Category Archives: Hearne_Christopher
Stub ’em Out: Kansas City Smoking Ban Here to Stay!
Game over…
This just in; Kansas City’s controversial smoking ban for local bars and restaurants is a keeper.
“Last June, upon a challenge to the ordinance brought by a bartender from JC Continue reading
Kansas City Live! block Closes Tonight for Cerner ‘Bash’ with Two Dog Night
Think party out of bounds…
Thinking about cutting loose at the Power & light District tonight? Think again!
Pretty much the entire KC Live! block – including PBR, Mosaic, Tengo Sed, Rock Bar, Maker’s Mark, Pizza Bar, McFadden’s will be off limits to the general public from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. tonight. In addition, Walnut will be closed for a private street fair and the band Three Dog Night will perform a private concert on the P&L’s main outdoor stage.
Other businesses and portions of the Power & Light District will remain open to the public, a spokeswoman says. Continue reading
Finally: Merriam Village Lands Ghost Tenant for Halloween
Two out of three ain’t bad in some games…
Take baseball. When’s the last time someone that mattered batted .666?
In the case of Merriam, Kansas Big Three malls however it totally sucks. Two out of three – the newest ones, no less – are completely devoid of rent-paying tenants. However in the case of Merriam Village there’s a bit of good news to report. As in the developer finally found someone to replace the Circuit City that half-ass moved in last year but never opened prior to the company tanking.
And the new anchor tenant is…Halloween Spirit! Continue reading
‘My First Time’: Critics Run for Cover, Tap Dance Thru Reviews of Sex Show at Unicorn
Look, sex sells, right?
Now let me add before I begin, we’ve got a far more thoughtful review of “My First Time” – a mish-mash, local sendup of a Web site where everyday folks weigh in, recounting their first sexual experience.
I haven’t visited the site, but on Sunday I caught the play at the Unicorn Theatre near 39th and Main. And I gotta tell you, it sucks. Not in some harmful way, it’s just boring and a waste of time and money, frankly.
Or as one of two theater critics I tried to send into battle to review the “My First Time” described it, “dreary.”
That’s right, two exceptional theater critics declined to diss it – publically that is – go figure.
For my money, somebody needs to warn what’s left of the masses, even at this late date, so I’ll take the hit. Continue reading
Standing at the Crossroads 2009: Crossroads KC Season Three
The expression rain or shine has taken on new life locally Continue reading
Adam’s Rib Down for the Count: O.P.’s Best BBQ Closes
A moment of silence, please for Adam’s Rib in old Overland Park…
The less than year-old barbecue restaurant fought a valiant battle in a difficult economy. In the end, there just wasn’t enough time for the word of mouth to spread – nor enough marketing dollars to help spread it – and one of the Cotown’s best BBQs had to close. Ironically, just as Kansas City’s annual celebration of all things barbecue was about to go down this weekend at the American Royal.
Pretty sad…
Yesterday I received the following note from owner Hope Loehr: Continue reading
End of an Era: Milton’s Bartender Extraordinaire John Albertson
One of the last vestiges of Kansas City’s glorious jazz past has passed…
John Edward Albertson – a bartender and jazz historian of the first order – died Sept. 19th and a remembrance of him will go down at 3 p.m. tomorrow (Oct.2) at the McGilley Midtown Chapel.
Albertson bartended at a number of local establishments, including the Grand Emporium, but is best remembered as being the go to guy at the old Milton’s Tap Room near Linwood and Main. Continue reading
Joe-College’s Last Stand? KU Football vs. KU Basketball – Taking the High Road
Cruising Lawrence last Saturday on a home football game weekend two things became wildly apparent…
First there were tons of people – student-looking types mostly – wearing Joe-College T-shirt creations. And second, the downtown T shirt shop was flooded with students and fans looking for something way over the top tacky rather than the standard issue, boring KU fan wear.
And that’s the difference between Joe-College T-shirts and the garden variety, mother-may-I, Lew Perkins approved editions.
