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What happened next depends on whose ocaine, guns, identity theft, forged signastory you believe. tures, claims of cheating lawyers — these According to Vitti’s account, he poured are the primary ingredients in Gusto Lounge’s $12,000 of his own money — and his mom’s furshit soup, according to litigators doing battle niture — into readying the new Gusto Lounge over the Westport bar. for an October 27, 2011, opening. Around this While the rest of that nightlife district has time, Don Saxton was trying to buy an ownercleaned up its act and is ready to reclaim its ship stake in the building from Nelson, which standing as Kansas City’s top entertainment he ultimately did. strip, Gusto Lounge’s ownership is entangled Then the story gets weird. Vitti claims that in competing lawsuits involving Philipp Vitti, Saxton elbowed his way into Gusto’s business the man hired to run the tavern’s business. dealings, demanding higher rent and a larger Last week in this space, The Pitch described share of sales for himself. Vitti also claims how the owners of Gusto Lounge — mostly that Acosta and Saxton started doing cocaine lawyer Don Saxton and his brother, David in Gusto’s business office and drinking after Saxton — had sued Vitti in hours, jeopardizing the bar’s liquor license. federal court. Their action More According to Vitti, a few days after Gusto claims that Vitti pilfered opened, Don Saxton told him to sign a new the bar’s bank account lease-management agreement. Vitti wondered and ran off to Florida to at ine if he needed a lawyer to look it over; he says Onl .com open a nightclub with a h pitc Saxton told him, “I’m a lawyer.” According to former Kansas City Chiefs Vitti’s lawsuit, Saxton went on: “I’ll be your player who later faced an lawyer for this document. Take my word everyattempted-murder charge. thing is OK. This is in your best interests and It turns out that Vitti has filed a lawsuit of Gusto’s best interests. You should sign it.” his own against Don Saxton and the bar’s ownVitti now says the arrangement was selfers in Jackson County Circuit Court. serving for Saxton because it made Vitti an emVitti’s attorney tells The Pitch that Saxton’s ployee rather than someone leasing property. lawsuit against his client is full of holes. That employee designation became impor“We believe many of the allegations are tant when Vitti got fired, on February 28, 2012. without factual and legal basis,” says Richard Saxton had claimed in the lawsuit that Vitti Rhyne, a Lathrop & Gage lawyer hired by Vitti stole money from the Gusto ownership group’s to beat back Saxton’s claims in federal court. bank accounts. And Vitti has filed a lawsuit against Saxton At that time, Gusto’s ownership found that that alleges, among many things, that the lawthe bar’s gas bill was overyer used Gusto Lounge’s fordue by $451. The electric bill mer location, at 38th Street “I’ll be your lawyer was $5,841, and service was and Broadway, as a place to scheduled to be turned off snort cocaine. Reached for for this document. the next month. comment, Saxton repeated Paperwork filed with the what he told The Pitch beTake my word Kansas City Police Departfore: that he didn’t want to everything is OK.” ment purports that Vitti try his legal issues with Vitti forged Shawn Nelson’s in the press. signature to have Gusto Vitti is the man who tried Lounge’s credit-card-processing company in vain to make Gusto Lounge thrive on Broadserve the same role for Vitti’s bar in Orlando, way. But installing a crepe shop in a seedy bar Florida. and converting its upstairs into a probably Vitti is suing Acosta, along with Saxton, for illegal after-hours speakeasy didn’t turn out defamation, claiming that his former allies to be a winning business plan. spread the word that Vitti had run the Gusto Gusto Lounge closed its Broadway doors business poorly. and, in 2011, Vitti teamed up with Sergio Acosta, doing himself no favors, was arAcosta and decided to reopen the concept rested by Kansas City, Kansas, police officers at 504 Westport Road, the place that used to March 2 on charges of illegally discharging a hold Stanford & Sons Comedy Club. The buildgun and possessing opiates and/or narcotics. ing was owned at the time by Shawn Nelson, He was released on $15,000 bond. who signed Vitti and Acosta to a three-year lease at 504 Westport Road, starting at $4,750 a month. E-mail steve.vockrodt@pitch.com
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he top two prospects in this summer’s NBA Draft are in the Big 12 — and playing for the same team. University of Kansas Jayhawks Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins are projected to go with the top two picks in the pro draft. This week’s sold-out Big 12 men’s basketball tournament is likely the last appearance in conference play for Wiggins; at press time, Embiid had been ruled out due to a stress fracture in his back. Wiggins and his teammates look to hoist a championship
Illustration by Daniel Downey Jr. trophy Saturday night before returning to Lawrence to prepare for a final run as a possible No. 2 seed in March Madness. An Embiid-less KU adds intrigue to the field. Kansas State, Texas, West Virginia and Oklahoma State will look to claim a second win over the Jayhawks this season. Iowa State and Oklahoma will try to make the third time a charm. So will dark horses Texas Tech, Baylor and TCU — all attempting to punch their NCAA Tournament tickets. Rock Chalkers celebrating a repeat tournament champion-
ship victory would leave the other nine fan bases to drown their sorrows at the Sprint Center — this time with actual beer. You read that right: Beer (and wine) will be served at this year’s tournament for the first time since 2005. So we at The Pitch raise our plastic tumblers to the Big 12 with our third annual unofficial tournament program. The action starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, by which time we’ll have you prepped on whom to watch, where to watch and how to flop (courtesy of a certain Cowboy). continued on page 8
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First Round Wednesday 3.12
Quarterfinals Thursday 3.13
Semifinals Friday 3.14
NCAA Tournament Locks No. 10 Kansas (23-8, 14-4) RPI 3, SOS 1 Projected seed: No. 2
No. 16 Iowa State (23-7, 11-7) RPI 8, SOS 32 Projected seed: No. 3
No. 17 Oklahoma (23-8, 12-6) RPI 17, SOS 20 Projected seed: No. 5
Texas (22-9, 11-7) RPI 33, SOS 63 Projected seed: No. 6
Kansas State (20-11, 10-8) RPI 50, SOS 46 Projected seed: No. 8
Baylor (21-10, 9-9), RPI 37, SOS 10 Projected seed: No. 9
Oklahoma State (20-11, 8-10), RPI 38, SOS 25 Projected seed: No. 10
Only Chance: Win the Whole Thing West Virginia (17-14, 9-9) RPI 83, SOS 83 Texas Tech (14-17, 6-12) RPI 113, SOS 30 TCU (9-21, 0-18) RPI 201, SOS 29 Legend RPI: Ratings Percentage Index SOS: Strength of Schedule Bracketology breakdown: updated as of March 10
Six FreShman PhenomS Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
Before Andrew Wiggins ever stepped into the Phog, the Canadian had already been labeled “Maple Jordan” and compared to LeBron. The 6-foot-8 freshman forward may not have lived up to the second-coming hype, but who could have? He has been a difference maker for Bill Self’s Jayhawks, averaging 16.8 points, 1.3 3-pointers, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists a game. And he’s coming into the tourney off a 41-point season finale. Enjoy Wiggins while you can, Rock Chalkers. He’ll easily be one of the top picks in the NBA draft.
Joel Embiid, Kansas
The comparisons to Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon sound absurd on the surface. No big man could be that smooth and dominant this early in his career, right? But have you actually seen Cameroon’s new favorite son, Joel Embiid? If Hakeem was the Dream, then Embiid is the Nightmare. The 7-foot, 250-pound center is a mismatch for nearly every opposing squad — averaging 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in just 23.1 minutes — as long as he stays out of foul trouble. NBA general managers are gutting their rosters and tanking their seasons to draft Embiid. 8
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Monte Morris, Iowa State
No one takes care of the basketball better than point guard Monte Morris. The freshman from Flint, Michigan, dishes 3.7 assists to .6 turnovers every game. Credit Morris’ ball security for earning him a spot in the Cyclones’ starting lineup, and possibly winning Bob Huggins’ icy heart as he handed out 12 dimes with no turnovers against his West Virginia Mountaineers. The scary thing about Morris is, he hasn’t even come close to reaching his peak in Fred Hoiberg’s open, run-and-gun offense.
