AltWeeklies Wire
Boulevard Brewery Faces a Fight for Our Tapsnew
The Kansas City beer company has built a reputation on retraining taste buds -- but so far its newest product, Lunar, has made few fans.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
08-07-2007 |
Food+Drink
There Can Only Be One Foam Sword Fighternew
Wielding a Nerf-like weapon, the Barbarian has never been beaten.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
05-22-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The Fast and the Fracturednew
A teenage motocross phenom follows his dad into victory lane -- and the hospital.
Tags: sports & fitness
In God We Dressnew
Churchgoing fashionistas are marketing God-friendly clothing in Kansas City, hoping to convince Midwesterners that their next must-have is a pair of $200 jeans from the Standard.
What's Really Wrong With Kansas City Radionew
Arbitron, the international marketing firm that has measured radio audiences for more than two decades, seems to have lost its ability to reliably track a new generation's listening habits.
A Man Known as Shorty Rides to Reform Gay Rodeonew
Gay rodeo combines traditional machismo events with camp contests in steer decorating and goat dressing.
Surf's Up -- in Kansasnew
There wasn't an ocean in Kansas, so Mike Olson decided to build one for landlocked wakeboarders.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
07-19-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: cable parks, Wakeboard Nebraska
Legendary High School Coach Has Won at a Pricenew
Last year Bud Lathrop reached a milestone 900 wins in a half-century of coaching basketball at a Missouri high school. But he's known for getting in trouble for using a wooden paddle on players who missed free throws during practice.
Car Stereo Geeks Turn Kansas City Into Giant Boomboxnew
Stereo aficionados from around the country converge once a year at the Tuner Jam, morphing their cars into the world's most powerful portable boomboxes, pitting sound system against sound system to find out whose is loudest.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
01-04-2005 |
Recreation
