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What career would you choose in an alternate reality? I think it would be really cool to be one of the characters on Yo Gabba Gabba, especially Brobee. My daughter would think I was the coolest EVER! What was the last local restaurant you patronized? Probably Lulu’s. We do it a lot for lunch.
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What local tradition do you take part in every year? Restaurant Week Celebrity you’d like to ride the Mamba with at Worlds of Fun: Not a roller-coaster guy, either … so probably the pilot Sully, who landed that plane in the Hudson … just in case. Favorite person or thing to follow on Twitter: Jasper Mirabile, especially his table 19 rants. Person or thing you find really irritating at this moment: Election-year rhetoric Last book you read: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall Favorite day trip: Probably to my in-laws’ house in Ft. Scott because it means (a) I get a day off and (b) I get to spend that day with my family. What is your most embarrassing dating moment? Had my car die on me once in high school and had to get a ride back in a tow truck. Interesting brush with the law? I did my college internship with the ATF, so I got to see some pretty wacky stuff. But the most interesting was, I had to go up to a crack house to retrieve some belongings for one of the agent’s informants. I was to say that I was the informant’s little brother and, no matter what, “Don’t go into the house.”
take(s) up a lot of space in my iTunes: A lot of hip-hop, old and new
Describe a recent triumph: We just celebrated our five-year anniversary of business. A pretty big triumph considering all the other “little wine shops” that have gone out of business in the same time span.
What movie do you watch at least once a year? Not a movie guy.
Cellar Rat, 1701 Baltimore, hosts special events and classes weekly.
What TV show do you make sure you watch? Top Chef and Criminal Minds
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Can you drunk-drive into a cop car and keep your license? Yes — if you’re Frank Ross III.
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at a sleepover. (Downs also was sentenced to 30 days of shock time in jail.) A local police officer not involved in the case says Ross’ sentence “sounds real light.” He adds: “I’d like to see the drunken-driving laws stiffened up. My conscience tells me that we ought to treat it much more seriously.” Michael Mansur, spokesman for the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, says Ross’ sentence is not uncommon. He notes that several
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vehicular-assault cases ended in suspended imposition of sentences. “It’s not uncommon when you’re dealing with someone who had no priors,” Mansur says. “It’s a fairly typical kind of sentence.” A suspended imposition of sentence means that if Ross successfully completes his probation, his case will be dismissed and the
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felony-assault charge wiped from his record. Mansur says Ross received no special treatment. “I know he had people in his car that were well-known,” he says. “But that really wasn’t a factor in any way that I can determine. I don’t think they got anything special.” Mansur says he spoke with the prosecutor in the case and was told that Stumpenhaus and Grinik and their families were fine with the outcome. However, both officers filed civil lawsuits against Ross following the wreck. Grinik sued Ross and the city. His lawsuit says he was “severely and permanently injured” and claims that he “suffered and will continue to suffer great physical pain and suffering, mental anguish and emotional distress.” Grinik, according to court documents, underwent surgery and physical therapy as a result of the collision. Grinik charges that the city was “careless, negligent, reckless and partly at fault” for not upgrading its traffic signals. A trial was scheduled for December 19, 2011. However, Grinik filed a notice of dismissal on December 1, signaling an out-ofcourt settlement. Stumpenhaus is still suing Ross. A jury trial is scheduled for September 4. Attorneys for Stumpenhaus and Grinik did not return calls from The Pitch. Neither did Ross. — JUSTIN KENDALL A clean slate at pitch.com/plog
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“THAT IS THE MOST CURIOUS ARRANGEMENT.”
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The Peace Planters argued that the city shouldn’t support or help finance a factory that would produce even non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons. Elected officials claimed that the plant would keep 2,100 high-paying jobs in Kansas City — along with $1.7 million in annual earnings-tax revenue — and create 1,500 construction jobs. “It will be built somewhere, and it ought to be built in Kansas City,” Funkhouser said at the time. The Bannister Federal Complex structure was simple: The feds owned the plant, and Honeywell operated it. The new plant’s ownership structure, however, is nothing short of dizzying: • Kansas City’s Planned Industrial Expansion Authority (PIEA) owns the plant and the land it is on. • Real-estate company CenterPoint Zimmer will lease the plant from the PIEA. • The General Services Administration will sublease the plant from CenterPoint Zimmer. • The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will sub-sublease the plant from the GSA. • Honeywell, a federal contractor with a contract to build weapons, will operate the plant as it does the Bannister Federal Complex, producing electronic systems and upgrading weapons. After the 25-year lease between PIEA and CenterPoint Zimmer expires, the city agency will transfer the title to CenterPoint, eliminating any government ownership. If the NNSA then extends its lease with CenterPoint, the plant would become the first privately owned site for building components for nuclear weapons. Given Bannister’s longevity — the Navy built the complex in 1943 to make fighter planes, and in 1949 it was repurposed to create systems and parts for the U.S. nuclear arsenal — extensions appear likely. The federal government also has an option to buy the plant, but GSA spokeswoman Angela M. Brees says there are no plans to purchase the facility. A Honeywell press release says the con-
tractor will begin its 19-month moving process January 23, 2013.The GSA will follow Honeywell out of Bannister in late 2014. That’s when the GSA plans to move more than 1,000 employees from the aging campus to a leased office space in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The move will finally end the federal government’s involvement with the historic site, whose role in World War II and the Cold War has been overshadowed in recent years by illnesses and deaths of hundreds of employees thought to have been poisoned by toxins while working there. The NNSA hopes to sell Bannister to a private developer. The plant’s private ownership is drawing both ire and bewilderment from experts. Richard Rhodes, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his classic The Making of the Atomic Bomb, says the ownership arrangement is an aberration in the history of the military-industrial complex. While many American companies make fortunes by selling arms, Rhodes says private ownership of a nuclear plant is a novel idea. “That is the most curious arrangement,” Rhodes tells The Pitch.
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ansas City becoming home to the nation’s first privately owned nuke plant required a confusing chain of leasing agreements, city bonds, and bids with the federal government. CenterPoint Zimmer — a collaboration of two real-estate agencies, Kansas City’s Zimmer Real Estate Services LLC and Illinois’ CenterPoint Properties — won a 2009 bidding process with the GSA to build the new plant. Meanwhile, the PIEA, a quasi-municipal agency set up to improve blighted parts of the city, took title of the plant’s future site, a soybean field on Botts Road. The city of Kansas City, Missouri, issued $687 million in bonds to raise money for the project. The GSA’s rent will flow through CenterPoint Zimmer and ultimately be used to pay off the PIEA bonds. Then the GSA, a federal agency that, among other responsibilities, finds office space for government entities, agreed to a 20-
year sublease with CenterPoint Zimmer. (Rent is set at $61,558,772 a year, totaling $1.23 billion over the life of the deal.) The GSA then sub-subleased the plant to the NNSA, a semiautonomous agency under the Department of Energy. A September 2010 press release from the NNSA only hinted at the unique relationship between the federal government and CenterPoint Zimmer: “The new campus of buildings … is a private facility being leased to the federal government.” Rhodes hadn’t heard of the plant’s ownership structure until asked about it by The Pitch. Rhodes says tethering the local economy to defense spending may be foolish, given the reduction in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. (In 2010, the United States had 5,113 warheads, down from 22,217 in 1989 and 31,225 in 1967.) Wichita learned the hard way, earlier this year, when Boeing’s defense unit pulled a tanker-assembly operation from that city. Boeing cited a reduction in defense spending for eliminating 2,100 Kansas jobs. Rhodes suggests a better investment would be in civilian manufacturing. “There have been good economic plans for the conversion of military industries to peaceful industries for a long time,” Rhodes says. With jobs at stake, Rhodes understands why it’s politically untenable to let Honeywell and the NNSA leave town. Still, he says, “It’s sad that Kansas City, for the sake of 2,100 jobs, bought into the whole deal.”
