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Our local sports stars have one thing in common: the inability to run a business

• Tags: Burnt Ends, Columns, Marcus Allen, Jared Allen, Tony Gonzalez, George Brett

As Kansas City’s HIV infection rate rivals Africa’s, some black ministers admit that silence equals death

• by Peter Rugg
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Donnie Robinson, Eric Williams, Kansas City, Earl Abel

Panic at the Disco loses an exclamation point, discovers the Beatles

• by Michael Gallucci
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Panic! At the Disco, Ryan Ross, PureVolume.com, The Beatles

The French Kicks

• by Flannery Cashill
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, The French Kicks, Vagrant Records, Brooklyn, Simon & Garfunkel

Death Cab for Cutie

• by Aaron Ladage
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Death Cab for Cutie, Atlantic Recording Corporation, Ben Gibbard, Entertainment Weekly

Delta Spirit

• by Justin Kendall
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Delta Spirit, Brandon Young, Matt Vasquez, San Diego

The Download

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Robert Pollard, Dayton, Guided By Voices, Boston Spaceships

James Brown, Sly Stone and Batman & Robin get roasted at a funkalicious JoCo blues club

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Column, Ricky Dodson, Bobby Adams, J.J. Johnson, Sly Stone

Efterklang

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Efterklang, Sufjan Stevens, Broken Social Scene, Sigur Ros

Bong-Ra

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Spin Cycle, Preview, St. Louis, Bristol (England), Los Angeles, San Francisco

The Service Industry

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Preview, Mike McCoy, Austin (Texas), Lawrence (New York), Curt Kirkwood

Gimme Sum? No thanks – we’ll take Tannahs Asian Fusion instead

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Olathe, Asia, Beijing, China, Tannahs Asian Fusion - CLOSED

The metro loses a Gimme Sum but gains dim sum at the newest Bo Lings

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Bo Lings, Richard Ng, Mendy Tannahill, Nathan Tannahill, Tannahs Asian Fusion - CLOSED

Sex and the City: The Movie

• by ELLA TAYLOR
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Michael Patrick King, Charlotte, Sex and the City, Brooklyn

The Strangers

• by Nick Pinkerton
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Bryan Bertino, David Moreau, Xavier Palud, Liv Tyler

The Fall

• by Nick Pinkerton
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Catinca Untaru, Lee Pace, Los Angeles, National Geographic Society

Cannes Class of 2008

A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Cannes, Sean Penn, Clint Eastwood, Catherine Deneuve

Cannes Class of 2008

A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film Feature, Column, Cannes, Sean Penn, Clint Eastwood, Catherine Deneuve

The Urban Culture Project’s Studio Program artists show their stuffing

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Columns, Lee Piechocki, Eli Borrowman, Nicole Mauser, Sarah Vandersall

Theater

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage Capsules, Listings, Alan Scherstuhl, Gary Neal Johnson, Crown Center, The Who (Musical Group)

Art Exhibitions

• by Chris Packham and Dana Self
• Tags: Art Capsules, Culture Listings, Creighton Michael, Linda Hall, Dana Self, Chris Packham

Nintendo's Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad

• by Chris Ward
• Tags: Game On, Reviews, Wii Fit, American Wii Balance Board, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Chuck Norris

Urban Harvest

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City

Crank Lovers

• by Megan Metzger
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Howard Stern, Kansas City, Kansas, Robin Quivers

Temple of the Goddess

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Council of Women Talking Stick Ritual

To Come: Revues by Revue

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Terry Richardson, Colfax

Foregone conclusion

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

The Show Before Time

• by Caleb Goellner
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Sprint Center, British Broadcasting Corporation

World Market Warrior

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, John Perkins, Mumbai, Shanghai, Kansas City

Umbrella Song

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, A Clockwork Orange, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Kansas City

Third Eye Open

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Third Eye Productions, Chrissy Raker, James McAfee, Jesse Small

Does Your Vote Count?

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), David Earnhardt, Massachusetts

Unwind with Woodwinds

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Dwight Frizzell, Thomas Aber

Pinball Wizard

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, The Who (Band)

They Are Real

• by S.T. Vockrodt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ron Paul, Kansas City, Roswell (New Mexico), Stanton Friedman

Shoot Fast!

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Westport, Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City, Pennsylvania

Shalom Aleichem

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Israel, Middle East, Kansas City, Prairie Village

Brothers in flipper arms

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Tom Waits, Westport, Gogol Bordello, Pennsylvania

Artistic Ascendance

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jennifer Bohatyritz, Kansas City, Kate Hackman, Charlotte Street Foundation

Mind Games

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Shawn Hornbeck, Europe, Nordic Countries, Stockholm

Public Hearing: Off-Leash Dog Park

• by Eric Barton
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Organizer Deb Hipp, Kansas City, Broadway United Methodist Church

Farm Fresh

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Joe Jennings, Kansas City, Kansas, Hy-Vee Inc.

True Grit

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Judi Ann Mason, B.J. Mason, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina

Double Cage

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Nicolas Cage, Donald Kaufman, Adaptation., Academy Awards

Blonde Venus

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, Josef von Sternberg

Mixed bag of designs

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Indiana Jones, Asia, East Asia, Gould Evans

Crow: Home, kinda, sorta

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Sheryl Crow, Kansas City, Kennett (Missouri), Brandi Carlile

Down Those Dogs

• by Peter Rugg
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Overland Park, Brooklyn (New York City)

Cover Me Pink

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ron Megee, Pink (Singer), Brodie Rush, Cody Wyoming

Dancing Forever

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Ginger Rogers, Kansas City

Dog Deals

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 548

30 Years of Pride

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Thomas Jefferson, Amsterdam, Chris Medley

Party for Addison

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Fourth of July, Jeffrey Whitenight, Shawna Davis

Dog Day Morning

• by Eric Barton
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Humane Society of Kansas City

The Didgeridoo: A Poem for You

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Phil Shiva Jones, Wyandotte, Australia, Oceania

Here’s an astute observation about big-truck-lovin’ rural farm workers

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Bill Monroe, Ramon Ayala, Spain

While the mayor and the ATA bicker over light rail plans, here’s one that makes sense

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Kansas City, Clay Chastain, Blue Springs, Mark Funkhouser

Letters for the Week of May 29

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Hallmark Cards Inc., Lawrence, Eric Barton, Matthew Pope