Lisa Gutierrez

Kansas, Kansas City

Writer and Reporter at Kansas City Star

I write about life in Kansas City for @KCStar - our highs, lows, quirks. And Taylor Swift. #caregivers #mentalhealth #doglovers #KU #bekind #Oz

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'Dukes of Hazzard' star John Schneider stops in KC. He visited a famous landmark

3 weeks ago | kansascity.com | Lisa Gutierrez

While no one was looking, "The Dukes of Hazzard" star John Schneider popped into Kansas City recently and visited a couple of local landmarks, including Union Station. Hazzard fans who learned about it afterward on Facebook were disappointed they didn't get a chance to meet him as he walked through the massive building in a T-shirt, his poster-boy Bo Duke blond waves now salt-and-pepper gray and vacation-scraggly. "Did anyone recognize John?" one fan wrote on Schneider's Facebook page.
Superman and Lois Lane round out final guest list at Big Slick Celebrity Weekend

1 month ago | kansascity.com | Lisa Gutierrez |Lisa Gutierrez

From left, Paul Rudd, Eric Stonestreet and Rob Riggle thank last year's Big Slick crowd after announcing that since it started in 2010, Big Slick has raised over $25 million for Children's Mercy. Last year alone, the event raised almost $4 million, a record. Special to The Star Fans of TV's "Superman & Lois" fans are about to get the epilogue they want when the show's stars, Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch, appear at the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend next week.
‘Impractical Jokers’ cast latest addition to Big Slick Celebrity Weekend lineup

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lisa Gutierrez

Big Slick Celebrity Weekend is shaping up to be quite the laugh fest this year. The three stars of the popular prank show “Impractical Jokers” were added to the guest list Friday — and more names are coming every day next week. Brian “Q” Quinn and James Murray are returning guests. Sal Vulcano will make his first appearance at the 16th annual benefit for pediatric cancer research at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
Does Steven Spielberg's new UFO movie take place in Kansas City?

1 month ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Lisa Gutierrez

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Steven Spielberg has been filming a movie this year in New Jersey and New York, but photos on social media suggest that the movie could be a close encounter for Kansas City. Is the movie set in KC?
Does Steven Spielberg's new UFO movie take place in Kansas City?

1 month ago | kansascity.com | Lisa Gutierrez

Steven Spielberg has been filming a movie this year in New Jersey and New York, but photos on social media suggest that the movie could be a close encounter for Kansas City. Is the movie set in KC? Last week a software engineer on X tweeted a photo from the set in New Jersey. "Steven Spielberg just casually transforming my campus into Kansas City," he wrote. He included a photo of a building dressed like a TV station with fake call letters, KCXE, on the front.
Games, trash talk and BBQ with Patrick Mahomes? Airbnb offering fun to lucky few

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lisa Gutierrez

If Patrick Mahomes ever showed up at a field day at a local school, can you imagine the screams from the kids? Well, who said field days are just for the littles? Airbnb has partnered with the three-time Super Bowl winner to create a Sunday Funday, a day-long event with silly (and serious) team sports challenges and barbecue at the end — hosted by Mahomes himself.
Kelce Jam canceled as organizers plan for ‘even bigger, better’ event next summer

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Lisa Gutierrez

Travis Kelce’s fledgling music festival, Kelce Jam, has been canceled for this year, organizers posted on social media Tuesday. The news disappointed fans who sounded off, including this comment on the event’s Facebook page: “It’s crazy that y’all kept us waiting this long just to do this lol.”“Dammit Trav last year was so fun,” wrote another. “Kelce Jam is planning ahead for 2026.
'SNL' veteran Kenan Thompson to debut at Big Slick Celebrity Weekend this month

1 month ago | kansascity.com | Lisa Gutierrez

Host Kenan Thompson does a walk and talk in the audience during the 74th Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2022. USA TODAY The guest list for this year's Big Slick Celebrity Weekend is being unveiled this week and, as usual, there are a lot of fun (and funny) people coming to Kansas City. On Monday, organizers announced that "Saturday Night Live" veteran Kenan Thompson will make his debut at this year's 16th annual event.
Birdman of Alcatraz? Not quite, say prison historians

1 month ago | corrections1.com | Lisa Gutierrez

By Lisa GutierrezThe Kansas City StarLEAVENWORTH, Kan. — He was arguably the most famous prisoner ever housed at Alcatraz, the federal prison perched high on an island off the coast of San Francisco. Meet Robert Stroud, aka the Birdman of Alcatraz. But some bird lovers call him the “Birdman of Leavenworth.”Stroud became famous for his work raising and studying canaries while in prison.
Birdman of Leavenworth? Famous Alcatraz inmate actually studied birds in Kansas

1 month ago | uniondemocrat.com | Lisa Gutierrez

He was arguably the most famous prisoner ever housed at Alcatraz, the federal prison perched high on an island off the coast of San Francisco. Meet Robert Stroud, aka the Birdman of Alcatraz. But some bird lovers call him the “Birdman of Leavenworth.”Stroud became famous for his work raising and studying canaries while in prison. But contrary to his nickname — also the name of the movie he inspired — that work was actually done at the federal penitentiary in Kansas.