Subject: North Kansas City

• Gravy Boat

  May 24, 2001

• Studies in Crap: "1001 WaysTo Be Romantic"

  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. He does this for one reason: Knowledge is power. 1001 Ways To Be Romantic Author: Gregory J.P Godek Publisher: Casablanca Press Date: 1995 Discovered at: Turnstyles thrift store, Overland Park The Cover Promises: If you own this, your relationship is failing. Representative Quotes: "490: Greet him at the door with confetti." "495

  January 22, 2009

• Best Community Center

  October 17, 2002

• Events/Fairs/Festivals

  June 4, 2009

• Best No-Nonsense Name For A Bar

  October 9, 2003

• Adieu, Harrah's Lucky Break, adieu.

  Bottom Line Communications has with sweet sorrow reported that your mom's favorite show, Harrah's Lucky Break, has been canceled. According to Bottom Lines, the Idol-style talent show, which was filmed on Tuesdays inside of Toby Keith's Unbearable Lightness of Being at this Bar and Grill at Harrah's Casino in North Kansas City and broadcast on Saturday nights on KMBC, was cut for financial reasons. In it's three years, the show drew not only from the area's abundance of talented, hopeful and de

  February 11, 2009

• Best Main Street

  October 7, 2004

• Not Exactly Skinhead Spam

  May 18, 2006

• Lust, Love, Lesbians

  January 15, 2009

• knock out or Tap Out

  December 18, 2008

• Loss Leader

  February 7, 2008

• Held Back

  You think you'd enjoy a nice, peaceful walk along the Missouri River? Sorry, but The Man says no.

  November 29, 2007

• Sister Stripper

  The cop horny for her sibling's lover, and other northern species.

  November 25, 2004

• Goodnight, Harry

  July 19, 2007

• Not Real World: Kansas City

  June 28, 2007

• Bet On This Dive

  June 7, 2007

• Hoa Cookin'

  David Du brings some real Vietnam cooking to Burlington Street.

  March 22, 2007

• How to be a Kans-Ass

  January 4, 2007

• One Big Dog

  August 31, 2006

• Beer Wars tonight

  Tonight is finally the night for Beer Wars, a documentary about the rise of micro-brewers and the battle against the two 800-pound gorillas -- SAB and Anheuser-Busch. For some reason, the film is being shown in theaters for one night only and at only one time, 7 p.m. Theaters showing it include AMCs in Olathe, Leawood and North Kansas City, Cinemark on the Plaza, Cinemark in Merriam and the Regal Kansas City 18 Cinemas at Casino Station.After the film, there is a live Web cast with the brewers i

  April 16, 2009

• Breakin' Too

  November 17, 2005

• Toto Moto

  Did the Wizard ride a scooter?

  May 26, 2005

• Night Wranglers

  At a cowboy bar, we elude the lasso -- and the cover charge.

  April 14, 2005

• Office Space Case

  When we're done with the TPS reports, we love drinkin' with cubemates.

  January 6, 2005

• Night & Day Events

  Week of October 7, 2004

  October 7, 2004

• Country Club

  The Ethnic Enrichment Festival gets our goat.

  August 19, 2004

• Night & Day Events

  Week of August 19, 2004

  August 19, 2004

• Jug-a-Lug

  It's a good cause for ta-tas.

  August 5, 2004

• Tales of the City

  You won't believe what one customer said to Tom Macaluso!

  September 4, 2003

• North by Northwest

  A dimly lit and sexy restaurant offers both pizza and martinis to Northland sophisticates.

  March 13, 2003

• Best High School Football Stadium

  North Kansas City High School

  October 18, 2001

• High Steaks

  Steak lovers find a happy home at The Range.

  July 26, 2001

• Thai Rise

  Now there's a reason to drive north for Thai food.

  March 8, 2001

• The Factory Life

  Thousands of Missourians with lifelong disabilities work for just a few cents an hour. Somebody has to do it.

  February 15, 2001

• Around Hear

  The New Year's music scene.

