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Feature
Missouri is about to execute Dennis Skillicorn. The state’s death penalty may not outlive him very long.
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: May 14, 2009
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
Business Time
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: May 7, 2009
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
Thrift Looks
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: April 30, 2009
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
Newcomer Greg Enemy has 20/20 vision when it comes to KC hip-hop
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: April 23, 2009
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
Boys and girls in the 64130 are still waiting for their new club
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: April 16, 2009
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
Young Lions
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: April 9, 2009
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
Styles In/Out of Nature
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: April 2, 2009
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
Purim Time
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: March 5, 2009
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
Broken Piggy Banks
By Scott Wilson and Nadia Pflaum
Published: March 5, 2009
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
30 Rap: Having parted ways with Tech N9ne’s Strange Music, Skatterman and Snug Brim get their grown man on
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: February 26, 2009
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
Slurp It Up
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: February 12, 2009
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
At Fort Leavenworth, officers are marching on a new target: the blogosphere
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: February 5, 2009
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
Gussy Up
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: February 5, 2009
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
Blue Notes by Bonny
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: February 5, 2009
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
NedRa's Needlework
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: January 22, 2009
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
Six ways the city has wrecked a vital agency. Two projects that work anyway.
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: January 8, 2009
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
Darn Pretty Yarn
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: January 8, 2009
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
O Holey Bagel
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: December 18, 2008
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
Bookish Prosperity
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: November 27, 2008
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
Bookish Prosperity
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: November 27, 2008
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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