Marcus Foster, Kansas State
Bruce Weber found a gem in Marcus Foster, a 6-foot-2 guard from Wichita Falls, Texas, who has been one of this season’s biggest surprises. Foster has shown great 3-point range and accuracy, hitting 39.7 per game and 2.4 percent of his attempts. Foster’s 34 points and five 3-pointers led the Wildcats to an upset of then-No. 15 Texas, and his 20 points sparked an upset of then-No. 7 Kansas. Foster — averaging 15.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists — looks like the building block Weber and the ’Cats needed.
Isaiah Taylor, Texas
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rebounds, 3,9 assists and 1.1 steals per game. If he develops a 3-point shot, he’s going to be an even more dangerous offensive threat.
Karviar Shepherd, TCU
If TCU coach Trent Johnson keeps landing recruits like Karviar Shepherd, the Horned Frogs’ fortunes may soon change. TCU isn’t known for getting commitments from four-star basketball prospects, but it pulled off a coup getting Shepherd to stay home (he’s from Dallas) and spurn offers from Kansas, Baylor, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and UCLA. The 6-foot10, 225-pound center struggled through his rookie year (making just 40.3 percent of his shots), but still flashed his promise with double-doubles against Iowa State and Oklahoma State. There’s plenty of room for Shepherd to grow his averages of 8.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks next season. And for TCU, it’s all about next season.
Final Saturday 3.15
22 Players to Watch Melvin Ejim, Iowa State
The undersized 6-foot-6 senior forward has taken over the Cyclones’ scoring load with a second-in-the-league 18.2 points and turned Ames into Lob City while dropping 48 points on a hapless TCU squad. The Toronto native was just crowned Big 12 Player of the Year.
DeAndre Kane, Iowa State
No newcomer has made a bigger impact than the Cyclones’ do-it-all senior point guard, who moved to Ames as a fifth-year transfer. His 17.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 3-pointers recently garnered him Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors.
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
The Flop King of Stillwater should have gone pro after last season, when he was named Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. His draft stock and character
(see the shove in Lubbock) took a hit in his sophomore season, but with averages of 17.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.6 3-pointers, Smart should still hear his name called in the lottery.
Cory Jefferson, Baylor
The 6-foot-9 power forward’s length is too much to handle. His muscled-up 220 pounds makes him a terror around the rim (13.4 points per game), on the glass (8.1 boards) and for opponents attempting to shoot over him (1.4 swats).
Juwan Staten, West Virginia
No one plays more than Juwan Staten, whose second year in Morgantown saw him lead the league in both scoring (18.4) and assists (5.9). If the Mountaineers’ record were better, we would’ve been talking about Staten for POY.
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Deadly from deep, Hield can light up opponents with his 2.8 3-pointers per game or go lockdown on defense with his 1.5 steals a game. Let him loose, and he’ll scorch ya. (He’s averaging 16.8 points.)
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Don’t sleep on Perry Ellis. The sophomore forward awakened in last year’s Big 12 tournament and just hasn’t let up. Ask TCU about the 32 points, eight rebounds and five assists he hung on the Horned Frogs in Lawrence. Yeah, he’s not Wiggins or Embiid, but he’s posting a solid 13.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State
The Cowboys’ senior guard is an offensive weapon, whether he’s scoring (17.2 points per game), dropping threes (1.6 per game) or dishing dimes (3 per game). But Brown’s most impressive stat is on the defensive end of the floor: 1.1 blocks. Not bad for a 6-foot-3 guard.
Phil Forte, Oklahoma State
Forte is one of those players who seems to have been around forever, but the 5-foot-11 sharpshooter is only a sophomore. Go ahead and groan, because the deep threat — he’s
making 2.9 triples per game — has two more seasons of sinking 3-pointers — and his opponents.
Brady Heslip, Baylor
Unlike Forte, Heslip is finally a senior. The deadeye shooter (making a Big 12–best 46.4 3-pointers and 3.2 per game) gets one more shot at securing the Bears’ NCAA bid.
Will Spradling, Kansas State
The senior guard came up clutch in Kansas State’s upset win over then-No. 15 Iowa State. If he gets hot from deep, he’ll make opponents pay.
Georges Niang, Iowa State
The 6-foot-7 sophomore doesn’t really jump, so play-by-play announcers like to say his game was made for a local YMCA. Whatever his inside-outside game resembles, Niang is doing something right (as long as he stays out of foul trouble): 16.2 points, 1.4 3-pointers, 4.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists.
Jonathan Holmes, Texas
The Longhorns’ lengthy junior forward stretches defense, pulling back to knock down threes, and making opposing players miserable by hitting the boards (7.3 per game) and blocking shots (1.3 per game). He’s also leading Rick Barnes’ rejuvenated ’Horns in scoring (13.0). The only thing holding him back is a bum knee.
Isaiah Austin, Baylor
The 7-foot-1 sophomore center’s numbers regressed after a solid freshman campaign. Blame it on an offseason shoulder tear that kept him out of the pros. Austin’s length has given other teams fits; he’s swatting a Big 12–best 3.1 shots a game.
Thomas Gipson, Kansas State
At 6-foot-7 and 265-pounds, Thomas Gipson is a heavy load in the paint. But you’d expect the big-bodied junior to grab more than 6.6 boards a game — a team high.
Ryan Spangler, Oklahoma
The 6-foot-8, 232-pound sophomore’s arms look like Affliction T-shirts, bro. And he’s working a bromance on the boards, pulling down a league-best 9.4 per game.
Cameron Ridley, Texas
The Longhorns’ round mound of rebound presents mismatch problems in the middle with his 6-foot-9, 285-pound body. Caution: He struggles with bigs who can play on the perimeter.
Naadir Tharpe, Kansas
The unheralded junior point guard puts on his Superman cape when needed, torching opponents with triples and taking care of business (5.0 assists to 2 turnovers).
Cameron Clark, Oklahoma
The senior forward is slump-busting late in the season after struggling in conference play. He dropped 32 points on Kansas in Norman and looked pretty good in February and March, so he could be a difference maker in KC.
Eron Harris, West Virginia
The Mountaineers know how to score. The 6-foot-3 sophomore guard is banging threes (2.8 per game) and points (17.9). Yet West Virginia’s 31st-ranked offense will need a Big 12 tourney crown to swing the Big Dance.
Kyan Anderson, TCU
The 5-foot-11 junior guard is scoring in bunches for the hapless Horned Frogs — 17.9 points per game — on improved shooting (46.8 percent). TCU will need him if the Frogs are going to win a game in 2014.
Jaye Crockett, Texas Tech
The 6-foot-7 senior forward leads the Red Raiders in scoring (13.7 points) and rebounds (6.4) and is Tech’s most realistic hope for getting past Wednesday.
Big 12 aWard Winners Melvin Ejim (Iowa State): Player of the Year Andrew Wiggins (Kansas): Freshman of the Year
Joel Embiid (Kansas): Defensive Player of
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DeAndre Kane (Iowa State): Newcomer of the Year
Tyler Neal (Oklahoma), Phil Forte (Oklahoma State): Sixth Man Award
Rick Barnes (Texas): Coach of the Year
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game watches and parties
If the closest you can get to the Sprint Center is the Kansas City Power & Light District’s Live Block (14th Street and Grand), you’ll be able to see the games on a big screen. If you’d rather mix with alumni from your own school, here are a few places where the locals meet.
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The Cashew (2000 Grand) Johnny’s Tavern (1310 Grand) Johnny’s in the P&L is a satellite location of the Lawrence original. And the Cashew is the longstanding Crossroads Rock Chalk headquarters.
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Shot Stop (7439 Broadway) Tanner’s (7425 Broadway; 12906 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa) Kansas City Catbackers’ last basketball game watch was at the Waldo Shot Stop in February. During the football season, purple Kansas fans hollered EMAW at both Tanner’s locations.
Iowa State
Kelly’s Westport Inn (500 Westport Road) Pizza Bar (1320 Grand) Kelly’s hosts a Big 12 tourney kickoff happy hour for the Cyclones at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Within walking distance of the Sprint Center, Pizza Bar is the other I-State stop.
