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MU professor Abdullahi Ibrahim is ready to bring democracy to Sudan

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Abdullahi Ibrahim, Sudan, Columbia (Missouri), Omar al-Bashir

Sonic Youth and Kim Gordon continue to age gracefully with
a new LP, The Eternal

• by JAIME LEES
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon, Kansas, Lee Ranaldo

The Beatbox: Stik Figa

Stik Figa as Himself
(self-released)

• by Kyle Koch
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Kansas City, Memphis

Eleni Mandell

Artificial Fire
(Zedtone Records)

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Eleni Mandell, Neko Case, P.J. Harvey, High Llamas

Architects

The Hard Way
(Skeleton Crew Records)

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review, Brandon Phillips, Tom Petty, AC/DC (Band), CBS Corporation

Neko Case

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Neko Case, Medicine Hat, Missoula, Kansas City

The Rockstar Mayhem Festival

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Marilyn Manson, Rick Rubin, Twiggy Ramirez, All That Remains (Band)

Mantic Ritual

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Metallica, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Hostess Twinkies

Asher Roth

• by Robert Bishop
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Asher Roth, Weezer, World Series of Beer Pong

Max Justus

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Critic's Choice, Show Preview, Max Justus, Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Autechre

Ignore its name — Café Europa is all-American

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Nathan Feldmiller, Gigi Cowell, Andrew Atterbury, Crestwood, Café Europa

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore, Horace Slughorn, Phoenix

American Violet

• by Melissa Anderson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Alfre Woodard, Michael O'Keefe, Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson

The Stoning of Soraya M.

• by Vadim Rizov
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Iran, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Jim Caviezel, Navid Negahban

Blue-Eyed Baby

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Chris Isaak, Helena Christensen, North Kansas City, Roy Orbison

Picnic for the Planet

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

Intercontinental Cuisine

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Parkville (Brooklyn), Jehad Saleh, Michelle Stoller, Mike Ning

Design and Wine

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day

Little Black Backpacks

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Raytown, Rick Green, Toni King, Don Bosco Center

Circus Twist

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Cedric Walker, Kemper Arena

Author ReShonda Tate Billingsley

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

Deadly Drawings

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Westport, Kansas City, Walter Elias Disney, Pennsylvania

Fractured Pastime

• by Richard Gintowt
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, AL Central, American League (MLB), Denny Matthews, Kansas City Royals

Easy Danger

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, David Loewenstein, Baltimore, Lawrence (New York)

Wilson

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 690

Happy-Hour Hit list

• by Annie Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Leawood, Annie Fischer

Jon Reep

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jon Reep, NBC Universal Inc., ABC Inc., Last Comic Standing

Drama Fest

• by Alan Scherstuhl
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Crown Center, Heidi Van, Kyle Hatley, Mahatma Gandhi

Musical Comedy

• by Peter Rugg
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Adam Sandler, Bob Barker, Shawnee, Happy Gilmore

Empowering Skill

• by Carolyn Szczepanski
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Penn Valley Community College, Westport High School

KC Explorers v. Washington Kastles

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

SPACE ODDITY

• by Brent Shepherd
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Bruce Dern, Pixar Animation Studios, WALL-E, Freeman Lowell

Activist Art

• by Annie Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Fazal Sheikh, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, The MacArthur Foundation

Watching the Royals is like reliving the presidency of George W. Bush

• by David Martin
• Tags: Martin, Columns, AL Central Division, American League (Baseball), Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

Letters from the week of
July 16

• Tags: Letters, Letters To The Editor, Kansas City, Quentin Carter, Berry Anderson, Peter Rugg

Is there such thing as a Mexican Uncle Tom?

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Gustavo Arellano, Carlos Mencia, Mark Sanchez, AFC East Division