Subject: Lenexa

• The Start in Lenexa: WTF!?!?

  July 27, 2007

• Weekend Events, by Caleb the Surprisingly Thoughtful Redneck

  August 24, 2007

• Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, 8/4

  August 5, 2008

• Merciful God in Heaven Above! It's Another Festival This Weekend

  September 5, 2008

• Best Place to Buy Hockey Gear

  January 27, 2000

• Best Park

  October 19, 2000

• Holy Grail

  April 12, 2001

• Gravy Images

  February 14, 2002

• People of Lenexa! Watch your credit union!

  You know how so many of the corporate CEOs and bankers and just about anyone else who got bailout money used a chunk of it for pygmy giraffes small enough to keep as pets and ride around the house, or whatever it is you spend money on when you've got more of it than God, and how this righteously pissed off every taxpayer? We're not saying anything like that's going to happen at the U.S. Central Federal Credit Union in Lenexa, but considering today's news we'd like it if

  January 29, 2009

• Count Down

  February 13, 2003

• Suburban Bawl

  July 3, 2003

• Studies in Crap Presents Your Child's Favorite Weeping Farmer Coloring Book

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Farmer and the Crows Authors: Herbert R. Simmons and Lester L. Boyice Publisher: H&R Publishing, Lenexa, Kansas Date: 1982 Discovered at: Salvation Army, Johnson Drive & Lamar The Cover Promises: Crows and a sunburned farmer but none of the anguish within. Represe

  February 12, 2009

• Best Unintentionally Hilarious Metro Digest Section in the Star

  October 9, 2003

• Pie and Dry

  November 27, 2003

• If the Copa Room can make it Lenexa, it can make it anywhere

  January 8, 2009

• I Worked at Kmart With John McCain’s Director of Strategy

  September 4, 2008

• Kabab & Curry left the creativity out of its name – and saved it for the dishes

  July 24, 2008

• Midnight Riders

  July 10, 2008

• Letters

  June 12, 2008

• Winger

  February 28, 2008

• Chicken Lickin'

  The wait for Stroud's and the long absence of K.T. Fryers keep anxieties sizzling.

  December 20, 2007

• Letters from the week of November 22

  Bike riders — and the KC drivers who wish they'd get off the roads — make some noise.

  November 22, 2007

• Night & Day Events

  Week of October 18, 2001

  October 18, 2001

• Dogs Paddle

  August 16, 2007

• Get Wet

  August 2, 2007

• Girl Drinks

  March 22, 2007

• Beachfront Plague

  July 19, 2007

• Lenexa's Mom Party

  July 12, 2007

• Cover Up

  Do you think we really want to see your ass cheeks?

  July 12, 2007

• KC Disasterpiece

  Barbecue baron Rich Davis and his saucy sons have left plenty of people feeling burned.

  July 21, 2005

• Stripped Down

  Freedom Festival fans are liberated -- from their clothes.

  June 30, 2005

• Cut! Print!

  And now, a break for some celebrity news.

  June 2, 2005

• Rasslin'

  We're boiling over with anticipation.

  July 22, 2004

• Fitch Slap

  Letters from the week of September 18, 2003

  September 18, 2003

• Breakers 10-4

  A long day of bar competition ends at the pool -- the pool hall, that is.

  August 14, 2003

• All Natural

  Parkville Nature Sanctuary is a good retreat.

  September 4, 2003

• They Smoke What?

  A Lenexa cookoff gets zany.

  June 26, 2003

• Fantasy Island

  If you can't fly away to the Caribbean, Lenexa has a no-frills alternative.

  February 15, 2001

• Night & Day Events

  Week of September 7, 2000

  September 7, 2000

• Aye yi yi yi

  A strolling guitarist, good food, and the relaxed chaos of Los Chavez bring a taste of Southwest Boulevard to Lenexa.