Oklahoma State
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen (1526 Walnut) Cowboys and cowgirls will meet for a pregame mixer at Tannin in the Crossroads before the tourney kicks off Wednesday.
Oklahoma
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Texas
Sorry, Texas Exes. It doesn’t appear you have a home away from Austin in KC.
West Virginia
Mountaineers in Kansas City will rally for a pregame reception at the Muehlebach Hotel (200 West 12th Street) two and a half hours before game time.
Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor
Tickets for Wednesdays games are going for about $10. And a great ticket can be had for about $20. Just go to the game.
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In just a few days, William Shatner turns 83. So your $75 Captain Kirk autograph at this weekend’s Planet Comicon amortizes to a fairly cheap honorarium: about 90 cents for each year of the Canadian legend’s life. Shatner moderates a Star Trek: The Next Generation panel that includes pretty much everybody from that show except Patrick Stewart. It’s the Sunday draw (and a separate ticket), by which time you’ll have seen a bunch of other aging stars (Lee Majors!) and cosplay sexpots and, you know, artists who actually make comics. It all happens at Bartle Hall (301 West 13th Street) from noon Friday through 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets (three-day passes go for $60) and details at planetcomicon.wordpress.com.
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nion Station embodies Kansas City even as it also signifies movement in and away from the metro. And over the course of four days this week, the landmark transforms into a showcase of not just local life but also other cultures that exist far beyond our city’s boundaries. The Kansas City Fashion Week runway returns to Union Station for its Spring 2014 Showcase, from Thursday, March 13, through Sunday, March 16, with a lineup that’s 20 designers deep. The couturiers showing their work draw inspiration from people, places and things both near and distant. The Pitch talked with a few whose work reflects their diverse backgrounds.
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aiming for classic, with a modern twist.” Frida.” The designs inspired by the late A painting triggered the collection. Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo paid “We stumbled along an image of Venus,” tribute to the Latino roots of Hernandez and design partner Brayan Aguirre while high- Hernandez says. “There she was, naked, not slim. It struck us, and we said, ‘Let’s make a lighting an admirable figure. For Hernandez and Aguirre’s first Kan- collection involving this.’” Hernandez’s flair for accessories dates sas City Fashion Week showcase, they’ve back to an interest in his put together a collection grandmother’s pearls and centered on another strong Kansas City Fashion Week other elegant pieces. Prior woman: Venus. “It’s based Thursday, March 13– to starting the design line, on what we believe a Venus Sunday, March 16, he and Aguirre worked tofrom planet Venus would at Union Station gether as LB Styling, focusbe like,” Hernandez says. 30 West Pershing Road kcfashionweek.com ing on hair and makeup. So what results when “Really, my fashion creayou blend inspiration from tivity was tamed for a while, the Roman love goddess until I met Brayan, and he pushed me to get and the brightest spot in the solar system? the confidence to produce,” Hernandez says. “We’re utilizing a lot of crystals and gold. Their first piece, a gift for Hernandez’s There’s some sulfur, too, and a lot of wiring,” Hernandez says. “We’re working with sister, was a flashy necklace that received much praise. Two years ago, they launched a lot of unconventional materials and are
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From left: Hernandez and Aguirre, one of their LB Glam designs; Ola Style’s Hawatmeh LB Glam with an emphasis on accessories that they describe as “handmade luxury.” As new designers on the scene, they’ve enjoyed what they view as an underdog role at shows, first at Latino Fashion Week in Chicago and now at Kansas City Fashion Week. “We’re excited for everyone to see what we’re capable of,” Hernandez says.
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Ola Hawatmeh is well-known for her brazen personality and designs, but she stands to make the most difference with a trait tied to her background: generosity. Hawatmeh, of the line Ola Style, had a conservative upbringing in New York. Today, the St. Louis designer and local celebrity, who has Jordanian and Lebanese roots, has received much recognition for her giving spirit. Her work includes organizing dress drives for the needy.
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“I’ve stuck to my cultural beliefs,” Hawatmeh says. “I was raised on the importance of female empowerment and touching others’ lives. What’s the purpose of doing something that you are passionate about if it’s not helping to change others in a positive way?” At times, her background and her life as a designer cross in entertaining ways. She laughs as she tells a story about how her Jordanian grandmother — who wears a headpiece, never cuts her hair and prays the rosary at 5:30 a.m. each day — reacted to Hawatmeh calling her swimsuit line Kharma, her grandmother’s first name. “She’s yelling at me on the phone in Arabic: ‘You named all these half-naked women after me?’” Hawatmeh has worked in the New York fashion industry and served as a personal stylist to the Hollywood elite. Her favorite celebrity? Brooke Shields. “She’s really kind and easy to work with and very faith-based,” she says. In St. Louis, Hawatmeh’s work has led her to appearances on local TV shows, picking the best- and worst-dressed at the Oscars. (This year, she named Goldie Hawn best and Whoopi Goldberg worst.) For her third time presenting at Kansas
Zohreh Zarrabi’s designs dispel myths. As a Muslim and a follower of Islam, Zarrabi embraces the hijab: the term referring to the modest Islamic dress code for women. So she often hears the misconception that the style is oppressive. “The hijab is not meant to conceal a woman’s inner beauty but to emphasize her mind and intellect,” Zarrabi says. Zarrabi’s Kansas City Fashion Week debut features a collection that merges her background with some of today’s hottest trends — “modest street fashion,” she calls it. Expect wide-leg jumpsuits, hooded jackets and maxi dresses, designed in such a way that loose, nonsheer clothing covers most of the body. The designs, she hopes, will show women that modesty can be fashionable. “The hijab is not just for believers of Islam, but it is for all women who dress or wish to dress modestly,” she says. Zarrabi, a Kansas City native who has worn the hijab since she was a child, hopes that others perceive her designs as forms of beauty. “I have always believed that wearing the hijab was beautiful and made me a stronger person,” she says before citing her personal motto: Modesty shines from within. “I choose to dress modestly to create an identity for myself that symbolizes my faith and beliefs in Islam. My intention is not to dress to impress, but to dress to express who I am and what I stand for.”
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uccotash’s gut-busting Sumo breakfast challenge requires its own special plate — and a certain attentiveness to liability issues. When someone orders it, server David Meyer says, “Everyone on staff will keep checking on them, mostly because we want them to win but also because of health reasons. We want to make sure they’re doing OK.” If something goes wrong, there should at least be good documentation. Fellow diners, Meyer says, tend to take photos after they’ve heard the staff yell, “Sumo!” and seen the whopping plate arrive at a table. The Sumo weighs in at 10 pounds, on a par with a house cat or a bowling ball. Its a crazed Russian doll of a dish that puts eggs, bacon, roasted red peppers, onions, home fries, and cheddar cheese inside a giant pancake, topped with several generous ladles of sausage gravy. Ten pounds, I am telling you. If you finish the whole thing, your $20 meal is free and you get to write your name on the restaurant’s wall of fame. In the three years since Succotash moved to its 26th Street and Holmes location, hundreds of people have taken on the Sumo. Only 10 names are on the wall. “I’ve seen little g uys a nd 5-foot-3, 100-pound girls take the challenge and win it over big trucker guys,” Meyer says. And many have come close, so close. Recently, Meyer watched a man attempt to impress his young daughter by ordering the Sumo. The family man was down to the last bite, everyone in the restaurant cheering him on. Then, that last mouthful of pancake and gravy. “His daughter was still very proud,” Meyer says. No matter the challenger, mind over matter is key when eating such a comically large, parade-float-size breakfast. Meyer has witnessed every trick of the eating-contest trade, including soaking the pancake in water, as a competitive hot-dog eater would, or fasting a day in advance. But little prepares diners for the shock of seeing the Sumo show up in front of them. “No one ever expects it to be as big as it is,” Meyer says. “Even the guys who are trying to show off in front of their buddies go, ‘Whoa.’ And the customers start laughing — like, ‘Someone is going to eat this? Really?’” The scale of the dish might seem incomprehensible, but its origins make sense. Anyone who has tried Succotash’s eight-layer citrus cake, for example, or its Burrito of Love or its cotton-candy cappuccino knows
The Sumo, as photographed by survivors in the wild. that owner Beth Barden is all about the imaginative, cartoon-flavored flourish. And its Barden’s jovial spirit that infuses the Sumo, along with her menu’s tendency to put taste first and calories second. “She wanted to have something kind of silly and fun — and a tad bit unrealistic,” Meyer says. Mission accomplished. But don’t expect to try the novelty without agreeing to the challenge. I learned this the hard way when I visited Succotash on a busy Sunday morning. You are not allowed to share the Sumo. It is a serious challenge made for serious challengers — for good reason. “It takes up a lot of space on our grill,” Meyer says. “We have a very small kitchen. When a Sumo is ordered, it basically stops production on all grill items — eggs, pancakes — for five to 10 minutes.” After waiting 30 minutes for a table, I felt almost ready to face the Sumo (I had shown up so hungry that I ate the lint-covered mint in my coat pocket), but my first challenge attempt turned out to be relatively intangible. Was I willing to hold my fellow diners, some of whom were presumably as hungry as I was, hostage to my will to conquer? Slowing down a busy brunch shift at Succotash is not a responsibility I would shoulder lightly. It takes a lot of food to fill that special king-size plate, a lot of guts to clear it — and, for me, even more to haul off and ask for it. To be continued.
