Kansans looking for home state props during tomorrow's Tournament of Roses parade can thank Bayer CropScience, a massive ag science company, for once again reminding millions of viewers worldwide that Kansas will never, ever be rid of The Wizard of Oz. Bayer CropScience, which is part of the Bayer global health, science and technology conglomerate, has a Manufacturing, Research and Development plant on Hawthorne Road in Kansas City, Missouri, and a Research and Development facility in Stilwell,
Each Thursday, your
Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering
crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea
markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.
Weep No More, My Lady
Author:
W.E. Debnam
Publisher:
The Graphic Press, Raleigh, North Carolina
Date:
1950
Discovered at:
Charity Thrift Mart on Noland Road in Independence
The Cover Promises: A chivalrous Southern gentleman considers Eleanor Roosevelt's remarks concerning "poverty
Forester MichaelValery Price and Nathan Granner know what love is.
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The concept is simple and kind of genius: get male-female duets to sing songs about love the day after Valentine's Day. Devised by a guy named Richard Alwyn in North Carolina ten years ago, the Love Hangover took place yesterday in only four cities nationwide: Ann Arbor, Brooklyn, Raleigh and Kansas City. Why so few? Perhaps its because few places have singer-songwriter-organizers as enterprising a
Autumn De Wilde
It's your lucky day, kids of artistic breed!
In a rather unorthodox but totally cool pairing, Raleigh, NC band Annuals is giving away tickets to their shows, along with a "gift from" a museum near you.
Between now and Monday, March 2, when the band plays the Record Bar, you can register to win two tickets to the show plus a gift certificate to use at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art gift shop. (Museum admission is free.)
Enter the contest at the Annuals site.
And whet
