Pitch

From Kansas City’s industrial frontier, a heartwarming tale of warehouse warfare

• by Justin Kendall
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Mary Lou Jacoby, Dan Kearns, Kansas City, Ron Boone

A pixilated Santa, an inflated TIF handout and related writers

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Town Without Pity, Column, Santa Claus, Alan Scherstuhl, Kansas City TIF Commission, Northland Neighborhoods Inc.

Max Justus brings the electro heat and the 808 beats

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Matt Spransy, MC Hammer, Max Justus, Kanye West

Ebonics: As Ebon, Justin Lake Whedon and his wife, Melinda, are making a name for themselves in the language of the remix

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Buckle Bunny, Column, Kansas City, Overland Park, Manhattan (Kansas), Chicago

Colourmusic

• by Elliott Johnston
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, The Flaming Lips, Stillwater (Oklahoma), Okie Ryan Hendrix, Syd Barrett

Pontiak

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Czar Bar, Lawrence, Black Sabbath

Mongol Beach Party

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Bill Belzer, Captain Beefheart, Chicago, Elvis Costello

The Armory

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Lawrence, Thadd Lewis, Pat Egger, Sebadoh

Barbaric Merits

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Barack Obama, EMC Corporation

An accidental journey to the unexpected world of tearooms and not-so-genteel ladies

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Belton, Madame Hatter, Bev Bruce, Bonnie Freeland, Country Keepsakes Tea Room

Seven Pounds

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Will Smith, Gabriele Muccino, Ben Thomas, Hollywood

Yes Man

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Jim Carrey, Carl Allen, Lincoln (Nebraska), Will Ferrell

The Tale of Despereaux

• by ELLA TAYLOR
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Sylvain Chomet, Kate DiCamillo, Belleville, Evgeni Tomov

The Spencer’s array of Korean toys puts away childish things but not playfulness

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Columns, South Korea, The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Show), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas

Zoo Bar

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

Holiday Classic

• by McKay Stangler
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Ballet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kansas City Ballet School

Full Spectrum

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York), Jeremy Rockwell

Group Creative

• by Penny LaRocque
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Darcy Bloss, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Warwick

High-School Dunking

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Blue Springs, Raytown, William Chrisman, Justin Clark

Eastern European Christmas

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Strawberry Hill Museum, Christmas, Kansas

Noël Syncopation

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Irvin Mayfield, Charles Brown, Duke Ellington, George W. Bush

1,000 Words

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Brian Boye, Independent Filmmakers Coalition

Yuletide Extravaganza

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, George Harter, Judy Garland, Heidi Gutknecht, Lauren Braton

A Carol Worth Repeating

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Bob Cratchit, Bruce Roach, Danny Cox

O Holey Bagel

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Christmas

Fly by Night

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Michelle Dreher

Meet the Puppets

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Frank Albritten, Lawrence (New York), Diana Rockwell, Sara Glass

Chez Charlie's

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

knock out or Tap Out

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Carl Peterson, David Glass, Francisco Diaz, North Kansas City

Bells on bobtail

• by Jordan Edwards
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Leawood, Stride Rite Corporation

Dave's Stagecoach Inn

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

Heavy sights

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jonathan Moller, YWCA, Kansas City, Kara Erickson

The Peanut

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

Bells on bobtail

• by Jordan Edwards
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Leawood, Stride Rite Corporation

HNTB proposes parkland over Interstate 670 – so far, downtown parks disappoint

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Thomas Morefield, Missouri, University of Kansas, Kansas City

Christmas Kit

Holiday messages from the ghost of Kit Bond past.

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

Letters from the week of December 18

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, The Click (Musical Group), Kansas City, Dallas, John Huff

The Mexican’s essential reading list

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Gustavo Arellano, Gloria Anzaldua, Jose Antonio Burciaga, University of California-San Diego