Pitch

At Charlie Parker Square, one cop's aggressive policing has some residents crying foul – and they're calling in his past for backup

• by Nadia Pflaum
• Tags: Feature, Editorial Feature, Kenisha Batton, Tim Griddine, Peggy Bazart, Rose Mitchell Ealy

Lords of Acid returns to the house that sleaze built

• by Berry Anderson
• Tags: Interview, Feature, Maurice Engelen, Asia (Band), Billboard.com, Bart Becks

A few of Kansas City's Best have SXSW's stamp of approval

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Interview, Feature

Mr. Marco's V7 blends fantasy and funk on its new album

• by Danny Alexander
• Tags: Bonus Tracks, Columns, Johnny Hamil, Mike Stover, Kent Burnham, Marco Pascolini

Clay Hughes & the What?

The Wrong Side of Crazy
(Sharp County Records)

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Review

Merle Haggard

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Kansas City, Merle Haggard, Frank Hicks, Genova

Ty Segall

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Ty Segall, Jay Reatard, Memphis

Middle Brother

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview

Sugar & Gold

• by Elke Mermis
• Tags: Critics' Choices, Show Preview, Ke$ha, Max Justus, Montreal, San Francisco

The Rieger's got serious game

• by Charles Ferruzza
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dining Review, Jacob Rieger, Ryan Maybee, Howard Hanna, Rieger Hotel, Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange

The Tempest

• by Ernest Hardy
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, Julie Taymor, William Shakespeare

The Concert

• by Melissa Anderson
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Paris, Andrei Filipov, Theatre du Chatelet, Anne-Marie Jacquet

White Material

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Isabelle Huppert, Claire Denis, Isaach De Bankole

Battle: Los Angeles

• by Nick Schager
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Aaron Eckhart, John Wayne, Los Angeles, Jonathan Liebesman

Red Riding Hood

• by Karina Longworth
• Tags: Film, Film Review, Catherine Hardwicke, Shiloh Fernandez, Amanda Seyfried, Max Irons

Two Jews makes nice, Fully Committed books, and Love Song syncopates

• by Grace Suh
• Tags: Stage, Stage, Seth Rozin, Robert Elliott, Afghanistan, Kabul

Snake Saturday in North Kansas City

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 2404

Illusions of Gothica

• by Angela Lutz
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Dan Sperry, David Copperfield, Las Vegas, Lisbeth Salander

Convene for Green

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, Richard Mabion, Kansas, Silence Conference

The 9th Annual Elders Hoolie

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Kansas City, O'Riada School of Irish Dance

Ghost of a Dance

• by Robert Folsom
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Poor Giselle, Adolphe Adam, Kansas City, Kansas City Ballet

Variations on a Theme

• by Brent Shepherd
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Alfonso Cuaron, Clive Owen, Francis Lawrence, George Miller

Belt It

• by Grace Suh
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jared Hill, Kansas City, Katie Karel, Molly Denninghoff

The Piano Lesson

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, 275

All Growed Up

• by Robert Folsom
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Janis Ian, Carlsen Center, Grammy Awards, Johnson County Community College

Roadtrip

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Jim Gubar, Avila University

Without a Name

• by Brent Shepherd
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Mexico, North America, Cary Fukunaga, Kansas City

Reverse Happy Hour at Nara

• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Miller Lite

Calculated Losses

• by Crystal K. Wiebe
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Owen Hart, Sprint Center

Happily Never After

• by Grace Suh
• Tags: Night & Day, Night & Day, Anne Sexton, Conrad Susa, Linda Ade Brand

Demographic realities trump legal systems

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican®, Columns, Mexico, North America, International Court of Justice, Texas