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As Kathleen Sebelius leaves to help Barack Obama reform health care in Washington, here’s a checkup on what happened in Kansas
By C.J. Janovy
Published: April 9, 2009
It's a Tuesday morning in mid-February, and Topeka couldn't look much bleaker. A white winter sky weighs on the crumbly prairie town, with its sagging houses and faded...
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Easter Sunday Buffet
Published: April 9, 2009
The Golden Ox is a go-to place to fill up on Easter Sunday. The all-you-can-eat buffet features chef carved country ham and prime rib, chicken, hot vegetables, an assortment of...
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Anniversary Show
Published: April 9, 2009
Celebrate another year of the DotDotDot Artspace. The Anniversary Show features an exhibition by the Fresh Produce Art Collective. Sat., April 11, 4-9 p.m., 2009
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Easter Service
Published: April 9, 2009
This Easter Sunday at Pilgrim Chapel, KC blues icon Danny Cox will be a featured performer in a mini-musical, entitled Easter and the One Hundred Dollar Bill Story, accompanied...
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Hey, Batter
By David Martin
Published: April 9, 2009
On this date in 1973, the Kansas City Royals christened a new ballpark with a 12-1 beatdown of the Texas Rangers. Today's home opener, against the New York Yankees, will take...
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Second-Friday Stroll
By Carolyn Szczepanski
Published: April 9, 2009
In its latest exhibition, the YWCA swings from the political to the personal. Kathy Colon made her mark on the local art scene in 1999, on the sidewalk, with a 10-foot chalk...
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Gay (as in Happy) Hour
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: April 9, 2009
According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, tonight's full moon has an official name: the Full Pink Moon. The name refers to the appearance of wild pink phlox, but the late psychic...
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Pool Party
By Caleb Goellner
Published: April 9, 2009
Pool (or "pocket billiards," as the scientists call it) blends geometry, physics and sometimes booze into something magical. The folks from The Music Man's River City...
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ACLU2
By Berry Anderson
Published: April 9, 2009
Knowing the lyrics to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" doesn't make one a patriot. A better litmus test: commitment to understanding and protecting the Bill of Rights. The...
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MAGNIFICENT DEPRESSION
By Brent Shepherd
Published: April 9, 2009
Though his film career spanned three decades, the Danish-German expatriate Douglas Sirk is best-known for a handful of three-hanky literary adaptations he directed for...
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Easter Frolic 2009
Published: April 9, 2009
Gather up the kids and take them to Hyde Park this Easter Sunday for the annual Easter Frolic put on by the Pilgrim Center. The event features a giant Easter bunny, a hunt for...
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Eggs and More
By Owen Morris
Published: April 9, 2009
The Easter Bunny is great, but the real highlight of this holiday is brunch. Grand Street Café (4740 Grand) is featuring an appropriately grand Easter buffet with a...
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Early Morning Good Deed
Published: April 9, 2009
Wake up extra early today and fork over some dollars for a good cause in exchange for a little breakfast. From 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. the Hyatt Regency Crown Center hosts the 9th...
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Celebrity Sightings
By Chris Packham
Published: April 9, 2009
In his tell-all autobiography, My Life, Burt Reynolds writes of Bill McKinney, one of the Deliverance hillbillies: “He always played sickos, but he played them well. With...
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Open Studios
Published: April 9, 2009
More than 25 artists who live at the Hobbs Building in the West Bottoms will open their studios to the public. Fri., April 10, 6-10 p.m.; Sat., April 11, 6-10 p.m., 2009
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Daughter of History
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: April 9, 2009
If the name Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs looks strangely familiar, it's probably because you recognize within it the name of famous war historian Stephen Ambrose, author of...
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Full Frontal Comedy
Published: April 9, 2009
Local improv comedy troupe Full Frontal Comedy presents an evening of laughs. The show is called My Brain Hurts V. Tickets are $10, with 10 percent of proceeds benefitting...
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Two opposable Thumbs Up
By Scott Wilson
Published: April 9, 2009
Leave it to an Englishman to make ocean voyages to Tahiti and Tierra del Fuego all about scholarship rather than sunshine. Charles Darwin went pretty much everywhere except the...
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A Current Perspective
Published: April 9, 2009
KCAI faculty member Miguel Rivera will talk about his experiences as a printmaker during a 7 p.m. lecture. His speech is part of the Current Perspectives lecture series. ...
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Hidden History
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: April 9, 2009
The era of segregation gave Troost Avenue its unfortunate reputation as Kansas City's racial dividing line, neatly separating the black and white communities. Segregation...
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