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY GUIDE 2014
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Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester | Celebrating 25 years in Kansas City with Eddie Delahunt, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 15
Conroy’s Public House, 5285 W. 95th St., Leawood | Irish breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon; Irish bagpipers and Irish Roots Cafe house band.
American Garage Bar, 1 Fourth St., Lee’s Summit | St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl, with the Brody Buster Band from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The Daily Limit, 523 E. 111th St. | Music by Junebug & the Porchlights from 3 to 7 p.m., food and drink specials.
The Brookside St. Patrick’s Warm-Up Parade | Beginning at 2 p.m., at 65th St. and Wornall, brooksidekc.org
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 101 E. 13th St. | Open at 9 a.m., $10 pancake breakfast; most pints $3 all day.
Johnny’s Back Yard, 1825 Buchanan, North Kansas City | Snake Saturday, with music from Scotty and Sole Tones from 2 to 5 p.m.
403 Club, 614 Reynolds, Kansas City, Kansas | Open at noon, $4 Jameson shots, $5 Irish car bombs.
Kansas City Track Club’s Westport St. Patrick’s Day Run | 10 a.m., at Westport Rd. and Pennsylvania
The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence | Gates open at noon. Food by Mr. Bacon BBQ; music by Sellout at 2 p.m., $5 cover. Proceeds go to the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence.
Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence | Fake St. Patrick’s Day Social Service League benefit from 5 to 9 p.m., with music, games, food and DJ Modrey Hepburn.
Harpo’s, 4109 Pennsylvania | Open at 9 a.m., drink specials.
Smokin’ Guns BBQ, 1218 Swift, North Kansas City | Snake Saturday, deck open after the parade, music by My Six Gun Heart from 2 to 6 p.m., drink specials. Snake Saturday Parade and Festival | Parade beginning at 11 a.m., at the intersection of 14th St. and Swift, in North Kansas City, proceeding north to Armour, east to Howell, and south to 18th St. and Howell, snakesaturday.com Sunday, March 16 Martin City St. Patrick’s Day Parade | From 135th St. and Washington to Holmes, 2 p.m., featuring Grand Marshal Kathy Quinn; irishpalooza.com for more information. Martin City’s Whiskey Run 5k and Kids Fun Run, 135th St. and Oak | 8 a.m., race packets at KC Running Co. (411 E. 135th St.), whiskeyrun5k.com to register. Monday, March 17
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Charlie Hooper’s, 12 W. 63rd St. | Irish beer specials and corned beef and cabbage.
Irish Pub House, 6332 Raytown Rd. | $2.25 domestic beers, $5 20-ounce Guinness drafts and special giveaways, specials on corned beef and cabbage and shepherd’s pie, with proceeds from food sales going to the Down Syndrome Guild of Greater KC. Jerry’s Bait Shop, 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa | St. Patrick’s Party, featuring DJ Sinnister and a 32-inch flat-screen-TV giveaway, 9 p.m. Johnny’s Back Yard, 1825 Buchanan, North Kansas City | Corned-beef-and-cabbage specials. Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day Parade | Beginning at 11 a.m. at Broadway from Linwood and proceeding south to 43rd St., kcirishparade.com Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester | The Nace Annual St. Patty’s Day Parade and Celebration at 5 p.m.
Aftershock, 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam | St. Patrick’s Day Metal Festival with the Absence, Infernaeon, From the Embrace, the Mirage Theory, and Haunting Skies; all ages with a $5 minor upcharge, 4:30 p.m.
Lew’s Grill & Bar, 7539 Wornall | Irish Hooley: 3 bands, 2 DJs, 2 bars = 1 ticket, beginning with an Irish breakfast at 8 a.m.; corned beef and cabbage at 11 a.m.; and music by Jonathan Ramsey at 3 p.m. and DJ Mike Scott at 8 p.m.
Broadway Jazz Club, 3601 Broadway | Open at 9 a.m. Special St. Patrick’s Day menus, music by Hanrahan’s St. Paddy’s Day Jazz Project at 7 p.m.
Maker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge, 1333 Walnut | Full lunch menu at 11 a.m., $5 green martinis and Guinness, half-off Irish whiskeys. continued on page 24
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St. Patrick’s Day Guide continued from page 22 Maloney’s, 7201 W. 79th St., Overland Park | Open at 7 a.m. Brunch served until 11 a.m.; $3 Guinness pints, $7 car bombs, $5.50 Jameson shots and $4 Paddy shots; corned beef and cabbage with new potatoes, $6.95 all day. McFadden’s Sports Saloon, 1330 Grand | Shamrocks & Shenanigans Party. From 7 to 8 a.m., bottomless bacon and eggs, 12-ounce green Miller Lite and Coors Light; all day, $7 Irish Viagra bombs, $7 12-piece wings, and $7 32-ounce green draft beers. O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza, 4742 Pennsylvania | Music by Eddie Delahunt, 1–9 p.m. O’Malley’s Irish Pub, 500 Welt St., Weston | Music by Tullamore from 2 to 5:30 p.m.; Bob Reeder, 3 p.m.; the Kelihans from 6 to 8 p.m., and Chance the Arm from 8:30 p.m. to midnight, westonirish.com
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RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd. | All-Day Party with DJ Paddy O’Andora at 1 p.m., Irieplaceables at 2:30 p.m., Blarney Stoned at 3:30 p.m., Nuthatch-47 at 4:30 p.m., Lushes at 5:30 p.m., and the MGDs at 6:30 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence | St. Patio Show, from 4 to 9 p.m., with Deadman Flats, Brody Buster Band, Tyler Gregory, Carswell & Hope, James Rose Jr. & Friends, and Rolling Foliage. Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway | Open at 9 a.m. For $20, get a parking spot in the UAB back lot and a wristband redeemable for two beers and breakfast buffet; $5 chair rental for parade; specials on beer and Jameson all day. The Well, 7421 Broadway | Irish Hooley: 3 bands, 2 DJs, 2 bars = 1 ticket, beginning with an Irish breakfast at 8 a.m.; corned beef and cabbage at 11 a.m.; and music by Jonathan Ramsey at noon, the Kelihans at 3 p.m., Flanigan’s Right Hook at 6 p.m., DJ Ashton Martin at 8 p.m.; waldowell.com Westport Flea Market, 817 Westport Rd. | Kegs & Eggs from 7 to 10 a.m., all-you-can-eat-and-drink, $10.
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Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania | Open for breakfast at 9 a.m.; live music with Blue Boot Heelers at 11 a.m., Blarney Stoned at 1 p.m., Brody Buster at 3 p.m., Famous Seamus and the Travel Bongs at 4:30 p.m., A.J. Gaither at 6:30 p.m., Calamity Cubes at 8:30 p.m., and DJ Jabberock’s Vinyl Country at 10:30 p.m.
