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Feature
By Nadia Pflaum
At 49 years old, Dennis Skillicorn no longer looks like the picture on the ID clipped to his starchy, prison-issued shirt. His mustache and hair have gone from brown to gray....
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Think now is a bad time to start a business? Jonathan and Seth Freiden, owners of the awesome U.S. Toy in Leawood, might convince you otherwise at a panel discussion tonight....
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
There's a reason that this whole "boyfriend jeans" trend has legs: Someone else's clothes are always more appealing than your own. The organizers of the Restyle Runway Fashion...
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Interview
By Nadia Pflaum
Greg Enemy hops onstage at the Brick in stepped-on Keds and a vintage Kansas City Jazz T-shirt. He dips the mic stand like a dance partner, rearing back with an I feel good...
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Feature
By Nadia Pflaum
The ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Crown Center sparkles with Kansas City's philanthropic elite. A quick scan of the room picks up familiar faces from the business pages, such...
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Bonus Tracks
By Nadia Pflaum
It would be easy to make an association between spring images — blinking baby birds and fluffy newborn bunnies — and the litter of five just-hatched rappers...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Being outside in the springtime is refreshing to a point. If you (or your hair) need a break from April's elements, head indoors to Second Nature, an annual benefit for MyARTS,...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Israelis are tough. They're supposed to serve in the military at age 18 — even the women. They invented the Uzi. Also? They party like rock stars. Join the Jewish...
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Town Without Pity
By Scott Wilson and Nadia Pflaum
Last week, we raked Missouri Sen. Kit Bond over the mesquite for being a hypocrite about pork. Missouri's one-man bacon explosion earned honors for wrapping himself around...
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Interview
By Nadia Pflaum
As rap divorces go, this one is pretty amicable.
After five years with Tech N9ne's label, Strange Music, rappers Skatterman and Snug Brim are cutting the cord. The marriage of...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Two things are guaranteed to flood your winter-hardened core with a surge of blushing warmth. One is true love. The other one? Booze. You may not have the former, but the...
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Feature
By Nadia Pflaum
In the mountains of Afghanistan's Kunar province on June 28, 2005, four Navy SEALs embarked on a mission to capture a high-value target: Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, the head of...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Looking for a reason to break out your ascot or your (fake) mink? Attend "Red Carpet Affair," the 54th-annual Bacchus Ball. The Bacchus Foundation aims at getting young Kansas...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Wax meets sax tonight at a Blue Note Records Listening Party, in the Blue Room of the American Jazz Museum (1600 East 18th Street) from 5 to 9 p.m., with jazz icon Bobby Watson...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Quilting is both folk tradition and fine art, a dual role that local fiber artist NedRa Bonds understands intimatel. Her grandmother taught her to quilt, and Bonds later became...
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Feature
By Nadia Pflaum
Like most cities of its size, Kansas City gets millions of dollars in federal money to provide safe, secure and affordable housing to its residents. For 30 years, the city used...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
Amanda Nervig, a recent Kansas City Art Institute fiber-arts grad, makes goofy little alien-looking creatures out of brightly colored yarn. She also spins decidedly...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
On Christmas Eve, when some little children are snug in their beds, listening for the sounds of jingling bells on rooftops, some Kansas City Jews will be having a party....
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
In 11 years, Prospero's Books (1800 West 39th Street, 816-531-9673) has logged two locations, three owners, more than 700 in-store musical performances, countless poetry open...
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Night & Day
By Nadia Pflaum
In 11 years, Prospero's Books (1800 West 39th Street, 816-531-9673) has logged two locations, three owners, more than 700 in-store musical performances, countless poetry open...
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