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ansas City officials and the federal government should have known that building a modern facility to make parts for nuclear weapons would start a war. Councilman Ed Ford, who serves the 2nd District at large, has been fighting the plant for almost four years, but the project has few opponents in local government. He says he could support a plant for just about anything but bomb parts. “If they were widgets, I’d be fine with it,” says Ford, who describes himself as “somewhat of a pacifist.” Ford, a Catholic who belongs to Holy Family Catholic Church, says his faith has partly fueled his opposition to the Kansas City Plant. (That faith also led him to be a conscientious objector during the waning days of the Vietnam War draft.) “I did not want to be in the chain,” he says. “If we ever used one of these bombs, I could not have lived with myself.” Last year, the Kansas City Peace Planters gathered almost 5,000 signatures to certify a ballot measure that would ban the city from hosting any plant that produces components for nuclear weapons. In August, the City Council refused to put the measure on the ballot, citing “conflicts with the constitutional power of the federal government to provide for the national defense.” After the council blocked the initiative, the Peace Planters filed a lawsuit to overturn the decision. However, the group decided to drop the lawsuit and focus instead on getting two measures on the ballot for the August 7, 2012, primary. The first measure would bar the city from owning or being financially tied to nuclear-weapon facilities. The initiative would require the city to “divest itself as soon as reasonably feasible of current municipal bonds which finance or subsidize” nuclear-weapon facilities. The second and less controversial measure would require
“EVEN IF THEY BOTH GET ON [THE BALLOT] AND PASS, I DON’T THINK IT WILL IMPACT THIS. IT’S A DONE DEAL.”
the city to develop a contingency plan for the plant site if the plant ceases producing parts for weapons. The Peace Planters want the plant to work on environmentally friendly manufacturing. The city clerk certified both measures January 3, but there’s no guarantee that the initiatives will make it onto the ballot. Rachel MacNair, the Peace Planters’ petition coordinator, says the peace group is devoted to preventing a single bomb part from being built at the plant. “We’re hoping that they never contaminate the new location by starting to make new nuclear-weapons parts,” she says. If the Peace Planters succeed, Kansas City will be out of the bomb-making business for the first time since the Cold War. MacNair anticipates a nasty political battle if the measures are placed on the ballot. “They [plant proponents] will trounce us on advertising because they can take out of their pocket change 10 times what we will be able to do,” she says. “But we will trounce them on person-to-person contact.” MacNair and the Peace Planters are confident of public support after successful ballot drives in back-to-back years. John Sharp, councilman for the 6th District, where the plant is being constructed, has publicly expressed doubt that the first measure will make it to a vote. The Pitch requested comments from every City Council member, including Sharp, about why the plant is good for Kansas City. Only 1st District Councilman Dick Davis responded. “This decision is one I support,” Davis wrote in an e-mail. “I also feel that if the decision results in good jobs for Kansas Citians, I fully support keeping them in Kansas City.” In a statement to The Pitch, Congressman Cleaver reiterated his support for the plant. “We all hope the weapons built at the campus will never be used. I have not abandoned my peacenik persona, but I do not think the United States should be vulnerable militarily,” he wrote. “Unjust war is incompatible with the teachings and examples in my faith tradition, and I have opposed the wars and conflicts in recent history. However, until the day the United States military believes there is no longer a need for these parts, the professionals here in Kansas City are proud to help keep our nation safe.” The City Council has until March 1 to approve or reject the measures for the August 7 ballot. MacNair and the Peace Planters have gone on the offensive, launching a new website (foolish-investment.com) and putting up billboards. At Truman Road South and Main and at Broadway and 39th Street, images of mushroom clouds hang over motorists. MacNair says if the City Council bans these measures, the Peace Planters will be ready to engage the city in a lengthy legal battle. “We will litigate it,” she says. “We have raised the money to be able to fund the litigation.” Despite the Peace Planters’ optimism, Ford is resigned that nuclearweapon production will remain part of the Kansas City economy. Ford isn’t raising a white flag just yet, but with the leases signed and construction on schedule, the machinery can’t be stopped, he says. “Even if they both get on [the ballot] and pass, I don’t think it will impact this,” he says. “It’s a done deal.” E-mail ben.palosaari@pitch.com or call 816-218-6783
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Really Trying. Triumph and heartbreak ensue. The play runs weekends through March 11. For tickets, see thebarnplayers.org. Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home. This production at the Coterie Theatre (2450 Grand, first level of Crown Center) ties the civil rights movement and the Underground Railroad to the story of Lizzie, a young girl coming of age in the 1950s’ Deep South. The show is recommended for viewers in fifth grade through high school; it runs though March 4. For tickets, call 816-474-6552 or see coterietheatre.org. Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will? The Chestnut Fine Arts Center (234 North Chestnut, in Olathe) performs the story of four polarized siblings during the last days of their dementia-stricken father’s life as they try to figure out who gets the inheritance money. We think the community theater’s version of sauced and saucy Evalita might be particularly laugh-worthy. The play runs through March 4. For tickets, call 913-764-2121 or see chestnutfinearts.com. — BERRY ANDERSON
Is your John Deere 6330 Premium on the fritz? Do you lie in bed at night wondering about the latest trends in environmentally friendly fertilizer? Or maybe you’re a single urban girl looking for love with a sturdy, cornfed country boy? Regardless of your bent, the 51st Annual Western Farm Show this weekend — 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.– 4 p.m. Sunday — features livestock demonstrations and seminars, and aisles teeming with the latest tractor makes and models, feed and seed, plus a Health & Safety Roundup, all at the American Royal Complex (1701 American Royal Court, 816-221-9800). But the best reason to go is the tractor pull. That pulling starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, across the parking lot at Kemper Arena (1800 Genessee). Tickets to the farm show cost $8; tractor-pull admission runs $15–$25, depending on which night. Find more information at westernfarmshow.com. — MEGAN METZGER
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Inventor, scientist, writer and artist — Leonardo da Vinci is the original “Renaissance man.” Tickets sold out to the blockbuster exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan at London’s National Gallery. (Bypassing Leonardo’s scientific treatises and anatomy studies, the collection focused on paintings that the polymath completed as a court artist during the last two decades FIND of the 1400s.) The MANY MORE museum appeased the culture-hungry masses by broadcastLISTINGS ing gallery walkthroughs and expert ONLINE AT commentary, as well PITCH.COM as scenes from the preview gala, to theaters throughout the U.K. Leonardo Live now crosses the Atlantic, and Tivoli Cinemas (4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-5222) shows the program at 11 a.m. today (and at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, and 11 a.m. Saturday, February 25). If you want to sound smart while purchasing your $10 tickets, refer to the artist as “Leonardo” instead of “da Vinci,” which identifies his birthplace. For more information, see leonardolivehd.com and tivolikc.com. — THERESA BEMBNISTER
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Quick: Who is Melissa McCarthy’s famous hot cousin? Which 2012 Best Supporting Actress nominee is the only one of the group with a previous nod? In what film nominated for Best Picture in 2011 did 2012 Best Actress nominee Rooney Mara play a small role? If film trivia is your thing, it’s time to let your gold star shine at ReelSmart Trivia at Screenland Armour (408 Armour Road, in North Kansas City, 816-421-9700). Because the theater is showing the Oscars promptly at 7 p.m. in the main auditorium, tonight’s installment of the weekly competition begins in the same place at 4:30, instead of its usual 6 p.m. start, making it convenient for those fans wanting to stay for the live telecast. The cost to play is $5, and the first- and second-place teams divide the pot 60-40. For more information,
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aya Angelou wrote, “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.” Expect to hear Angelou’s writings during an African-American open-mic read-in at 7 p.m. Monday, hosted by the Writers Bloc writing group at the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library’s West Wyandotte Branch (1737 North 82nd Street, 913-596-5800). The public is invited to read short pieces by African-American authors at this Black History Month event. “We’re hoping that by highlighting the contributions of African-Americans, we can help fulfill our mission of enriching the lives of the people of Wyandotte County,” says Jack Granath, branch manager of the Argentine Library, which also holds read-in events. On tap at the KCK Main Library (625 Minnesota, 913-551-3280) is a 1 p.m. performance Saturday, February 25, by spoken-word duo the Recipe Poetry Guild, as part of that day’s read-in event. “It’s like hip-hop but without the music,” Granath says. See kckpl.lib.ks.us for a full schedule of read-ins at the KCK branches. The Plaza Branch of the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library (4801 Main, 816-701-3581) and the Black Archives of Mid-America celebrate black history at 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 24, by highlighting KC’s pioneering African-American political organization, Freedom Inc., and Emiel Cleaver premieres his documentary, Freedom Is Now. “Sometimes, when we think of the civil rights movement, we lose the truth of why it started in the first place. And this documentary brings out how crucial it was for the black community to vote, to have that political control,” says Doretha Williams, executive director of the Black Archives. See kclibrary.org. — NANCY HULL RIGDON
