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Feature
It takes more than green to improve Kansas City’s public spaces — seeing red helps
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: July 23, 2009
When they’re good, a city’s parks provide a tangible return on a taxpayer’s dollar. Especially during a recession, parks offer free entertainment and a healthy...
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Heavy Cello
By Richard Gintowt
Published: July 23, 2009
A cello can sound a lot like Slayer. Minnesota cellist Aaron Kerr counts that band among his many influences, alongside Pablo Casals and Miles Davis. Kerr's original...
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Get Back(gammon)
By Sammy Loren
Published: July 23, 2009
Hey, you, low-stakes gambler and ancient-board-game aficionado. A $10 buy-in puts you in the running to make 90 percent of an optional side pool (in addition to other prize...
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CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS
By Brent Shepherd
Published: July 23, 2009
And we mean all filmmakers. From anywhere. Technically speaking, you don't even have to be reading this announcement to be eligible to submit your short or feature...
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Go Jump in a Lake
By Berry Anderson
Published: July 23, 2009
To prevent nasty recreational water illnesses, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) offers six steps to promote healthy swimming: (1) Don't swim when afflicted...
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Tailspin
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: July 23, 2009
There's a wheel of fortune at Animal Haven (9800 West 67th Street in Merriam), and the fortunes at stake are more than monetary. The metro's largest no-kill animal shelter is...
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Shorties in Nighties
By Richard Gintowt
Published: July 23, 2009
Kansas City rapper Reach is generally a sharp-looking fellow when he takes the stage, but that doesn't mean he's above stepping out in his jammies for a night on the town. The...
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Heatin' Up the Block
By Casey Lyons
Published: July 23, 2009
The Pitch Block Party at Crossroads KC at Grinders mashes together a handful of things we like: outdoor drinking during the day, good music, hair grease and, um, ourselves (in...
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FIELD OF DREAMGIRLS
By Brent Shepherd
Published: July 23, 2009
On the "Is there anything sexier than ... ?" shortlist, we humbly nominate Geena Davis in catcher's gear. Face it: If the Oscar-winning glamazon were flashing signs to Greinke,...
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E.T. Outside
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: July 23, 2009
Drive-in movies are relics from a bygone era, but bike-in movies — now there's something novel. The UMKC Clean Commute program, which teams up with Bridging the Gap,...
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Gran Torino
Published: July 23, 2009
"Get off my lawn!" That's the quote you'll remember most from Gran Torino, the most recent Clint Eastwood movie. It's presented as part of the Westport Moving Pictures film and...
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From the Sea
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: July 23, 2009
When the wreck of the ill-fated Titanic was discovered in 1986, revived fascination in the luxury liner, which sank in 1912, led to a flurry of TV documentaries, books and an...
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LOCAL BOY MAKES GOLD
By Brent Shepherd
Published: July 23, 2009
Coming from poverty and enduring prejudice and discrimination, Billy Mills, an Oglala Lakota Sioux, took up distance running at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence and later...
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Flying Saucers
By Casey Lyons
Published: July 23, 2009
Frisbee has long been the unofficial sport of the barefoot, the dreadlocked, the stoned. Expand your mind, dude. Between today and August 1, nearly 1,000 professional and...
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Local Pretty Things
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: July 23, 2009
Handmade creations by local designers are always available at the adorable Westport shop Bon Bon Atelier (314 Westport Road, 816-756-0855). Today, however, the store offers up...
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A remodeled delight
By David Martin
Published: July 23, 2009
A wire service called it a "delighted" crowd of 39,464 that watched the first game at Royals Stadium on April 10, 1973. Sitting in their cool, new ballpark, Royals' fans...
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The Frickin' Frolic
Published: July 23, 2009
The Frickin' Frolic pub crawl event through Waldo raises money in support of Allyson Frick Dobson who suffered a massive stroke in February 2008, leaving her with Locked-In...
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Studies in Crap
From a Distance
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: July 23, 2009
Title: The Independent: Kansas City’s Weekly Journal of Society Publisher: Mrs. Glee Gaylord and the Creel Publishing Company Date: October 4, 1941 Discovered at:...
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Letters
Letters from the week
of July 23Published: July 23, 2009
Feature: "Where the Boys Are," July 9 Vice on Vice If you've ever talked to one of the arrestees of these park patrols, you've heard a dramatically different version of...
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Ask a Mexican®
What? Sotomayor not really Latina?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: July 23, 2009
Dear Mexican: The mainstream media are making big noise about Sonia Sotomayor likely being the first Latina Supreme Court justice and how all Latinos should be proud. But...
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