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Ten years ago, a rapist stabbed her and left her for dead. She survived — and so did her case.
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: August 20, 2009
Early on the morning of Tuesday, August 17, 1999, Juliette Jones woke to a stranger massaging her feet. At first, she thought her legs were merely tangled in the sheets. The...
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Be Thankful
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: August 20, 2009
Hard to believe that just 89 years ago, Americans lacking Y chromosomes couldn't vote. Through dedicated protest, however, feisty suffragists changed that. The government...
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Happy-Hour Hit list: College Bars
By Annie Fischer
Published: August 20, 2009
New books, fresh pens and 8 a.m. classes give way to house parties, football games and afternoons off: It's back-to-school time. Here's a roundup of college taverns in...
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P&L Value Week
By Jonathan Bender
Published: August 20, 2009
In order for a place to claim big-city status, it must have a restaurant week. Add Kansas City to that list with the Power & Light District's Summer 2009 Restaurant Week, today...
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Rocket from the Stage
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: August 20, 2009
Jon Fulton Adams' drama-filled designs were once restricted to the stage, but soon they'll be available to Everyman. Expect no less than full frontal glamour at tonight's...
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AMERICAN AIR POWER
By Robert Folsom
Published: August 20, 2009
Today and Sunday, the skies over Kansas City will be the stage for the KC Aviation Expo & Airshow at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (480 Northwest Richards Road). The...
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Sweet Freedom
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: August 20, 2009
When Darryl Burton was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit, he became a prisoner twice, held captive by both his cell and his hatred for the justice...
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Kansas City Guitar Society presents Guitars in the Park
Published: August 20, 2009
This concert features Beau Bledsoe, who will perform a program of flamenco and Turkish music with guests Fernando Achúcarro (Paraguay) on cajon (flamenco percussion box)...
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DUDE. JUST ... DUDE.
By Brent Shepherd
Published: August 20, 2009
Box-office failure? Check. Twice, you say? Impressive. Incomprehensible plot? That figures. Director's cut? You bet. Midnight screenings? Well, OK, then. What you've got, here...
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Ballroom Fever
Published: August 20, 2009
Presented by Loox Entertainment, in conjunction with Louis & Company Dance Studio, Ballroom Fever will feature World Class Champions Louis Bar and Laura Cantu, plus numerous...
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Lewis Hyde: Culture as Commonwealth
Published: August 20, 2009
Lewis Hyde, author of the classic text The Gift, is the first speaker in the 2009-10 Humanities Lecture Series, sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities at the...
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Feed Your Soul
By Berry Anderson
Published: August 20, 2009
The first soul food was the food of slaves: pokeweed, chitterlings, mustard greens and meat scraps such as hog's jowl, pig's feet and tripe. That's a far cry from today's...
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Fiddle Me This
By Casey Lyons
Published: August 20, 2009
We had our doubts about the stand-alone coolness of the fiddle, but then we heard Amanda Shaw's funked-up version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." She won our musical souls...
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Trade Out
By Annie Fischer
Published: August 20, 2009
The 2009 fall essentials, which are not at all essential but nonetheless so cute, include the following: pencil skirt; frilly blouse; boyfriend jeans; toughed-up boots; and...
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LOVE AND OTHER TREACHERIES
By Brent Shepherd
Published: August 20, 2009
Notwithstanding a reputation founded on darker, bleaker Shakespearean fare such as Henry V, Kenneth Branagh proved himself equally adept at ye olde romantick comedie with...
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District Restaurant Week
Published: August 20, 2009
Participating restaurants in the Power & Light District will feature special $10 lunch menus and $25 dinner menus. Plus, diners get $5-$10 gift certificates with a meal...
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Midnight Movie Madness Presents: Pulp Fiction
Published: August 20, 2009
Hitting a movie theater at midnight is pretty awesome, especially when the screen's alight with the film that put director Quentin Tarantino on the map -- Pulp Fiction. ...
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A Black Tail Affair
Published: August 20, 2009
Put on your fanciest duds for a dress-up event that will raise money for homeless pets. The $60 ticket to A Black Tail Affair gets you a five-course dinner, access to Las...
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Cultural Eclectic
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: August 20, 2009
At first glance, Midwestern Kansas City may not resonate as an international melting pot of cultures, but for the last 30 years, this city's Parks and Recreation Department has...
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Rock Poet
By Nick Spacek
Published: August 20, 2009
Charly "the City Mouse" Fasano is a man with a baritone that belies his rodent appellation. The poet and storyteller, originally from Denver and now based in Chicago, draws...
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