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Ready for a little word-association game? What comes to mind when we mention Condoleezza Rice? How about Nancy Pelosi? Katie Couric? Did you think of only respectful and positive words? If not, it’s time to sit down and watch Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Miss Representation, a 90-minute documentary about the mainstream media’s subliminal marginalization and overt character assassination of powerful women in America. Newsom’s movie, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, claims that the United States ranks 90th worldwide for women in political leadership. She says women hold just 3 percent of positions of influence in our mainstream media. See the film at the UMKC Student Union (5100 Cherry, 816-235-1406) at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free; look up missrepresentation.org to read more about the film and to watch the trailer. — NADIA PFLAUM [LITERARY EVENT]
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Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner told the touching story of two Afghan immigrants in America. Rainy Day Books owner Vivien Jennings says Ayad Akhtar’s new novel, American Dervish, is as important as The Kite Runner in that “it gives us a great deal of insight into a culture very different from our own, yet one which we really need to understand.” The story features Hayat Shah, a character who has much in common with typical American teenagers. He’s in love for the first time and likes baseball and video games. But he’s different in one polarizing way: He’s Muslim. The story is a personal one for Akhtar, a Pakistani-American actor and playwright. He explains, when Rainy Day Books brings him to Unity Temple on the
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Short on inspiration? The featured guests at the 2012 Speaker Showcase, presented by the Kansas City Meeting Industry Council, are known for their abilities to get you going. For example, Ed Hearn, former Kansas City Royals catcher, kidney-transplant survivor, and certified speaking professional, is an expert at empowering and uplifting, according to those who’ve read his book, Conquering Life’s Curves: Baseball, Battles & Beyond. Today at the Overland Park Marriott Hotel (10800 Metcalf, 913-451-8000), 13 speakers (all of whom live in KC) gather for a morning of “test driving” presenters and networking. “There are many people in positions such as secretaries, office managers, small not-forprofits that look for speakers for their events, and we are trying to connect them,” says event organizer Teresa Hellman. The cost is $25 per attendee. Breakfast is included in this half-day event, which begins at 7:30 a.m. For more information, see kcmic.org. — BERRY ANDERSON
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many people Prewitt plays, and some of the depictions were themselves memorable. His accents — Australian, German, French, English — weren’t tone-perfect every second, but that’s illy Bishop Goes to War is just that: a story being picky. The play often calls for Prewitt, as of one man’s journey into, and through, Bishop, to carry on a conversation with more World War I. Though it delves some into the than just one other character, and transitions brutal realities of war, it’s more about the man. between them were typically swift. As the play moves between talk and song, Like generations before him and since, he is caught up in the politics of his day and asked to Prewitt gets assistance from Cary Mock, who take up arms — in his case, for king and country. joins him onstage as the “Piano Player,” an Written and composed by John Gray, in occasional sidekick and one-person Greek collaboration with Eric Peterson, the play, told chorus. Aerial combat was new then, as were the primarily through humor and song, is about real-life Canadian William machine guns used by German troops. Bishop Bishop, the decorated World longed to get out of the mud, away from the BY War I pilot who found fame as hopelessless and futility of the ground war D E B O R A H an ace to rival the Red Baron. and into the air, though prospects for survival (Germans referred to Bishop weren’t better up there. But Bishop talks about HIRSCH as Hell’s Handmaiden.) Gray feeling free and invincible, despite the frequent and Peterson’s story traces crashes, the at-first too-heavy planes, and the Bishop’s journey from illness- and accident- superior aircraft of the Germans. And his fear prone nonachiever to focused and competitive in battle was met with adrenaline. flier and shooter. The set, designed by Kerith Parashak, conHe wasn’t a reluctant soldier, but he didn’t sists mainly of a crashed, nose-down biplane, on really know, or think about, which Bishop sits or stands for what he was getting into. He much of the play. With simple Billy Bishop Goes to War wanted adventure, wanted platforms and a white backThrough February 26, to fight, wanted to be a hero. drop (and effective lighting by at the National WWI Somehow it didn’t seem like war Douglas Macur), it’s all that’s Museum, 100 West 26th at all, Bishop (played by Grant needed to tell this story. Street, 816-235-6222, Fletcher Prewitt, a third-year It’s an entertaining and kcactors.org actor in UMKC’s graduatemostly funny show, as odd as theater program) sings at the that sounds given the subject start. But that’s before he gets to Europe and matter. We watch as Bishop transforms from faces combat. civilian in a peaceful culture — Nobody shoots Directed by John Rensenhouse, this col- no one in Canada, he sings — to combatant, killlaboration of the Kansas City Actors Theatre, ing an enemy who is killing his comrades and UMKC Theatre and the National World War I trying to kill him. Bishop does what is asked of Museum is basically a one-person show. Prewitt him, but mostly he wants to survive, get home portrays not only Bishop but also a number of to his girl, grow older. other characters he meets over the course of And the real Bishop? He would help train the war — superior officers, fellow soldiers, a the next generation of fighter pilots when it was drunk man in a bar (a significant chance meet- their turn to go to war. ing), even the influential Lady St. Helier (who sets him on his course). I lost count of just how E-mail deborah.hirsch@pitch.com
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art Hot Tub Club NOTHING WATERED DOWN AT THE SUBTERRANEAN GALLERY’S SPEAKER SERIES.
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he dress code for the inaugural speaker of Subterranean Gallery’s new lecture series: stringy denim cutoffs. Greeted with alcohol-fueled guffaws and catcalls (“Jorts!”) from audience members crammed into narrow rows of plastic folding chairs, Hesse McGraw dropped his white spa robe on the concrete floor and swung a leg into the hot tub. “I forgot my bathing suit,” McGraw explained as a Speedo-clad Josh Shelton followed him into the bubbling water. McGraw, the chief curator at Omaha, Nebraska’s Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, was here to sit in a hot tub and discuss art and design with Shelton, a principal architect at the KC BY firm El Dorado and an instrucT H E R E S A tor at the University of Kansas. The two sipped cans of B E M B N I ST E R Bud Light as McGraw brought up the first PowerPoint image, projected on a sheet tacked to the wall behind the tub. It was a black-and-white photo of the 1942 Marcel Duchamp installation Sixteen Miles of String. The artist wound several thousand feet of twine through a gallery interior until it looked like the aftermath of a Silly String battle. “I feel like, most of the time, we’re trying to catch up with Duchamp,” McGraw said. Duchamp might have approved of the Hot Tub Dialogues, a series that floats pretensioncourting art talk in a purposely down-market setting. It’s been almost a century since the artist challenged exhibitors’ hypocrisy and exclusivity by sending “Fountain,” an upsidedown urinal, as a sculpture to the 1917 Society of Independent Artists show. The society had promised to exhibit every submitted work, but “Fountain” was never put on display. After McGraw’s brief art-history lesson, he spoke about his own career. Recalling his relocation of the Paragraph Gallery from Lawrence to downtown Kansas City in 2003 (prePower & Light District), he said, “We could really do anything back then.” Behind him, a video showed one of Eric von Robertson’s polygonal sculptures rolling through a park and down empty streets. Kansas City’s downtown has changed dramatically since McGraw left the Paragraph for New York in 2005, but so has the city’s visual-art scene. The Urban Culture Project, which helped support McGraw’s gallery, has expanded dramatically in size and scope; it now encompasses three exhibition spaces and
a residency program providing free studios to 32 visual and performing artists. McGraw reminded the evening’s guests about the scrappy early days of what’s now a powerful local institution. The Subterranean Gallery embodies the same do-it-yourself energy that sparked the Urban Culture Project. Artist Ayla Rexroth runs it out of her basement apartment, which makes its openings feel as much like art-school house parties as gallery events. Rexroth and Clayton Skidmore, co-curator of the Hot Tub Dialogues, treat art-curious visitors as houseguests — which is exactly what they are. There’s a private bedroom at the rear of the apartment; the gallery occupies what would otherwise serve as a living room. The idea for the dialogues came from a joke, but after the pair paid $50 to haul a broken hot tub (donated by an exhibiting artist’s parents) to their basement gallery, they committed themselves. Rexroth and Skidmore solicited friends and strangers for funds via Kickstarter to repair the tub and stock the bar for the event. Those who gave $25 were promised tickets to two of the three lectures. That left the series with a negligible amount of tickets to sell and an audience already familiar with the exhibition space. Skidmore and Rexroth see the lectures as a way to bring more experienced members of the community to their gallery — and to learn from them. “As a young artist, there’s really not a set script to follow,” Skidmore said in an interview before the first event. “I feel like it’s
Spa-robe-clad Josh Shelton (left) and Hesse McGraw don’t mind lecturing from a hot tub.
important that we find out what kind of experiences they had.” But importance need not feel, you know, important. “We want this to be a very informal moment,” he added. “The hot tub is forcing that to happen.” “It also helps that our apartment is incredibly small,” Rexroth said. With room for only 30 guests, the Subterranean encourages intimacy. But it also means that a lot of people who want to be there won’t be able to attend. “It’s unfortunate that we can’t let everyone come who wants to. It’s really stressful for us to say no,” Rexroth said. But those in attendance the opening night of the series seemed thrilled to witness the novelty of a lecture delivered from a burbling hot tub. Midway through McGraw and Shelton’s presentation, two of the guests — male artists in their 20s — stripped down and got in the tub. Water displaced by the extra bodies splashed over the edge and onto the concrete floor. Skidmore ran to retrieve a cooking pot from the kitchen, hoping to scoop out some of the water. The moment was a fine metaphor for what the dialogues address: A scene overflowing with hardworking artists who are willing to experiment and make room for more of their own — and who could always stand a bigger audience.
