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DO THIS! A Guide to the Weekend
April 13, 2007Weekend Events Roundup, by An Adorable Kitten
September 20, 2007Tipped Off and Other Server Stories
July 17, 2008TIF Commission meeting raises question of Internet access for public library patrons
February 17, 2000Batter patter from the pancake guy
I'll be honest here. Even though I've flipped more than my share of flapjacks and served many hot stacks o' pancakes over the decades (I've worked for no less than three pancake operations over the years, although one of those chains specialized exclusively in crepes, not that I want to flip out over little details), I had never heard of author Ken Albala until I read Owen Morris' delicious Fat City post about yesterday's lecture at the downtown branch of the Kansas City Public Lib
January 8, 2009KC's library is the sixth strangest building in the world?
Photos by Justin KendallI'm pretty sure Justin Moss has never seen the Kansas City Public Library (pictured above) in person. Moss compiled a list of "The 15 Strangest Buildings of the World" and named KC's library the world's sixth strangest. Actually, the building he's thinking of is across the street. Uh, Justin. That's the parking garage.
February 17, 2009The Give-a-Shit List
This week: a female-centric filmfest for those with short attention spans, taking it to the pews and then parading through the streets for HIV awareness y taco baratos para ayudar a los equipos de Guadalupe Center.
March 2, 2009The Give-a-Shit List
This week: Get your idle kids involved in something worthwhile during spring break, lend a hand along the Big Muddy, see for yourself why Kansas City's community centers are worth the expense and, please, for the love of God, Kansas residents take a quick trip over to Topeka and tell your legislators face-to-face that the coal battle has been lost and it's far past time to move on.
March 16, 2009Culinary secrets from Raytown
The first Saturday of every month, the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library set up several tables at the City Market and sell used books. Fiction, Non-Fiction, CDs, and cookbooks. I found a couple of interesting treasures at yesterday's sale, including a battered copy Favorite Breads from Rose Lane Farm (1960, Hearthside Press) which has dozens of recipes for vintage breads that are rarely available in bakeries or restaurants (Sally Lunn, Polish Babka, Election Day Cake and Marshm
April 5, 2009Crimes of the Heart
January 29, 2009Best Public Bathroom 2008
January 1, 2009He Oozed Charisma
November 20, 2008Judging Covers
November 13, 2008Sculptor and printmaker John Newman
September 11, 2008Rebel Humor
August 21, 2008Nice Guys of history
July 10, 2008Actus Reus
July 10, 2008You've been served
July 10, 2008Say Cheese
July 3, 2008Brothers in Form
July 3, 2008Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life
April 17, 2008Nathan Englander
March 27, 2008Jess Walter
February 21, 2008Cinematic Stereoscopy
October 25, 2007Summer Movies
June 4, 2009Book It
Libations at the library make us wish for love in the stacks.
May 12, 2005Back in the Day
Remembering when Kansas City was cool.
July 29, 2004Soooo Gay
A Family Affair is a girl-meets-girl romance.
August 7, 2003The Give a Shit List
Lilly LedbetterThis week: Let Missouri legislators know you won't stand for a lower minimum wage and half-ass sex education; help the local women's political caucus by shelling out a few bucks to be inspired by an equal rights' activist every woman should thank; and celebrate May Day with area workers who want justice for everyone who puts in a hard day's work on American soil.