  December 28, 2000

• 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

• Church at VooDoo Friday, June 19, canceled

  We have just received word that the Church has canceled their show this Friday at the VooDoo Lounge suddenly and unexpectedly. We don't have any details right now as to why, nor do we know whether co-headliner Adam Franklin will still perform See below. This entry will be updated as the info comes in. No Church this Friday. Update, 12:49 p.m. Here's the official word. Additionally, the entire bill has been canceled, so Adam Franklin won't be performing, either. the church management and band

  June 17, 2009

• Procrastinator's Special

  This is the last week for Cowtown Ballroom...Sweet Jesus at the Armour Screenland Theater (408 Armour Road in North Kansas City, 64116), with showings Monday and Tuesday at 7:45 pm. There's also a very special finale on Wednesday, June 24. The Kansas City Film Commission is meeting at the Armour at 5:45 pm with free food and a cash bar. The meeting is open to the public. There will be a short business meeting at 6:15, and filmmakers Joe Heyen and Tony Ladesich will speak around 6:30. After that

  June 22, 2009

• D/Will Drops "Battery Effect" With Free Download

  North Kansas City rapper D/Will dropped his first album, Battery Effect, yesterday. It's available now for free download through 2DopeBoyz, a division of OkayPlayer (the Roots' label). Our reviewer speaks of D/Will's "considerable microphone skills and authenticity," which is a damned good endorsement. Get that sucker via this page, which offers up the link. He's got a show tonight at the Scion Lab (not to be confused with the Scion-sponsored show at the Czar Bar). It's presented by INnatesoun

  June 24, 2009

• D/Will

  June 18, 2009

• Bar 12

  October 16, 2008

• Hog Heaven

  January 12, 2006

• Now Hiring: Harrah's job fair

  A lot of people are hoping their luck turns around at Harrah's Casino (One Riverboat Drive in North Kansas City) and a few might actually leave with a paying gig after Tuesday. Harrah's is hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The ad suggests dressing up -- suits and ties for the guys and jackets with matching skirts (or pants) and shoes for the ladies. Bring a resume and be ready to interview with the likes of Nebraska Furniture Mart, T-Mobile, Wendy's, Quintiles and more.

  July 14, 2009

• Happy-Hour Hit list: Gladstone

  September 24, 2009

• SHE WANTS YOU TO WANT HER

  October 1, 2009

• Relic Tray: Dining Out 1976

  Who cares about the food? Give me a gold ring!​Leave it to Pitch archivist Alan Scherstuhl to find the most amazing treasures in Fat City. This 32-page special insert to the Kansas City Star dates back to August 8, 1976, just days before the city hosted the Republican National Convention at Kemper Arena. ​The Republican delegates not only had to vote for a presidential candidate (Gerald Ford narrowly defeated a challenge from Ronald Reagan) -- they had to eat! So this tabloid i

  October 26, 2009

• Charity Scares

  October 29, 2009

• Tonight: This Is It at Screenland Armour

  The Michael Jackson documentary This Is It opens today at about two dozen theaters across the metro, but tonight, the elegant, bar-equipped Screenland Armour in North Kansas City beckons you to its It premiere at 11 p.m. You can reserve a VIP suite by calling the box office at 816-994-7380. If you're a Jacko fan, then you already know what this movie's all about. If not, it's basically a behind-the-scenes-style documentary about the King of Pop rehearsing in the spring of '09 for what would've

  October 28, 2009

• Now Open: Judi's Bakery in Parkville

  Judi's Bakery expands to a third location​The North Kansas City-based Judi's Bakery, which also operates a location in the Legends complex in Wyandotte County, opened its third store a week ago in the Parkville Commons Shopping Center at the intersection of Highway 9 and Tom Watson Parkway. Like the Legends location, all the baked goods -- doughnuts, cookies, cakes, sweet rolls -- are delivered from the main commissary bakery on Burlington Avenue. 

  November 3, 2009

• Now you have plans for the weekend

  Thank you Record Bar, for pepper-infused vodka. ​You need plans. Fat City has a recycle bin full of listings. In this post, all our problems are solved.Weird things always happen on Friday the 13th. So you might as well embrace the spookiness and get to Californos for its Haunted Bar. Scary movies are promised at the Westport haunt for the freaky evening that kicks off at 10 p.m. If you're still figuring out what to serve for Thanksgiving, Off the Vine Design & Cellar can help with a Thank

  November 13, 2009