Pitch

The ghost of Alvin Ailey brings the Jazz District back to life

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Kansas City, Alvin Ailey, Tyrone Aiken, Winston Dynamite Brown

The Tin Drub

Foods of bad cheer, plus a bell tolls for the Star.

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Town Without Pity, Column, Owen Morris, Mark Zieman, Ernest Hemingway, Three-Bite Mike

Stealing Harvard

Kansas songwriter Andrew Morgan would rather keep making albums than cash in his college degrees.

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Andrew Morgan, Leawood, Friedrich Nietzsche, United Kingdom

Revenge of the Nerds: Is prog rock making a comeback in KC? I hope so.

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Column, Czar Bar, Foxtrot LP, Vampire Weekend, Geddy Lee

Kredulous

Tears of an Angel
(self-released)

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, 50 Cent, Kansas City, Too $hort

The Faint

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Omaha, Todd Fink, James Taylor, Saddle Creek Records

Scott Weiland

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Scott Weiland, Axl Rose, Botox, Stone Temple Pilots

Shwayze

• by Jason Bugg
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Cisco Adler, Shwayze, Mischa Barton, Paris Hilton

Golden Animals

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Tommy Eisner, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Linda Beecroft

With its move into downtown, the Bristol makes a triumphant return to Missouri

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Bristol, Nabil Haddad, Joe Gilbert, Paul Robinson, Bristol Seafood Grill

Milk

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Gus Van Sant, Harvey Milk, Dan White, San Francisco

Nothing Like the Holidays

• by Nick Pinkerton
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Freddy Rodriguez, Alfred Molina, Chicago, Debra Messing

Slumdog Millionaire

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Danny Boyle, Mumbai, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Dev Patel

The Day the Earth Stood Still

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Keanu Reeves, Robert Wise, Helen Benson, Jennifer Connelly

The Women of Brewster Place almost have their act together

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Tim Acito, Etta Mae, Nedra Dixon, Narrator Mattie

NOW ON VIEW

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Ben Entner, Heinrich Toh, Wyandotte

Jerry's Bait Shop

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

Family Guy

• by Brent Shepherd
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Chevy Chase (Comedian), Clark Griswold, George Bailey, National Lampoon Inc.

Sons of Brasil at Jardine's

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Rio de Janeiro

Listen and Learn

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Lawrence (New York), Apple iPod, Cocteau Twins

SemiPro in KC

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Will Ferrell, Kansas City, American Basketball Association, Hickman Mills High School

Spiked Wassail

• by Lorna Perry
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Betty Blonde, Union Station, H&R Block Inc.

What's Our Vector, Victor?

• by Peter Rugg
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, David Cook, Jack Stack, Brooks Brothers Inc., Kansas City Aviation Center Inc.

Kids with Cameras

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Indian Trail, Olathe, Overland Park, Darfur

Christmas Pooches

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Santa Claus, Wyandotte

Everything Is Illuminated

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kevin Sink, Kansas City, Union Station

No Nutcracker

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Union Station, H&R Block Inc.

Good for a J Date

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Hanukkah, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East

Lights Over Longview

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 3721

First-Friday Alternative

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Wyandotte, Crossroads Community Association

Side Pockets

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2516

Holiday Chuckles

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Olathe, Bill Case, Shelly Stewart, Tina Morrison

The Peanut

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lonnie McFadden

Carl Peterson’s love of grass might cost Kansas City the Big 12 Championship Game

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, AFC West Division, American Football Conference, Carl Peterson, Kansas City Chiefs

Yee — Huh?

Branson cooks with the almost famous.

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Studies in Crap, Columns, 36

Letters from the week of December 11

• Tags: Letters, Letters from the week of December 11, David Martin, Barack Obama, Carolyn Szczepanski, Raytown

Regarding the Virgin …

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Tony Montana, Mexico, Virgencita de Guadalupe, Al Pacino