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Missouri is about to execute Dennis Skillicorn. The state’s death penalty may not outlive him very long.

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Dennis Skillicorn, Paula Skillicorn, Allen Nicklasson, Potosi

Low Rise

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Town Without Pity, Column, Janice Ellis, Kansas City, David Martin, Kansas City Star

Be/Non unearths a proggy, picaresque Mountain of Yeses in a valley of nos

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Brodie Rush, Ben Ruth, Ryan Shank, Led Zeppelin

Well-crafted Kid: The joy’s in the work for Andrew Morgan as he prepares to tour the U.K. with Carl Newman

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Wayward Son, Column, Andrew Morgan, A.C. Newman, Liam Gallagher, United Kingdom

Bowties & Basslines

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Brent Tactic, Ben Fuller, Czar Bar, James Bond

Various Artists

Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace
(The Numero Group)

• by Robert Folsom
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Dick Smart, Wichita, Jack White, Jackie Brown

The Dead Girls

Te Quiero EP
(self-released)

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Lawrence (New York), Brendan Benson, Cameron Hawk, Chris Bell

The BellRays

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Lisa Kekaula, The BellRays, Sharon Jones, Tina Turner

Bunnygrunt

• by Annie Zaleski
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Blondie (Musical Group), St. Louis, Matt Harnish, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Horse Feathers

• by Elliott Johnston
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Justin Ringle, Sam Beam, Iron & Wine, Jose Gonzalez

The B-52's

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, The B-52's (Musical Group), Iggy Pop, MTV Networks Company, R.E.M.

If Lawrence, Kansas, seems an unlikely place for fabulous sushi, you haven’t found Wa

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Lawrence Roll, California, Lawrence (New York), Lynn Anderson, Wa

Angels & Demons

• by ELLA TAYLOR
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Tom Hanks, Robert Langdon, Dan Brown (Author), Rome

Hunger

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Steve McQueen, Bobby Sands, Belfast, Cannes

Next Day Air

• by Michelle Orange
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Benny Boom, Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Wood Harris

Sugar

• by Melissa Anderson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Phoenix

Improv troupes kill in Westport; The Taffetas is a sugar rush

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Westport, Karen Errington, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball)

Local rock History

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, B.B. King, Frank Zappa, Joe Heyen

Stylin' Suburb

• by Annie Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Leawood, Euromarket Designs Inc., Z Gallerie Inc., Mitzy London

J.Bling presents Bling City

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jason Harris, Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

Eat Right

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Michael Pollan

Punk It

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Gabriel Garner, Scion Lab

Old-School Circus

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lenexa, Venice (Italy), Carlsen Center, Central Europe

Off a Cliff

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

Ride, Don't Drive

• by Emily Farris
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Toyota Motor Corporation, Whole Foods Market Inc., Mid-America Regional Council

Dancers in Demand

• by Annie Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Ludwig van Beethoven, White Hall, Mexico, National Endowment for the Arts

Taste KC

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lollapalooza, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Tangled Web

• by Hugh Welsh
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Tony Awards, Karen Paisley, Latin America

Run, Cheetah, Run!

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

A Bit British

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Lawrence (New York)

Reconnected

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Paul Shortt, Kansas City, Craigslist Inc.

KC Storm

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

Author Joel Goldman

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Joel Goldman, Kansas City, Jack Davis, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Through the Eyes of a Child

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Deng Wushu

Abstract Retrospective

• by Chris Packham
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Dan Christensen, Warwick, Kansas City Art Institute, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Get Scootin'

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Hard Questions

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, James Nelson, Chicago

Natural Artifice

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2502

Fiber Fest

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Woolworths Group plc

Eight Voices

• by Hugh Welsh
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Krista Blackwood, Lawrence (New York), St. Theresa's Academy

LGBT Community Picnic

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 120

TIF plans look good on paper because they’re not telling the whole story

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, Kansas City Wizards, Major League Soccer, Brywood Centre, The Home Depot Inc.

Back in Time

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Studies in Crap, Columns, Huey Lewis, Huey (Rapper), Contemporary Productions, Michael Jackson

Letters from the week of May 14

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Kansas City, Missouri, United Nations, Jeff Levine

Here’s why Mexican men are so sexy, and what not to say when you wake up wanting to … you know

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Mexico, North America, Michoacan, Royal Academy of Spanish