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KNUCKLEHEADS F re e S h u tt le in S u rr o u n d in g A reth e a
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12: Fred Eaglesmith 13: Nick Moss 14: Eddie Delahunt Saint Patty’s Party 14: Milkdrive GL 16: The Railers 17: The Nace Annual St. Patty’s Day Parade & Celebration @ 4pm 18: The Grahams, Lilly Hiatt
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 BAND OF HEATHENS
20: Davina & The Vagabonds 21: Anthony Gomes 21: Mike Stinson 22: Crankshaft & The Grinders 22: Carolyn Wonderland w/ Maria the Mexican 23: Jimbo Mathus & The Tri State Coalition 25: Ben Taylor
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Lawrence’s Taryn Miller signs to Domino Records.
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n a gray Friday morning, Taryn Miller lights a cigarette and stares out at the wintry field beyond the back porch of her two-story house on the edge of Lawrence. She likes it here, she tells me — this town and also the slight distance from its center that the house allows her. As we talk, though, it’s clear that her view from that porch is changing. “There are so many directions I can go now,” she says. This house is Miller’s comfort zone, where she played a solo show for the first time in years in September 2013, with the material that would end up on last year’s exquisite Jekyll/Hyde. She made that EP under the e r Mo name Y(our) Fri(end). She has since dropped t he pa rent heses — t a ine and been picked up by Onl .com pitch Domino Records, home to the likes of Animal Collective, Blood Orange and Arctic Monkeys. (On February 20, Domino rereleased Jekyll/ Hyde, along with an announcement that the vinyl would come out in April.) Things, she says, are about to be different, even if she’s not sure yet just how or how much. “They had just been kind of keeping an eye on me, seeing what I was doing for a while,” Miller says of the label. “I remember when I first got an e-mail from the A&R rep one day [in May 2013], and she was just like, ‘Hey, what are you up to?’ I was just walking home from class, and I stopped midway and just had to stare at it for a second. It took me hours to write back a three-sentence response.” Up a dim, narrow staircase, Miller’s attic bedroom is lined with concert posters and album covers from bands such as Beirut and Local Natives. As the desolate blare of a train whistle fades, she puts on a soul record — the Numero Group’s Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label — and sits, posture perfect, in a straight-backed chair. With her herringbone blazer and tortoiseshell glasses, she could be a professor posing for a yearbook photo. She’s 22, though, and a recent University of Kansas graduate with a degree in linguistics. Miller laughs at the idea of her chosen major but explains that she was drawn more to Lawrence than to the school, which didn’t have a program that fit her specific ambitions at the time. “I had just read Tom Robbins’ Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates that summer, and in the book he has this skill of having learned a lot of languages, and that was the one thing I could lean toward as far as majors,” Miller says, smiling. “And I saw linguistics
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really unique chance to go in whatever weird way I want because I have people backing it.” Still, when the Domino news went public, Miller worried what would be said about her. Perhaps the musicians with whom she had cultivated relationships would feel abandoned or put off. “I was afraid that I wouldn’t be welcome anymore,” she says. “And that was an irrational fear, but it was still there. I’m so rooted in the local scene here, I didn’t want to be banished from it. I didn’t want anyone to be under the assumption that I was too good to play local shows or something. That would break my heart.” But if anyone should be afraid of being left behind, it’s local music fans. Today is Miller’s day off from her part-time gig at Love Garden Sounds (whose owner, Kelly Corcoran, manages Your Friend). This evening, she’s playing a show at the Replay with her housemates, fellow Lawrence band Oils. It’s comfort-zone stuff, and she insists that what she has found in this community isn’t something she would walk away from easily. “Everyone has been super-supportive and amazing,” she tells me. “It’s bewildering, the love in this town that they have for other people and the art that they make. People have been asking me if I’m going to move or get out of here, and I’m like, ‘Why? Why would I do that? This is where it happened.’ “I wouldn’t be here without this town and the support of my friends and fellow musicians and the baristas at the coffee shop. Everyone here is so warm. I don’t think I’m going anywhere.”
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Band Least LikeLy
Marijuana Deathsquads never meant to tour, but that won’t hold them back now.
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ack in 2009, in the grimy shadows of a decrepit Minneapolis warehouse, Marijuana Deathsquads was born. Formed by Gayngs mastermind Ryan Olson and Isaac Gale, the experimental electro-noise band came up through off-the-record performances and almost-underground residencies that featured an amorphous cast of cool kids, including Doomtree’s P.O.S., Poliça’s Ben Ivascu, and Har Mar Superstar. I remember many a splendid evening spent in Minneapolis’ Loring Park alley as Marijuana Deathsquads loosed dark, animalistic beats into the night, Gale’s voice arriving over some tortured alien frequency. And last year’s Oh My Sexy Lord finally delivers that rabid attack in recorded form, extending two giant middle fingers to genre-boxing. We dialed up Gale at his Minneapolis home ahead of Marijuana Deathsquads’ Monday, March 17, RecordBar show. “This project is my ultimate dream band.” The Pitch: Listening to Oh My Sexy Lord is while, I find myself freaking out. There’s somelike being on eight different types of prescription thing about the performance — I need to do it. medications at once. Ryan and I worked at a place together, and Gale: [Laughs.] Everything we do is written we just sort of worked at this job that was for a live set. We’ve written tons of material, and we took that into the studio. It took us kind of boring. And we needed a band that we could do, a project, that didn’t cost money almost two years to make that thing. We just or need a practice space, something where we recorded, like, six hours of stuff and then, over didn’t need amps or guitars or anything and the long process of editing, sort of arrived at those so-called songs. But it’s meant to sort we could just show up and go live. We wanted something that freed us up from the structure of warp your mind or make you feel different of a band. Our previous thing was a hardcore when you’re listening to it. It’s meant to be sort band called Building Better Bombs, and it was of overwhelming and maximal. sort of like, certain rules come with being in a The songwriting for Marijuana Deathsquads, band like that. I imagine, is a lot different from what a typical I never really imagined Marijuana Deathindie-rock band does. squads as a touring band. Part of the beauty of Yeah, we don’t go into writing traditionally. your performances — at least the ones I saw — I don’t show up with a guitar riff and say, “Hey, was that they weren’t planned out. why don’t we make this into a three-minute It’s a whole new thing for the band. Now song.” It’s more like, we get together and make that we have a record out, a bunch of weird, repetitive we want to play some of loops and beats, and then we Marijuana those things on the record bring it to a live show, where Deathsquads — we want to do those live, we have a bunch of players with Lizzo so that people can buy the — whoever can sit in on that Monday, March 17, record, you know? [Laughs.] live show — sort of stacking at RecordBar In a lot of ways, taking this layers on top of that. We arband on tour has been one rive at the songs by sort of of the weirdest things we’ve ever done — in a throwing everything at it and then editing band where all we try to do are the weirdest certain things away. It’s a very thought-out things possible. and controlled chaos, I guess. We just did two months in Europe with Everyone in this band has a ton of different projects going on, and you’re a full-time music- Poliça. They have a huge audience. We’re playing these huge rooms, and no one knows video and film director and producer. What does us. We’re onstage at 8 p.m. under the lights, Marijuana Deathsquads do for you? This project is sort of my ultimate dream not on the floor in some dingy warehouse band that I could play in. It’s the most freeing or whatever. Definitely one of the weirdmusic I’ve ever gotten to play. If I’ve been work- est things we’ve ever done is play the same sets every night, on a stage, in front of a lot ing on film and I haven’t touched the band in a 28
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of people who aren’t expecting it early in the night. But also, part of the band has to be this dangerous element, where we don’t exactly know what’s going to come out next when we switch to the next part. So now we’ve started mixing in parts we know, things from Oh My Sexy Lord, with other things in our live shows. It’s sort of cool because now, after a show, we’ll shake hands and give each other notes on what we thought went down and what we can do next. It’s a really fun project to be a part of like that, where we are constantly like, “When we do this song again tonight, let’s make this part stretch out longer because this part rules.”
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Ida McBeth is a KC jazz fixture and a local icon. Since the 1980s, when she owned weekends at the Point, she has been raising club roofs with sass and swing — rollicking with some Stevie Wonder–style R&B, belting the blues, putting her soul into her own take on a jazz or pop classic. But there has been scant opportunity to hear her since the closing of Jardine’s, where she reigned, two years ago. Saturday night, McBeth performs at the Blue Room. Hear why, in a city brimming with jazz talent, McBeth is a one-and-only. — Larry Kopitnik Ida McBeth, 8:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m., Saturday, March 15, at the Blue Room (1600 E. 18th St., 816-474-2929), $15 cover.
