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Night & Day
Flash of Genius
Published: June 25, 2009
After Detroit automakers steal his innovative design for windshield wipers, Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) launches a seemingly hopeless legal battle seeking reparations. ...
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City Market Cinema
Published: June 25, 2009
The City Market Cinema series has been presenting outdoor screenings of popular movies all summer. A showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show closes out the season tonight. ...
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Robert Olen Butler
Published: June 25, 2009
Robert Olen Butler has won a Pulitzer Prize for his story collection "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain." He also won two National Magazine Awards and is author of "From...
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DOWNTOWN DISPLAYS
Published: June 25, 2009
Art festivals and summer — they go together like downtowns and commerce. Get a little of all four this weekend during the second District Art Annual in the Power & Light...
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Happy Hour at Pierpont's
By Jen Chen
Published: June 25, 2009
Pierpont's (30 West Pershing Road, 816-221-5111). Happy hour actually goes from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the beautiful bar area. Enjoy $2.75 domestic bottles and $3 Boulevard...
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Familiar Twist
Published: June 25, 2009
As David Lynch famously (and somewhat awkwardly) said about music: "You listen to music sometimes — whoa — things just come out at you. ... There are certain sounds...
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Latin Flair
Published: June 25, 2009
Over the past four days, the Lawrence area has hosted performers who specialize in Spanish and Latin American music. Folks such as Argentinian classical guitarist Carlos Gutkin...
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evening soundS
Published: June 25, 2009
Shopping can be exhausting, but during the summer, rewards sometimes await in the form of free outdoor concerts. Two Northland shopping plazas provide musical entertainment...
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Martin
John Danforth has tried to save the GOP from itself. Now, by endorsing Roy Blunt, he’s sold his soul.
By David Martin
Published: June 25, 2009
There's much to admire about John Danforth, the former U.S. senator from Missouri. A scion of wealth, he pursued degrees in law and divinity. As a senator, he delivered...
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Town Without Pity
The cash-sucking Citadel Plaza won’t go away, and neither will expensive and stupid feasibility studies.
By Scott Wilson
Published: June 25, 2009
Trying to predict what's going to happen with the elusive — or perhaps illusory — Citadel Plaza shopping center is a little like trying to nail down the plastic...
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Ask a Mexican®
The Disney/Mexican connection
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: June 25, 2009
Dear Mexican: You once asked why Mexican bands don't hit it big in the good old U.S. of A. I think the simple answer is that there are no Mexican Mouseketeers. You don't get...
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Interview
Vincent Galicia aims to teach Kansas City how to speak Spanish, one hot, Latin-flavored club jam at a time
By Hugh Welsh
Published: June 25, 2009
Last December, Vincent Galicia lost almost everything. Equipment worth $10,000 that he had nickel-and-dimed for a decade as a bricklayer — gone. The 27-year-old and a...
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Buckle Bunny
Blending rock-and-roll guitar, salsa rhythms and Spanish-English lyrics, Making Movies makes great music
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: June 25, 2009
At the Record Bar, Making Movies frontman Enrique Javier Chi shares a complaint with the audience. "My waitress last night was totally racist — 'Are you black or...
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CD Reviews
True North
Dimestore Hemingway
(self-released)By Robert Folsom
Published: June 25, 2009
The compass is true for this Kansas City-area band's third album, with its melding of roots rock, Americana and country. It's all tied together with unapologetic lyrics by Gary...
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CD Reviews
Mark Montgomery
Town Topic
(Enneagram Records)By Robert Folsom
Published: June 25, 2009
So maybe you're in the mood for something greasy, a little sleazy and lot satisfyin'. That would be Town Topic — the album and the place. The album is by longtime Kansas...
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Bonus Tracks
The Beatbox: Nas
By Kyle Koch
Published: June 25, 2009
In 2006, Jay-Z signed Nasir Jones to Def Jam Records after the two New York rappers had been embroiled in an epic public battle that many thought Jones — or, rather, Nas...
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Critic's Choice
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
By Elke Mermis
Published: June 25, 2009
Saddle Creek rocker Conor Oberst has evolved through a number of incarnations in the last decade, ranging from emo poster boy (Bright Eyes) to sociopolitical punk rocker...
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Critic's Choice
Stevie Wonder
By Robert Folsom
Published: June 25, 2009
Stevie Wonder's visionary 1970s albums Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key of Life not only shaped his career but also fired up R&B...
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Critic's Choice
Jonathan Richman
By Aaron Ladage
Published: June 25, 2009
Back in the early days of Late Night With Conan O'Brien, it wasn't uncommon to see the wide-eyed visage of Jonathan Richman as the pompadoured host's musical guest. Now that...
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Critic's Choice
The Ninth Almost Annual Kansas City, Kansas, Street Blues Festival
By Richard Gintowt
Published: June 25, 2009
The 18th and Vine District may have the museums and the historical notoriety, but the northeast area of Kansas City, Kansas, proves its own mettle every year by hosting the...
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