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DID THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS RUIN ALBERT ROMKES’ CAREER BECAUSE HE’S GAY? B Y B E N PA L O S A A R I | P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y S A B R I N A S TA I R E S
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lbert Romkes needs the equivalent of a Hail Mary pass to save an academic future jeopardized by the University of Kansas’ complicated bureaucracy. An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at KU since 2005, Romkes was denied tenure in 2011, despite the support of his colleagues. Now, time is running out to save his career, which will likely end with this year’s academic calendar in late July. Since KU refused to grant him tenure, Romkes has tried to piece together why he was spurned. KU administrators say it was Romkes’ inability to secure external funding for his projects — a guideline that isn’t an official university policy. But Romkes and his supporters say KU’s decision may be due to another factor: He’s gay. “I’m the first one to be openly gay in the School of Engineering in the most supposedly liberal campus in the state of Kansas,” says Romkes, 39, who was born in the fishing village of Urk, in the Netherlands. Does he believe that’s why he wasn’t granted tenure? “It’s a difficult question for me to answer because I don’t have any explicit proof,” he says. “But I can’t exclude it.” Surrounded by his colleagues, Romkes has come to the March 29 meeting of the University Senate for one of his last gasps. A motion is on the agenda that would reinstate a rule giving faculty members who are denied tenure a chance to appeal. A faculty member must show evidence addressing the reason that they were rejected, and the appeal must occur during the so-called “terminal year” that follows the denial, when the professor is still on staff. KU’s faculty senate eliminated that appeal in 2007.
This motion would give back the appeal only to faculty hired before 2007. In the weeks following Romkes’ tenure denial, he was awarded a $240,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. If the senate passes the motion, Romkes has a fighting chance to save his career. But first, he must wait in this KU lecture hall through an agenda packed with administrative business so dull, it could be used on sleep-study subjects at KU Medical Center. The group of senators — made up of students, faculty and support staff — spends a tedious 22 minutes discussing whether to start fall break on a Saturday or a Sunday. Then a couple of officials drone through a 15-minute presentation about how researchers will have to disclose potential conflicts of interest. Finally, two hours into the meeting, the Senate spends seven minutes cutting Romkes’ motion from the agenda, likely ending his teaching career in the process. Had the motion carried, Romkes might have had a fighting chance to save his job. Romkes is unfazed. What’s another loss?
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he University of Kansas’ decision to block Romkes’ bid for tenure baffled his colleagues. His scholarly record was lauded by promotion and tenure committees in both the mechanical engineering department and the larger School of Engineering. The only knock on his work was his inability to find external funding for research projects in the unflashy field of computational mechanics. (For example, he has studied how submarines’ external materials react in real-life underwater conditions.) And that’s what KU administrators seized on. continued on page 8
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In October 2010, Romkes appeared to be on track for tenure, receiving the approval of the Mechanical Engineering Promotion and Tenure Committee. “His advising and supervision of graduate students meets the department expectations, both in terms of numbers of students and progress towards Ph.D,” the committee wrote. The committee also acknowledged Romkes’ difficulties in getting funding. “Despite submission of high-quality proposals he has yet to successfully meet the departmental expectation of obtaining external funding as a [principal investigator]. Over time it is anticipated that external funding will be received to support his future research.” However, Ronald L. Dougherty, chairman of the mechanical engineering department, pointed to Romkes’ funding troubles. “Dr. Romkes is an exceptional faculty member in many ways,” Dougherty wrote in his October 18, 2010, review. “However, the independence of his research/scholarly program has not been clearly established.” In December 2010, the School of Engineering’s Promotion and Tenure Committee voted unanimously to promote Romkes. Committee chairman Alfred Parr cited Romkes’ research and teaching abilities as reasons to grant him tenure. Parr also addressed Romkes’ lack of independent funding, writing, “Unfortunately, his field of expertise is computational fluid dynamics where funding is very tight.” The dean of KU’s School of Engineering, Stuart Bell, ignored Parr’s recommendation. In a December 20, 2010, letter to the University Committee on Tenure and Promotions, which also had to review Romkes, Bell wrote that Romkes’ inability to fund his research was a requirement for tenure outlined in the mechanical engineering department’s tenureevaluation document. “It [the expectation that researchers find their own funding] is common to most engineering programs at U.S. research universities,” Bell wrote. “In this case, the current record of the candidate does not indicate independent sustainability.” In March 2011, the University Committee on Tenure and Promotions voted 7-3 to deny Romkes tenure. KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little didn’t have to write anything to
Peter TenPas says Romkes’ future in teaching is bleak. justify her decision. She checked the “deny” box on a form dated April 14, 2011. The rule cited by Bell was passed by mechanical engineering faculty in 2009 for use in the school’s tenure evaluations, and states, “Candidates must demonstrate ability to attract external funding for their research, as demonstrated by funded external grants with the candidate as principal investigator.” Romkes’ supporters have dubbed Bell’s argument the “P-I rule.” The use of the P-I rule has ensnared the university in a murky ethical spot because it was never approved by the Faculty Senate Committee on Standards and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure, which must sign off on all promotion and tenure rules. Committee chairman William Keel wrote an April 2011 e-mail to Ron BarrettGonzalez, a colleague of Romkes’ and an associate professor of aerospace engineering, saying the rule had not been approved. “So, just to be clear, would it be safe to say that the only P&T rules which are applicable at a SoE [School of Engineering] level and within its Departments are those established prior to 2009?” Barrett-Gonzalez replied to clarify. “From my perspective, yes,” Keel answered. A few days later, Keel e-mailed BarrettGonzalez to further explain why the P-I rule’s use was improper: “Ron, we have never seen the ME [mechanical engineering] document; we did review a SoE document dated November 2008 — that was reviewed and returned to the school for revisions and we are still waiting for that revised document from the school.” In an e-mail to The Pitch, KU spokeswoman Jill Jess says the Faculty Senate Committee on Standards and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure must approve all tenure guidelines. A universitywide review process is still under way. But the department, she says, correctly applied the rules to Romkes. “So, yes, the rules do need to be reviewed by the committee as part of the new procedure,” Jess said in a statement. “But the tenure guidelines in place were valid during Dr. Romkes’ review, and the guidelines under which he was evaluated for promotion and tenure were not materially different from previous guidelines.” Many professors say the move by the chair of
Ron Barrett-Gonzalez argues that the P-I rule was improperly applied. Romkes’ department and the dean of the School of Engineering to disregard the advice of his colleagues and vote against Romkes’ receiving tenure is rare. Peter TenPas, an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department, says he was “astonished, just dumbfounded” when Romkes was denied. “When you look at the body of his work, he’s a more highly qualified teacher; his publishing record is way above everyone else that we’ve recently tenured in the department,” says TenPas, who has worked closely with Romkes for the last five years. “He worked diligently to obtain funding with federal agencies as part of our team.” “In my opinion, that’s a hokey rule,” BarrettGonzalez says. “The reason is essentially twofold. One is that it’s never been applied to anyone else in the history of the university. That’s just
asinine, if you ask me. And the second one is that two years ago, we had another professor go up from associate to full professor in the School of Engineering who was not a P-I on any other projects. So, to me, it seems like a double standard.” Because Bell ignored his colleagues’ recommendations and invoked a rule that neither was on the books when Romkes was hired nor approved by the appropriate university committee, many connected with the school wonder if Romkes’ personal life was more of a factor than his funding record. Romkes says he has met with Bell only twice: once during the interview process (he says he didn’t out himself to Bell during his interview process, although his colleagues have known since he started at KU that he’s gay), and later when Bell told him that he was not supporting his tenure bid. This leads Romkes to believe that Bell was motivated by “something nonprofessional.” Romkes says he has been with his partner, civil engineer
Matt Murphy, for 10 years, and adds that he has never experienced intolerance; his only complaint is awkward social situations. “I’ve gotten used to it because I am the only one that brings their same-sex partner to these functions,” Romkes says. “Is that intolerance? No, not really.” Barrett-Gonzalez, who has tenure, is a little more blunt: “I believe that the dean, who was the principal administrator who made the decision, has allowed his own personal inclinations and personal prejudices to cloud his professional judgment.” Several professors and former students have formed a support team called KU Alumni for Romkes, which has sent pamphlets to media outlets titled “KU: A Straight Place to Be.” “It is beyond suspicious that professor Romkes is also the first and only openly gay faculty member ever to have served in KU’s School of Engineering,” one mailer reads. “There are so many apparent irregularities and violations of rules, that one can only conclude that the checks and balances of KU’s promotion, tenure and redress processes are fundamentally broken.” Jess denies that discrimination played any role in Romkes’ review: “As is clear from Assistant Professor Romkes’ court filings, the department chair, dean, University Promotion & Tenure Committee and provost all recommended against tenure because his research record did not meet the university’s standard. There are no allegations of discrimination in Romkes’ court filings because the university does not discriminate.” In an e-mailed statement, Bell recited almost verbatim the university’s position that Romkes was not discriminated against. Bell also wrote that obtaining funding is as important for faculty members as for students. “It is worth noting that engineering programs at research universities across the nation place great emphasis on research including the ability of faculty members to secure significant research funding,” Bell wrote. “This funding helps ensure that our students are taught the latest concepts and are taught by faculty who are at the leading edge of their respective fields, both now and into the future. It is how we attract and support top
graduate students. It is how we drive innovation and discovery, and enable our undergraduate students to learn from and conduct research with leading scholars.” Romkes says proving discrimination based on his sexual orientation “would be impossible.” After two years of wrestling with KU’s administration, Romkes sounds almost beaten. He says he regrets not telling Bell earlier that he was gay, even if it would have cost him the job. “In hindsight, I should have mentioned it in the interview because I could have avoided a lot of misery,” he says, “If anybody would have had a problem, they wouldn’t have hired me, and I would have been better off. I would have done my work anyway, but at a different place. And I wouldn’t have to deal with this issue.”
