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Friday, November 20, 2009

Nocturnal by nature?

You're in luck. Manhattan has plenty of stuff to do after dark. There are the bars, of course, and live bands play here regularly. (In fact, if you're in a band and you're playing here, make sure to let us know.

But maybe Terror Tractor isn't your thing. Fine.

Check out the link to 'arts and culture.' If it's going on in Manhattan, more than likely there's a review or a story there.

If you're hungry but don't know what you're interested in eating and need more details about places- Check out our restaurant reviews, locations and other information.

Want to catch a movie? In this section we have numerous reviews as well as showtimes and listings.

Are you a homebody? Check the TV listings.

General Headlines

Area food service inspections KSDA inspection reports April 20-23 Published 5/12/2009
Summer's unofficial start It will be the perfect weekend to tour the prairie by bus. Daily tours through Oct. 26 are at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. are available to experience the beauty of the prairie and learn some fun facts on this 90-minute prairie tour. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children and free for under 4. For more information, call (620) 273-8494. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is two miles north of Strong City on K-177. Published 5/22/2008
The Mercury wants your recipes! The Manhattan Mercury is looking for local recipes for our food page. If you have a delicious experiment, a family tradition or a quick meal that you'd like to share with our readers, contact: Published 3/4/2008
Pulitzer play, live music for your sweetie The perfect date might include the emotional roller coaster of K-State Theatre's "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" by Paul Zindel, 7:30 tonight. The play runs through Feb. 16. Published 2/14/2008
Movies: People's cellphone calls broadcast their final moments Capsule reviews of current local movies. Opinions are by Los Angeles Times reviewers. Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no one younger than 17 admitted. Published 1/6/2008

Bars Headlines

Nighttime nuisance or awesome amps? Manhattan isn't exactly known for having the strongest local music scene, but the Manhattan Music Coalition is working to change that. Published 7/23/2007
UPC programs for students and community Finding events not centered around alcohol can be difficult in a college town, but K-State works really hard to keep students entertained and out of trouble. After hours is just one of the many opportunities and is sponsored by Union Program Council. Published 7/23/2007
New owners aim to preserve Mel's tradition Brett Henry, Brad Waller and Buck Driggs didn't grow up dreaming of the day they'd be able to serve beer from behind a bar. But the idea of owning one came up sometime during the last three years, and the three are now the new owners of Mel's Tavern. Published 12/18/2006

Arts & Culture Headlines

The tale of the learned old man His wife died when the boys were young, and so he raised them on his own. He worked hard, and the boys grew up and married and each one moved into his own house. Published 11/20/2009
Salina show makes for a pleasant evening The idea of driving an hour west to Salina to eat and then to see, in the Stiefel Theater, David Parsons' modern dance company and The East Village Opera Company perform together seemed like the surest of sure things. Published 11/19/2009
MAC cast presents Simon's 'Dinner Party' The 2009-2010 season of "Scrumptious Theatre" continues in the Manhattan Arts Center's Grosh Performance Hall with another taste-full presentation, Neil Simon's semi-serious comedy from 2000, The Dinner Party. Final performances this week: Thursday through Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon. Published 11/17/2009
'Birdie' latest in line of great MHS musicals The recent Manhattan High production of "Bye Bye Birdie" left very little to be desired. Locals know the annual Poyntz Avenue high school musical is going to be entertaining and well put together by surprisingly talented leads, dozens of chorus members and technicians, and veteran faculty leaders, including Linda Uthoff, Steve Easterday and Chad Pape. Published 11/16/2009
The tale of the willow pattern A Chinese Legend adapted by Amy Friedman and illustrated by Jillian Gilliland Once upon a time there lived a Mandarin whose daughter, Koong-se, was his pride and joy. And in the Mandarin's court there lived a young man who tended to the Mandarin's accounts. His name was Chang, and he was intelligent and handsome and kind. Published 11/13/2009

Movies Headlines

Disney's `Christmas Carol' entertaining, imaginative The new Disney version of Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" is entertaining, imaginative, and fairly true to the original story. Using computer-generated animation based on reallife filming, it swoops and slides along to show us 1843 London and to zip through roofs and floors to get us in to see the Cratchit's modest home, the inside of a sewer pipe, a school room from fifty years before, and twenty or so different other interesting interiors. Published 11/20/2009
`The Box' is just odd Viewers may be tempted to remember the new film "The Box" as a celestial shoe-box full of oddities. Like director Richard Kelly's last movie, the problematic "Donnie Darko," there isn't any single clear explanation for the assembly of events. But the film isn't experimental story telling. It's just odd. Published 11/12/2009
'Amelia' runs out of gas Kansas school children learn—or used to—that Amelia Earhart was from Atchison. Lots of pioneering pilots and plane manufacturers were from Kansas (including Leonardville's Alvin Longren). Earhart was important among them because she was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Published 11/11/2009
'Star Trek' best of the new DVDs The boys in Hollywood must believe that you may buy DVD copies of recent movies to give as Christmas presents. And they assume you'll buy on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Otherwise how are we to explain the number and quality of the DVDs scheduled for release this month? Published 11/9/2009
Nothing's new or exciting about 'Astro Boy' David Bowers's new movie "Astro Boy" is based on Japanese animation. It has the story of Pinocchio with elements of Oliver Twist tossed in gratis, but it is science fiction. It assumes humans pretty much trash Earth and have to move up onto a floating island. Published 11/6/2009