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Night & Day
Author Lee Child
Published: May 28, 2009
Author Lee Child discusses and signs his newest Jack Reacher thriller, Gone Tomorrow. Tue., June 2, 7 p.m., 2009
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'Cue and Clues
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: May 28, 2009
There's no mystery to barbecue, especially when a master of smoked meat such as Kansas Citian Ardie Davis explains the techniques of sauces, rubs and smoking in his various...
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Tap That Vein - CANCELED
By Hugh Welsh
Published: May 28, 2009
This event has been canceled. Keep watching The Pitch for an announcement when it is rescheduled. Blood giving and headbanging. Why the hell not?"We haven't done anything like...
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Accomplished Poets
By Hugh Welsh
Published: May 28, 2009
Robert Dana — Iowa's former poet laureate, whose collection of poems Starting Out for the Difficult World was on the short list for a 1988 Pulitzer Prize — tends to...
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New Laughs
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: May 28, 2009
Despite the half-filled bars and the departure of Stanford and Sons, comedy flourishes in Westport. Better still, it's of the low-price, off-the-cuff variety, with ComedyCity...
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Border Wars for Autism
Published: May 28, 2009
Drink up for autism -- all the Boulevard beer and wine that you can drink. A happy hour at Boulevard Brewing company benefits MU Thompson Center for Autism and...
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Westport Flea Market
By Berry Anderson
Published: May 28, 2009
(817 Westport Road, 816-931-1986): Starting at 8 p.m., teams compete for first-, second- and third-place payouts depending on the number of participants. The buy-in is $5; well...
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Emperor Moth Cassette Release Event
Published: May 28, 2009
Celebrating the release of his new cassette tape "Out Hunting for Teeth," Emperor Moth will be performing a set of all new sounds in a handcrafted festive atmosphere. This...
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Three Artists
Published: May 28, 2009
In Conjunction with the 2009 International Surface Design Association Conference the Belger Art Center presents exhibitions by three artists: Special Showing: Three Pieces by...
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One of America's Best Zoos
Published: May 28, 2009
Jon Wassner, co-author of America's Best Zoos: A Travel Guide for Fans and Families, will sign his book at the Kansas City Zoo. In the book, the local zoo gets accolades for...
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Wellness Wednesdays
Published: May 28, 2009
The Wednesday Market at City Market is a great opportunity to replenish your supply of locally grown produce. On the first Wednesday of each month (through October) is Wellness...
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Martin
Union members take a stand against TIF in Lee’s Summit
By David Martin
Published: May 28, 2009
More than 200 union carpenters showed up at Lee's Summit City Hall on a recent Tuesday. Some rode Harleys. Some brought children. Almost all of them wore T-shirts protesting a...
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Town Without Pity
Hard Line
By Scott Wilson
Published: May 28, 2009
There's a reason that so many prison movies fetishize death row. All the rituals and panicked legal and fourth-estate machinations leading to the death chamber — or...
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Studies in Crap
That Was Entertainment
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: May 28, 2009
Once framed and hung in a Prairie Village kitchen, this single column of yellowed 1910 Kansas City Star newsprint heralds last century's theatrical amusements and serves as a...
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Letters
Letters from the week
of May 28Published: May 28, 2009
This week's "Letters" all come in the form of online comments. Regarding Nadia Pflaum's May 14 feature "Dead Man," about Missouri's then-pending execution of Dennis...
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Ask a Mexican®
SPECIAL CINCO PREGUNTAS EDITION
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: May 28, 2009
Dear Mexican: My question is simple: Can you please confirm the fact that there are doctors, lawyers and other professionals living in Mexico? I'm a Mexican-American woman...
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Interview
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs mix electronics with emotion on It’s Blitz!
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: May 28, 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase vividly recalls the winter day earlier this year when a hot-from-the-manufacturing-plant CD of It's Blitz! — the third full-length...
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Buckle Bunny
With fresh grant money in its lacy pocket, local cabaret troupe Alacartoona prepares to take it to the next level
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: May 28, 2009
I was hoping she wouldn't come over. Interaction with the performer was my biggest fear recently as I watched Ruby Falls wind her way through the Jardine's dining room,...
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Bonus Tracks
Steddy P.
Virgo
(IndyGround)By Kyle Koch
Published: May 28, 2009
There's a kind-of-funny, kind-of-sad scene in the movie Baby Boy, John Singleton's follow-up to Boyz n the Hood. Tyrese Gibson and Omar Gooding, playing two close friends,...
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CD Reviews
American Low Life
American Low Life EP
(self-released)By Aaron Ladage
Published: May 28, 2009
Young people suck. For the old and the jaded, there's nothing quite like a sub-30-something filled with optimism and ambition to make you miss your once-full head of hair even...
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