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omkes still holds a bit of hope that his position could be spared. He has filed a petition for a judicial review in Douglas County District Court. Judge Robert Fairchild hasn’t said when he’ll decide if the university followed proper procedures in denying tenure to Romkes. Romkes says he’ll consider filing a civil lawsuit if he loses that, too. Those within the School of Engineering say Romkes’ teaching career is almost certainly finished. “If you don’t achieve tenure at Berkeley or Caltech or Stanford or MIT, you have options,” says TenPas, who is tenured. “But if you don’t achieve tenure at KU’s School of Engineering, which is way, way down the list, the doors are basically closed.” Romkes knows that the hole on his résumé where tenure should be is a red flag for potential employers. Even with a fat National Science Foundation grant in his back pocket, Romkes knows it’ll be hard to find another faculty job. So he is mentally preparing for a move to the private sector. “The chances of me finding a faculty position are very slim,” he says. “If I were to look at my record myself, I would wonder, ‘What the hell is wrong with this guy?’ ” E-mail ben.palosaari@pitch.com or call 816-218-6783.
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Kansas City league play at Gillham Park (Gillham Road and 39th Street), with postgame parties at Tower Tavern (401 East 31st Street, 816-931-9300). A $67 registration fee covers a T-shirt, eight regular season games plus playoffs, and two parties with food and drinks. How else are you going to get to the Las Vegas tournament? Those interested in forming a team can attend a 6 p.m. rules clinic, captains meeting and pickup game. See kickball.com/ season/mokansascityspring2012 for more information. — NANCY HULL RIGDON
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Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted, radio hasn’t been the same. Stations were consolidated en masse, with formats rigidly standardized. Filmmaker Kevin McKinney never shook his lingering questions about radio’s transicontinued on page 12
April 21.) See owencoxdance.org for information. — CRYSTAL K. WIEBE
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eventies steez talk-show host Arty Vulgaris (played by Damian Blake) dishes with local scenesters Ron Megee, Amy Farrand, Jon Fulton Adams and Kitty von Minx at 10 p.m. during The Nightcap With Arty Vulgaris at the Fishtank Performance Studio (1715 Wyandotte, 816-809-7110). Things onstage get celebratory as the crew marks the birthday of Annie Cherry, who is Arty’s producer, comedic foil and real-life partner. Tickets cost $15; pick them up at fishtanktheater.blogspot.com. See past episodes of Nightcap at blip.tv/thenightcap.
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continued from page 11 tion and its effects on community. His quest and surprising findings are the focus of his new documentary, Corporate FM, which has its premiere at 8:30 p.m. today at AMC Mainstreet 6 (1401 Main, 888-262-4386) and at 3:45 p.m. Saturday at the AMC Ward Parkway 14 (8600 Ward Parkway, 888-262-4386) as part of the Kansas City FilmFest. (See KCfilmfest .org for information.) The Pitch spoke with McKinney ahead of the release date. The Pitch: Why do you think local radio is important, in light of something like the Internet? McKinney: When you lose the radio station to an out-of-town owner or a financial firm, the loss is great because it echoes throughout other scenes in the community — the music scene, local businesses, even the kid down the street who needs to raise money for medical bills. Is it true that corporate stations are not allowed to play local music? Yes. They’re not allowed to put it in rotation. They’ll say, “We play local music” if you tune in late at night on Sundays. What they stopped doing is giving it to us in rotation. If a jock heard a song they loved, they played it — it’s what made radio have a soul.— APRIL FLEMING
GREEN ART
Troost is blowin’ up, ya’ll. Tonight, the urban core shines at the Troost Art Hop, a gallery walk centered primarily on four locations on the avenue: Artmosphere (4332 Troost), Ubuntu Village North (4327 Troost), Emerald City Welcome Center (4334 Troost) and the New Education Centre (4337 Troost). Each promises a combination of art, live art, fire, spoken-word and music performances. “There are more neighborhood galleries and businesses getting involved every day,” says Jason Turner, an organizer. Admission and parking at all venues are free and open to all ages. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. — BERRY ANDERSON
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Celebrating diversity for the sixth year, the Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival encourages people to expand their personal borders and get a little closer to KC’s varied cultures. People can browse at more than 50 booths representing different countries and organizations, purchase and sample foods, and feast on performances by native musicians
and dancers, jazz poets and rappers. A silentauction fundraiser is held on-site featuring donations from 35 local businesses. The festival is at the Kansas City, Kansas, Community College Field House (7250 State Avenue, 913-334-1100) and runs from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. See freewebs.com/wycoethnicfestival for more information. — MICAH GUTWEILER
ARTOPIA
Local artistic realms collide at the Screenland Crossroads (1656 Washington, 816-421-9700) when The Pitch presents Artopia, the annual celebration of all things local and creative. Five different entertainment areas dazzle and delight with DJs, food and drink, music, spoken word, hula-hoopers, fire dancers, burlesque and, of course, really hot scantily clad women. At 9 p.m., The Pitch presents four artistic innovators with awards, which come with accolades and cash. Pre-sale tickets cost $25 (or $35 for VIP), or buy them at the door for $30 ($40 for VIP). For more continued on page 14
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Social (1118 McGee, 816-472-4900) has been open since Halloween, yet it feels ready for discovery. The swanky LGBT-friendly lounge has stiff drinks, a tight sound system and an executive chef, but it lacks something crucial. “We need afternoon business!” says bartender Robbie McGowan. Social is off the beaten path — north of the Sprint Center and east of the Power & Light — but that makes it a perfect happy-hour hideaway, when sunlight streams through the windows. Absorb the heavy beats in a comfy chair from 3 to 7 p.m., when wells cost $3 and wine and drafts are half-price. Social stays open until 3 a.m. and rarely charges a cover; see socialbarkc.com. — BERRY ANDERSON
STEAMPUNK DELIGHT
Kansas City Art Institute graduating senior Katie Kaufman says she feels “completely creative and historically grounded” in the world of steampunk. Today, the art history and fibers major shows off her work at A Textilier Soiree, an art fair and concert featuring performances by the External Combustion Orchestra, burlesque dancer Sophia Sassafras and “pirate comedy” group the Scallywags. “I have collaborated with other local artists to get the ambience of the show perfect,” Kaufman says. See it in all of its futuristic glory at the Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634). Admission is free to the art fair, from 3 to 6 p.m., and $15 thereafter for the 21-and-older concert. Find Kaufman’s art online at etsy.com/people/katkaufman. — BERRY ANDERSON
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series of plain yet thrilling moments (not necessarily in chronological order) that leads to the dissolution of two marriages and an awkward relationship with her lover’s young daughter. Enright, who won the Booker Prize for her last novel, The Gathering, discusses her writing and her homeland during a 6:30 p.m. appearance at the Kansas City Central Library (14 West 10th Street, 816-701-3400). The event is co-sponsored by the Kansas City Irish Center. A 30-minute reception precedes the program. Admission is free. RSVP at kclibrary.org. — CRYSTAL K. WIEBE
The Forgotten Waltz is a realistic love story about the sort of unexpected, life-altering affair sparked casually. The narrator of the latest novel by Irish author Anne Enright is a modern-day Dubliner in her 30s. She works in IT. Her name is Gina. And she relays a
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Mike Sinclair’s photo “Anne’s Wedding” shows a backyard party, one with simple conversations and plenty of soda cans. A closer look at the image triggers questions: Did Anne settle for a picnic reception? Does the unknown Heineken drinker have a secret connection with the woman at the table? And what do the suburban neighbors think? The photo is part of the Personal Effects exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (4420 Warwick, 816-753-5784). See it and the rest of the evocative show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The exhibit runs through October 12, and admission is free. See kemperart.org for more information. — NANCY HULL RIGDON E-mail submissions to Filter editor Berry Anderson at calendar@pitch.com. Search our complete listings guide online at pitch.com.