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“That’s funny,” our server said. “It came out of the kitchen hot.” At any temperature, that poor pork shoulder was a piggy $19. It’s easy to rack up a supersized tab here — the menu and prices are identical for lunch and dinner — even when sticking to sandwiches, which run $11–$14. But the sandwiches I’ve tasted have been outstanding, including a grilled cheese made with luscious short-rib meat. It was fantastic, though I longed for a cheese more intense than provolone. I found the sharper taste I wanted in Gram & Dun’s version of barbecue: an oversized cornmeal bun heaped with tender smoked beef, slices of hot link sausage and pulled pork in a distinctively fiery sauce. It’s a really firstrate sandwich, but even better is a sassy spin on a roadhouse favorite, a sloppy-Joe-style sandwich made with ground wild boar and a dollop of Carolina slaw. You may have figured out by now that there aren’t a lot of choices for vegetarians here. The mustard greens are cooked in duck fat (and loaded with a taste-prohibitive amount of garlic). The quack lard also makes an appearance in the house-made potato chips, which are deliciously crispy and greasy but probably not worth the added cholesterol count. Even the popular appetizer French onion dumplings — doughy purses of molten Gruyere in a caramelized sweet-onion broth — are made with beef stock (as any French onion soup should be). The only meatless entrée is a plate of ricotta-filled wild-mushroom ravioli smothered in a thick blanket of cream-based “vegetarian Bolognese.”
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Strict vegetarians won’t want the marshmallows in Gram & Dun’s namesake dessert bar, but it’s very fine: three slender frozen rectangles with layers of chocolate mousse, marshmallow and peanut nougat, sided with peanut-butter ice cream. It’s served granite-hard, but give it a few minutes to soften up and sharing becomes easy. I wanted to be entranced by a scoop of buttered-popcorn ice cream draped with salted caramel sauce and peanut brittle. It’s a clever novelty, but the best buttered popcorn is still the kind served hot, in cardboard boxes, the way the kids in Living With Teeners would have ordered. The well-trained servers wear a kind of Jetsons uniform — a black vest over a gray shirt — that suggests a 1980s-sci-fi-movie vision of “the future.” It’s the kind of outfit that makes you hear Philip Glass in your head — though the loop of half-decade-old Top 40 that plays in the restaurant is more apt to make you feel stuck in a Grey’s Anatomy rerun. So far, the place appears to be very popular, so co-owner Alan Gaylin is doing something right. The far-flung menu needs editing — it’s probably too ambitious for the Country Club Plaza, land of California Pizza Kitchen and Noodles & Company. But let’s not close the book on it yet. If this is Urban Table in its teener-acting-out phase, Gram & Dun might yet become a fine adult restaurant. Have a suggestion for a restaurant The Pitch should review? E-mail charles.ferruzza@pitch.com
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n the genteel quiet of the Bloomsbury Bistro, a former hard-nosed field-hockey star is plating a bowl of soup for the last lunch table of the day. Her fingers are sure, and her feet are light, even now in her 50s. A decade of running her restaurant inside the Mission Road Antique Mall has let owner and chef Cari Jo Cavalcante show Prairie Village her softer side — and her savory side and her pastry side. “I’m unashamed to say that we are known as a ladies-that-lunch place,” Cavalcante says. “They’re the ones who have kept me in business all these years.” Growing up with two older brothers in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Cavalcante woke each morning to the smell of chocolate being poured at the Wilbur Chocolate factory. “When I make chocolate BY ganache, it takes me right back J O N AT H A N to that smell,” Cavalcante says. During the day, she’d BENDER sometimes also catch a whiff of Listerine from the nearby Johnson & Johnson chemical plant. Today, she says, “When I smell Listerine, I don’t have to run into a grocery store and pick it up.” She earned a full athletic scholarship to the University of Central Missouri, graduating with a degree in broadcast and film on the way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a sports broadcaster. She came to Kansas City, took a job as a graphic artist for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority and snagged an unpaid internship with the Kansas City Kings. But after the last game of her only season with the team, she knew she’d never go back — at least as an employee. “I got into my car and I burst into tears because I knew I didn’t want to be a sports broad-
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caster,” Cavalcante says. “I still love sports. I just had a hard time with the attitudes.” It was her love of sports that guided her to the Missouri Special Olympics. She was the Kansas City area director for seven years before returning home, in the 1990s, to Pennsylvania during what she calls her “early midlife crisis.” There, she remembered that when she was bored in high school, she didn’t doodle — she designed restaurants. So she gave herself 10 years to determine if she wanted to own her own eatery. When she returned to Kansas City, she began working at Southmoreland, a noted bed and breakfast on the Plaza. In her three-year stint there, she found herself gravitating toward the kitchen. At the same time, she enrolled at Johnson County Community College to pursue a degree in hospitality management. Her first restaurant job was on the line at Californos, where she also worked as a server. That led to a position at the Classic Cup, where she took shifts in the front and the back of the house. Her pastry skills caught the eye of Rod Anderson, and she was hired at the Hereford House in Leawood. The position evolved when
the restaurant group opened a central commissary downtown. As production demands grew, Cavalcante was ready for a change. A friend recommended that she have lunch at a bistro inside a suburban antique mall. As it turned out, the space was available. Cavalcante saw something and submitted a proposal for the restaurant in February 2001. The Bloomsbury Bistro opened April 23 of that year. “When I was getting ready to open,” she says, “one of my instructors from JCCC looked at me and looked at this place. He said, ‘Well, you’re not going to make it. I wish you the best, but this is a bad location.’ And yet, it’s turned out so great.” The Pitch: What are your culinary inspirations? Cavalcante: My aunt was a huge inspiration to me. She was a self-taught gourmet cook. She was a caterer in New York. She passed away right before our 10th anniversary. Her real claim to fame was her almond pound cake, and I was privileged enough to get the family recipe. I probably have 150 cookbooks at home. I sit and page through them and find things that I like. As you grow as a chef, you can look at a recipe and know if it isn’t going to be a good recipe. I pick and choose and combine them. I
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players. I’ve so many ideas for string players, so whenever I go anywhere and I see a cellist or something, I chase them down. Also, now we practice and rehearse, whereas we didn’t really used to, and just reinterpreting the songs and just growing. It’s just this kind of journey with these musicians. Do lyrics come to you like melodies do? Or are those more difficult to create? They are usually pretty easy, but they’re not always, um, that good. Because I kind of feel like it’s first-thought, best-thought with everything, including lyrics. And sometimes, what comes out of your mouth the first time around doesn’t always make sense, or it’s really plain. It’s like plain-speak, so much that it sounds kind of conventional. So much that if you sing it every night on tour for a year and a half, you start to go insane. But lyrically, I write things that are very simple because I just feel like, why take the kernel of something and roll it in sugar and put some flowers on it, when you can just say it as you mean it, you know? And the more you say it, the more it’s kind of like this affirmation in a way. I like that, as far as staying true to what I’m really trying to say. When you’re done with your tours and you actually go home home, do you still enjoy it? The normalcy? Or is it the upheaval of life that drives you? Oh, I love being at home. I love being at pitch.com
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The Latenight Callers Ring Twice on Easy Virtues
