Subject: Ginger Rogers

• Fancy Steppin'

  March 5, 2009

• I'm No Business Writer, But I Loves Me Some Pancakes

  July 17, 2007

• Best Food that Tastes Just Like Mom's

  October 18, 2001

• Buddy, can you spare a meal?

  Flickr: Don Iannone During that other Great Depression, the movies tried to cheer up the masses of unemployed, fearful and poor with cheery musicals! That snappy little dancer from Independence, Missouri, Miss Ginger Rogers, sang "We're in the Money," in Pig Latin no less -- E'reway inway ethay Oneymay -- in The Gold Diggers of 1933. I actually prefer the Merrie Melodies version of the song. There are plenty of people who are not, I'm sad to say, E'reway inway ethay Oneymay. And Hollywood

  March 10, 2009

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

  March 19, 2009

• Dancing Forever

  May 29, 2008

• Poetry and Puncture Wounds

  September 21, 2006

• Strictly Basement

  Two filmmakers shine a lens – and lay down some serious cash – on Kansas City's homegrown moves.

  December 18, 2003

• Meals on Heels

  The weird Eating Raoul serves a tasty treat.

  July 11, 2002

• Dames People Play

  The American Heartland's Dames at Sea manages to stay afloat.

  April 11, 2002

• The Peacemakers

  Like thousands of others, these Kansas City men refused to fight in World War II.

  February 28, 2002

• The Songs Remain the Same

  Oscar Sings the blues at Quality Hill Playhouse.

  April 5, 2001

• Sullivan's Travels

  KT Sullivan returns to Kansas City -- and brings the Ladies of the Silver Screen with her.

  January 25, 2001

• Radio Days

  American Heartland Theatre tunes in to the 1940s.

  November 16, 2000

• This week's "Best of Fat City" deserves a big fat tip

    Doesn't anyone leave cash anymore?​Well, who doesn't deserve a gratuity every once in awhile? The question is -- how much? Jonathan Bender's post titled Reconsidering the 15 Percent Tip drew a lot of comments this week. Whether you are a big tipper or a stingy one, it's a good read! In order to answer a reader's plea to find a local restaurant where she could have a romantic dinner and dance a little, we requested tips from the Fat City community and found that pickings were slim

  September 11, 2009