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ean Starowitz picks up a stack of metal chairs and begins to lug them across the concrete floor of the H&R Block Artspace’s upper gallery. “Art spaces are way behind,” Starowitz says as he heads toward the elevator. “Laundromats, restaurants and bars are way ahead in faciliBY tating culture. Why do we THERESA keep inheriting these models if we know they are flawed?” BEMBNISTER It’s a Sunday afternoon, two hours before this month’s installation of Bread KC gets under way. For $10, guests enjoy a meal together and watch the presentations of three competing artists. After a vote, the winner takes home a micro grant funded through proceeds from the dinner. Starowitz and his partner, Andrew Erdrich, have put on these Bread KC dinners almost changes all month to keep people coming monthly since October 2010. The two artists, back throughout the run of the exhibition. “We’re hoping if we have this calendar of accompanied by Erin Olm-Shipman, who joined the Bread KC team in February, descend events, we’ll have regulars coming in, and with the precision and speed of a professional they’ll be exposed to everyday cultural activity event staff, unloading a sheet cake, boxes of they may not be aware of,” Erdrich explains. The slate is ambitious, with days full of serving ware, loaves of bread and a warm stockpot from the back of a pickup. They’ve held concerts, readings, workshops and visualeach dinner at a different location — typically art exhibitions. On Saturday evenings, for one of the art spaces that Starowitz believes to example, the Speakeasy transforms into a be outmoded, sometimes a restaurant or a bar. music venue, with concerts by local bands. At some point, Starowitz, Erdrich and Olm- Element Studios, located around the corner, Shipman began to wonder what it would be is recording all the shows and posting the like to have a dedicated Bread KC space. That music on the Speakeasy blog. The project is also a curiosity has evolved into the broader, bigger projection Speakeasy, an exhibition at The Speakeasy of Bread KC’s cultural radar. the Charlotte Street FoundaApril 6–May 13, at Nicholas Naughton used tion’s La Esquina gallery. And La Esquina, 1000 West 25th money from a grant he for the Speakeasy’s five-week Street, thespeak-easy.org won in June 2010 to start run, the gallery has more in La Cucaracha Press. (And common with a restaurant or a bar — or with a laundromat — than with a he hasn’t missed a Bread KC dinner since.) traditional visual-art venue like the Artspace. Naughton teaches a printmaking class at the “We’re tying to make the space a hangout Kansas City Art Institute. He and his students formed a collective called Phresh Prints and spot,” Starowitz explains. So La Esquina, a cavernous white-walled hand-printed nearly 2,000 letterpress postand concrete-floored space just off Southwest cards for the exhibition. “We’ll do posters, aprons, membership Boulevard, now has the homey, well-worn feel of a small neighborhood gathering spot — like a cards, custom invitations and anything else Y.J.’s Snack Bar or a One More Cup. Mismatched the show needs,” Naughton says. Jessica Rogers’ CartWheel, a 1969 Wigthrift-store tables and chairs dot most of the gallery space. There’s a bookshelf in one cor- wam camper trailer turned mobile retail and ner, stocked with art-heavy selections, such as gallery space, won the September 2011 Bread The Art of Seeing (by Aldous Huxley) and Art KC grant. Rogers is slated to park outside the in Theory: 1900-2000 (by Charles Harrison and Speakeasy April 20–22 and sell vintage clothPaul Wood). A counter occupies the opposite ing and handcrafted items by local artists. corner, looking like where you pick up coffee She leads a craft workshop from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21. or order a pound of ham. The third rail powering Speakeasy’s ambiIt won’t stay the same for long. The goal is a shape-shifting dynamism, a space that tious range is its unspoken challenge to viewers 16
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Bread KC’s Erin Olm-Shipman (right) at the Speakeasy’s First Friday opening.
(and, to some degree, its participants): What is art, anyway? The exhibition as a whole doesn’t set out to answer that question, but if you listen to the back-and-forth of the creators involved, you might hear one anyway. As the project’s essay puts it: “Artists are developing creative strategies to expand conversations beyond the notion of ‘shooting the breeze’ and into direct participation and collaboration. Today, conversation can be seen as an affective and compelling artistic medium.” Among the voices: Jordan Stempleman, who reads from his new book of poetry, No, Not Today during the Speakeasy’s Reading Night Brouhaha, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27. Stempleman, who teaches creative writing at the Kansas City Art Institute, is interested in this intersection of literary and visual arts. “On a localized level, I believe in the community cross-pollination and building that occurs when artists from different disciplines display their dialogues in the form of collaboration,” he says. “Roots develop. Care intensifies. The family extends.” Also on the agenda are weekly exchanges, a kind of reverse panel discussion where the experts are prepared to ask questions of audience members. Topic No. 1 is money — no surprise, considering Bread KC’s fundraising and distribution platform. The Saturday, April 6, discussion centered on creative labor, with future panels covering philanthropy, and the pros and cons of nonprofit organizational structure. Chicago artist and food-truck proprietor Eric May participated in that first panel discussion. He tells The Pitch: “Creative cultural workers are starting to re-evaluate the power pitch.com
structures that surround the art world and this idea of the creative class, and how we will find a sustainable economic model for ourselves. Basic capitalism can be a model for reimagining the career possibilities for people in the arts. It repositions the creative practice within the broader economy.” Curators Starowitz and Erdrich have also designed the Speakeasy as an opportunity for culinary cross-pollination. On the Speakeasy’s opening night, First Friday crowds in La Esquina’s parking lot tasted platters of Kansas City- and Chicagostyle barbecue from May’s E-Dogz food truck. (The Windy City may be better known for its pizza, but it has a distinct style of barbecue, with emphasis on spicy sausage.) Jenny Vergara, one of the masterminds behind the Vagabond pop-up restaurant, says, “When I first met Sean Starowitz and Andrew Erdrich — aka the Bread Boys — I was impressed with their heartfelt interest in bringing the food and art scenes in KC together through their various art projects.” She has lent cookware to Bread KC in the past; for the Speakeasy, she presents work with Tony Glamcevski of Green Dirt Farm and food photographer Paul Ingold, at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 22. Ingold is looking forward to showing his images to a new audience. “The Speakeasy exhibition is exposing my work to artists and beyond my foodie following,” he says. With Coffee and Toast, the Bread KC-rooted Speakeasy has a Bread KC-like component of its own. On Sundays, visitors to the gallery watch YouTube videos of artist presentations and put cash in jars to support their favorite project. Like Naughton of La Cucaracha Press, or Rogers of CartWheel, maybe the artists highlighted this month will pay it forward. M O N T H X X–X X , 2 0 0 X
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Innovations of World’s Fairs Past Dazzle Anew at the Nelson-Atkins
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he World’s Fair was the original trade show — one that sold the future. At each, manufacturers from around the globe came together to demonstrate new technologies, display advances in expertise and cultivate consumer interest. The idea: Evoke in every observer a dazzled, covetous awe. There’s a lot to covet in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939. The show, which opens Saturday, April 14, glistens with lavish, often over-thetop objects of exquisite design, rich materials and impeccable execution. Among the remarkable pieces: delicate pendant earrings from 1820, made of iron wire; a gold-and-mosaic bracelet, from around 1860, that used then-modern technology to mimic 1st-century Roman work; a blinding, all-silver, Rococo-style dressing table and stool from 1899. There’s a gorgeous 1915 Japanese screen — called “Morning Sea” — woven with 250 shades of silk threads, which shimmer as you move by it, making the waves come alive. Curators Catherine Futter and Jason Busch — funded by a research grant from the National Endowment for the Arts — combed the contemporary world’s collections for the finest examples of technique and design that were groundbreaking when the objects were made. But they haven’t assembled a show that’s merely instructive, a simple history of gold-prize winners. Futter (the Nelson-Atkins curator of decorative arts) and Busch (of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh) instead concentrate on themes of innovation, discovery, and the tension between cross-cultural sharing and nationalistic innovation. “We let the objects tell the story and direct the themes,” Futter says. The space offers room for the objects to work as Futter suggests. The Bloch Building’s tall ceilings and sprawling layout of platforms and cases recall London’s huge Crystal Palace, which housed the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, which drew 6.2 million people in 1851. Trying to digest the
