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Trail Nuts

Regular folks run hundreds of miles through mud and mayhem to call themselves Kansas City Trail Nerds.

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Ben Holmes, Gary Henry, Kyle Amos, Laurie Euler

Facebooked

The Star’s wanna-be Hemingway enters the digital age. Will you be his friend?

• Tags: Burnt Ends, Columns, Facebook Inc., Department of Burnt Ends, Kansas City Star

Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff continues his cultural studies on The Stand Ins

• by Rich Sharp
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Will Sheff, Okkervil River, Stand Ins, Lawrence

Fly By Night KKFI’s DJ Kool Wayne keeps it real the world over

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Buckle Bunny, Column, Plies (Rapper), Kansas City, Florida, Kool Wayne

The Download

Stars

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Montreal, Granada

Cut Copy

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Cut Copy, Bernard Sumner, Dan Whitney, Melbourne

Vampire Weekend

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Vampire Weekend, Fela Kuti, Boston, Paul Simon

Ra Ra Riot

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Ra Ra Riot, Syracuse, John Pike, Wesley Miles

The Plastic People of the Universe

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, The Plastic People of the Universe

Z-Trip

• by Andy Vihstadt
• Tags: Spin Cycle, Show Preview, DJ Z-Trip, Barack Obama, China, Democratic National Convention

North, out south, is excellent even when the server’s all mixed up

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Romano's Macaroni Grill Restaurants, Arizona, Dean Martin, Steven Maak, North

You Say Tomato is ripe for changes

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Fat Mouth, Columns, Mark Wingard, Michael Pouncil, Randy Parks, Portland (Oregon), You Say Tomato

Burn After Reading

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film, Film Review, George Clooney, Coen Brothers, Tilda Swinton, Osborne Cox

The Women

• by ELLA TAYLOR
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Diane English, George Cukor, Manhattan, Annette Bening

The Unicorn’s Rising Water ends up sinking

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, John Biguenet, Danny Cox, Hurricane Katrina, Merle Moores

Jonathan Bridges knows that in ceramics, clay isn’t enough anymore

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Art, Jonathan Bridges, Kansas City, Swarovski Crystal, Alfred University

The Man On the Screen

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Philip Roth, Ben Taylor, Manhattan

Tattoo Convention

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Annual Real Deal Tattoo Convention

So Inspirational

• by Kenton Schuster
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lyric Opera Company, Giacomo Puccini, Kansas City, Moulin Rouge!

On the Hoof

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas, Kansas City, Robert Day, Lawrence (New York)

A Woven Tale

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Billy Hayes, Harald Boehmer, Turkey, Johnson County Community College

Zona Rosa Arts Festival

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Stinky Feet, Zona Rosa

Specters of the Past

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City

Spike the Raiders

• by Eric Barton
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, AFC West, American Football Conference, National Football League, Oakland Raiders

Down Under Rules

• by S.T. Vockrodt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, AFC West, American Football Conference, Kansas City Chiefs, National Football League

Chris Botti

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

Famous Chef

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Anthony Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Travel Channel

Emilio and the Enchanted Cow

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2722

Mexican Freedom Party

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Len Randazzo, Luis Miguel, Mexico

Brandon Brown and Judith Roitman

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Brandon Brown, Judith Roitman

Opposition and Emotion

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, White Hall, Hispanic Heritage Month, UMKC Central Ticket Office, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Walkabout

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Australian Outback

Kansas City Reptile Show

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

Stroud's South

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Helen Stroud, Kansas City, Mike Donegan

The Day the World Changed

• by Sammy Loren
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Laurie Anderson, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lied Center of Kansas

ACLU Monthly Meeting

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, American Civil Liberties Union, University of California-Los Angeles, Kansas City

Crosstown Station

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 3778

Bikers for Babies 2008 Kansas City Ride

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas Speedway, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

Les Miserables

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Victor Hugo, Thomas Pynchon, West End

Fermented field trip

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Academy, Kathy Baldwin-Heitman

David Howard, gardner to Prince Charles

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, David Howard, Kansas City, Prince Charles

Grinders

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kraft Cheez Whiz

Missouri Town 1855 Music Festical

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 3390

Sculptor and printmaker John Newman

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, John Newman, Kansas City, Kansas City Public Library, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

One-Man Hip-Hop Drama

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Eric Rosen, Los Angeles, Matt Sax, Kansas City Repertory Theatre

The Brick

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

Nara

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Nara Prefecture, Asia, East Asia, Japan

7th Annual Car Show & Expo

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 3722

Mutual Sustenance

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Alvin Jackson, New York

Farewells

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Spencer Brown, Annie Cherry, Daisy Bucket, Lucky DeLuxe

Voter Registration Drive

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Richard Mabion, Barack Obama

It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere

At Kansas City’s Municipal Court, the pursuit of justice continues at a leisurely pace.

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, John Williams, Elena Franco, Wayne Cagle, Mary Jacobi

Letters From the Week of September 11

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Overland Park, Union Station, Keith Gumowitz, Prairie Village

With Gustavo Arellano’s new book arriving stores on Mexican Independence Day, here’s a history lesson

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Lalo Guerrero, El Paso, Los Angeles, California