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Holy Kitsch

Yakov Smirnoff provides this guided tour to his adopted home, a Shangri-La for the God-fearing.

• by Chad Garrison
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Branson, Elvis Presley, Elvis Ehlert, Lynn Berry

Jesse Gypped

So Brad Pitt won't open his new movie in his home state? He'll have to answer to this Jesse James descendant.

• Tags: Burnt Ends, Columns, Jesse James, Brad Pitt, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Canada

Do You Know Me?

• Tags: Burnt Ends, Columns, Mark Funkhouser, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.

A Good Day in McDonaldland

• Tags: Hey, You!, Columns, Overland Park

Super Sonic

British drone-rock specialist Pete Kember of Spacemen 3 knows his place in music ´ist’ry.

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Pete Kember, Jason Pierce, Happy Mondays, Spiritualized (Musical Group)

Wolf Whistle

Not just anyone can do the things Superwolf can do.

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Columns, James Trotter, Santa Claus, Brooklyn, Denise LaSalle

Brown in the Bottoms

At Connie's, off-duty UPS drivers brought us a delivery of what-the-hell.

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night Ranger, Columns, Another Bar Connie, Tabasco Pepper Sauce, Kemper Arena, Sprint Nextel Corporation

Black Widows

Black Christmas wrote a soundtrack, but where’s the movie?

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Dalin Horner, Dario Argento, Mark Sanders, Michael Mann

Whack Fol, Y'all

Test your knowledge of Irish drinking songs before getting slaintéd at the Irish Fest.

• by KRISTIE MCCLANAHAN
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Dublin, Irish Festat Crown Center, Bono (Musician), British Broadcasting Corporation

The Download

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Omaha, Tim Kasher, Saddle Creek Records

Telegraph Canyon

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Fort Worth, Herman Melville, Chris Johnson, Alan Lomax

P.O.S.

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Minneapolis, Company Flow (Musical Group)

Chief Beef

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Hollywood, Mesa (Arizona), AL Central Division, American League (Baseball)

Tactic

• by Chris Milbourn
• Tags: Spin Cycle, Show Preview, Ben Fuller, Brent Lippincott, Blaqstarr, Lawrence

Blue Heaven

Grilled steaks, mojitos and a bit of tequila for dessert ought to cure the blues at Azul.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Anthony Fries, Lily Tomlin, Howard Johnson International Inc., Times Square

Noon Swoon

Downtown's lunch options continue to improve.

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Anthony Fries, Kansas City, Sprint Center, Crown Center, JP Wine Bar - CLOSED

After Sunrise

It’s easy to get lost in Julie Rofman’s colorful junk heaps.

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Marion, Richard Linklater, Albert Delpy, Julie Delpy

The Perfect Score

As it goes in Donkey Kong, it goes in life.

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe, Seth Gordon, Redmond (Washington)

Splattered

Will Death Sentence bring life to the revenge genre?

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Film, Film Review, James Wan, Brian Garfield, Los Angeles, Leigh Whannell

Zombie Vision

Rob Zombie slashes into a classic.

• by Chuck Wilson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Rob Zombie, Michael Myers, John Carpenter, Boris Karloff

Sloppy Seconds

Pig Farm produces some good swill, but not enough.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Scott Cordes, Van Ausdal, Chris Nielsen, Greg Kotis

Art Capsule Reviews

Our critics recommend these shows.

• Tags: Art Capsules, Culture Listings, Robin Bernat, Ashley Brown, Rachel Euting, Warwick, H&R Block Artspace

Stage Capsule Reviews

Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage Capsules, Listings, Alan Scherstuhl, Kansas City, Patrick Du Laney, Union Station

They Killed the Dog

• by Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: DVDish, Reviews, Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Robert Wilonsky, Joe Swanberg

Persona Grata

Meet the last great RPG for PlayStation 2.

• by Gary Hodges
• Tags: Game On, Reviews, Sony PlayStation2, Roger Ebert

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

• Tags: What Else Is New?, Reviews, Bob Saget, Boris Karloff, Home Box Office Inc., Yuma

Critic's Choice

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Minneapolis, Company Flow (Band)

Sheryl Underwood

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Black Entertainment Television Inc., Sheryl Underwood, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Company

Two for Tuesdays

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Critic's Choice

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, AL Central, American League (MLB), Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball

Sparkle in Your China

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Green Tara, Rime Buddhist Center

Cheap Beaches

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Blue Springs, Labor Day

Critic's Choice

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Fort Worth, Herman Melville, Alan Lomax, Chris Johnson

Hot Damn

• by Caleb Goellner
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City

BK Your Way

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ben Kweller, Los Angeles, Dave Matthews, Evan Dando

Critic's Choice

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Fort Worth, Herman Melville, Alan Lomax, Chris Johnson

Carnie Freaks

• by Ashley Brown
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, Rockhurst University

Dancing in the Park

• by Lorna Perry
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ellen McDonald, George Balanchine, Kansas City, Leawood

KC Couture

• by Caroline Baehner
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Hoffman International

Renaissance Festival

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Carrie Shoptaw, Renaissance Romance, Walter Raleigh

Let’s Get Pist

• by Megan Metzger
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Bob Geldof, Crown Center, Dublin (Ireland)

Pitch Perfect

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Tim Scott, Kansas City

Labor Party

• by Megan Metzger
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Labor Day, Lexington (Kentucky), Liverpool, Jerry Lewis

Rockabilly Wheels

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Federation of Horsepower

Visual Language

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Monica Alfara-Maluenda, Avila University, Chile, Europe

Daring Young Men

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, P.T. Barnum, Great Traveling Museum, David Lee Roth, Jennifer Fuentes

Free Ride

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Shey Bergman, Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, Brush Creek

Letters from the week of August 30

• Tags: Letters, Letters, Edwin Hall, Kansas City, Michael Moore, Nadia Pflaum

The Real Second Coming

The new, Mexican Jesus is here. And she's been deported.

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Rosa Parks, Elvira Arellano, Tulsa, Mexico