Dirtfoot: Coming to CoMo

Off Track Events is bringing the gypsy punk country grumble boogie band Dirtfoot to town for the ...

The Katy Trail With Kids

Quick, before it gets too hot and too humid, spend some time on the Katy Trail with your family.  No matter how old your kids are, everyone can have a great time. There are numerous access points in and around Columbia, Missouri so you can plan a short outing or a day long excursion. For [...]

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Dirtfoot: Coming to CoMo

Off Track Events is bringing the gypsy punk country grumble boogie band Dirtfoot to town for the Pedaler’s Jamboree on May 26th and 27th.  The word on the street and the trail is that this is the one band not to miss.  They expect audience interaction, even handing out homemade bean cans to round out the band members’ guitar, banjo, [...]

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CoMusic Preview: One Night, Two Choices

The students are gone and it’s now safe to go out again. Why not take in some live music? Here are two ways in which you can spend your evening… Option 1: Daymoths at The Bridge (1020 East Walnut Street) 8pm / all ages / FREE It’s hard to beat free, but let me make the [...]

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The Pedaler’s Jamboree

According to my dictionary, a jamboree is a carousal or any noisy merrymaking. The Pedaler’s Jamboree is all that with bicycles…a trail mix of slow riding, hanging out, eating, and drinking to a soundtrack of high-energy, Missouri-infused, live music. The two day event begins on Saturday, May 26th, in downtown Columbia. Riders take off for a leisurely ride to Boonville [...]

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CoMo Events : Jazz Under the Stars

CoMo Events : Jazz Under the Stars

The Jazz Series & Missouri Theatre announced their “Jazz Under The Stars” series, a three concert Thursday night summer series on the roof of the Missouri Theatre during June, July and August. June 14 -Eric Slaughter Trio July 19 – Diverse August 16 – MU Faculty All-Stars Three-concert Passes will be on sale beginning May [...]

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CoMo Music: A Conversation with The Hipnecks

The Hipnecks, a Columbia-based band that has been around in one form or another since 2004, is playing a Pedaler’s Jamboree kick-off concert tonight at the Blue Note. I cornered one Hipneck, Pat Kay (banjo, harmonica, guitar, vocals), for a conversation this week.   You call your sound jambalya? A reporter once called it “jambalaya” because [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Photo of the Day

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CoMo Beer: Socially Networking Craft Beer

Craft beer has been booming for the last decade+, but as with many things, such movements take time reaching the former Soviet Union and Mid-Missouri. Thankfully, craft beer is booming in Columbia and throughout Missouri. No place is this more evident than on social networks. One CoMo establishment that has been leading the way in [...]

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COMUSIC PREVIEW – May Live Music Preview (Part Two)

About a week ago I posted part one of a live music preview for what’s going on in Columbia in May. However, due to time issues on my end, I wasn’t able to get everything in that you readers might be curious about. While note a complete picture I felt it necessary to try and [...]

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CoMo Art: Sparky’s Totally Awesome Collection

I knew of Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream before I moved to Columbia (thanks to the great cicada ice cream coverage of 2011), but I didn’t know of the art. Due to the great misfortune of a diet that is supposed to be dairy-free, it took me a long time to discover the treasure that is Sparky’s art [...]

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