April 27, 2009Social Alarm
May 21, 2009Local Growth
June 18, 2009Reporter's Notebook: If you want your Street Lit tell Mid-Continent
Quentin Carter, the subject of this week's feature, "Story of My Life," has made a name writing gritty tales about Kansas City informed by his own youth as a drug dealer. He's not alone either -- the rising tide of the street-lit genre is responsible for big sales and lots of demand at the Kansas City Public Library. But despite the genre's popularity, Mid-Continent Public Library is still trying to decide whether to carry the books. "What I'm going through mentally is when you have a limi
June 19, 2009Friday 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. Lawrence's Be Moved Studio (above Liberty Hall at 2 E. 7th St.) presents "Antheros: An Evening of Haptic Awakening" on Friday night. Jenny Cook, Natalie Ann Dye, Jenny Hoyt, and Anne Katherine Bruce present the viewer with art and dance that explore touch and movement. Alice Streurwald will lead a community ritual honoring the summer solsti
June 19, 2009No Commercials
July 3, 2008Your Free (Discussion of) Lunch
You'll find countless deals around town as people clamor for cheap eats in today's economy, but where's the nourishment for your soul? Get some free food for thought this Sunday, July 19, at the Central branch of the Kansas City Public Library (14 W. 10th Street) when Pitch restaurant critic Charles Ferruzza leads a discussion on "Dining in Kansas City: From the Depression to the Recession." His talk covers the development of Kansas City's restaurant scene during the Great Depression in the 193
July 17, 2009A buffet is not always a buffet
Kansas City still holds many mysteries to me. Like the venerable downtown saloon, The Quaff Buffet, right, at 1010 Broadway. The current owners have operated the Quaff since 1954, but the bar didn't actually start serving food until the early 1990s. So where did the buffet in the title come from? Well, I think I may have one answer. While doing some research through the City Directories for a program I gave at the Kansas City Public Library last week, I found out that in the years dur
July 23, 2009File it under 'I' for ice cream
Bookworms unite! A new Facebook group "People for a library-themed Ben & Jerry's flavor!" boasts more than 6,400 members. Among those who want to see book-inspired ice cream flavors, the top entries so far are the "Gooey Decimal System" (dark fudge alphabet letters with caramel swirls in hazelnut ice cream), "In the Stacks" (butter pecan with fudge swirl), and "Library Loan Shark" (butter rum with little butter-flavored sharks). The New Yorker has come up with several flavors to add to th
August 6, 2009The Top Ten Cafes to write a Novel
A table for writing at Brookside's Aixois; it's not a literary Mecca like La Coupole in Paris ... yet Ernest Hemingway ate here. In Kansas City, that is. Yes, he lived here and he liked the food. A 1923 short story by Hemingway features a description of a meal of sea slugs he polished off in a Kansas City Chinese restaurant. There may be a culinary theme: In 1937, when that other great 20th-century novelist Sinclair Lewis was traveling through the Midwest on a lec
August 12, 2009Be Thankful
August 20, 2009MARXISTS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
September 10, 2009Road Ways
September 10, 2009DISCREET CHARMS, OBSCURE DESIRES
September 10, 2009Night Lines
September 17, 2009Goldman Talk
October 1, 2009BOY IN THE DARK
October 8, 2009Pay off your library fines ... with food
Use peanut butter to pay off your library fines If you owe the Kansas City Public Library a little dough -- you know, as in overdue fines -- you have until Sunday, October 18, to pay off that lingering debt and relieve your guilt by doing something good for the community. This is Food for Fines Week at all the library branches. Library patrons who haven't paid overdue book fines are encouraged to being in "undamaged and unexpired boxed or canned non-perishabl
October 14, 2009This week's Pitch and 5 things we learned this week
Pitch writer Carolyn Szczepanski traveled every inch of 63rd Street to tell the stories of the people and businesses on the historic stretch. Also in this week's issue, Martin examined the claims that Kansas City needs another hotel to capture convention business. Harper gave the new Flaming Lips disc a spin. Ferruzza tasted Ra Sushi. And Scott Wilson tries to help us understand Lester Goldman's Flights of Fancy Fulfilled at the Kansas City Public Library's Central branch.On the Plog, we lear
October 16, 2009What to watch -- and what not to watch -- for Halloween
Alison Lohman in Drag Me to HellWhen the last pinky-sized 100 Grand bar is gone and the porch light goes out, how will you reckon with the waning hours of October 31? With an extra hour available, thanks to the end of daylight-saving time, there's no going wrong with the shut-in creepfest double feature. But what to watch?Our sister paper the San Francisco Weekly offers critic Brian Miller's handy guide, which rightly positions Onion AV Club and Kansas City Public Library favorite They Live n
October 29, 2009
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