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“It’s a two-week festival of old noir films, and it’s held in this massive, gorgeous fine- be a featured performer at the TED2012 conferarts vintage theater with a built-in Wurlitzer ence, in Long Beach, California. in-house,” says Nick Combs, who handles keyThat’s kind of a big deal. TED (Technology, boards and drum programming for the band. Entertainment, Design) conferences, and the (The Callers operate sans drummer.) “Krysztof performances and “talks” given by the guests, are [Nemeth], our guitarist, is a fan of the founder viewed online by millions. There’s also considerof the fest, and we’d been in contact with him, able cultural cachet to it: Tastemakers, donors and eventually we were invited out to play. and intellectuals view the conference as a gathWe performed the closing night. Everybody ering of the rising national, creative vanguard. showed up in period suits and old dresses, like “We had done a few TEDx events, which a 1940s nightclub type of thing.” were local TED events in Kansas City, and Mike Is noir culture reaching the convention- Lundgren, who curated those, had sent our eer fetish level of steampunk or Star Trek? stuff in, and it finally got to the right people,” Do musical acts that reflect says Mica Thomas, co-artistic the aesthetic have a builtdirector of Quixotic Fusion. The Latenight Callers, in core audience? “There is “The theme at the conference with American definitely kind of a scene dethis year is Full Spectrum, Catastrophe, Federation veloping around it,” Combs which is about using a lot of of Horsepower, the says. “Noir City does festidifferent types of approaches Delighted and Voler– vals all over the country and in performance. They seemed Thieves of Flight. in Europe. Right now, we’re excited about how what we Saturday, February 25, at the Beaumont Club. working on getting on some. do fits into that theme — We’re not the type of band specifically, how we mix that’s going to get asked to holographic imagery with play Lollapalooza. Our philosophy is to try to performance, and the relationship between be strategic and play shows where we like the performer and animation.” audience and the audience likes us.” The troupe, along with every other TED The first Latenight Callers album was writ- presenter, is allowed only 18 minutes at the ten by Nemeth and Berndsen, but Easy Virtues conference, so just 12 of the roughly 30 core is more of a collaborative effort. “I think it’s an Quixotic members are heading out to Califorextension of the first record,” Combs says. “We nia for the February 28 show. Shane Borth, a all have an eclectic variety of musical tastes that violin player, is making the trip. “Shane uses a we try to work into a common theme. We come wireless violin, so he can go out and integrate at it with an idea for a song and then say, ‘How with the visuals and move around with the do we make this a Latenight Callers song?’ ” other performers onstage, which also fits the At the upcoming Easy Virtues release show theme well,” Thomas says. (See vimeo.com/ at the Beaumont Club, those songs will be quixoticfusion for an idea of what this entails.) even more theatrical than usual, due to the “It’s definitely an exciting endeavor in that presence of Voler–Thieves of Flight, a Kansas just a lot of people watch TED stuff,” he continCity-based aerial troupe. “They’ll be perform- ues. “Instantly, our brand and art form will be ing alongside our music,” Combs says. “That’s recognized around the world. We’ve been told why we picked the Beaumont as the venue that the average TED opener gets 200 million — we needed a big enough stage for all of us.” views online. So in terms of spreading the word — DAVID HUDNALL of what Quixotic does, that’s a huge thing for us. It’s very exciting to think that something we created here in Kansas City could reach places like South Africa or Germany or small towns TED Dancin’ in Holland, these other corners of the world.” — DAVID HUDNALL uixotic Fusion — the locally based performance group that incorporates acrobatics, multimedia, music and dance into its dazzling E-mail david.hudnall@pitch.com aerial stage shows — was selected last month to or call 816-218-6774
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The B’Dinas, with Empty Spaces, Deadringers, and I Hate You Just Kidding Blues, funk and classic rock are the primary touchstones for the predominantly female B’Dinas (four girls, one boy). But they have a tendency to throw jarring, arty curveballs into the middle of their songs, which is something I’ll usually swing at. The locals are celebrating their second release, the EP Morning Party. Joining them is I Hate You, Just Kidding, a dreamy boy-girl, folk-pop act from California. Saturday, February 25, at Czar (1531 Grand, 816-421-0300)
Billy Beale Benefit Last year, the The Pitch profiled Billy Beale, a midtown-haunting bluesman with a checkered past. He’s back in jail again, busted cold on a three-year-old DUI felony. Before he was hauled away, he recorded an album, Slide Dog Billy, with the local cowpunks in Them Damned Young Livers. The Livers, Crybaby Ranch, Blue Boot Heelers and others are gathering to raise money to cover the cost of the record, and maybe a little something extra for when Beale gets out of the clink. See therecordbar.com for the full bill. Saturday, February 25, at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
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Fourth of July, with the ACBs These two bands played together in November, also at the Brick, and everybody seemed to have a good time, so I’m recommending them again. The ACBs are fresh off recording four melodic pop songs for Daytrotter; Lawrence folk-rock dudes Fourth of July are busy prepping their third LP. I’m also intrigued by the Facebook event page, which promises an appearance by the late Ernest P. Worrell. Friday, February 24, at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634)
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George Strait, with Martina McBride Which of George Strait’s staggering 58 No. 1 singles will he play at this show? Probably many of them. And probably more than a few from his most recent album, Here for a Good Time. Opener and special guest Martina McBride — a Nashville crossover diva in the mold of Faith Hill or Shania Twain — provides a lively contrast to Strait’s quiet country confidence. Saturday, February 25, at Sprint Center (1407 Grand, 816-949-7000)
Pretty Good Dance Moves This Brooklyn-via-Chicago electronic duo just released a full-length, Limo. It’s a soberly arranged collection of tracks divided into eight “movements,” with a big drummachine sound, dirty synths and French whispering — kind of like a moodier Justice. Thursday, February 23, at RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
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place with his aggro-dubstep drops. Expect a similar scene when his aesthetic forebear, the British DJ and producer Christopher Mercer, aka Rusko, graces the Lawrence stage. Wednesday, February 29, at Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972)
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MONDAY, FEB. 27 MartyParty, Evil Bastards, JT Quick: The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Holding Space: The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483.
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FRIDAY, FEB. 24 Big Gemini: The 23rd Street Roadhouse, 1003 E. 23rd St., Lawrence, 785-856-7625. DJ Evil One: Mosaic Lounge, 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. 800 Mile Monday, Cherokee Rock Rifle, 1950: 9 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main, 816753-1909. Fourth of July, the ACBs: 10 p.m. The Brick, 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. The Fresh Beat Band: 5 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Barbara Jordan: a Rendezvous with Destiny, featuring Saundra McClain: Gem Theater, 1615 E. 18th St., 816-842-1414. Biscuit Miller and Victor Wainwright: 8 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Zola Jesus, Talk Normal: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
The B’Dinas, with Empty Spaces, Deadringers, and I Hate You Just Kidding: 9 p.m., $7. Czar, 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Billy Beale Benefit featuring Them Damned Young Livers, Blue Boot Healers, Cadillac Flambe, Electric Lungs, the Fall Down Drunks, Crybaby Ranch, Mati Mat, Uncle Penny Bags: 7 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Barbara Jordan: a Rendezvous with Destiny: 3 & 7:30 p.m. Gem Theater, 1615 E. 18th St., 816-842-1414. The Latenight Callers (CD release) with Federation of Horsepower, American Catastrophe, the Delighted, Voler Aerial Arts: 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. The Pine Leaf Boys: in the Polsky Theatre 8 p.m. Yardley Hall at JCCC, 12345 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-469-8500. Reverend Horton Heat, Larry and His Flask, the Goddamn Gallows: The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. George Strait, Martina McBride: 7:30 p.m., $69.50, $79.50. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.
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Mark Lowrey Presents: 8 p.m., $3. Czar, 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Masta Ace, DJ Marco Polo, L.E.L., DJ Clockwerk: The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29 Hate Eternal, Goatwhore, Fallujah, Cerebral Bore, Troglodyte, Gornography: 6:30 p.m., $14. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Rusko: 7 p.m., $25. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972.