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189 sets of marvels in a single visit would be overwhelming; engaging closely with a smaller number of the chosen works is the way to go. And there’s time. Inventing the Modern World stays up through August 19. (The exhibition travels to the Carnegie in October, then next year to the New Orleans Museum of Art and to the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.) Presented chronologically and culled from thousands of specimens, the furniture, glassware, vases and tapestries brim with roiling colors, patterns and textures — often all in a single object. A Fukagawa Yeizaemon vase, for example (originally displayed at the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia), is topped by a puzzle of pink and green hexagons on glazed and enameled porcelain. But the scenes depicted on the front — battling samurai against a background of blooming cherry trees and framed by two dragons — are gaudily un-Japanese. “This was made for the Western market,” Futter explains. “The Japanese would never use pink and purple.” In one of the exhibition’s examples of cultural cross-fertilization, this Western interpretation of Japanese design also employs a chemical glazing technique that was imparted to the Japanese in 1870 by Gottfried Wagner, a German chemist who was invited to Arita, the great ceramics center in Japan. And then there are this exhibit’s 29 pieces of jewelry. Paulding Farnham’s jeweled iris, almost lifesized at 3 inches across, rests delicately on an elegant curved stem of gold. The platinum petals
are paved with sparkling sapphires, diamonds, garnets and topaz. The 1900 Tiffany & Co. Iris Corsage Ornament (it belongs to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, which also has one of Farnham’s original design sketches) won a gold medal at Paris’ Exposition Universelle — when America was still thought to lag behind Europe’s cultural perfection. (Farnham used American gemstones in his exhibition pieces — in this case, sapphires from Montana.) In keeping with the World’s Fair tradition of innovation, there are a few interactive, hightech components to Inventing the Modern World. At a virtual jewelry counter, you can see yourself wearing a Fabergé tiara: a single sheet of platinum cut into patterns resembling Russian folk lacework and bedecked with diamonds. A stereoscope station shows scenes from the fairs themselves, and a display of interactive screens allows you to flip, turn and examine select objects. World’s Fairs were intentionally temporary, and their great, expensively built structures were demolished, with a few exceptions: the Eiffel Tower and the Palace of Fine Arts, which is still the home of the St. Louis Art Museum. In that spirit is this exhibition’s Sun Pavilion, which hugs 47th Street like a giant satellite at the edge of the museum grounds. Generator Studios’ temporary structure, chosen from an open-call contest’s 15 entries, is open during museum hours. “The pavilion,” Futter explains, “inverts what we see with all the gadgets we use every day — an exploded iPad: three shipping containers, scaffolding and solar panels.” In one con-
The Sun Pavilion, left, is a temporary addition to the Nelson-Atkins grounds; above, a Fukagawa Yeizaemon vase.
tainer, she explains, furniture dropped off by the community is broken down by local volunteer artists and Kansas City Art Institute students, for rebuilding as new art. In another, 150 solar panels collect power to run an air conditioner. The decorative arts are often the only surviving elements of the dozens of World’s Fair expos showcased in this exhibition. Seeing these objects — rather than souvenirs or postcards or architectural remnants — feels like a gift to us, the descendants of ambitious people who saw the world and its resources as theirs for the taking. Unlike so many of today’s industrial barons, they did so in the spirit of innovation and, in the words of Robert Green Ingersoll, writing in The Illustrated World’s Fair in advance of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, “for the intellectual, mechanical, artistic, political and social advancement of the world.” That spirit lingers here, where you wonder what Ingersoll and those who shared his optimism would say about the world as it is now. — TRACY A BELN E-mail feedback@pitch.com Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939 April 14–August 19 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak, 816-751-1278) The curators give a free talk at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Tickets are required. See nelson-atkins.org.
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ovie remakes are rarely as interesting as the originals. The same goes for restaurant remakes. What makes a certain restaurant inherently lovable and unique is hard to re-create in a different location. There’s always something missing, BY even if what’s absent isn’t imCHARLES mediately definable. It’s an axiom that has led to FERRUZZA some notable flops. The second La Mediterranee (the shortlived bistro in an Overland Park strip center in the ’90s), for example, was a shabby version of the pretty Plaza original. The Accurso’s restau- Michael Forbes was a dining room where rant now on Main Street lacks the joie de vivre everyone seemed to know your name. The of the restaurant’s first incarnation — though I Johnson County version was a place where you can tell you what’s missing: Joe Accurso. And didn’t want anyone to know your name — or the two or three versions of the Lobster Pot that your dinner order, some nights. When Forbes Cross took over the old followed the popular Union Station restaurant Sharp’s location, on 63rd Street, he’d finally were sad, pale imitations. There are exceptions. When the Mirabile found the right location for a Michael Forbes family moved Jasper’s Restaurant from 75th remake: Brookside. No one was ever going Street and Wornall to Watts Mill, it became less to remember Sharp’s for its cuisine — the formal, more accessible and, frankly, a lot more food was almost always mediocre — but it had a loyal following for its relaxing. Not everyone likes congenial ambience and the Stroud’s in Fairway, where Michael Forbes several really wonderful it’s not at all like the beloved Bar & Grille servers (including veteran 1930s roadhouse off Troost. Greek salad ............... $3.90 Gregory Marino, who has But I think Mike Donegan has Cup of pot-roast been schlepping plates at kept the spirit of the iconic soup......................... $3.90 this address since Lindsay place, and the quality of the Catfish dinner .........$14.90 Grilled fish Lohan was in diapers). food is mostly intact. tacos (2) ................$11.90 Sharp’s was clubby, too — Which brings me to the Steak Mirin ............. $17.90 maybe too much so at times. three-month-old Michael Green-olive There were regulars who Forbes Bar & Grille, a kind bolognaise ............$12.90 not only knew your name of remake of a remake. The Double-chocolatebut also could say how many first restaurant, simply called fudge cake .............. $4.50 times you’d been to rehab. Michael Forbes Grill, opened That kind of intimacy I don’t in 1985 in a has-been Waldo strip center. It closed in 1999, but owner Forbes need before coffee on a Sunday morning. Avoiding that overfamiliarity is probably Cross tried to draw a second lightning strike in 2003, when he opened another restaurant of the why I haven’t yet forced myself to eat breaksame name in a free-standing building at 5200 fast — or even the $10 weekend brunch — at Michael Forbes Bar & Grille. I’ve heard West 95th Street. I’m not sure it lasted a year. “It was the wrong location,” Cross admits from friends that the brunch buffet is underwhelming, but when eggs, fruit and potatoes today. It was the wrong everything. If the Waldo come at that price, who cares? Framed menus from the original Michael restaurant had been laid-back, clubby and eccentric, the Prairie Village remake was the Forbes Grill and some of the other Forbes Stepford Wives version: cold, lifeless and filled Cross creations hang on the mint walls of with mostly cold, lifeless people. The first the freshly decorated Michael Forbes Bar
& Grille (which is now so squeaky clean, I thought I had walked into the wrong building). I was a fan of the old Parkway 600 and an Italian-style place in Johnson County called Martini’s; his CV also includes the hoity-toity Japengo. The current Michael Forbes menu has Forbes Cross dishes from almost all of those previous ventures, but it concentrates on that first restaurant. You might think that, given modern concerns about cholesterol and fat, diners would avoid a signature dish restored to the new menu: fried catfish. But no such health consciousness has gripped his client base. “We can barely keep it in the kitchen,” Cross says. I’m not supposed to be eating catfish myself, but I daringly shared the meal with a friend one night, and it was luxuriously moist and flaky under a golden, crispy crust. (The watery lemondill tartar sauce wasn’t so memorable, though.) Cross ought to consider putting his persistently fresh catfish in the tacos he serves here. The grilled fish in this boring platter was shredded so fine, I could have been eating canned tuna slathered with chili aioli. If not for the mound of cabbage tucked in the soft tortilla, I might have starved. Forbes’ son, 25-year-old Matt Cross, oversees the kitchen, which is capable of better: the potroast soup is hearty and satisfying, the steamed mussels — served in an aluminum pot, in a sauce of lemon, wine and dill — are fresh and plump. A family-recipe “green olive Bolognaise” is a winner, a mound of spaghetti heaped with a meaty (beef and Italian sausage), robustly seasoned sugo with lots of mushrooms and small stuffed green olives. I could barely make my way through a bowl.
