This week: vet candidates to thin the ranks of crooked officials in Wyandotte County, vent about KCP&L jacking up your electric rates, get involved in an East Side beautification effort that conti... Continue reading "The Give-a-Shit List"...

So the bad news first: No longer will punk shows, pancake breakfasts and movie screenings have their own venue at the back of the Solidarity Center. The good news: Kansas' only infoshop is moving cl... Continue reading "Anarchists relocate in Lawrence"...

It was almost exactly a year ago that alarmist, news-magazine types were farting out articles about the newest health problem facing today's young people: drunkorexia! Even The New York Times got in o... Continue reading "Fun with UMKC's police blotter: The Drunkorexic Edition!"...

This week: a female-centric filmfest for those with short attention spans, taking it to the pews and then parading through the streets for HIV awareness y taco baratos para ayudar a los equipos de Gua... Continue reading "The Give-a-Shit List"...

MKEimages.com photographer Michael Stotler took in the Dropkick Murphy's at the Rave/Eagles Ballroom on Wisconsin Ave. last evening. The Boston Celt-punk band is just in time for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day festivities....

Photo by Michael ForesterThe most entertaining Mardi Gras party in KC starts on 18th Street in front of Birdies and YJ's, parades to the Mutual Musicians Foundation and ends in a crazy street party. I... Continue reading "18th Street Mardi Gras party"...

This week: preventing violence through vagina appreciation, partying like (and for) an animal and queering conventional wisdom: a dollar in the bra of a drag queen is worth two in the coffers of AIDS ... Continue reading "The Give-a-Shit List"...

This week: Make sure your tax dollars don't get swallowed in the endless abyss of discontent between the City Council and Mayor Mark Funkhouser, catch a ride with the ACLU to short-circuit the death p... Continue reading "The Give-a-Shit List"...

Coming up this week: Planning for the six-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a vision session on the future of 18th and Vine and sounding off on jerks who leave their trash rotting on the ... Continue reading "The Give-a-Shit List"...

I have a confession to make: I once wore a set of fake elf ears to a Lord of the Rings premiere. I put them on and arranged my hair around them for the best effect, and then I waited to see if anyone at the movie theater would notice. The guy at the ticket booth did a double take, but no one e...