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St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl
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POOL TABLE • MEGATOUCH • 8 PINBALLS PINBALL TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAYS TOUCHTUNES INTERNET JUKEBOX • DRINKING ON THE SMOKING PATIO • CRAFT BEERS • $2 PBR / HIGH LIFE
Since the early 1960s, the internationally renowned South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has entertained and educated listeners all over the world. It has released more than 50 albums and collected four Grammy Awards. For longtime fans, the male ensemble’s latest album, Always With Us, holds no huge surprises: The traditional Zulu rhythms and style of singing (isicathamiya and mbube) are built into a Christian choral framework, just as Ladysmith founder Joseph Shabalala dreamed five decades ago. But the results remain heart-stopping and profound, just as the group’s Thursday show in Lawrence promises to be. Thursday, March 13, at Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1972)
The Harmed Brothers
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Pay no attention to the moniker under which Ray Vietti and Alex Salcido perform. The two aren’t related, and they don’t seem particularly injured. The group — which expands and contracts with members beyond Vietti and Salcido, depending on the gig — is more about brotherly bonds and mutual suffering than anything else, and that’s a lot of what you find on the Harmed Brothers’ latest full-length, Better Days. Vietti has one of those whiskeyroughened voices that’s ideal for the banjoand-guitar ballads you’ll get at this RecordBar gig. And you can expect a good old hometown crowd to come out; the Harmed Brothers nest in Oregon these days, but Vietti is Missouriborn and proud of it. Thursday, March 13, RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
Russian Circles
It’s rather extraordinary what Russian Circles can accomplish in 37 minutes, which is the length of the Chicago trio’s latest album, Memorial. Though the band gets lumped into the metal category, what happens on Memorial feels less abrasive and more experimental than anything so genre-specific.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo The instrumental songs bleed seamlessly into one another, with calculated builds leading to Vesuvian explosions. Even if I kind of prefer listening to this album alone in my house with all the lights off, I’ll find it well worth feeling Russian Circles live. Saturday, March 15, RecordBar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207)
Halfway to Winfield
I’ve never been to the Walnut Valley Festival — or the Winfield Bluegrass Festival, whatever you wanna call it — but I get the impression from most people that it’s more of a lifestyle thing than it is a music weekend. I hear about Winfield all year, is what I’m saying. So for the hundreds who have been there and dream wistfully of the warm camping weather and beckoning sounds of fiddles and banjos and old-time guitars, there’s Knuckleheads Saturday. Halfway to Winfield is a mini folk fest, featuring a pretty high-energy local lineup: Split Lip Rayfield, Truckstop Honeymoon, Whistle Pigs, Tyler Gregory, Old Sound, Loaded Goat,
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Konza Swamp Band, Rural Grit All Stars and the Kansas City Bear Fighters. Holy folk, man. Saturday, March 15, Knuckleheads Saloon (2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456)
Mowgli’s, Misterwives
Look, I like the Mowgli’s as much as the next person — that one song “San Francisco” is really fun and everything — but I seriously can’t get past the misplaced apostrophe in the group name. At a certain point, you’d think that someone would have educated these kids on the basics of possessive nouns, and they would have fixed it. Anyway, the Mowgli’s (ugh) will be playing a free St. Patrick’s Day show at the Power & Light District’s KC Live Block. Joining the lineup is Brooklyn’s upand-coming indie-rock darling Misterwives, which has just released an excellent debut EP and whose members paid attention in fifthgrade English class. Monday, March 17, KC Live Block (14th St. and Grand, powerandlightdistrict.com)
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Thursday | 3.13 |
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY PRESENTS THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ART EXHIBITS & EVENTS Edgar Degas Pastels | Nelson-Atkins Museum
PERFORMING ARTS
of Art, 4525 Oak, nelson-atkins.org
Spring opera: Kurt Weil’s Street Scene | 7:30 p.m.
FR I DAY
3.14
James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, UMKC, 4949 Cherry, conservatory.umkc.edu
Dressed Up | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., kemperart.org
Echoes: Islamic Art and Contemporary Artists | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak
EXPOS
Heart of America Cluster Dog Shows | Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., heartofamericakc.org
en bloc, by Jorge Garcia Almodovar | Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, UMKC Gallery of Art, 5015 Holmes, Room 203
FILM
History & Hope: Celebrating the Civil Rights Movement | Nelson-Atkins Museum
National Theatre Live presents War Horse | 7 p.m. Tivoli Cinemas, 4050 Pennsylvania, tivolikc.com
of Art, 4525 Oak
SPORTS & REC
Big 12 men’s basketball tournament | Sprint
In the Looking Glass: Recent Daguerreotype Acquisitions | Nelson-Atkins Museum, 4525 Oak
Miller Lite Basketball Fan Fest | Opening at 10 a.m.,
Kiosk Gallery, 3951 Broadway
Center, 1407 Grand
all ages until 9 p.m., 21 and older after 9 p.m. KC Live Block at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand, powerandlightdistrict.com MUSIC
Molly Kaderka: Sacred Spaces | 6 p.m. Friday,
Kansas City Symphony presents the Los Angeles Philharmonic | 8 p.m. Kauffman Center for the
Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org (sold out)
Neeta Madahar: Falling | Kemper Museum
Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 7 p.m. Liberty Hall,
OBJET pop-up boutique and Tea Time zine showcase | Noon-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday-
644 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Andy D., Baiowolf, Golden Street Choir Boys | 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Arara Azul | 8 p.m. Broadway Jazz Club, 3601 Broadway Megan Birdsall | 8-10:30 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
Dan Chopin | 7:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, 7260 N.W. 87th St.
Downlink, Dieselboy, Ajapai | 7 p.m. The Granada,
1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Drew Six | Fuel, 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park Millage Gilbert Big Blues Band | 7 p.m. Danny’s
Big Easy, 1601 E. 18th St.
Mark Lowrey Trio | 9 p.m. Green Lady Lounge,
of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd.
Spring opera: Kurt Weill’s Street Scene |
7:30 p.m. James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry
1809 Grand
COMEDY
Nick Moss | 7:30 p.m. Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester Mouth, Draper Family Band | 8 p.m. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence
Matt Otto Quintet with Shay Estes | 7 p.m. The
Gina Brillon | 7:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, 7260 N.W. 87th St.
Steve Kramer | 7:45 & 9:45 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy
Club, 1867 Village West Pkwy., KCK
This American Life | Fridays and Saturdays,
Fast Johnny Ricker, Scare the Children | 8 p.m.
Planet Comicon | Noon-7 p.m. Bartle Hall, 301 W. 13th St., planetcomicon.wordpress.com
James Turrell: Gard Blue | Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi , Lawrence
Real Deal Tattoo Convention | Noon-10 p.m. Uptown
The Tyranny of Good Taste | La Esquina, 1000 W. 25th St., charlottestreet.org
The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Tropic Thursdays with Bartholomew | The Kill
FILM
The Harmed Brothers, Blue Boot Heelers, Jenny Wood | 10 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd.
Charles D. Williams | 5 p.m. Broadway Jazz Club,
The Retro Cocktail Hour presents Cinema a Go-Go | 6:30 p.m. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts,
Hey Presto!, Blackwater ’64 | Jazzhaus, 926-1/2
The Woody Pines | 9 p.m. Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main
3601 Broadway
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1205 E. 85th St.
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Second Friday Troost Art Hop | 6-10 p.m. Vibe
Heart of America Cluster Dog Shows | Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., heartofamericakc.org
Theater, 3700 Broadway
Bram Wijnands Duo | 6p.m.TheMajestic,931Broadway
Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Reality and Fantasy: Land, Town and Sea
| Nelson-Atkins Museum, 4525 Oak
Patriarch with Shooting Star | 7 p.m. Uptown
Steve Gray Band | Mestizo, 5270 W. 116th Pl., Leawood
Johnny Switchblade, the Rackatees, Four Arm Shiver, 88er, the Hemorrhoids | 7 p.m. Jackpot
lery, Avila University, 11901 Wornall, avila.edu
Tribe Studio, 5504 Troost, troostarthop.com
Devil Club, 61 E. 14th St.
