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Hyatt Regency skywalks designer Bob Berkebile is the godfather of green building

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Bob Berkebile, Kansas City, Greensburg, American Institute of Architects

Flowers are blooming, fountains are flowing and the Kansas City air is — sweet Jesus, what is that smell?

• Tags: Burnt Ends, Columns, Claycomo, NASCAR, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Kansas City

The Wilders take the floor with a murderous new sound and album

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Phil Wade, Ike Sheldon, Fiddler Betse Ellis, Kansas City

With its fabulous new clubs, Omaha is a model for the KC scene

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Buckle Bunny, Column, Omaha, Lawrence, Nebraska, Bright Eyes

The Architects are proud of their new Vice

• by Aaron Ladage
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Keenan Nichols, Aaron Connor, Sunset Strip, Brandon Phillips

The Download

Bjork

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Stereogum.com, Dirty Projectors

The Architects

Vice
(Anodyne)

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Adam Phillips, Brandon Phillips, Keenan Nichols

Izmore

Vital
(Self-released)

• by Dan LeRoy
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Chris Rock, Rhymefest

My Chemical Romance

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, My Chemical Romance, Liza Minnelli, Coldplay, Pink Floyd

RJD2

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, RJD2, Definitive Jux Inc., DJ Shadow

Napalm Death

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Napalm Death, Birmingham, Earache Records Inc., United Kingdom

Suzannah Johannes

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Suzannah Johannes, Lawrence (New York), David Wetzel, Josh Adams

Blitzen Trapper

• by Ray Cummings
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Blitzen Trapper, Lidkercow Ltd., Eric Earley, Portland (Oregon)

Why

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Mike Doughty, Oakland, Sam Mendes, Starbucks Corporation

Boudreaux's Louisiana Seafood & Steaks tries for Mardi Gras but drops too many crab balls

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Carol Ann, Addison, Louisiana-born Robert Boudreau, Hank Williams

On weekends, El Paso del Norte lays out an excelente Mexican breakfast spread

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, El Paso, Norte Panaderia, Norte Restaurante, AutoZone Inc.

Street Kings

• by Tim Grierson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, David Ayer, Tom Ludlow, Keanu Reeves, Los Angeles

The Counterfeiters

• by ELLA TAYLOR
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Academy Awards, Adolf Burger, Karl Markovics, Stefan Ruzowitzky

Smart People

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Lawrence, Dennis Quaid, Lawrence Wetherhold, Ashton Holmes

Under the Same Moon

• by Michelle Orange
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Adrian Alonso, Rosario, Bel Air, Eugenio Derbez

At Byron Cohen, two Asian artists work around hair and beauty

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Columns, Hong Chun Zhang, Chong Siew Ying, China, Byron Cohen

At the Improv Thunderdome, competition guarantees you'll laugh your ass off

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Jared Brustad, Kansas City, Rene Boudreaux, Dick Cheney

Just Shy of Seaworthy

Viking: Battle for Asgard shows promise, but not much more.

• by Gary Hodges
• Tags: Game On, Reviews, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Grand Theft Auto

Going Greenaway

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Peter Greenaway, London (England), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Time Pieces

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, R. Shawn Bohs

Confront the Gong

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Channing Larue, Deville, Melinda Ryder

Trade Right

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Heartland Conference

Army of Children

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Uganda, Idi Amin, Avila University, Lord's Resistance Army

Batters on Deck

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas, Kansas City, Lawrence (New York), Billy Butler

Gross-Out

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jan Marcason, Kansas City

Beer, Pong

• by Caleb Goellner
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2817

Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969–1979

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Stephen Shore, New York City, Aperture Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clothes for a Cause

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Justin Farmer, Jessica Didion, Ari Fish

Local Eats

• by Kenton Schuster
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Apple iPod, Kansas, Vermont

Rescued Fashions

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Heather Rama, Westport

Brenden MacNaughton

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Hey, Guy On the Big Screen

• by Eric Barton
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, AL Central, American League (MLB), Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

Indoor Clash

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, ESPN Inc., Kansas City Brigade, San Jose, Chicago Rush

Persistent Visionaries

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Pennsylvania, Adam Brumback, Hubert Davis

The Roasterie Tours

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City

Bold Mood

• by Lorna Perry
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Andrea Skowronek, Dale Fellin, Miles Davis, Penelope Hearne

Rock and Roll All Nite

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, KISS (Band), Kansas City, Steve Stierwalt, Bruce Kulick

Thirty Stories

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Wayside School, Louis Sachar, Kansas City, Missy Koonce

Don't Lose Your Lunch

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Worlds of Fun

Bucks and Ballads

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Cloverfield, Washington, DC, American Jazz Museum

Gee's Bend

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Joe Turner, Alabama, The New York Times Company

Vaudeville Camp

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Skinless Productions, National Public Radio Inc., The Ditty Bops, Kim Boekbinder

Documenting Survival

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Roanoke, Kansas, YWCA

Native Exhibition

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Haskell Indian Nations University, Donald Secondine, Muskogee (Oklahoma)

Missouri State Rep. Jeff Grisamore uses the death of his infant daughter to ask for campaign cash

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Jefferson City, Sherri Tucker, Jeff Grisamore, Lee's Summit

Letters for the week of April 10

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Fayette, Jesse Herd, Justin Kendall, Rosemarie Rogers

The Mexican does not endorse stealing someone else's Social Security number

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Internal Revenue Service, Albuquerque, Pitch.com, Dallas