  June 8, 2000

• Old-School Circus

  May 14, 2009

• Don't be scurred! Overkill plays a benefit this weekend

  If you only enjoy the safe confines of conscious rap -- the kind that helps sell cologne and booze -- then you're missing out on some quality head-bobbing, cognac-sipping experiences. Of course, that brand of too-real rap scares the crap out of my nancy ass.Venturing out to the West Bottoms to see dudes rapping about getting head is too hood for me, so I have to settle for the video by Chris Williamson: Thanks for alerting us to the video, TKC! It reminds me: Overkill, one of the best acts in t

  May 20, 2009

• Sailor Sequence premieres a new CD at a Lenexa church club

  On Friday, downtempo Olathe pop band Sailor Sequence will present a new album called 5 at a CD-release party in Lenexa. Incidentally, the band tells me that 5 was recorded at The Punch recording studio in Lenexa. One of the contenders for Best Indie Pop in the 2009 Pitch Music Awards, SS plays soft, electronic songs that are sometimes all-instrumental. I've never seen the band play live, but the saccharine track "If I Break" totally gets me every time I hear it on Homegrown Buzz (which is just

  June 10, 2009

• Jerry's Bait Shop

  June 18, 2009

• Incoming: The Lonely H at Jerry's Bait Shop, June 28

  The Lonely H hail from Seattle and feature a frontman who's about as tall as Chewbacca. Drawing from a diverse array of influences, they manage to sound like an amalgamation of every classic rock band you've ever heard. There's some Allman Brothers jam in there, a little of Ronnie Van Zant's drawl, some Blue Oyster Cult cowbell--like I said, a little of everything. Still, their sound comes about in a manner that's refreshing and comfortable. You almost have to liken the Lonely H to a new pair o

  June 26, 2009

• What to do this weekend -- our suggestions

  1. Do the time warp. Rocky Horror Picture Show is screening for free at City Market Friday night.2. Cut it out. Comedian Dave Coulier (aka Uncle Joey to Full House fans) shares the laughs at Stanford's Comedy Club Friday night and Saturday.3. Walk the dog. On Saturday morning, there's a charity dog-walking event called Too Cool to Drool happening at Frontier Park.4. Embrace your inner geek. Lenexa Community Center is hosting the MO-KAN Comic Con all day Saturday and Sunday.5. Breathe in the bac

  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.The festival circuit continues and there's still something for everybody. Beer lovers, meat lovers, and vegetarians -- get ready to overeat. It's not October, but that doesn't mean your lederhosen can't make an appearance at Oktoberfest. Learn how to properly slide a beer down a bar or go to beer school at Worlds of Fun's annual German Festival the next two weekends. The two beer ga

  September 11, 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.It takes some time to make a good batch of chili and that's why the Lenexa Chili Challenge starts on Friday night at 5 p.m. More than 100 teams are expected to compete in this year's event, with the contest in Old Town Lenexa (corner of Sante Fe Trail Drive and Plfumm) starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday and winners being crowned at 4 p.m. Admission is $2 and there's a chili hotline if

  October 16, 2009

• Ex-employees charged with poisoning salsa at Mi Ranchito

  Arnoldo Bazan​Two allegedly vengeful former employees are accused of poisoning the salsa at Mi Ranchito in Lenexa. Husband-and-wife duo Arnoldo Bazan, 30, and Yini De La Torre, 19, are accused of mixing a Methomyl-based pesticide into salsa and serving it to customers at Mi Ranchito's Lenexa location. Court documents allege that Bazan and De La Torre plotted to poison Mi Ranchito's customers, hoping to hurt the restaurant's business as well as hoping the blame would fall on the restau

  November 6, 2009

• Ex-employees charged with poisoning salsa at Mi Ranchito

  Justin Kendall has the story of two former employees accused of poisoning the salsa at Mi Ranchito in Lenexa over on the Plog. Husband-and-wife duo Arnoldo Bazan, 30, and Yini De La Torre, 19, are accused of mixing a Methomyl-based pesticide into salsa and serving it to customers at Mi Ranchito's Lenexa location. Court documents allege that Bazan and De La Torre plotted to poison Mi Ranchito's customers, hoping to hurt the restaurant's business as well as hoping the blame would fall on

  November 6, 2009