John Paul’s Flying Circus | B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ,
Other Faces: Paintings and Drawings by Jane Mudd and Nora Othic | Thornhill Gal-
EXPOS
Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Grand Marquis | 7 p.m. Jazz, 1823 W. 39th St.
Massachusetts, Lawrence
Saturday, Paragraph Gallery, 23 E. 12th St.
Golden! Girls Gone Wild!! | 8 p.m. Missie B’s, 805 W. 39th St.
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Kemper East, 200 E. 44th St.
after 9 p.m. KC Live Block at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand, powerandlightdistrict.com
Lawrence
MUSIC SPORTS & REC
Big 12 men’s basketball tournament | Sprint
Big Bad Gina | 8 p.m. Pierson Auditorium, UMKC,
5100 Rockhill Rd.
Center, 1407 Grand
Boogaloo 7 | 10 p.m. Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Miller Lite Basketball Fan Fest, featuring team pep rallies, watch parties, contests, live music and giveaways | Beginning at 2 p.m., all ages until 9 p.m., 21 and older
Book of Gaia | 9 p.m. Broadway Jazz Club, 3601 Broadwa
TheaTer
Dolewite | The BrewTop Pub and Patio, 8614 N. Board-
The Patrick Lentz Band | Fuel, 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park
Leawood
Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band |
Let the Beat Build 4 | 10 p.m. RecordBar, 1020
The Ready Brothers, Whiskey for the Lady, Famous Seamus and the Travelbongs | 9 p.m.
The Evil, Haunt Ananta, Alien Jones | Jazzhaus,
MilkDrive: A Living Room Session | 9 p.m. Knuck-
walk Ave.
Dates and times vary. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Starting
Friday, the Barn Players, 6219 Martway, Mission, thebarnplayers.org
Jazz, 1823 W. 39th St.
Westport Rd.
926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence
leheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester
Golden Ox, 1600 Genessee, kcmysterytrain.com
Helen Gillet | The Brick, 1727 McGee
Godspell | Egads Theatre Co., at Off Cen-
Go Murphy, the Summit, Bloom | 9 p.m. Jackpot
My Oh My record-release show with Ruddy Swain | 9:30 p.m. Czar, 1531 Grand
Drawn to Murder | KC Mystery Train, the
ter Theatre, 2450 Grand, Crown Center, egadstheatre.com
Jekyll & Hyde | She & Her Productions, at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central, sheandherproductions.com
Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence
In the Shadow, Dogs of Delphi, Sarmatian Night, Mending the Broken, Prometheus Fire-God | 8
p.m. Aftershock Bar & Grill, 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam
New Common Ground | Mestizo, 5270 W. 116th Pl.,
Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania
The Rent | Jerry’s Bait Shop, 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa
Ori Naftaly | 8 p.m. Trouser Mouse, 410 S. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs
Narkalark, Real Sugar, 18 Carat Affair | 8 p.m. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence
Reverend Red, Duane Mark & the Get Down Bandits | 6 p.m. Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania Rotting Out, No Bragging Rights, Heart to Heart, the Beautiful Ones, Orthodox, See It Through | 5:30 p.m. Czar, 1531 Grand
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MET Script-in-Hand Series: The Philadelphia Story | 2 p.m. Kansas City Plaza Library, 4801 Main, kclibrary.org
Much Ado About Nothing | KU Theatre, Crafton-Preyer Theater, 1530 Naismith Drive (Murphy Hall), Lawrence The Night of the Iguana | Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main, metkc.org Other Desert Cities | Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, unicorntheatre.org Playboy of the Western World | UMKC Theatre, Genessee Studio, 1615 W. 45th St., umkctheatre.org Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike |
Beginning Friday, Spencer Theater, UMKC, 4949 Cherry, kcrep.org
When I Come to Die | Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Copaken Stage, 13th St. and Walnut, kcrep.org Winter Shorts, with Sarah Mundy | 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Fishtank Performance Studio, 1715 Wyandotte
MUSeUM exhibiTS & evenTS Citizen Soldiers on the Prairie | Johnson
County Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, jocomuseum.org
Convergence: Jazz, Film, Dance and the Visual Arts | American Jazz Museum, 1616 E. 18th St., , americanjazzmuseum.org
Hands-on History | Opening Friday, National World War I Museum, 100 W. 26th St., at the Liberty Memorial On the Brink: A Month That Changed the World | National World War I Museum, 100 W. 26th St., Liberty Memorial, http://theworldwar.org
Take Five Tours | 6 p.m. Thursday, American Jazz Museum, 1616 E. 18th St.
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Levee Town | 9 p.m. B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E.
CHILDISH GAMBINO
85th St.
9 p.m. Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main
Ida McBeth | 8:30 p.m. The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
The Shmedleys | 8 p.m. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence
MissConception CD-release party | 8 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
Starhaven Rounders | 7 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 West-
port Rd.
Modern Era | Mestizo, 5270 W. 116th Pl., Leawood
Doug Talley Quintet with Julie Turner | 8:30 p.m.
9 Volt Junkie EP-release show | 6 p.m. Aftershock
The Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Josh Vowell Band | 9 p.m. B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ,
1205 E. 85th St.
Wells the Traveler | 6 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Bar & Grill, 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam
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Organ Jazz Trio | 10 p.m. Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
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Michael Pagan Quartet | 7 p.m. Green Lady Lounge,
1809 Grand
Rich Wheeler Quartet | 8 p.m. Take Five Coffee +
Phil N Da Blanks | 6 p.m. Czar, 1531 Grand
The Wheelers | 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Mas-
Refero album-release show with Epilogues, Young Readers, Bearface | 9 p.m. The Riot Room,
Bar, 5336 W. 151st St., Leawood
sachusetts, Lawrence
4048 Broadway
Childish Gambino | 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
Russian Circles, Helms Alee, KenMode | 9 p.m.
NIGHTLIFE
Brodioke | 9 p.m. Bulldog, 1715 Main
Jim Jefferies | 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
Flirt Fridays with DJ Parle | Hotel Nightclub, 1300
Grand
Keith Plus One: local improviser Keith Curtis with Ryan Seymour | 10 p.m. Kick Comedy Theater, 4010 Pennsylvania, kcimprov.com
Flirt Friday | 9 p.m. VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino,
Steve Kramer | 7:45 & 9:45 p.m. Stanford’s Comedy
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Stomping Out AIDS Step Show | 7 p.m. Pierson
Auditorium, UMKC, 5100 Rockhill Rd.
RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd.
Samantha Fish and the Terry Quiett Band | 6:30 p.m. VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City
MUSIC 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City
Friday Night Ska & Soul with Boss Hooligan and DJ Mahood | 8 p.m. MiniBar, 3810 Broadway Girl 2 Girl Social | 10 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
Larry Lebowski Party | 7 p.m. The Conspiracy Room at the Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway
Young Friends of Art Second-Friday Happy Hour | 6-8 p.m. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Club, 1867 Village West Pkwy., KCK EXPOS
Megan Birdsall | 8 p.m. Take Five Coffee + Bar, 5336
Planet Comicon | 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Bartle Hall, 301
The Blarney Stoned, the Kelihans, Conacht |
Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., heartofamericakc.org
W. 13th St.
Real Deal Tattoo Convention | Noon-10 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway
SPORTS & REC
Big 12 5k Fun Run & Family Stroll | 10 a.m. Power & Light District, 14th Street and Main, kcbig12run.com
PERFORMING ARTS
Golden! Girls Gone Wild!! | 8 p.m. Missie B’s, 805 W. 39th St.