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An expensive garlic filet is doused in garlic sauce, but a better deal is the less showy but very fine steak mirin ( juicy slices of the teres major cut) marinated in soy, garlic, cilantro and shallots, and expertly grilled. There are only a few desserts here, all made in-house (including a white-chocolate bread pudding created from Parker House rolls). A slab of iced chocolate cake is listed as “double chocolate fudge cake,” but it’s neither — clearly baked and frosted with milk chocolate. “We use half dark and half milk chocolate,” Cross explains. It’s a tasty, old-fashioned layer cake, but I’d prefer more dark chocolate. And the “famous sour cream apple pie” needs a lot more sour cream to earn celebrity status. Still, why quibble? Cross has been in the restaurant business a long time, and on his third Michael Forbes go-round, he clearly means to give his customers what they want. He personally interviewed every server in the joint, and the result is a motley but welltrained staff with skill and personality. This includes a quick-witted server (yes, the one last seen at Accurso’s) who recently responded to a customer’s “Do you have any hard rolls?” with an immediate “Not for a couple of weeks, but I might get lucky tonight.” I swear I heard him use the same line at the original Michael Forbes Grill. He says he wasn’t there, but I think we’ve all been to Michael Forbes Bar & Grille before. Have a suggestion for a restaurant The Pitch should review? E-mail charles.ferruzza@pitch.com
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Dancing Machine DUBSTEP SUPERSTAR LORIN ASHTON — AKA BASSNECTAR — DROPS BY THE MIDLAND.
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e is now a superstar in the world of electronic music, but it hasn’t always been all about festival gigs and bass drops for Lorin Ashton, better known by his DJ name, Bassnectar. In high school, in San Jose, California, death metal was Ashton’s scene. “I liked death metal because it was so raw and intense, and I also appreciated, when I was a 15-year-old boy, the shock value,” Ashton tells The Pitch. “I wanted to push back on authority systems BY that were trying to make me KYLE believe in one thing or act a certain way. I needed help on EUSTICE asserting who I was and pushing back on Christianity and things that I thought were illogical. Death metal was an amazing technique to do that. “When I found the rave scene, it was a similar underground type of sound, but it was extremely friendly and openhearted, and I felt a lot more resonance with that than I did with the deathmetal scene,” he continues. “That made it an easy transition. I really like that. I like that there is more of a cross-cultural thing to the current electronic explosion. It’s a more open scene with more types of people. It’s open to the nerds.” A bit of Ashton’s metal past is still evident, though: his signature hairstyle. Dark-brown and down to his waist, it hasn’t been cut in 15 years. “It’s not like a hairstyle. It’s more like an anti-style,” he says. “It’s been long when long
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hair was very popular, and it’s been long when long hair was very unpopular. I used to wear it up to keep it out of my face when I’d DJ, but I compulsively twitch and bounce around and freak out, and it would always end up falling out. I would spend my whole set having to tie my hair up. Now I just let it hang down, and it’s nice because it’s like a little curtain that I can see through, but other people can’t.” It’s a pretty chaotic scene on the other side of that hair during Bassnectar shows. Crowds of thousands go for the outlandish stage props, symphonic light displays and Halloween-party fashions. But while the electronic music scene is often associated with drug use, Ashton prefers a healthy lifestyle and a sharp mind. Aside from the occasional glass of wine or cup of coffee, Ashton remains a steadfast proponent of responsible experimentation.
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treasures. That goes for recreational drugs, coffee, diets, etc. So of course, I’m horrified by how much drug use goes on, not just at dubstep shows but at concerts in general.” Ashton prefers to keep his mind occupied by keeping busy with new music. The latest Bassnectar album, Vava Voom, detonates with unrelenting bass and guest spots by Lupe Fiasco, Amp Live and Zumbi of Zion I. It’s a delicate balance of hip-hop and dubstep that Ashton has perfected over the years. The first single, “Vava Voom (featuring Lupe Fiasco),” may shock his dubstep fans. “I wanted to make a blend of hip-hop and dubstep that wasn’t about the drop but that had a drop,” he says. “Everyone’s like, ‘Oh, it doesn’t come for two minutes,’ and that’s exactly right: It doesn’t come for two minutes. So just wait two minutes.” [Laughs.] But even without the classic dubstep wompwomp sound dominating the track, it’s clearly a Bassnectar concoction, a natural extension of his artistic evolution, which now includes nine full-length albums and four EPs. “The music that I make … isn’t always intended to satisfy your every need. It may be intended for something entirely different. I think some people get confused and think I’m trying to please them with every song I make, and I’m not,” he says. “When someone asks me to go back to my old style or return to my roots, that’s usually a sign that they have no idea what my real style is or what my roots are. So many different styles and sound combinations fascinate me that everything I make is just a natural result of combining those influences. And if something you hear doesn’t sound like Bassnectar to you, then you just don’t know what Bassnectar sounds like yet. Enjoy it or don’t, but I hope you do.” E-mail feedback@pitch.com
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Fire Starters SMOKED MEATS AND POSSIBLE ARSON AT LA ESQUINA’S SPEAKEASY s Kansas City, as The Kansas City Star breathlessly posited earlier this year, in the midst of a golden age? Oh, come on. Of course not. Recent FBI reports found Kansas City to be the ninth-most dangerous city in the United States, with a crime rate three times the national average. Our public schools have been stripped of their accreditation. Every month, a new business flees the city for BY the Kansas suburbs. D AV I D Taxpayers spend more than $10 million annually to H U D N A L L prop up the Power and Light District, which is owned, by the way, by a company headquartered in Baltimore. After five years, the Sprint Center still lacks an anchor tenant. The Chiefs’ front office is an incompetent cabal of paranoid maniacs. The Royals haven’t been to the playoffs since the Reagan administration. We’re not even allowed to look at a full tit in our strip clubs! Maybe let’s dial back the self-congratulations a little, is all I’m saying. Which is not to say we can’t be positive when the moment merits it. And I am, in fact, about to say something positive. There were so many fun things happening in Kansas City last weekend (including the band Fun, which is actually not fun but is, rather, terrible, but never mind) that I found myself paralyzed by indecision early Friday evening. Head straight to Middle of the Map, the indie-rock music fest in Westport? Or the Center of the City punk party at the News Room? Maybe stop by the Folly for the debut of the New Century Follies’ vaudeville show? And what about all those First Friday art parties? I followed my heart, which is guided by free alcohol. That took me, after work, to the Indie, the bar attached to the Midland. I’d never been inside the Indie, and it was relaxed and genuine. Music bingo was going on. A DJ would play 30 seconds of a song, and we would check our bingo cards for the song. It was ’90s-themed, which occasioned some pleasant strolls down memory lane. Remember “Da’ Dip”? It’s all about Freak Nasty, y’all. La Esquina, an art space affiliated with the Charlotte Street Foundation (which sits just north of Southwest Boulevard on Belleview), was holding the opening for its latest exhibition, The Speakeasy, and I soon migrated in that direction. It seemed an especially robust First Friday crowd in the streets of the Crossroads. On the corner of 18th and Baltimore, a Dick Dale-style surf-rock band played. The musicians were wearing wigs of long, blond dreadlocks and Jason masks. pitch.com
Before arriving, I had not yet read Theresa Bembnister’s fine piece in this week’s issue (see Art) on the Speakeasy and the people who conceived the project. All I knew was that it was supposed to be a fun party, which turned out to be true. There were young and attractive people, free Boulevard drafts — Double Wide IPA and Pilsner — and a food truck parked in the middle of the room serving barbecue. I ordered the Chicago-style combo: two ribs, a half-sausage and white bread. “You look extremely stupid,” my friend said, as I lurched over my plate in the middle of the room, gnawing gracelessly at a pig bone. “I’ll be back in a minute,” I said, and finished my meal away from his scrutiny, outside in the dark, alone, staring dumbly at the Royal Liquors sign. There is a short, raised balcony overlooking the south side of La Esquina, and later on in the evening, I was standing there talking to Erin Olm-Shipman, whom I had just met, and who seemed to be involved with the exhibit in some capacity. The concept of the Speakeasy was, and to an extent still is, lost on me, and I was peppering her with questions about it. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw two teenagers streak through the parking lot below us and turn the corner, out of sight. “That was weird,” I said. Ten seconds later, I saw a bright-orange flame bulging inside an Airstream trailer parked to the west of La Esquina. “Holy shit!” Others had already noticed, and soon two partygoers were spraying a fire extinguisher at the flames. It wasn’t working. The fire grew larger and more threatening. How much gas is in that Airstream? Might it explode? I should probably not be standing 10 feet away from this thing, I thought, and then
