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When it comes to KC's black history, Professor Pellom McDaniels says it's time to get beyond Negro Leagues and jazz
By Casey Lyons
Published: October 29, 2009
It never takes long for Pellom McDaniels to get the question. It's the first day of a new semester. McDaniels, who teaches history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City,...
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Death Fiesta
Published: October 29, 2009
Undoubtedly, the ghost of Halloween drinking still haunts your pores today, but don't let it scare you from partying even more. Put this year's skeleton or witch costume to use...
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Moon Beams
Published: October 29, 2009
It's worth noting that Halloween was originally a festival marking the end of the harvest season, as well as a period when the division between the living and the spirit world...
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Fightin’ Words
Published: October 29, 2009
You'd think that people would expect thought-provoking words from a poet, especially one decorated with the title of state poet laureate. But in 2002, Amiri Baraka's "Somebody...
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Real Fun History
Published: October 29, 2009
David Hume Kennerly, as the personal photographer to President Gerald Ford, left the White House the same day as Ford with a resignation letter stating, "It's been real!" He...
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Pride on Film
Published: October 29, 2009
It's true: Pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Unless you're gay, in which case pride is a celebration of self and sexual identity that comes around once a year or so. Those...
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Marching inside
Published: October 29, 2009
The members of the University of Kansas Marching Jayhawks have been playing indoors for decades as part of the Bar Band, wherein marching band members get together and play...
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Halloweekend Hitlist
Published: October 29, 2009
According to the National Retail Federation, participation in Halloween activities is down in several sectors as consumer spending continues to decline. From carving pumpkins...
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Dead Puppets
Published: October 29, 2009
The delicious creepiness of October will soon be replaced by November's indifferent chill, so fall's last hurrah should be spent outdoors. Tonight, snuggle in for a performance...
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Screen Screams
Published: October 29, 2009
Maybe it's the trains, maybe it's the river, maybe it's just a bunch of ghosts, but for some reason, this area is rife with budding horror filmmakers. Some of their bloody...
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Safe Trick-or-Treating
Published: October 29, 2009
Children looking for an alternative to making the neighborhood rounds on Halloween this year can tour a haunted house, play games and enjoy refreshments and candy at the 19th...
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Charity Scares
By Chris Packham
Published: October 29, 2009
The kid-friendly North Kansas City Haunted House (830 East 21st Street) has been haunted this year by the spooky economic collapse. Organizer Shannon Cousins says,...
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Haunted Westport: Staged Readings
Published: October 29, 2009
Westport Center for the Arts presents staged readings of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart featuring actors and actresses:...
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El Dia de los Muertos Fiesta
Published: October 29, 2009
The Day of the Dead is not the same as Halloween. But for Wearhaus, the Mexican holiday is a good enough excuse to justify one more night of costumed fun. Attendees to this...
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Birthday Brick
Published: October 29, 2009
The Brick (1727 McGee, 816-421-1634) threw its first party on October 31, 1999, and, as with any 10-year-old girl, one day just isn't enough to celebrate a decade of life. So...
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Tricks in the ’hood
Published: October 29, 2009
Richard Mabion has been a community activist in the Quindaro neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, long enough to know what draws a crowd and what drops under the radar. An...
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Archival
Published: October 29, 2009
The American public is way more familiar with Tom Stoppard than it knows. OK, so if you walked down the street raving about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, you'd...
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King of Comics
Published: October 29, 2009
Few indie-comic creators reach iconic status, especially in a market dominated by tights, fights and commercial art. Fortunately for fans, cartoonist, musician and author John...
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Corpus Chris
Published: October 29, 2009
It's not every day that one man's trash really does become another's treasure. But for artist Chris Martin, it can happen two days in a row. The abstract painter's works...
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Burlesque Meets Rocky Horror
Published: October 29, 2009
Join the Luscious Ladies of BDU at Firefly Lounge for this late night, science fiction, double feature, floor show. Fri., Oct. 30; Sat., Oct. 31, 2009
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