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Alexander Austin climbed his way up from the streets and onto Kansas City’s biggest canvas

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Alexander Austin, The Cordish Company, Kansas City, Hank Bloomquist

Loch Lloyd’s gate offers protection from the poor, suffering masses

• Tags: Burnt Ends, News, Loch Lloyd, Department of Burnt Ends, Harry Lloyd, Tom Watson

The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s Othello doesn’t flinch from the obvious race issue

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Web Exclusive, News, Damon Gupton, Bruce Roach, Sidonie Garrett, Mary Traylor

Hip-hop newcomer D/Will gets cerebral on two new releases

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Denzel Williams, DJ Andrew Rayl, Joe Simon, Park University

Tommy Ramone gives the Mountain Music Shoppe a brush with CBGB

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Column, Tommy Ramone, Tom Erdelyi, Jim Curley, The Ramones

The Download

Liz Phair

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Liz Phair, ATO Records LLC, The Rolling Stones, Alaska

Ingrid Michaelson

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Ingrid Michaelson, Grey's Anatomy, MySpace Inc., New York City

Vans Warped Tour

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Warped Tour, Angels & Airwaves, Gym Class Heroes

I Love You

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Justin Randel, Kansas City, Steve Reich

KCK Street Blues Festival

• by Danny Alexander
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Kansas City, Myra Taylor, Millage Gilbert, Chicago

Modey Lemon

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Jason Kirker, Phil Boyd, Blues Explosion

Dining at Trezo Vino Wine Bistro is an inexpensive way to feel like a big spender

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Addison, Michael Peterson, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group Inc., Leawood, Trezo Vino Wine Bistro, Trezo Vino

WALL-E

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Andrew Stanton, Buster Keaton, The Marx Brothers, Pixar Animation Studios

Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

• Tags: Film, Film Review, Don Bachardy, Christopher Isherwood, Fatih Akin, Parvez Sharma

Before the Rains

• by Julia Wallace
• Tags: Film, Film Review, India, Henry Moores, Linus Roache, Nandita Das

Wanted

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Facebook Inc., Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Wesley Gibson

Steve Eubank’s Reefer Madness gets everybody high

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Steven Eubank, Kansas City, Marilyn Lynch, Kevin Murphy

Salon-style, the Dolphin’s last Crossroads exhibition goes swimmingly

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Columns, John O'Brien, Wilbur Niewald, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, David Ford

Responsible Fuel

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Topeka, Adrian Polansky, Scott Zaremba

Sordid Lives

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Tammy Wynette, Texas

Rocker Grrls

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Morrissey (Singer), Nina Diaz, Girl in a Coma, The Smiths (Band)

Buckley Remembered

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Abigail Murphy, Joe Garvey

The Day of the Kiln God

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2815

I kissed thee ere I killed thee

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Paula Vogel, Ashley LaPine, Kansas City, Karen Errington

Fred Astaire Film Festival

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Fred Astaire

Power & Light & Art

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

Surface Changes: Textiles

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 1158

AUTO AS ART

• by Hannah Zimmerman
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Art Institute, Detroit Electric, Warwick

Free Movies

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ashton Kutcher, Kansas City, Martin Lawrence, Kansas

WWWD

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Green Day

Irish Longevity

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Eddie Delahunt

Kansas City Royals v. Seattle

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

Packin' Heat

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Missouri, Bass Pro Shops Inc.

Kansas City for Chefs Classic

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

Coterie Achievements

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Hans Christian Andersen, Rosa Guy

Irish Rules

• by Chris Rasmussen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer

Stones at Night

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, William Shakespeare

Single On the Sea

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Shaw, Jane Russell, Lorelei Lee

Lincoln: The Constitution & The Civil War

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2804

WWWD

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Green Day

LGBT Stampede

• by Kenton Schuster
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas, Manhattan (Kansas), Woodstock, Christopher Renner

From the Loom

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Irvin Trujillo, Overland Park, Johnson County Community College, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Poppin' and Lockin'

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Shane Sparks, Amore Dance, Charleston (Staten Island), Kansas City

KC's light-rail villains look poised to mount another attack

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Kansas City, Civic Council, Clay Chastain, Terry Dunn

Letters for the week of June 26

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Hallmark Cards Inc., Jeremy Hall, China, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Here’s why U.S. citizens aren’t rushing to buy land in Mexico

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Mexico, Tenochtitlan, Ministry of Foreign Relations