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Alexander Austin climbed his way up from the streets and onto Kansas City’s biggest canvas
By Carolyn Szczepanski
Published: June 26, 2008
It's a warm, breezy May afternoon, and Alexander Austin is wearing a worn, leather cowboy hat while lingering in the lot on the south end of the Power & Light District. His...
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Free Movies
By McKay Stangler
Published: June 26, 2008
Pay no heed to those chlorine-crazed aquaphiles who insist that the best way to beat the heat is to fight the crowd and the blazing sun at your local swimming pool. And forget...
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Packin' Heat
By Chris Packham
Published: June 26, 2008
So you've decided to get a concealed-carry permit. Good for you! Hey, cowboy, hold on — don't stuff your gun down the front of your pants. Didn't your mother teach you...
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Irish Rules
By Chris Rasmussen
Published: June 26, 2008
Sometimes a sport comes along that is so intriguing, it demands attention — but is too obscure to warrant space on cable TV. Gaelic football is soccer for players who...
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Single On the Sea
By Andrew Miller
Published: June 26, 2008
Technically, Marilyn Monroe isn't the star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jane Russell's character, Dorothy Shaw, delivers the movie's wittiest line, and the dramatic arc stays...
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Responsible Fuel
By Richard Gintowt
Published: June 26, 2008
There's no shortage of biodiesel-curious motorists in Lawrence, but until four months ago, the nearest pump was in Topeka. The February opening of Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels...
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Buckley Remembered
By Andrew Miller
Published: June 26, 2008
Jeff Buckley's intimate reading of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" ranks among music history's most fascinating examples of posthumous popularity. Thanks to the song's ubiquitous...
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WWWD
By Richard Gintowt
Published: June 26, 2008
In recent years, protest singers have become more synonymous with Rage Against the Machine and Green Day than Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan (who never owned up to the title...
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Stones at Night
By Carolyn Szczepanski
Published: June 26, 2008
The regal stone sculptures that have taken up residence at Powell Gardens soar as high as 11 feet tall and weigh as much as 5,000 pounds. But the sturdy art that makes up...
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Lincoln: The Constitution & The Civil War
Published: June 26, 2008
Neither a traditional biography of Lincoln nor a conventional exhibit on the Civil War, Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War explores how Lincoln met the enormous...
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Sordid Lives
Published: June 26, 2008
Sordid Lives tells the story of Texas' trashiest family. Peg, the matriarch, has just died after a tragic accent during a romantic rendezvous with GW, the husband of her...
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The Day of the Kiln God
Published: June 26, 2008
KC CLAY GUILD provides the clay, the instruction and the soft drinks, YOU provide the talent and imagination. Sat., June 28, 4 p.m., 2008
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Fred Astaire Film Festival
Published: June 26, 2008
Monday night film series, featuring movies starring Fred Astaire. Schedule as follows: June 2 - Top Hat June 9 - You Were Never Lovelier June 16 - Let's Dance June 23 - The...
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Surface Changes: Textiles
Published: June 26, 2008
Ada Niedenthal's art is a response to the ideas, events, images and people that show up in life - what she sees, what she hears and what she reads. Her creations from the past...
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Irish Longevity
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: June 26, 2008
Browne's Irish Market at 3300 Pennsylvania is calling today's event its 121st Anniversary Street Fair, but when the Browne clan -— owners of Kansas City's oldest...
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Kansas City for Chefs Classic
Published: June 26, 2008
A gourmet gala to benefit Harvesters: Accomplished chefs will join with some of Kansas City's top chefs to offer a collection of mouthwatering dishes and carefully selected...
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Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
Published: June 26, 2008
Experience the drama of Shakespeare favorite Othello in the majestic surroundings of Southmoreland Park. Tuesdays-Sundays, 8 p.m. Starts: June 17. Continues through...
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WWWD
By Richard Gintowt
Published: June 26, 2008
In recent years, protest singers have become more synonymous with Rage Against the Machine and Green Day than Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan (who never owned up to the title...
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Rocker Grrls
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: June 26, 2008
For everyone who digs Morrissey's sensitivity but wishes he had a little more sex appeal: Meet Nina Diaz. Occasionally referred to as the "female Morrissey," this sparkplug of...
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I kissed thee ere I killed thee
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: June 26, 2008
All summer long at Westmoreland Park, noble Othello keeps finding his life so bollocksed up that, rather than ask his wife, Desdemona, how her hanky got where it shouldn't have...
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