UPCOMING Trace Adkins: Fri., March 9. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Andrew Bird, Eugene Mirman: Fri., March 23. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Blind Pilot: Sat., March 3. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. The Chieftains: Wed., March 7. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, 816-994-7200. Cloud Nothings, Mr. Dream, O, Giant Man: Mon., March 12, 8 p.m., $10. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Corrosion of Conformity, Torche, Valient Thorr: Fri., March 9, 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Cursive, Ume: Fri., March 2, 9 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Drake: Thu., March 1, 8 p.m. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. The Elders 10th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Hoolie: Sat., March 17. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Experience Hendrix tribute tour: Wed., March 28, 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Jim Gaffigan: Thu., March 22, 7 & 9:30 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Galactic: Thu., March 15. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972. The Head & the Heart, Drew Grove & the Pastors’ Wives: Sun., March 4. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Katie Herzig: Mon., March 5. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Jane’s Addiction: Fri., March 16. Uptown Theater, 3700 MANY MORE Broadway, 816-753-8665. Madonna: Tue., Oct. 30. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. Mindless Self Indulgence: Wed., March 21. The BeauONLINE AT mont Club, 4050 PennsylvaPITCH.COM nia, 816-561-2560. Needtobreathe, Ben Rector: Sun., March 11. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Puscifer: Tue., March 6. Municipal Auditorium/Music Hall, 301 W. 13th St. (in the Convention Center Complex), 816-513-5000. Punch Brothers: Sat., March 3. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972. Radiohead: Sun., March 11. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. Reptar: Thu., March 8. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. Paul Thorn and Ruthie Foster: Wed., March 28. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Josh Turner: Thu., March 1, 6 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show: : Fri., March 2. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. VNV Nation, Straftanz: Thu., March 1. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Ron White: Sat., March 10, 7 & 9:30 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Whitechapel, Miss May I, After the Burial, the Plot in You, Structures: Fri., March 16, 6:30 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Whitehorse: Fri., March 9. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Yacht: Fri., March 2, 9 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Yonder Mountain String Band: Thu., March 29. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972. Youth Lagoon: Mon., March 12. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.
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nightlife T H U R S DAY 2 3 ROCK/POP/INDIE Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Solid Gold Easy. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. CRUSH, Zsa Zsa Ketzner, the Slowdown. Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. Gov’t Cheez.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. John Paul’s Flying Circus. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Stone Cutters Union. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis. Jazz: 1859 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913328-0003. Rich Berry. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Meatpop with Clint Martinez Trio. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Blues Jam.
DJ The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Goomba Rave featuring Tyga Style, with Team Bear Club. Dark Horse Tavern: 4112 Pennsylvania, 816-931-3663. DJ Beatbroker. Mosaic Lounge: 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. Service Industry Night. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Brad Sager. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. DJ Clockwerk, 10 p.m.
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The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. DAT Gang Takeover with Milkdrop, #CAKE, G Train, Approach, Soul Servers, Atilla.
ACOUSTIC The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Acoustic with Drew Freeland. Sidecar at the Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Sidecar Acoustic Nights with Chad Rex, Adam Lee.
JAZZ Great Day Café: 7921 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, 913642-9090. Customer Quartet, 7 p.m. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. The Brian Ruskin Quartet, 7 p.m. Sunset Grill: 14577 Metcalf, Overland Park, 913-6811722. Tony Antonucci, 7:30 p.m.
WORLD The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Mambo DeLeon, Carte Blanc. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Live Reggae with AZ-ONE. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Bob Reeder.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Ladies’ Night. Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Brodioke, 9 p.m. Buzzard Beach: 4110 Pennsylvania, 816-753-4455. Trivia, Ladies’ Night, 7 p.m. Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Texas Hold ’em. Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar: 4115 Mill, 816-5612444. “You Sing It” Live Band Karaoke. Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. Bike Night with the Star Blues Band. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Charity Bingo with Valerie Versace, 8 p.m., $1 per game. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Ultimate DJ Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Tommy Johnagin, 7:30 p.m. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. Trivia. Johnny’s Tavern: 13410 W. 62nd Terr., Shawnee, 913962-5777. Live Trivia, 9 p.m. Johnny’s Tavern: 8262 Mission Prairie Village, 913-9010322. Boogie Bingo, 8 p.m.
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JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Karaoke with Mad Mike, 9:30 p.m. McFadden’s Sports Saloon: 1330 Grand, 816-4711330. All In Thursdays. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Karaoke on the main floor, 10 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; happy hour, free pool, 4-6 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.m., $5. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Ladies’ Night. Tengo Sed Cantina: 1323 Walnut, 816-686-7842. We Miss Football Happy Hour. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Trivia, 9 p.m.
EASY LISTENING Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Interactive Acoustic with Jason Kayne, 9 p.m.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Vi Tran and Katie Gilchrist’s Weekly Jam, 10 p.m. Double T’s Roadhouse: 1421 Merriam Ln., Kansas City, Kan., 913-432-5555. Blues Jam hosted by RocknRick’s Boogie Leggin’ Blues Band, 7 p.m. Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Open Jam with JD Summers featuring Jeremy Butcher and the Bail Jumpers. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Open Mic, Low Dough Beer Night, 8 p.m. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.
F R I DAY 2 4 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. The Dead Girls, La Guerre, Jon Harrison and the Harrisonics. The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. The Shanks. Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Radio Romantica, the Dorsie Fyffe Jr. Band. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Antennas Up, Heypenny, Lennon Bone, Tyler Francis. FOKL Center: 556 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Steady States, Red Kate, the Quivers, Drew Black. The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. Zola Jesus, Talk Normal. Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Switch. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. KC Groove Therapy. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. The Transients. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-4831456. Jeff Bergen’s Elvis MANY MORE Show, 7 p.m. The Midland: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. The Fresh Beat Band, 5 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. ONLINE AT MidCoast Takeover SXSW PITCH.COM Fundraiser with Hearts of Darkness, She’s a Keeper, Future Kings, 9 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. The Gleaners, 6 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Dial, the Fifth Fire, Five to Midnight, Shockrome. VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Journey Tribute Revelation and the Women of Rock Tribute, 9 p.m.
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BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Roland Allen Band. Fat Fish Blue: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-3474. Flex. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. The Mary Bridget Davies Group. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Lonnie Ray Blues Band. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. The Wind-Up Birds, Wrong Kata Trio. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Biscuit Miller and Victor Wainwright, on the main stage, 8 p.m.; Shinetop, Jr., in the Retro Lounge., 10 p.m. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. The Good Foot, 10 p.m. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. JLove Band, 9 p.m.
Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. The Mojo Roots.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. The Mighty Shortbus. R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777. The Blackbird Revue. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. The Grisly Hand, 10 p.m. RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack: 5835 Lamar, Mission, 913262-7300. Noe Palma.
DJ Club Monaco: 334 E. 31st St., 816-753-5990. DJ Soap. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. DJ vs. Drums with Kimbarely Legal. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. DJ night. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Naylor. Thirsty Ernie’s: 1276 W. Foxwood Dr., Raymore, 816322-2779. DJ B. More.
HIP-HOP Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Skribble, JMAC, Xta-C, TK, Akai Najir, 8:30 p.m.
ACOUSTIC Bar West: 7174 Renner Rd., Shawnee, 913-248-9378. Dan Brockert. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Eddie Delahunt, 6 p.m.
JAZZ Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Rich Hill, 8 p.m. Jazz: 1859 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913328-0003. Mark Valentine and the Ticklers. Lucky Brewgrille: 5401 Johnson Dr., Mission, 913-4038571. Ron Carlson Trio with Kathleen Holeman, 7 p.m. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Lonnie McFadden, 4:30 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. The Matt Hopper Ensemble. Thai Place: 9359 W. 87th St., Overland Park, 913-6495420. Jerry Hahn.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Karaoke, DJ, drink specials. ComedyCity at Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-842-2744. Major League Improv, Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Ultimate DJ Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Tommy Johnagin, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Ladies’ Night, Low Dough lady specials, 10 p.m. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Debbioke, 9:30 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. The Early Girlie Show, 8 p.m., free; Ab Fab Fridays on the main floor, 10 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Happy hour, free pool, 4-6 p.m. Power & Light District: 14th St. and Main, 816-8421045. Downtown is Happy. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Retro Downtown Drinks & Dance: 1518 McGee, 816421-4201. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913268-4006. Dart tournament, 8 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Deelightful karaoke, 9 p.m. Wilde’s Chateau 24: 2412 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-8561514. Dance Party.
METAL/PUNK Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913384-5646. Metal Wars with Harvest the Flesh, Collapse the Masses, For All Mankind, Forsaken, 8 p.m. The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Evalyn Awake and Sidewise (CD- and-video-release show) with Obsidian, Syn City Cowboys, Showbaby, Troy, Ghost in the Machine, Decadent Nation, 7 p.m.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Great Day Café: 7921 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, 913642-9090. Open Mic, 7 p.m.
