Subject: Boys & Girls Clubs of America

• Kansas City School District threatens to be part of a good thing

  I stopped by the Be 1! campaign kick-off event and fundraiser last night at Screenland. Normally when I hear "KC school district," I feel like a serrated knife is twisting in my skull. But not this time.

  January 16, 2009

• National Day of Service events in the KC area

  Today's the National Day of Service, designated by Congress in 1994 so that Americans do more to celebrate Martin Luther King Day than sit on the couch, scratch themselves and watch Oprah. It's not too late to volunteer. Check out these events:

  January 19, 2009

• A 120-year-old Warrensburg schoolhouse is still separate and not equal

  June 4, 2009

• The Download: New Strange Boys MP3

  In the Red Records' back catalogue is littered with artists like the Dirtbombs, Jay Reatard and the King Kong & BBQ Show, so it's no surprise that the label's latest act has a garage-rock feel to it. Hailing from Austin, the Strange Boys are gearing up for their debut LP, The Strange Boys and Girls Club, out March 3. Download a track below, thanks to the Walrus, and stream a few more at the band's MySpace page. MP3: The Strange Boys, "Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up," The Strange Boys and Girls C

  February 18, 2009

• Loog Job

  July 22, 2004

• More than 2,000 kids show up for Bright Future Employment Fair

  The kids get a really bad rap in the KCMO School District. You hardly hear a peep about them unless the TV news is covering their bad test scores or the times when a fight draws police to their campuses. So I was glad to see KMBC Channel 9's cameras, among others, filming as young people ages 15-22 came streaming through the doors of the convention center as early as six this morning to check out the fifth annual Bright Future Employment Fair. Six of the metro's school districts are on spr

  March 16, 2009

• Boys and girls in the 64130 are still waiting for their new club

  April 16, 2009

• Kansas City Power & Light is starting to act like a progressive utility company

  September 4, 2008

• And Missouri's Youth of the Year is...

  ...not Mikheala Hill, of the Boys & Girls Club's Wyandotte Unit. Mikheala, who beat out Rushad Hill and three others in the metro-wide competition -- detailed in this week's feature story -- is pictured here standing next to David Smith, president of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City. Mikheala did a fantastic job representing the metro, but Joshua Jones, from the Sportsman's Park Boys & Girls Club in St. Louis, was chosen to go on to compete in the Midwest Region's compe

  April 15, 2009

• Letters from the week
  of May 21

  May 21, 2009

• In Amato We Trust?

  July 19, 2007

• Girl on Film

  Filmmaker Lisa Marie Evans has recorded whats inside a transsexuals pants, but turning the camera on herself isnt so easy.

  January 18, 2007

• He ♥'s KC

  Mackenzie Thorpe's little cuties invade the Crossroads.

  October 26, 2006

• Ministers With Balls

  April 6, 2006

• Postcards from State Avenue

  September 1, 2005

• Workers, Unite!

  Got a job? Here's your parade.

  August 25, 2005

• Letters from the week of April 23

  April 23, 2009

• Pushing the Pushers

  The good news about a reclaimed gang-infested neighborhood may have been a bit premature.

  January 20, 2005

• Church Mice

  East 24th Street is lousy with churches and crime. But just try to get a minister to care.

  October 14, 2004

• Good Answer

  Sports fans test their knowledge.

  July 24, 2003

• Nace Baiting

  Wesley Fields has been anointed by lawyers and the black establishment, but if he wants Becky Nace's city council seat, he'll have to get past Mary Kelly.

  February 13, 2003

• Bases Covered

  Baseball revives in the city while pros try to kill it.

  July 4, 2002

• The Long Walk Home

  Twenty-five years ago this week, the Kansas City school district started making a $2 billion mistake-and blacks are still paying.

  May 23, 2002

• Mauro Majority

  A white power broker takes on the Black United Front.

  March 21, 2002

• Night & Day Events

  Week of March 1, 2001

  March 1, 2001

• Swimming with sharks

  Being a young African-American competitive swimmer or diver is like swimming in shark-infested waters. But three members of Central high school's swim team do it every day.

  February 17, 2000

• Letters from the week of April 30

  April 30, 2009

• Concert Review: Mika Miko, the Strange Boys

  BY IAN HRABE Upon entering the Jackpot to the tune of KC psych-garage punkers Wrong Crowd laying into Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," I had a feeling that maybe, just maybe, this show was going to be fucking awesome. Though their cover was pitch perfect, sadly, the rest of their songs were a pretty forgettable blend of noisy guitars and screaming female vocals. Ian HrabeBoo and Boo TooAfter Wrong Crowd, Boo and Boo Too played a set comprised exclusively of new stuff they've been road-tes

  June 26, 2009

• Sorry, you just missed the Taco Bell truck

  This city has a sad under-representation of taco trucks. We have a few, but not dozens like Los Angeles or San Francisco, where they supposedly drive around day and night delivering amazing tacos. But leave it to eagle-eyed friends of Fat City to spot the Taco Bell Truck at Starlight Theater during Monday night's No Doubt concert (which our sister Wayward Blog covered quite well).The Taco Bell Truck is slowly making its way across America, handing out tacos. This past Sunday and Monday it was in

  July 8, 2009

• Man shot outside Boys and Girls Clubs office; KC police seeking tips

  The condition of the man shot by two gunmen outside of a building at 6301 Rockhill Road yesterday afternoon has been upgraded to "serious but stable," Kansas City police spokesman Darin Snapp tells The Pitch. View Larger Map Two men shot the 30-year-old as he left the building, which houses "probation and parole offices, rehabilitation services and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City," according to a report in The Kansas City Star.The 30-year-old lost a lot of blood but was expec

  August 25, 2009

• MODEL PLAYERS

  October 8, 2009

• Friday Freebies

  And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em. ​If you've listened to KCUR for longer than an hour or two this past couple of weeks, then you've heard of the Shawnee Indian Mission's Fall Festival. This Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, the Mission will hold a free, family-friendly celebration of American Indian traditions and culture from 10am-5pm. A full line-up of activi

  October 9, 2009

• COMBAT by the numbers

  U.S. Department of JusticeThis is what $207 million in drug money looks like​Given that the campaign to renew the COMBAT tax is in full swing, we figured it was time to look at the numbers. Ready? Here's the breakdown of how $10,487,768 of your tax dollars -- 2009's COMBAT anti-drug tax fund -- was doled out among local agencies.(The agencies are categorized by the COMBAT goal they serve: Prevention, Treatment, D.A.R.E. and Law Enforcement. There's a 2009 grant match for which some agencies al

  October 28, 2009