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21. Night & Day

    Beyond Dorothy

    By McKay Stangler

    Published: December 27, 2007

    There was a time when America needed Carson Kressley. Nick Barron thinks that time has passed. A local writer and editor, Barron advocates moving the push for gay rights into a...

22. Night & Day

    Learn to Curl

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Take this one time class to give you the fundamental to playing this 3 time Olympic sport. Sundays, 10:45 a.m. & 12:15 p.m., 2007

23. Night & Day

    So Nostalgic

    By John Amick

    Published: December 27, 2007

    No one gets excited about the word plaid except Welshmen seeking independence from the European Union. And the phrase forever plaid? Sounds like a hell created by your grandma...

24. Night & Day

    If the RV's Rockin'

    By Chris Packham

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Recreational vehicles appeal to three major constituencies: children, obsessive-compulsives and retirees. For kids, the appeal is obvious: It's a house on wheels! Though not...

25. Night & Day

    Art and Spirits

    By Chris Packham

    Published: December 27, 2007

    With an exhibition of ancient Chinese art and a display of some vital contemporary art from across the African continent, it's not as though the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art...

26. Night & Day

    Insert Whistling Here

    By Chris Rasmussen

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The Harlem Globetrotters are a franchise in crisis. Not since the Globetrotters' disastrous first-half performance against a team of robots on Gilligan's Island have Harlem's...

27. Night & Day

    Form Over Football

    By Eric Barton

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Usually on nights of the big game, your TV choices consist of repeats and the over-shown — how many times can you really sing along to The Sound of Music? So if you're...

28. Feature

    The Year in Film: The Way He Lives Now

    The movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his onscreen madness.

    By Judith Lewis

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Novelist William Gibson once said, "You don't meet the book when you meet the writer." His adage applies only rarely to actors, though. Robert De Niro trained hard and put on...

29. Feature

    The Year in Film: Doc Block

    Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: December 27, 2007

    An acquaintance who fought in both Afghanistan and Iraq says he has no use for documentaries about President George W. Bush's bungling of the war on terror. He has not and will...

30. Feature

    The Year in Film: Revenge of the Nerds

    Judd Apatow's pretty good year.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Absolutely, unequivocally, this has been the Year of Judd Apatow: He got Knocked Up to the tune of $150 million; the super-OK Superbad, which Apatow produced, grossed another...

31. Feature

    The Year in Film: On Deck

    Something to look forward to in 2008: Clint Eastwood's Changeling.

    By SCOTT FOUNDAS

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The first thing you notice when you walk onto the set is the number of extras (300) in late-1920s period costume. The second thing you notice is how completely quiet the place...

32. Feature

    The Year in Film: Support Group

    The year's best characters.

    By ELLA TAYLOR

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Many a savvy actor has built a lasting career on a bedrock of ancillary work without a hint of look-at-me grandstanding. That's particularly true for women, whom casting...

33. Letters

    Do the Hustle

    KC hip-hoppers give us a shout-out.

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Burnt Ends, December 6 Sketch This Regarding the Burnt Ends item about Kansas City's Regulated Industries officers ticketing Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School drawing session...

34. Ask a Mexican®

    Año in Review

    In this special year-end edición, the Mexican covers some basic territory.

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Dear Readers: Gracias, thank you, gracias for another successful year. The Mexican now appears in 32 newspapers across the country, with a weekly circulation of just over 2...

35. Interview

    The Aristocrats

    Tech N9ne and Mac Lethal are KC's biggest rappers of the moment. We got them together to find out what it's like.

    By Jason Harper

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Kansas City rappers Tech N9ne and Mac Lethal walk into a talent agent's office/downtown coffee and wine bar. The agent asks them what their act is. Nearly two hours' worth of...

36. Interview

    Home Schooled

    By Jason Harper

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Something about the local economy allows musicians to keep cutting albums. Is it the mobility of the middle class? The increased spending power of the young? We're not sure...

37. Interview

    Green Up Your Stereo

    By Jason Harper

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Like Godzilla leaving green footprints, high-profile eco-journalist Simran Sethi has taken over the college town of Lawrence. Since moving to the trendy prairie hamlet from New...

38. Interview

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Many St. Louis musicians hightail it out of the city as soon as they can, in hopes that the sunnier pastures of Los Angeles or the chillier climes of Chicago will be more...

39. Spin Cycle

    New Year's Eve at Sake

    By Chris Milbourn

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The best night at the Sake Bar (135th Street and Quivira in Overland Park) is definitely New Year's Eve. One reason this year's big party is expected to smash all previous...

40. Critic's Choice

    Watermelon Slim

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Oklahoma bluesman Watermelon Slim could easily have gotten away with nicknaming himself Mush Mouth Slim if he'd wanted to. But before you dismiss as mere shtick Slim's...