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Sean Starowitz, one of the event’s organizers, cleared everybody off the balcony. The fire department arrived and put it out. The Airstream — someone told me that a dude named Ryan keeps it parked at that space — was melted down and totally hollowed out. I approached the two police officers who had been dispatched to the scene and told them I’d seen two kids running from the trailer right after it went up in flames. “We’re hearing that it was a lighting or electrical problem,” the cop told me. “We’ll come find you if we need you.” Really? A parked vehicle spontaneously erupts in flames, a bystander witnesses suspicious activity, and you have no interest in even taking down a statement? I mean, it’s entirely possible that the fire wasn’t an act of arson. Maybe those kids I saw running away were playing tag. But sheesh, cop, that’s some shit police work. The Wire: truer every day. Oddly, that bizarre incident — fires always seem so surreal – didn’t alter the mood of the party much. Thirty minutes later, people dressed as condiment bottles performed some sort of dance. Then a group of people played some hand-touching game called Ninja Slap. It was very youth-group. “Now that,” I said to my friend, “is extremely stupid. Let’s roll.” Outside, the lingering smoke from the barbecue pit mingled with the smoke from the scorched Airstream. There were more parties to attend under these golden city lights. E-mail david.hudnall@pitch.com or call 816-218-6774 pitch.com
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School of Seven Bells, with Exitmusic and Cowboy Indian Bear In these pages, in 2010, I wrote, somewhat embarrassingly, that the music of Brooklyn’s School of Seven Bells sounded like a “graceful ghost soaring up to heaven.” It’s music journalism, OK? There are deadlines. It can’t always be Proust. Still, recent events have led me to believe that I might’ve been onto something. In February, the shoegaze-y dream-pop band released a new album called Ghostory. It’s being released by a record label called Ghostly International. I will consider it a disappointment if the band members wear anything other than white bedsheets over their heads at this show. Sunday, April 15, at the Riot Room (4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179)
Howard Iceberg and the Titanics The Kansas City Public Library is observing the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a variety of weekend events. Most relevant to you, music reader, is Howard Iceberg and the Titanics’ 6:30 p.m. performance Friday at the Central Branch’s Rooftop Terrace. Iceberg, the vulnerable-voiced Americana singer-songwriter, unveils a new song called, appropriately, “Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down).” Friday, April 13, at the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library (14 West 10th Street, 816-701-3400)
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Up the Academy Cheap Beer — a punk-skewing vinyl comp, released late last year, featuring Lawrence and Kansas City bands — marked the first release from Lawrence’s Replay Records. The label is celebrating its first non-compilation album: a 7-inch from garage-punk band Up the Academy. Nab the single, which includes songs “Gimme Gimme” and “Pretty Bird,” for a compassionate three bucks. Thursday, April 12, at the Replay Lounge (946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676)
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Ben Summers plays guitar in local countryfolk act the Grisly Hand and punks out in U.S.Americans. Here, he celebrates his solo debut, an EP of cloudy-day folk songs called Last of My Concerns. Joining Summers on the bill is Bloodbirds, a howling new post-punk project from Ad Astra Arkestra’s Mike Tuley.
Other than a guest spot on 2010’s monster hit “Bedrock,” the 22-year-old VietnameseJamaican rapper Tyga has been mostly riding the bench over at Lil Wayne’s Young Money label. In February, though, Tyga (an acronym for Thank You God Always) released his sophomore album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King, and scored something resembling a hit with “Rack City.” Ten, ten, ten, twenties on ya titties, bitch, it goes, Rack City, bitch, Rack, Rack City, bitch. Bill O’Reilly just loves it.
Spend a springtime Sunday afternoon at the 17th annual, alliteratively named benefit Have a Heart for Hope House. The women’s shelter is committed to breaking the cycle of domestic violence. In addition to a live auction, the event features local blues and jazz bands from 1 to 9 p.m. Mama Ray & the Allen Monroe Quartet host the event; also performing are the Grand Marquis, the Old Crows, KC Phantom Band, Crosseyed Cat and many more.
Friday, April 13, at Harling’s Upstairs (3941-A Main, 816-531-0303)
Wednesday, April 18, at the Beaumont Club (4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560)
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TUESDAY, APRIL 17 DrFameus, EVZ: 8 p.m. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. Gramatik, Break Science, Paul Basic: 8:30 p.m. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. The Naked and Famous: The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 Bowling for Soup, Patent Pending, Freshman 15, Sandlot Hereos: The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.
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Behemoth, Watain, the Devil’s Blood, In Solitude: 6 p.m. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Hanni El Khatib, the Empty Spaces, Sundelles: The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Andre Nickatina, Fashawn & Mumbls: 9 p.m. The 23rd Street Roadhouse, 1003 E. 23rd St., Lawrence, 785-856-7625.
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UPCOMING Aziz Ansari: Thu., May 10, 7 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Avicii: Thu., May 24. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816283-7300. Bible of the Devil: Wed., May 9, 9 p.m. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Buckethead, That 1 Guy, Wolff & Tuba: Fri., April 20. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band: Sat., April 21. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. The Bunny the Bear: Tue., May 8. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Buzz Beach Ball: Sat., June 2, 3:30 p.m. LivestrongSporting Park, 1 Sporting Way, Kansas City, Kan., 913-912-7525. Cake: Fri., April 20. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Glen Campbell: Thu., April 26. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Creed: Mon., May 21; Tue., May 22. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Daughtry, Safetysuit, Mike Sanchez: Fri., May 18. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Evanescence, Weaving the Fate: Tue., April 24. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Heartless Bastards: Tue., May 29. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Hot Chelle Rae, Electric Touch: Tue., May 1, 7 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. KC Music Festival: Fri., June 1; Sat., June 2. Berkley Riverfront Park, at Lydia and Front streets, 816-221-0636. Kittie, Blackgaurd, Bonded by Blood, Sicadis, Sidewise, and more: Wed., May 9. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Jerrod Neimann: Fri., May 11. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. Los Lonely Boys: Sun., April 29. VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Marilyn Manson, Pretty Reckless: Wed., May 16. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Mayor Hawthorne & the County, the Stepkids: Mon., May 21. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. M83, I Break Horses: Tue., May 1, 8 p.m., $15. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. New Edition: Fri., June 1. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. Nickelback, Bush, Seether, My Darkest Days: Tue., June 5. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. Origin, and more: Fri., May 18, 6 p.m. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Polyphonic Spree: Sat., May 12. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390. Portugal the Man, the Lonely Forest: Mon., April 30, 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Real Estate, the Twerps: Sat., April 28, 8 p.m., $13, $15. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483. REO Speedwagon, STYX, Nugent: Thu., June 21. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827. Sabaton, Ancient Creation: Thu., April 19. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Snow Patrol: Tue., April 24, 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560. Stoned Coe Picnic: David Allan Coe, Levee Town, Mary Bridget Davies: Fri., April 20. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Daniel Tosh: Sun., April 22, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Municipal Auditorium/Music Hall, 301 W. 13th St., 816-513-5000. Van Halen: Tue., May 22. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300. Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik: Sat., April 21. Yardley Hall at JCCC, 12345 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-469-8500. Don Williams: Sun., June 17. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Woods, MMOSS: Wed., April 25, 8 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085.
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Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913894-9676. Interactive Acoustic with Jason Kayne, 9 p.m.
The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Indigo Hour, 5:30 p.m. Joe Cartwright, Stephanie Moore, 8:30 p.m. EBT Restaurant: 1310 Carondelet (I-435 and State Line), 816-942-8870. Candace Evans. Lucky Brewgrille: 5401 Johnson Dr., Mission, 913-4038571. Ron Carlson Trio. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Lonnie McFadden, 4:30 p.m. Thai Place: 9359 W. 87th St., Overland Park, 913-6495420. Jerry Hahn.