Massachusetts, Lawrence
Heart of America Cluster Dog Shows | Hale
4525 Oak
Saturday | 3.15 |
Shedding Watts | Jazzhaus, 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Rashyd Ashon, Jooby Truth, Chuck Diesel, Ktown, Brody Lee | 8 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943
Big 12 men’s basketball tournament | Sprint Center, 1407 Grand
W. 151st St., Leawood
8 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
Boss Hooligan, DJ Moonstomp, Peacemakers, DJ Lion Dub | 10 p.m. MiniBar, 3810 Broadway Havilah Bruders | 6:30 p.m. Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania
Dicklynch: A Tribute to Cocknoose, Mischief of Rats | 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts,
Dolewite | 10 p.m. The Brooksider, 6330 Brookside Plz.
La Bohème | 7:30 p.m. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcopera.org
kctrack.org
Drunkards Dream, the Broken String Band | 10
Spring opera: Kurt Weill’s Street Scene | 7:30 p.m.
Miller Lite Basketball Fan Fest , featuring
The Elders 12th Annual Hoolie | Uptown Theater,
Regina Stillman’s Harlem in My Soul! | 3 p.m. Gem Theater, 1615 E. 18th St.,americanjazzmuseum.org COMEDY
Gina Brillon | 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, 7260 N.W. 87th St. 34
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Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas | 7:30 p.m. Sporting Park, 1 Sporting Way, KCK, sportingkc.com
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Switch | Jerry’s Bait Shop, 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa
Trampled Under Foot | 9 p.m. Trouser Mouse, 410 S. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs
Werewolf Nebula, the Westerners, Muff Punch | The Brick, 1727 McGee Tim Whitmer & KC Express | 4:30 p.m. The Phoenix,
302 W. Eighth St.
Wonderfuzz | Kelly’s Westport Inn, 500 Westport Rd.
Sunday | 3.16 |
Lawrence
Kansas City Track Club Westport St. Patrick’s Day Run | 10 a.m. Westport Rd. and Pennsylvania,
James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry, conservatory.umkc.edu
Lawrence
p.m. Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania
3700 Broadway
PERFORMING ARTS
Golden! Girls Gone Wild!! | 6 p.m. Missie B’s, 805
W. 39th St.
Spring opera: Kurt Weill’s Street Scene | 2:30 p.m.
James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry, conservatory.umkc.edu COMEDY
Eboni Fondren Quartet | 9:30 p.m. Broadway Jazz
Club, 3601 Broadway
Halfway to Winfield with Split Lip Rayfield, Truckstop Honeymoon, Whistle Pigs, Tyler Gregory, Old Sound, Loaded Goat, Konza Swamp Band, Rural Grit All-Stars and the Kansas City Bear Fighters | 5:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester
Gina Brillon | 7 & 9:45 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, 7260 N.W. 87th St. EXPOS
Heart of America Cluster Dog Shows | Hale
Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., heartofamericakc.org
Planet Comicon | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Bartle Hall, 301
uptown Comedy Night with Norm Dexter | 10 p.m.
Matt Hopper with Kelly Gant | 7 p.m. The Blue
Real Deal Tattoo Convention | Noon-6 p.m. Uptown
MuSiC
Mark Lowrey Trio | 6 p.m. The Majestic, 931 Broadway Marijuana Deathsquads, Lizzo | 10 p.m. RecordBar,
W. 13th St.
Theater, 3700 Broadway
SPoRTS & ReC
Kansas City Roller Warriors Bout Four: Rink of Fire Championship | 2 p.m. Winnwood Skate Center, 4426 N.E. Winn
MuSiC
Acoustic hip-hop with Clay Hughes & friends | 6 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts,
Lawrence
The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Tuesday | 3.18 | PeRFoRMiNG ARTS
AAN, Disco Doom, Various Blonde | 10 p.m. Replay
1020 Westport Rd.
Being As an ocean, A Lot Like Birds, My iron Lung, idle Hands, This Wild Life | 6:30 p.m. Jackpot
Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania
Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Rural Grit Happy Hour | 6 p.m. The Brick, 1727 McGee
Rick Bacus Trio | Jazz, 1823 W. 39th St.
Lounge, 1809 Grand
Bob Bowman & Roger Wilder | 10 p.m. Green Lady
Singer/Songwriter open mic with Jon Theobald | 7 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
18th St.
Brother John’s Motivational R&B/Soul Showcase | 7 p.m. Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
8410 Wornall
Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
open Mic with Brody Buster | 7-11 p.m. Westport
The Goldenberg Duo — violin and piano | 7:30 p.m.
Grant Hall, UMKC, 5227 Holmes
MuSiC
Waldo Jazz Collective | 7-10 p.m. The Piano Room,
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After Nations, Groovethemasses, Johnny Booth and the Head Wounds | 9 p.m. Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence
The Ataris, Authority Zero, Drag the River, Versus the World | 7:30 p.m. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Ashley Davis and Liz Carroll | 7 p.m. Liberty Hall,
644 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Stan Kessler Quartet | 10 p.m. Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Gordon Lightfoot | 7 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700
Broadway
Mark Lowrey Trio jazz jam | 6 p.m. The Majestic,
931 Broadway
Lee McBee and the Confessors | 6-9 p.m. B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St.
Radar eyes, Basic Cable, Burial Teens | 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
The Railers, the Major Trio | 8:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester
Third Day, Skillet, Mandisa, Brandon Heath, Peter Fuler, We As Human | 7 p.m. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand
Bram Wijnands Trio | 7 p.m. Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
Monday | 3.17 | PeRFoRMiNG ARTS
Golden! Girls Gone Wild!! | 8 p.m. Missie B’s, 805 W. 39th St.
La Bohème | 7:30 p.m. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcopera.org CoMeDy
Fringe Alive Show | 8 p.m. The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
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The Crayons | 7 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd.
AY TUESD
3.18
Entrance Band, La Luz, Triptides | 10 p.m. Record-
Bar, 1020 Westport Rd.
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Foundation 627 Big Band | 9 p.m. Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand
The Grahams, Lilly Hiatt | 7:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester
Cher Lloyd, Jackson Harris | 7:30 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
Calvin Love, Tops, Paper Buffalo | 10 p.m. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Chuck Mead & the Grassy Knoll Boys | 7 p.m. Trouser Mouse, 410 S. Hwy. 7, Blue Springs
Hermon Mehari Trio | 6 p.m. The Majestic, 931 Broadway
The writer and physicist Dr. Michio Kaku | 7 p.m. Unity Temple, 707 W. 47th St., rainydaybooks.com
Naughty Pines Happy Hour Band | 6-9 p.m. Coda, 1744 Broadway
1515 WESTPORT RD. • 816-931-9417
COMEDY
Open Blues Jam with the Coyote Bill Boogie Band | 9 p.m. Westport Saloon, 4112
Pennsylvania
Chicks Are Funny! | 7:30 p.m. Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theater, 7260 N.W. 87th St. FILM
Archie Powell and the Exports, Damn Choir | 8 p.m. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, 3402 Main
NIGHTLIFE
Whores, Bummer, Leering Heathens, Canyons | 8 p.m. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
Augustines, My Goodness, Sons of Great Dane | 8 p.m. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway
B.A.R.T Wednesdays with DJ G Train |
Wild Adriatic, Brody Buster Band, Stone Cutters Union | 6 p.m. Czar, 1531 Grand
Band of Heathens with Brother Bagman |
Girlz of Westport | 8 p.m. Californos, 4124
Bent Knee, Jorge Arana Trio | The Brick, 1727
Karaoke with Lo | 10 p.m. Black & Gold Tavern, 3740
10 p.m. Black & Gold Tavern, 3740 Broadway
Billy Ebeling | 7 p.m. Jazz, 1823 W. 39th St.
Jazz Poetry Jam | 7 p.m. Blue Room, 1616 E. 18th St.
Nerd Nite #22: Travel Smart, Kansas City Street Car Initiative Martial Arts | 7 p.m. MiniBar,
Empires, California Wives, the Slowdown |
3810 Broadway
Broadway
Karaoke | Fuel, 7300 W. 119th St., Overland Park
Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway
Tap Room Trivia | 8-10 p.m. Waldo Pizza, 7433
Loose Change jam | 7 p.m. Trouser Mouse, 410 S.
Trivia | 7-9 p.m. Westport Saloon, 4112 Pennsylvania
Trivia Bang Bang | 7:30 p.m. Helen’s Just Another
Brendan MacNaughton | Jazz, 1859 Village West
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