Now before the anonymous KU Athletics Department interns flood the comments section with Joe-College got what he deserved, let’s make one thing perfectly clear. In his wildest dreams, owner Larry Sinks never willfully infringed on KU by putting out blue T-shirts reading “Muck Fizzou” and “Our Coach is Phat.” Even though they are blue and sell like hot cakes in KU land.
So may I advise: get a clue! Continue reading
Big Hat, How Many Cattle? Plaza Jazz Club Roasts David Basse
One of the Cowtown’s strangest sendups has been pre-Halloween haunting jazz jukers at Jardine’s…
A cut out cardboard head of venerable crooner David Basse has been stationed at Jardine’s back bar, above the stairs to the bathrooms below. Complete with sinister glare, Sam Spade fedora, toothpick poking out of his mouth, and a pair of Carnation-bearing vases.
The name of Jardine’s Game? Continue reading
Hearne on the Street (Coughing): Merry Michael Jackson Christmas
All Michael all the time…
Who isn Continue reading
How Tweet It Is: Posnanski to Wear NY Times Bestseller Badge Tonight at Plaza Author Event
Been missing former Star sports scribe Joe Posnanski?
Then don’t miss the new Sports Illustrated heavy hitter’s star turn tonight for Rainy Day Books at Unity Temple on the Plaza at 7 p.m.
Gran-Daddy’s Q: Strange Sausages & Strip Clubs – Why Lawrence Can’t Do BBQ. Or Can it?
Think of it as an edible conundrum….
On the surface, that Lawrence’s “best” barbecue joint – Vermont Street BBQ – just blew taps and its “worst-is” has moved into fancy, new digs seems a little odd. Until you put it to the test – taste test, that is. I put Vermont Street to that test a couple years back after it migrated to Mass Street into the former digs of the revered Paradise Cafe. Very mediocre was my take.
And while I’m generally suspicious of Continue reading
Joe-College Blistered for $667,507 by KU; Facing Bankruptcy
Talk about being trampled under foot…
In a courtroom shocker, Joe-College.com has been ordered today by a federal judge to reimburse Continue reading
Booker T Nails Knuckleheads, Green Onions, Spaghetti Westerns
When was the last time anyone had a Booker T & the MGs fantasy involving Continue reading
Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Outlaws Invade Overland Park
Jinx, what jinx?
How many businesses have to go broke in a single spot for it to cement its rep as a burial ground? In the case of the former Fritz Co. Grill at 13700 Metcalf along what passes for south Overland Park’s Gold Coast, it’s either two or three. But hey, who’s counting? Whatever the number, it’s logged 100 percent failure rate.
Until now…
Ollie Gates even looked at the space several years back but the rent was way too high. The mediocre Italian chain restaurant was in and out so fast I can’t even recall which one it was. Emphasis on was.
But now comes a business so hip-sounding it’s a little hard conjuring a vision of it in the sleepy suburbs.
It’s called Continue reading
Screenland Deploys Counter Measures to Ward off AMC Mainstreet
If you are going to be killed, it has to be at a time when you are alone, and it has to be at night and raining…
So states Continue reading
Waldostock: Hits Keep Coming for Lewellen’s Crawldo Concepts
It’s official…
The formerly sleepy suburb of Waldo is now home to two of Kansas City’s premier party events and has all but taken over a third. Continue reading
Leap to Merriam Mayor: Stop Bribing Developers to Pay Past Due Taxes
Controversial Merriam councilman Dan Leap is up to his old tricks….
The man with the Guitar Lamp plan no longer operates a retail business from his prominent homestead in downtown Merriam, but he’s still got that huge display window. You know, the one he’s employed time and again to poke fun and embarrass fellow politicians and serve up sundry PG13 scenescapes.
And guess what? It’s back in action! Continue reading
Critter Killers: We Pay ‘Em, They Snuff ‘Em – Life Goes On – Sorta
Ah the joys of moving back into what passes for the city from the southern suburbs Continue reading
Hearne on the Street: Ida Maria Bails on Perez Hilton, Ladyhawke to Play Free
There’s good news and bad news where gossip dude Continue reading