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T H U R S DAY 1 2 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps, Not a Planet. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. Invisible Bike with Chris Aytes & the Good Ambitions. Wonder Fair: Art Gallery, Shoppe and Studio: 803-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence. Pizza Power with Netherfriends, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, CS Luxem, 7 p.m.
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B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. John Paul’s Flying Circus. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Kinetix, Jon Fitzgerald. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Brian Ruskin and Philip Whitfield Blues Jam. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Solo with Mark Montgomery. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913239-9666. Stone Cutters Union, 7 p.m. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Kyle Elliott.
The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. KC Songwriter Forum, 7-9 p.m., free.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. The Fall Down Drunks, A.J. Gaither and Friends. Rawhide Harley-Davidson: 725 N. Rawhide Rd., Olathe, 913-764-7433. Bike Night with Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders, 6 p.m.
DJ Avalon Ultra Lounge: 5505 N.E. Antioch, 816-452-CLUB. Thorough Thursdays with DJ Double U, Phat Boi. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Goomba Rave, with Team Bear Club. The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Hy-Tekk presents Bass Heads Unite with ill.Gates, 10 p.m.
HIP-HOP RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Reggie B, Miles Bonny, DJ Jocc Maxx, 9 p.m.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Lori Tucker, Everette DeVan Quartet. Hotel Phillips: 106 W. 12th St. The Stan Kessler Duo, 5 p.m.
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. 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., 816-8421919. Charity Bingo with Valerie Versace, 8 p.m., $1 per game. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Back to the Hotel with DJ Mike Scott, Champagne specials, 9 p.m., free. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Donnell Rawlings, 8 p.m. Michael’s Lakewood Pub: N. 291 Hwy. and Lakewood Blvd., Lee’s Summit, 816-350-7300. DJ Pure, beer pong, pitcher specials, 9 p.m. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913239-9666. ABC’s of Improv Comedy Show, 10 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Trivia Clash, 7 p.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. Ladies’ Night. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816454-4500. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. The Velvet Dog: 400 E. 31st St., 816-753-9990. Skeeball League Night. Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Trivia, 9 p.m.
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The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Open Mic with Chris Tady, early show. 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.
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F R I DAY 1 3 ROCK/POP/INDIE Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Friday the 13th with Headshot, Camp Tahigwa, and more. Bar West: 7174 Renner Rd., Shawnee, 913-248-9378. Travelers Guild. The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Friday the 13th with Federation of Horsepower, the Heroine, Big Iron. The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. The Naughty Band. Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. The B’Dinas, South Sea Island Magic, and more, 9 p.m. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. Burning Symmetry, Molehill, Apples for Archers, Think.Like.Computers. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Mouthbreathers, Stik Figa, Cloud Dog, DJ Modrey Hepburn. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Saucy Jack. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Drew6. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. The Doo-Dads, 5 p.m.; Velcro Fly (ZZ Top tribute), Solid Gold Easy, 9 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. The Appleseed Cast, Spirit of the Stairs. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Klehma (CD release), Moire, Sicadis, 3 Quarters Coma, Among the Demons, 6:30 p.m. Uptown Theater: 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665. Friday the 13th Night of the Dead with the Schwag.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Shannon and the Rhythm Kings. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-3840986. The Vibe-Raiders. MANY MORE The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Brock Alexander and the Old No. 5’s. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816531-5556. Billy Ebeling & ONLINE AT the Late for Dinner Band. PITCH.COM Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1387. 3 Son Green. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Sean Chambers.
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ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Fat Boyz Grill & Bar: 129 E. Washington, Kearney, 816903-2699. Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders.
DJ The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Waka DJ Classic. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. DJ G Train. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Rockwell Fridays with Salvatore Palazzolo featuring the Jukebox Heroes (DJ Mike Scott and Spinstyles). KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District: 14th St. and Grand. DJ Scene. VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Flirt Friday.
ACOUSTIC Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Eddie Delahunt.
WORLD R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777. Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers.
DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bleachers Bar & Grill: 210 S.W. Greenwich Dr., Lee’s Summit, 816-623-3410. Karaoke, DJ, drink specials. Cronin’s Bar and Grill: 12227 W. 87th Pkwy., Lenexa, 913-322-1000. Karaoke with Jim Bob, 9 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. Donnell Rawlings, 8 & 10:30 p.m. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Ladies’ Night, Low Dough lady specials., 10 p.m. KC Live! Block at the Power & Light District: 14th St. and Grand. Downtown Is Happy, 4 p.m. McFadden’s Sports Saloon: 1330 Grand, 816-4711330. Lot n’ Home Opener Official Afterparty. 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. Retro Downtown Drinks & Dance: 1518 McGee, 816421-4201. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m. Shark Bar: 1340 Grand, 816-442-8140. Lot n’ Home Opener Official Afterparty.
FOLK Great Day Café: 7921 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, 913642-9090. Karen Hendricks and friends.
S AT U R DAY 1 4 ROCK/POP/INDIE Harleys & Horses: 7210 N.E. 43rd St., 816-452-2660. Local Stranger (CD release). Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. My Brother, the Vulture, Icarus the Owl, the Faded Age, the Rackatees, 2 Twenty 2. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. The Clique. Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456. Kilroy’s Spring Elvis Bash with Rich Vickers, Frank Werth, E-Rock, 8 p.m. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. Camp Harlow, 5 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Drunkard’s Dream, 6 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Tenderizor, Wrath and Ruin, 10 p.m.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-8227427. Mama Ray Jazz Meets Blues Jam, 2 p.m.; Fast Johnny Ricker, 9 p.m. Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-421-0300. The Scott Moyer Band, Coyote Bill Boogie Band, Sky Smeed. Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. The Good Foot. The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. The Groove Agency, 10 p.m. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Allied Saints. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913239-9666. John Paul’s Flying Circus. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. The Bluz Benderz.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Oakhurst, Tyler Gregory, Trucker. The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070. The Jeremy Nichols Band. The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. The Brody Buster Band. River’s Bend: 2 Main St., Parkville. Jason Craig & the Wingmen.
DJ Beer Kitchen: 435 Westport Rd., 816-389-4180. Furious Palace.
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The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. DJ Candlepants. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Salvatore Palazzolo with DJ Mike Scott, 9 p.m. Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Samurai Saturdays. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. DFACE with Kid Cedek, Brent Tactic, LC, radB, Andrew Sinclair, Elis-D, 9 p.m., free. The Well: 7421 Broadway, 816-361-1700. DJ C-Mac.
JAZZ The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, 8:30 p.m. The Hideout: 6948 N. Oak Tfwy., 816-468-0550. Grand Marquis. Hotel Phillips: 106 W. 12th St. The Stan Kessler Duo, 8 p.m. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Midtown Quartet. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Modern Arsonists, the Sour Babies, the Trend, 9 p.m.
WORLD Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-345-9717. Phat Boba.
DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Club Do Drop In: 1107 N.E. Hwy. 50, Knob Noster, 660221-7460. A Red Carpet Affair. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Charity Bingo, 5 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Donnell Rawlings, 7 & 10 p.m. The Indie on Main: 1228 Main, 816-283-9900. Karaoke with KJ David, 9:30 p.m. Lucky Brewgrille: 5401 Johnson Dr., Mission, 913-4038571. Cosmo Texas Hold ’em, 6 p.m. Missie B’s: 805 W. 39th St., 816-561-0625. Dirty Dorothy on the main floor, 10 p.m.
EASY LISTENING Great Day Café: 7921 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, 913642-9090. The Ukesters.
S U N DAY 1 5 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. L.A. Fahy, Hit or Miss, matinee show.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Dan Bliss.
ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. The Monarchs.
DJ Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Sunday Funday with DJ G Train, 10 p.m.
JAZZ La Bodega: 4311 W. 119th St., Leawood, 913-4288272. Stan Kessler with Mistura Fina, 6 p.m. The Majestic Restaurant: 931 Broadway, 816-2211888. Mark Lowrey Jazz Trio open jam session, 5 p.m. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Jeff Harshbarger presents an Alternative Jazz Series, 7 p.m.
WORLD Fat Fish Blue: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-3474. Jah Lion.
DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Game night, beer pong, TV trivia, shot dice. The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Smackdown Trivia and Karaoke. Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986. Texas Hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m. The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Taproom Poetry Series with Lee Ann Roripaugh and Jordan Stempleman, 5 p.m. Fuel: 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-451-0444. SIN. Hotel: 1300 Grand, 816-226-3232. Hotel California Service Industry Night with DJ Ashton Martin, 9 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. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913239-9666. Karaoke, 8 p.m. 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.
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, 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. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913239-9666. Dave Hayes Band Open Jam, 2 p.m. 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.
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M O N DAY 1 6 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Rubblebucket, Radar Defender. Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913-345-9717. Parabelle, the Broken Divide, Sean Thibodeaux. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Is it Is, Vehicles, 10 p.m.
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ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Dirty Bourbon River Show.
DJ Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Liquid Lounge DJs. The Gusto Lounge: 504 Westport Rd., 816-974-8786. Death Before Dubstep.
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Dark Horse Tavern: 4112 Pennsylvania, 816-931-3663. Live acoustic. Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Michael Schultz Acoustic Showcase.
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Beer Kitchen: 435 Westport Rd., 816-389-4180. Brodioke. Danny’s Bar and Grill: 13350 College Blvd., Lenexa, 913345-9717. Trivia and karaoke with DJ Smooth, 8 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-842-1919. Charity Bingo with Valerie Versace, 8 p.m., $1 per game. 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. Devin Henderson’s Mind Madness. 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. 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. Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: 6304 N. Oak, Gladstone, 816454-4500. Happy hour, 4-6 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.
The Blue Room: 1616 E. 18th St., 816-474-8463. Jazz Poetry Jams, 7 p.m.
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Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. UMKC Dinner and a Movie, In the Family. Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Coda Pursuit Team Trivia with Teague Hayes, 7 p.m. Flying Saucer: 101 E. 13th St., 816-221-1900. Trivia Bowl, 7:30 & 10 p.m., free. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater: 7260 N.W. 87th St., 816-759-5233. Clash of the Comics, 7:30 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. It’s Karaoke Time! Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Critter’s Tye Dye Tuesday. MoJo’s Bar & Grill: 1513 S.W. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs. Pool and dart leagues; happy 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., Overland Park, 913-2366211. Karaoke. Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tower Tavern: 401 E. 31st St., 816-931-9300. Trivia, 8 p.m. The Velvet Dog: 400 E. 31st St., 816-753-9990. Beer Pong, team registration, 9:30 p.m., tournament, 10 p.m.
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W E D N E S DAY 1 8 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. Shed the Dreamer. Kauffman Stadium: I-70 & Blue Ridge Cutoff. The Beautiful Bodies. Quasimodo: 12056 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913239-9666. Rock Paper Scissors. RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m. Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7497676. The Plurals, the Rackatees, Radkey, 10 p.m. The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Truett & the Traitors, Fullbloods, the Captain’s Son, 8 p.m. Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Jet Edison.
BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427. Shinetop Jr. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Billy Ebeling.
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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, $2. 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, 816-833-5021. Open Jam hosted by Crossthread, 7:30 p.m.
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Bi Bi Dear Dan: My fiancé and I have been together for six years. We’re both 27. About a year ago, he admitted to me that he is bi, which I was surprised about. I told him that I was bi-curious. We have had talks about meeting with other couples. I am very insecure. I have been with very few men and no women (beyond kissing). Today, he told me that a few weeks ago, he signed us up on a personals website and posted a picture of me naked from the waist down on the site. I was shocked and upset. I have NEVER posted nude pics of myself anywhere! I felt BY that this was a violation of my DAN privacy. He says I wasn’t actively doing anything about S AVA G E getting outside partners, so he wanted to show me that I’m attractive and that other people thought so. He got angry when I tried to explain why I was upset. He said if this is how I’m going to react, he’d take the whole thing down. When I tried again to explain that I was hurt that he didn’t talk to me first and I actually did want to see the responses, he said, “Fuck it,” he was giving up and he refused to show me the responses. 1. Is it that ludicrous to be upset about naked pics of me being posted on the Internet without my knowledge? 2. Do I deserve time to think about the naked-pic situation before he gives up? 3. Does he have a right to feel angry with me for being initially upset? What Should I Do? Dear WSID: 1. No. 2. Yes, you deserve some time to think about the naked-pic situation. You might also want to carve out a little time to think about the whole engaged-to-a-manipulative-andpetulant-piece-of-shit situation. 3. No, he does not. Your reaction was not only understandable but also was one he should’ve anticipated. Maybe he thought it would be easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, and maybe he thought it wasn’t a big deal because it wasn’t a face pic, and maybe he hoped positive responses would heal your insecurities and prompt you to retroactively approve of his actions. He was wrong. But instead of apologizing for his thoughtlessness — instead of taking responsibility for his actions — your fiancé attempted to shift the blame onto you. (You weren’t actively seeking out sex partners so, like, what other choice did he have?) He’s the one who fucked up, and yet you’re the one who’s in trouble. If he can’t apologize, if he can’t stop trying to blame you for his own stupidity, if he doesn’t stop withholding those responses from you, per your request, you really should rethink your plans to marry this 36
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man. Bi and sexually adventurous are great traits in a mate, but dishonest and emotionally abusive are not. Dear Dan: I have been with my fiancé for four years. We are happy together and very much in love. When I met him, he was a bit boring, and I brought him out of his shell. But now I’m starting to feel like I’ve created a monster. He has discovered that he is REALLY into some things. For example: trans porn, wearing my lingerie, being on the “receiving end” of my strap-on, etc. All of these things are fine — once in a while. But it makes me feel like less of a woman when all he wants to do is BE THE WOMAN EVERY SINGLE TIME! We have talked about it, and he has cut back, but I can’t help but wonder… is he less satisfi ed in bed now? I have noticed a drop in how often we have sex after we had the “talk.” I’m getting bored and worried! Created a Monster Dear CAM: You two may be experiencing — and you may be misinterpreting — a normal four-years-in decrease in the frequency of sex, or this could be one of those lulls that even couples in LTRs who don’t see a drop in frequency sometimes experience. That the amount of sex you and your fiancé are having fell off steeply in the immediate wake of the “talk” may just be a coincidence. Only time will tell, so … you’ll have to give it time. But you were right to communicate with your fiancé about your unhappiness. You get a gold star for drawing him out of his shell, sexually speaking, and he may have gotten so excited about you being up for watching trans porn, putting him in your lingerie, and pegging his ass that he lost sight of your needs, wants and desires. It’s possible that he’s less interested in sex now that it’s not all about transgender porn and gender transgression, but it’s also possible that he’s embarrassed for being such a thoughtless panty-wearing
Dear Dan: I’m getting married in a few months, and I wouldn’t be so blissfully in love if it weren’t for your advice. Before dating my fiancé, I was dating another guy. One night, we were watching South Park, and a joke was made about golden showers. My boyfriend made a half-joking remark, and I instantly thought of a column of yours in which you said men sometimes bring up their fetishes jokingly to gauge their partner’s reaction. It came out that he loved being peed on. I’m GGG, so I mulled it over and decided that I am not comfortable with that. I was able to explain that regardless of how sanitary it may be (one of his selling points!), I am not down, and he deserves to be with someone who is. A couple of weeks later, I started talking to my future husband, who has the same kinks as me. Thanks for teaching me that being GGG does not mean doing whatever your partner wants but to always be respectful, even if it eeks you out. Soon to Wed Dear STW: I’m glad you met the love of your life, and here’s hoping your new man doesn’t have a secret kink that’s as bad or worse — or identical to — your previous man’s rather harmless kink. Yes, yes, being into golden showers, or getting off on being pissed on, is pretty kinky, as kinks go. But after a few beers, piss is just so much hot water. I’m not saying you should’ve gone there for your ex, if pissing on him was something you absolutely, positively couldn’t bring yourself to do. All I’m saying is that most people who give piss a chance quickly realize that golden showers aren’t nearly as gross and disgusting — or even golden — as they were led to believe by people who lump piss in with shit when discussing and/or freaking out about other people’s kinks. Dear Dan: That was a great response you gave to the woman who was concerned about her boyfriend stroking his dick and the cat at the same time. I mean, sometimes I’ll start absentmindedly jerking off while watching TV, and it has absolutely nothing to do with what’s on the screen. What if someone walked in and saw me beating off and Geraldo was on the screen? The two things are completely unconnected, and any reasonable person would realize that! Not Geraldo Tonight
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