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S AT U R DAY 2 5 ROCK/POP/INDIE Amore Chocolate Pizza Company: 4821 W. 117th St., Leawood, 913-327-1400. Begin Anyway. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Egomaniacs, Medicine Theory, Loss Leader. Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Nuthatch-47, the Prolific. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Clover Noir. Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-345-9717. David George Band. The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8421390. The Next Big Thing Tour, with more than 20 upand-coming local alternative and punk acts, 11 a.m. Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. SNAFU. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. Live music. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. The Shanks. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. On the Fly. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Camp Harlow, 5 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Rock Band Academy, 2 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Beautiful Bodies, Last Night’s Vice, Bear and Company, Mute the Idol, and more. Thirsty Ernie’s: 1276 W. Foxwood Dr., Raymore, 816322-2779. Rhythm Method.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES ComedyCity at Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-842-2744. Major League Improv, 7:30 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Charity Bingo, 5 p.m. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Ultimate DJ Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Tommy Johnagin, 7 & 9:45 p.m. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Karaoke with KJ David, 9:30 p.m. Johnny’s Tavern: 6765 W. 119th St., Leawood, 913-4514542. Trivia Bingo, 9 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Happy hour, free pool, 1-4 p.m. Pizza Bar: 1320 Grand, 816-221-8466. Flamingos in February Party. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Wallaby’s Grill and Pub: 9562 Lackman, Lenexa, 913541-9255. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Live karaoke with Separated at Birth.
Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. The Fox and Hound: 10428 Metcalf, Overland Park, 913-649-1700. Poker, 7 & 10 p.m. Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. SIN. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Double Deuce Poker League, 4 p.m.; Ultimate DJ Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Tommy Johnagin, 7 p.m. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. Free pool, 3 p.m. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Karaoke with Mad Mike, 9:30 p.m. McFadden’s Sports Saloon: 1330 Grand, 816-4711330. Sindustry Sundays, 8 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m.; Show Stopper Karaoke, 12:30 a.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Free pool. Wallaby’s Grill and Pub: 9562 Lackman, Lenexa, 913541-9255. Texas Hold ’em, 6 & 9 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Texas Hold ’em, 3 & 6 p.m.
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B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Linda Shell and the Blues Thang, 9 p.m.; Mama Ray Jazz Meets Blues Jam, 2 p.m. Fat Fish Blue: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-3474. Mary Bridget Davies. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. The Good Foot, 10 p.m. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Busted Saints, the Clementines. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. SMBH, 9 p.m.
Great Day Café: 7921 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, 913642-9090. Scott Stone, 7 p.m. Waldo Pizza: 7433 Broadway, 816-363-5242. Steff Mahan.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Dynamite Saloon: 721 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785856-2739. Megan Leigh. Great Day Café: 7921 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, 913642-9090. Flat Mountain Boys, noon. Harling’s Upstairs: 3941-A Main, 816-531-0303. Bearsnail, Western Automatic, 7 p.m. Jazz: 1859 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913328-0003. Brendan MacNaughton. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Soul Rebel and the Beast. Llywelyn’s Pub: 6995 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913402-0333. Three Dollar Band, 9 p.m. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Ben Miller Band.
DJ Aura: 3832 Main. Aura Saturdays. Beer Kitchen: 435 Westport Rd., 816-389-4180. Furious Palace. Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Samurai Saturdays. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Brad Sager. VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. DVJs Synematix. The Well: 7421 Broadway, 816-361-1700. DJ C-Mac.
HIP-HOP The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. Dolewite, 10 p.m.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. NEA jazz master Benny Golson Quartet with Buster Williams, Carl Allen and Mike LeDonne, 8:30 p.m. Gem Theater: 1615 E. 18th St., 816-842-1414. Barbara Jordan: a Rendezvous with Destiny, 3 & 7:30 p.m. La Bodega: 4311 W. 119th St., Leawood, 913-4288272. Stan Kessler with Mistura Fina, 6 p.m. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Tim Whitmer & KC Express, 4:30 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. The Brandon Draper Jazz Trio.
CLASSICAL Blue Springs High School: 2000 N.W. Ashton Dr., Blue Springs, 816-229-3459. Heritage Philharmonic Concert, 7:30 p.m.
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VARIET Y Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. The Aether Beggar’s Carnivale, 7 p.m. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Island Party with Jah Lion . Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Johnny Cash Birthday Bash with Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, Sky Smeed, the Bullhaulers, Carl Butler, 8 p.m. Liberty Hall: 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491972. Kansas Music Hall of Fame Induction 2012, 7 p.m.
S U N DAY 2 6 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. Jason Prece Benefit with Plague of Sinai, Headshot, Night Creation, Under the Black Sails, Empires, Collapse, 3 Quarters Coma, Versus the Collective, Max and Cherri.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Pat Recob & the Confessors. Fat Fish Blue: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-3474. Shades of Jade. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rich Berry. Jazz: 1859 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913328-0003. Dan Bliss. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Coyote Bill.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Tribute Series: Honky Tonk Legends featuring Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Co., Whiskey Breath, Starhaven Rounders, Rex Hobart, celebrating Johnny Cash’s birthday, 7 p.m., $7.
DJ Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Recycled music with Brett Dietrich, 3:30 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. DJ G Train, 10 p.m.
ACOUSTIC
Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Open Blues and Funk Jam with Syncopation, 6 p.m. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Open blues jam, 7 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Speakeasy Sunday, 10 p.m., $3. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Open Jam with Levee Town, 2 p.m., free. R.G.’s Lounge: 9100 E. 35th St., Independence, 816-358-5777. Jam Night hosted by Dennis Nickell, Scotty Yates, Rick Eidson, and Jan Lamb, 5 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar: 5336 W. 151st St., Overland Park, 913-948-5550. Jazz Jam with Nick Rowland and Sansabelt.
VARIET Y Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar: 4115 Mill, 816-5612444. Local Music Sunday, DJ Dropout Boogie, 8 p.m. The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. Oscar Watch Party, 5:30 p.m., $5 donation to KU Film Works. Liberty Hall: 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491972. Kansas Music Hall of Fame Induction 2012, 3 p.m.
M O N DAY 2 7 ROCK/POP/INDIE Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. The LustKillers, Lazy, 9 p.m. Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. The Goods.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Holding Space. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Blue Monday Trio. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Millie Edwards and Michael Pagan, 7 p.m.
HIP-HOP The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. MartyParty, Evil Bastards, JT Quick.
ACOUSTIC Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Tony Alvarez.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Shades of Jade, free. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Jazzbo.
Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. Phil and Gary, 9 p.m.
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The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Rural Grit Happy Hour, 6 p.m.; Karaoke with Kelly Bleachmaxx, 10:30 p.m., free. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. Service Industry Night.
The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke, $5. Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Game night, beer pong, TV trivia, shot dice.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Grand Jam hosted by Supermassive Black Holes.
VARIET Y RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Art Battle: Season two, Battle two featuring Brian Stubler vs. Scott Allen, with DJ Robert Moore, 21-plus without parent or guardian, 9 p.m.
T U E S DAY 2 8 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Travelers Guild. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Drew6. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Rock Paper Scissors, 7 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Catacombz, Expo 70. Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. The Transients, 9 p.m.
Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Clash of the Comics, 7:30 p.m. Johnny’s Tavern: 13410 W. 62nd Terr., Shawnee, 913962-5777. Bingo Boogie Nights, 9 p.m. Johnny’s Tavern: 11316 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-851-5165. Texas Hold ’em. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Buttwiser’s Bash with DJ Double D, 10 p.m., free. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Critters Tye Dye Tuesday. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Game Night upstairs, in-house tournament, Wii and NTN Trivia, 7:30-10 p.m.; karaoke on the main floor, 10 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; happy MANY MORE hour, free pool, 4-6 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., ONLINE AT Overland Park, 913-2366211. Karaoke. PITCH.COM Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-492-3900. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tower Tavern: 401 E. 31st St., 816-931-9300. Trivia, 8 p.m. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Chess Club, 7 p.m.
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HIP-HOP The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Masta Ace, DJ Marco Polo, L.E.L., DJ Clockwerk.
JAZZ Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Mark Lowrey Presents, 8 p.m., $3.
DANCE Madrigall: 1627 Oak, 816-472-4400. 2 Step Tuesday, featuring KC Elite 2 Steppers, and Grown & Sexy Sliders.
DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Horror Remix. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Bingo with Alicia Solo; Scrabble Club, 7 p.m. Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Coda Pursuit Team Trivia with Teague Hayes, 7 p.m. The Drop: 409 E. 31st St., 816-756-3767. Brodioke, 9:30 p.m. Flying Saucer: 101 E. 13th St., 816-221-1900. Trivia Bowl, 7:30 & 10 p.m., free.
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W E D N E S DAY 2 9 RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m. Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. The Mickey Finn Band, 9 p.m. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Super Water Sympathy.
Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. DJ Whatshisname, service industry night, 10 p.m. Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar: 4115 Mill, 816-5612444. DJ night.
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B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Trampled Under Foot. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Mile High Club, 9 p.m. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Dan Bliss. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Smooth Money Gesture.
