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Still at war, the Army opens a new front: against soldier suicide
By Carolyn Szczepanski
Published: August 27, 2009
Jim Haus barreled down a dusty road to Kuwait, piloting an M816 recovery truck. Sitting behind the wheel of the 5-ton machine, with rockets exploding nearby as the vehicle tore...
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Indie Mix
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: August 27, 2009
The Sidecar at the Beaumont Club (4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560) has a new tune master on Wednesday nights. From 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., Justin Lake Whedon spins the freshest indie...
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Singsong
By Berry Anderson
Published: August 27, 2009
For warm, fuzzy introspection and possibly a fresh musical take on social issues, pop into the Thom Hoskins Songwriters Consortium, which meets Tuesday nights at the Czar Bar...
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Happy-Hour Hit list: Moscow Mule
By Berry Anderson
Published: August 27, 2009
The long, storied history of the Moscow Mule begins in 1941, when an East Coast liquor distributor and a West Coast bar owner came together and concocted this cocktail of...
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Songs for Peace
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: August 27, 2009
If you're serious about wanting to promote global peace, go out and make some noise about it. That's exactly what the International Visitors Council of Greater Kansas City is...
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Pagan Worship
By Peter Rugg
Published: August 27, 2009
Civil rights have come a long way, but some people are still persecuted for their religious beliefs. Take, for instance, our peaceful friends the pagans. No more, we say! Come,...
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Remembering Bird
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: August 27, 2009
Sax giant Charlie "Yardbird" Parker died in 1955, but the Mutual Musicians Foundation (1823 Highland) brings him back this weekend with the Bird Lives Festival. The Kansas City...
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A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHANGE
By Brent Shepherd
Published: August 27, 2009
Trinidad, Colorado, which is nestled in the foothills of the Rockies along the Santa Fe Trail, is a quiet, rural western town that still appears to belong to a bygone era. At...
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MO-KAN Comic-Con
Published: August 27, 2009
In an annual tradition, some of America's favorite comic books artists and writers will gather in Kansas City for the MO-KAN Comics Conspiracy convention. See...
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Too Cool to Drool
Published: August 27, 2009
Aside from the featured dog walk through the park, there will be a vendor pavilion and a demonstration by the KC Disk Dogs during Too Cool to Drool. This event is sure to be...
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Bid Scope
By Annie Fischer
Published: August 27, 2009
In the five years since its inaugural show, UrbanSuburban — the Epsten Gallery's annual exhibition and fundraising event, sponsored by the Kansas City Jewish Museum...
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Fictional Flora
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: August 27, 2009
Last month, the ambitious community theater crew over at the Barn Players unspooled A Midsummer Night's Dream, offering up all the lovestruck swooning you could hope for....
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City Come a-Walkin'
By Chris Packham
Published: August 27, 2009
The science fiction of the 1980s reflected what Tokyo had become at that point: a vision of metastatic commerce, human organization, neon and glass. That perception of the...
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Under-studlies
By David Martin
Published: August 27, 2009
Game No. 3 of the four-game NFL preseason schedule is the one in which starters stay on the field the longest. Lucky for Chiefs fans, the team's penultimate exhibition takes...
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Pizza Ride
By Berry Anderson
Published: August 27, 2009
Besides offering hand-tossed, stone-fired pizzas from four metro locations, Spin Neapolitan Pizza sponsors free weekly community bike rides. The expert-led spins originate from...
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Playback Games
Published: August 27, 2009
At this game night for adults, play spades, spoons, Life, Scrabble and more. Plus: music, drinks and a form of musical chairs in which women rush around to sit on men's laps....
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Junk in the Trunk
By Casey Lyons
Published: August 27, 2009
When local fashion designer Clevon Jones pops his trunk, you'll want to see what's inside. Tonight at ScionLab (18th Street and Oak, behind Grinders), get a first peek at...
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Smells Like Delicious
By Jonathan Bender
Published: August 27, 2009
We can't live on bacon alone, but there might not be a more delicious, if ill-conceived, diet. Get on the treadmill now because the first annual Bacon-Fest hits the West...
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An Evening With Michael Beckwith
Published: August 27, 2009
Join popular Oprah guest and featured teacher in The Secret, Dr. Michael Beckwith as he explains the elixir of transformation. A book signing will follow the presentation. ...
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Opening Night
By Chris Packham
Published: August 27, 2009
After a 54-year career slinging mail and office supplies at The Kansas City Star, not to mention a lifetime of collecting bottle openers, retiree Charlie Paynter found himself...
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