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21. Night & Day

    Jennifer Bailey and Daniel Ash

    Published: June 4, 2009

    The unpronounceable {:m Gallery at 2014 Main presents Mixed Medium Madness this First Friday. The exhibition includes art by Jennifer Bailey and Daniel Ash. Fri.,...

22. Night & Day

    Art Opening

    Published: June 4, 2009

    From 7 to 9 p.m. artist Molly Murphy will be in attendance for the opening reception of her exhibit connect.disconnect.reconnect. Sun., June 7, 7-9 p.m., 2009

23. Summer Guide

    Summer Reading: Moonflower Resurrection

    Jetta Carleton's long-forgotten bestseller blooms again.

    By Aimee Levitt

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Near the end of Jetta Carleton's first — and only — published novel, an old Missouri farm woman named Callie Soames pauses during her round of morning chores to...

24. Summer Guide

    Events/Fairs/Festivals

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Duck Derby Sunday, June 28 Yellow rubber ducks — 20,000 of them — “race” down Brush Creek on the Plaza when RED Development teams with Children’s...

25. Summer Guide

    Farmers Markets

    Published: June 4, 2009

    39th Street Community Market Midtown's only weekday market features organic and sustainably grown produce and farm products, free-range meat, baked goods, live music,...

26. Summer Guide

    Summer Movies

    By CHUCK WILSON

    Published: June 4, 2009

    JUNE Tetro June 11 Directed by Francis Ford Coppola For his first original screenplay since 1974's The Conversation, Coppola reportedly mined his own experiences for...

27. Summer Guide

    Outdoor Music

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Crossroads KC at Grinders 417 East 18th Street crossroadskc.com Rain or shine, the show always goes on in the Crossroads. Rock, reggae, bluegrass or whatever, the venue...

28. Summer Guide

    Sports

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Kansas City Explorers Coming off last year's 13-1 season — the best ever by a World TeamTennis organization — the Explorers hope to bring more exciting men's,...

29. Summer Guide

    Outdoor Stages

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers June 12–14, June 18–21 Living in the Oregon wilderness in the 1850s, Millie has married a man with six incorrigible brothers....

30. Janovy

    Hey, all you people worried about journalism: Meet the future press

    By C.J. Janovy

    Published: June 4, 2009

    OK, everyone. If you're reading this, you're a newspaper reader. If you're a newspaper reader, you know that the industry is in crisis. That daily newspapers, like General...

31. Town Without Pity

    Jazz is back on Troost, a teacher may be on his way out, and the Royals are in last place for nicknames

    By Scott Wilson

    Published: June 4, 2009

    This week's issue includes a handy pullout guide to summer fun. Miles Davis, in response to the white-breadness of that three-letter catchall, reportedly once asked, "What the...

32. Studies in Crap

    Blast From the Past

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Title: Coronet magazine Date: September 1947 Discovered at: North Kansas City estate sale The cover promises: “The tragic failure of America’s women: a shocking...

33. Letters

    Letters from the week
    of June 4

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Plog at pitch.com: Killa City Drunk or Dead? A few weeks ago, I remember reading a story about several people being shot behind a business in Westport. In the same issue...

34. Ask a Mexican®

    Here’s how to make Americanized Mexican food more Mexican

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Dear Mexican: I am a Chicano in Connecticut. I moved from Arizona to the East Coast for my dream job. I have to admit that I'm still homesick. Connecticut is a completely...

35. Interview

    Troglodyte reps KC – and Sasquatch – at this weekend’s American Waste festival

    By Hugh Welsh

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Bigfoot death metal. As Troglodyte, a four-man band from Independence, Missouri, calls it: "neandercore." Or music as primitive as a caveman ripping ass —...

36. Buckle Bunny

    Local hardcore heroes the Esoteric reunite for American Waste and, if all goes well,
    for good

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Some two-dozen metal bands will create a glorious aural sludge during the American Waste festival at the Beaumont Club. A sure highlight will be Saturday's performance by one...

37. Bonus Tracks

    Sikenomics and Scion

    By Kyle Koch

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Summertime has more to offer than a predictable spike in the city's murder rate. This weekend, for instance, locals can take refuge at two events that showcase the city's...

38. CD Reviews

    Patrick Bukaty

    Torn Day
    (People's Records)

    By Matt Erickson

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Remember when, in the magical '70s, television programming for children was dotted with animated vignettes of psuedo-psychedelic scenes set to whimsical singer-songwriter...

39. CD Reviews

    Betse Ellis

    Don't You Want to Go?
    (Free Dirt Records)

    By Robert Folsom

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Betse Ellis, the fiddle player for high-energy KC hillbilly quartet the Wilders, summons that outfit's Ozarks-tradition sound on her first solo album. She explores some other...

40. Critic's Choice

    A Camp

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: June 4, 2009

    It's hard not to greet the news of a new Nina Persson release with hopes that it'll sound exactly like the classic Cardigans album First Band on the Moon. Persson's campy...