AltWeeklies Wire
Meet the Powder Creek Cowboys: The Fastest Guns in Lenexanew
Dennis Ryan has been a Leavenworth County paramedic for close to 30 years, treating wounds from car crashes and farm accidents but almost never gunshots. At Powder Creek, he's just Croaker -- one of the fastest guns in east Kansas and the man who won the Prince of Pistoleers last year.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
07-07-2009 |
Recreation
Can Kansas City Support Two Entertainment Districts?new
To find out, we drink our way through the Power & Light and Westport districts.
The Pitch |
Jen Chen and Crystal K. Wiebe |
07-29-2008 |
Recreation
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
Balloon Watchingnew
Karaoke in Shawnee turns into a spectator sport, with ample cleavage and a suitor named Yammy.
The Pitch |
Jen Chen |
11-14-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Money Shotnew
Too bombed last night to remember what happened? See your photos online.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
06-27-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Appetite for Destructionnew
When it's not drawing gunfire, Tupperware reliably keeps food fresh.
The Pitch |
Gina Kaufmann |
02-06-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Finding 'Ms. K.E.G.'new
Beauty pageants are good places to meet guys, assuming you like guys who are into ogling women in bikinis.
The Pitch |
Jen Chen |
01-04-2006 |
Recreation
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
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
