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Trail Nuts
Regular folks run hundreds of miles through mud and mayhem to call themselves Kansas City Trail Nerds.
By Carolyn Szczepanski
Published: September 11, 2008
Yellow "Race Event" signs pockmark the ground at Wyandotte County Lake Park, a 1,500-acre expanse just a few minutes from The Legends megamall. The parking lot steadily...
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Crosstown Station
By Berry Anderson
Published: September 11, 2008
(1522 McGee, 816-471-1522). Exercise caution from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. when Boulevard Wheat draws are $2 and Jäger and Tuaca bombs are only $3.50. ...
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Grinders
By Berry Anderson
Published: September 11, 2008
(417 East 18th Street, 816-472-5454). Hot beer prices and cool patio weather go together like steak and Cheez Whiz down on 18th Street. Enjoy alone or share a domestic bucket...
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Nara
By Berry Anderson
Published: September 11, 2008
(1617 Main, 816-221-6272). Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. In the Crossroads, Nara is the capital of trendiness. Soak it up from 3 to 7 p.m. with martinis, Kirin...
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The Man On the Screen
By McKay Stangler
Published: September 11, 2008
OK, so maybe Pulitzer winner and renowned author Philip Roth won't be personally stopping by Fairway anytime soon — the notoriously grumpy author doesn't often stray far...
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A Woven Tale
By Penny LaRocque
Published: September 11, 2008
Billy Hayes was a 23-year-old American sentenced to five hellish years in a Turkish prison for trying to leave the country with two kilos of hash. In 1978, the thriller...
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Down Under Rules
By S.T. Vockrodt
Published: September 11, 2008
When the Kansas City Chiefs' front office told fans this year would be a rebuilding season, the message sounded like: Take a year off from watching what looks to be a mostly...
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Mexican Freedom Party
By Carolyn Szczepanski
Published: September 11, 2008
On any other day of the year, KKHK 1250 (La Super X) and the local Univision affiliate compete for Latino consumers. But to celebrate Mexican Independence Day this weekend, the...
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Kansas City Reptile Show
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
Some people just don't respond to human-friendly sycophant pets like kittens and puppies, preferring instead the more inscrutable and emotionless companionship of reptiles....
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Bikers for Babies 2008 Kansas City Ride
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
Bikers are rebel outlaws who scoff at your precious rules. But once a year, they set aside their iconoclastic automotive contrarianism and rev their engines for the March of...
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Missouri Town 1855 Music Festical
Published: September 11, 2008
Missouri Town 1855 is a living museum, which means people dress up and pretend they live in a different century -- the perfect place for area Star Fleet crews to "beam down"...
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7th Annual Car Show & Expo
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
Savvy Church of the Resurrection uses its property at 136th Street and Roe by committing its parking lot today to the display of fancy, shiny cars at the 7th Annual...
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Tattoo Convention
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
Connoisseurs and owners of fine body art gather today at the Uptown Theater for the 2nd Annual Real Deal Tattoo Convention, a showcase of skulls, Tasmanian devils, dancing hula...
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Zona Rosa Arts Festival
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
The Zona Rosa art festival, today through Sunday, brings together over 100 artists in every conceivable medium, including painting, sculpture, airbrushed vans and bedazzled...
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Chris Botti
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
As part of the Kansas City Symphony's Pops series of crowd-pleasing performances, trumpeter Chris Botti joins the symphony tonight for a performance of contemporary jazz and...
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Brandon Brown and Judith Roitman
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
Poet and translator Brandon Brown combined with poet and Professor of mathematics Judith Roitman make a Tango and Cash odd-couple one-two punch tonight at the 6 Gallery, where...
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Stroud's South
By Charles Ferruzza
Published: September 11, 2008
Kansas City's most iconic fried chicken restaurant started out as a roadhouse at 85th and Troost. Its founder, Helen Stroud, called the place a "shack." After seven decades of...
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Les Miserables
By Chris Packham
Published: September 11, 2008
Until the 1980 French musical production of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, nobody had ever read or heard about it in the whole history of literature. And until its 1985 West End...
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Sculptor and printmaker John Newman
Published: September 11, 2008
The Cultural Surveillance series presents a slideshow and lecture by Kansas City printmaker and sculptor John Newman, artist-in-residence through September 18th at the Lawrence...
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Mutual Sustenance
By McKay Stangler
Published: September 11, 2008
It is no mistake that we use the term break bred to mean the ending of grievances. In an effort to quiet seemingly endless conflicts, local religious leaders are hosting From...
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