "Tape"

    October 7, 2004
  • Creeping and Crawling

    Village Shalom hosts even more grotesque Boundary Creatures.

    August 12, 2004
  • Border Patrol

    Borderland stretches the boundaries of what’s grotesque.

    August 5, 2004
  • Roll Tape

    Trouble arrives in the suburbs.

    July 22, 2004
  • Mmm, Tasty

    Dana Schutz's mean girls, breeders and self-eaters invade Johnson County.

    June 10, 2004
  • This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

    February 19, 2004
  • Promises, Promises

    What happened to all those places that were supposed to be open by now?

    September 18, 2003
  • This Weeks Day-By-Day Picks

    February 27, 2003
  • Best Cultural Oasis in Johnson County

    Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art

    October 18, 2001
  • Night & Day Events

    Week of March 15, 2001

    March 15, 2001
  • Night & Day Events

    Week of November 9, 2000

    November 9, 2000
  • Night & Day Events

    July 6, 2000
  • Windows of the soul

    Uta Barth: nowhere near is more than a series of photographs that each feature the same backyard and window panes.

    June 15, 2000
  • Wicked whimsy

    California Dreamin' at Johnson County Community College's Gallery of Art makes art of fun.

    April 27, 2000
  • Old-School Circus

    May 14, 2009
  • Six things to do this weekend

    Friday Punk It! -- a fashion, art and music showcase hosted by local designer Cali Roberta. (Oops! I accidentally listed this in last week's roundup, but it's really, truly happening tonight at the Scion Lab, behind Grinders on Oak between 18th and 19th streets. I promise.) Got a scooter? Mad Toto Scooter Club's annual scooter festival starts today. Tornado R'Alley involves group rides, scooter judging and a scoot-in screening of The Wizard of Oz. Step back in circus time at Sar-Ko-Par Trai

    May 15, 2009
  • Latin Flair

    June 25, 2009
  • Latin Flair

    June 25, 2009
  • Buy your KC Urban Farms and Gardens Tour tickets now

    A packed week of urban farming events, such as special dinners last night and numerous classes this past weekend, is just a precursor to the actual Urban Farms and Garden Tour this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Although seven hours may seem like a long time, it's not nearly enough to participate in and see all the sites on this year's tour. There are 30 locations, from the hives at Ambrose Bee Pharm (8000 Oldham Road) to New Roots for Refugees (N. 1st Street & Richmond Avenue, KCK) which prov

    June 25, 2009
  • JCCC's Kelly Conwell wins best student chef in the country

    Conwell in the foreground, cooking in front of fellow Johnson County Community College studentsThis past February, Johnson County Community College student Kelly Conwell was ecstatic to go to Illinois and be able to compete against her Midwestern peers for the American Culinary Federation's central region student chef of the year. At the time, she told Fat City she was "completely happy just to even get to regionals." She went on to win, with a complex menu that earned her a trip to the ACF's na

    July 17, 2009
  • Breakfast Buffet: Friday, August 28

    A look at the history and choices when it comes to mead and a few suggestions for how to make your own. [The Wort Hog] A recipe for poblano cream soup and a conversation with the manager of the greenhouse at Johnson County Community College. [Making of a Foodie]A visit to Kansas City and a desire to experience this city's barbecue begins and ends with Oklahoma Joe's. [The Faster Times]This might be something you don't want to know, but the contents are out of the wrapper, so to speak, with an i

    August 28, 2009
  • Now you have plans for the weekend

    ​You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of event listings. In this post, all of our problems are solved.Black Cover Records gets the weekend off to a rocking start -- pairing Indie music with craft beers at the Black Clover Records Beer Fest. The fourth annual event starts Friday at 5 p.m. with more than 30 breweries in attendance, including new Belgium and Mikkeller. Tickets are $30 for the tasting and show. The Mission Arts & Eats Festival starts to night from 5 to 11:30 p.m. an

    September 18, 2009
  • Musical Fiesta

    September 24, 2009
  • Word Up

    October 1, 2009
  • A WORLD ON TWO STRINGS

    November 5, 2009
  • All Souls Day

    November 19, 2009
  • Now you have plans for the weekend

    ​You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved.Get Your Sugar Fix at The JCCC Pastry Shop If you need an eclair stat, you have just a few more minutes to get over to the Johnson County Community College Pastry Shop. Every Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. during the semester, culinary students crank out homemade pies, tortes, and chocolate candies. It's a classic bake shop that just happens to be on a college campus.Mix It Up It is time again to w

    November 20, 2009