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A lawsuit makes a strong case that J.E. Dunn Construction Company rebuilt downtown with little help from minority businesses

• by David Martin
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Armando Diaz, Bill Dunn, J.E. Dunn, Ray Harris

Who says public officials won’t say what they’re really thinking?

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Town Without Pity, Column, Justin Kendall, Nathan Barnes, Mark Wiebe, Barack Obama

The grass grows around absent-minded rapper Devin the Dude

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Devin the Dude, Devin Copeland, Houston, Snoop Dogg

Chronically Popfree online radio has become a full-time job for Justin Bale, aka Chronic the Hedgehog

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Buckle Bunny, Column, Justin Bale, Apple iPod, Cody Ross, Sterling Witt

The Dactyls

The Dactyls (EP)
(Yeti Party)

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Lawrence (New York), Jim Vollentine, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Sonic Youth

Space Station Lounge

Flight of the Surrey (EP)
(Independent)

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Stephen Hawking, George Benson

Anti-Crew

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Chicago, Kansas City, Kid Rock, The Beastie Boys

Katy Perry

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Katy Perry, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, The City (TV Show)

Chimaira

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Chimaira, MySpace Inc., Slayer (Band)

Sleepy Sun

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Sleepy Sun, Santa Cruz, Colin Stewart, San Francisco

In the Pines

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Germany, Kansas City, Austria, Brad Hodgson

Red Kate

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, L. Ron Drunkard, Kansas City, Mushroom Tonight, Pete Wentz

A new chef makes a more casual, less expensive City Tavern

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Jason Czaja, Carol Ann, Dan Clothier, Budapest

Duplicity

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts

Black Hand Strawman

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Terence O'Malley, Kansas City, Martin Scorsese, Italian-American Unification Council

The Great Buck Howard

• by ELLA TAYLOR
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Sean McGinly, John Malkovich, Buck Howard, Colin Hanks

I Love You, Man

• by Robert Wilonsky
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Judd Apatow, Jason Segel, John Hamburg, Paul Rudd

Miss March

• by Melissa Anderson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Eugene, Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger, Playboy Enterprises Inc.

The American Heartland taps out a Ginger Rogers tribute, while the Coterie taps a messy vein

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Narrator Martin Buchanan, Licia Watson

La Esquina’s Happy Tree Friends is smarter and subtler than its title

• by Dana Self
• Tags: Art, Art, Cari Freno, Kansas Citian Diane Henk, Kristina Estell, Abraham Lincoln

Wine Deal

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Bold Moves

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Rachel Corrie, London, Herman Johansen

Noontime Jazz

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Mike Ning, Sherry Jones, Johnson County Community College

The Drop

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Conscientious Style

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Rockhurst University, Zeta Tau Alpha, Addie Rose, Alissa Gorris

Hem of the Republic

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Joyce Yang, Overland Park, Carlsen Center, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Extra Virgin

• by Annie Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Michael Smith

Tap In

• by Ben Paynter
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jeff Sveum, Jesse Pringle, John Ott, Omaha

Bluestem

• by Jen Chen
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2817

In Search of Lost Tim

• by Andrew Miller
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Adrian Lyne, Jacob Singer, Tim Robbins, Monks Amid Society

End of Line

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, TRON (Movie), Obadiah Stane, Jeff Bridges, David Warner

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, DJ Spooky, Paul Miller

Persian Passport

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Taj Mahal, Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan, Asia

Goodwill Dancing

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City, The Salvation Army

An Evening with Phil Vassar

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Phil Vassar, Carlsen Center

Stationary Shenanigans

• by Emily Farris
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 1209

Wornall Haunts

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, John Wornall House Museum

Puppet Power

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

Beyond the Studio

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Julia Cole, Kansas City Art Institute, Kari Freitag, Zach Springer

Designed by Women

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Katie Meyer, Kansas City, Peregrine Honig

Midday Foul

• by David Martin
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Verne Lundquist, Sprint Center

Different Venue

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Bonita Hanson, Judith Viorst, Karen Paisley, Katie Kalahurka

Mayors, civic leaders and their task forces all claim to want to help the Kansas City School District. So far, no results.

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Kansas City, Mark Funkhouser, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Ingrid Burnett

Letters from the week of March 19

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, MCI Inc., Jefferson City, Paul Fennewald, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Why Mexican women don’t use tampons

• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Mexico, The Procter & Gamble Company, Gustavo Arellano, Barack Obama