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Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Open Mic Acoustic Jam. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. TeleTuesday Open Jam hosted by Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Open Jam with Everette DeVan, 7 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Open Mic Night.
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Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Mary-oke with Chad Slater, 8 p.m. Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Magic Mondays with Jason Dean. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Karaoke Idol with Tanya McNaughty. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Texas Hold ’em, 7:30 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. MANic Monday on the main floor, 10 p.m., free. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; happy hour, free pool, 4-6 p.m. Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Brodioke, 10 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia, 7 p.m., $5. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. Sharks: 10320 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Merriam, 913268-4006. Pool tournament, 7:30 p.m. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. DJ Rico and DJ Sweeny: Service Industry Night. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Texas Hold ’em, 8 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Smooth Money Gesture, the Brody Buster Band. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Supermassive Black Holes. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Gospel Lounge with Carl Butler, 7:30 p.m. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. The Lonnie Ray Blues Band.
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DJ Buzzard Beach: 4110 Pennsylvania, 816-753-4455. Live DJ, midnight. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Punker Than Hell DJs, 10 p.m. The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. Rusko Afterparty with ArchNemesis, Nadis Warriors, 11 p.m. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. DJ Pure.
HIP-HOP RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Indyground Showcase: Steddy P, Brooks, the Abnorm, Cool Calm, Julio and Logically Speaking, special guest Dallas of IGE, 9 p.m.
ACOUSTIC Dark Horse Tavern: 4112 Pennsylvania, 816-931-3663. Live acoustic. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Scotty McCormick Acoustic Showcase.
JAZZ Jazz: 1859 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913328-0003. Brian Ruskin.
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DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Angels Rock Bar: 1323 Walnut, 816-896-3943. Wednesdays Reloaded: Service Industry Night. Beer Kitchen: 435 Westport Rd., 816-389-4180. Brodioke. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Leap Day, Ladies’ Night. Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913345-9717. Trivia and karaoke with DJ Smooth, 8 p.m. 403 Club: 403 N. Fifth St., 913-499-8392. Pinball Tournament, 8:30 p.m., $5 entry fee. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Charity Bingo with Valerie Versace, 8 p.m. Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Karaoke, Ladies’ Night. Hurricane Allie’s Bar and Grill: 5541 Merriam Dr., Shawnee, 913-217-7665. Ultimate DJ Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Comedians of Gabriel Iglesias Stand-Up Revolution, 7:30 p.m. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. Karaoke. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-5251871. Club Jerry’s, reverse happy hour, 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Johnny’s Tavern: 6765 W. 119th St., Leawood, 913-4514542. Texas Hold ’em. JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307. Karaoke with the Queen, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; happy hour, free pool, 4-6 p.m. Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Ladies’ Night. Outabounds Sports Bar & Grill: 3601 Broadway, 816214-8732. Karaoke with DJ Chad, 9 p.m. The Red Balloon: 10325 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-962-2330. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-2366211. Karaoke. Tonahill’s South: 10817 E. Truman Rd., Independence, 816-252-2560. Ladies’ Night with DJ Thorny, 6 p.m. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Pop Culture Trivia. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Trivia, 8 p.m. Wilde’s Chateau 24: 2412 Iowa, Lawrence, 785-8561514. Pride Night, 8 p.m.
EASY LISTENING Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. Colby & Mole.
ELECTRONICA Liberty Hall: 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491972. Rusko, 7 p.m., $25.
OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Open Blues and Funk Jam with Syncopation, 7 p.m. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Open blues jam, 6 p.m. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Acoustic Open Mic with Tyler Gregory. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Jam Night, 9 p.m. Tonahill’s 3 of a Kind: 11703 E. 23rd St., Independence, 816833-5021. Open Jam hosted by Crossthread, 7:30 p.m.
METAL/PUNK The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. Hate Eternal, Goatwhore, Fallujah, Cerebral Bore, Troglodyte, Gornography, 6:30 p.m., $14.
METAL/PUNK The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Dream Killer University, the God Project, Secondhand King.
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savage love Coming to a Head Dear Dan: I’m a straight 24-year-old female who has known my fiancé since freshman year of college. He has a fetish where he likes to watch women use the bathroom. While peeing in front of someone isn’t that big of a deal, shitting is. We had a lovely night going, when I had to poop. We went into the bathroom together. He got very horny, but I couldn’t go. I said maybe I’ll be more relaxed later, and he goes, “Well, let’s fuck in here in case BY you have to go.” He wanted to DAN do it sitting on the toilet with me on top. No go, so we went in S AVA G E my room and had amazing sex. I wanted to have sex again, but he wanted to wait to see if I could go. He said, “Drink some coffee! Smoke a cigarette!” The pressure turned me off. (1) Is this my fault for bringing it up? (2) Was his pressuring me wrong? (3) How should I approach this situation without sounding like a bitch? Pressured Over Observable Performance Dear POOP: (1) You didn’t do anything wrong, and he didn’t do anything wrong when he got excited about the possibility of having his fantasy realized. (2) He shouldn’t have pressured you to perform once it became clear that it wasn’t gonna happen. (And he shouldn’t encourage you to smoke cigarettes.) Shitting in front of someone — and here’s hoping that’s as far as his interest in poop goes — isn’t easy, and badgering you won’t help. If he knows what’s good for him, he’ll hang back, let you set the pace, and thank his lucky stars that he found someone willing to even try. (3) “I know you’re excited, honey, and it excites me to see you so excited. But dial it back a bit, OK? Next time I feel like I can give it a try, I will let you know. But all this pressure is making me feel constipated. ” Dear Dan: I’m an 18-year-old male. After three years of silence, my ex-girlfriend texted me out of the blue. Part of my heart still aches for her. Most of her messages sound flirtatious, but it could be me being optimistic. She said, “I don’t think of you as more than a friend. But I would be open to a relationship if I started having feelings for you again.” Is this a lost cause? Love and Memories Enflamed Dear LAME: Forgive me for what I’m about to type. You’re being used. Your ex-girlfriend sent that out-of-the-blue text because she wanted to feel wanted. Maybe she got dumped recently, or maybe she’s in the midst of a dry spell, or maybe she’s just selfish and cruel. Most likely, she’s after the ego boosts your texts provide. To keep those boosts coming, she’s dangling a little false hope in front of you: She told you the truth so she wouldn’t have to admit to herself that she’s a manipulative liar and then tacked on some 38
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impossible-to-disprove crap to keep you textin’. You dated her when you were 15. You’re not in love with her; you’re in love with the way she made you feel. There are other girls who can make you feel that way. Go find one. Dear Dan: I’m a 35-year-old GGG married male with a 33-year-old not-so-GGG wife. We’ve been together 17 years and married four months. She was a virgin when we met and has never been too sexual a person. I’m very sexual, but she kept me satisfied with oral, dress-up, sex in different places — things like that. Things started to fall off sexually around year 10. She said she felt I was never going to marry her, so why should she give me 100 percent? I enjoy oral and watching women masturbate, and she wouldn’t do either and blamed it on the marriage thing. Five years later, I gave her the big wedding she wanted. I enjoy being married. But she won’t do anything besides traditional sex — and only when she’s awake enough, and I have to initiate. She says she feels uncomfortable doing things like oral, toys or masturbation. I don’t want her to do anything that makes her feel uncomfortable or degraded. But what I’m asking for isn’t “kinky,” certainly when compared with some things I could be into. There’s no sign of her even trying. Am I doomed to a bad marriage, or is there something I can do? Talking isn’t working. I feel she lied to me to get me to marry her. Lots of Sexual Tension Dear LOST: All your options are bad: (1) Stay married, stay faithful and stew in your own frustration and resentment until you die; (2) stay married, cheat with cause, and hope you don’t get caught; (3) inform her that you’re not going to ask her to do things she’s not comfortable with, but you’re not going to ask for permission to do those things with other women, and be cast as the villain when she files for divorce; or (4) initiate the divorce yourself and find a new partner who enjoys sex and the kinds of sex you do before you marry her. (Hint: If she likes sex and likes the stuff you like, she’ll want to do that stuff whether you’re married to her or not.) Sorry, but that’s all I got.
HEY, EVERYBODY: You know how Mormons “baptize” dead people who weren’t Mormons because they believe they have a right to choose Mormonism for the deceased? And you know how the Mormon Church says being gay is a choice? Now you can choose homosexuality for dead Mormons. Go to AllDeadMormonsAre NowGay.com, enter the name of a deceased Mormon or ask the site to find one for you, and that Mormon gets to have a gay afterlife! Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. Have a question for Dan Savage? E-mail him at mail@savagelove.net
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