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KC: Big Small Town
Though it’s a city of nearly 2 million people, the metro can feel a lot like Mayberry.
By Jen Chen
Published: September 25, 2008
One Saturday evening early in the summer, 32-year-old Rachel Cahill went to Kauffman Stadium to see the Royals take on the Indians. Cahill went to the game with Amy Laws, one...
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One of Us
By Crystal K. Wiebe
Published: September 25, 2008
What's creepier than any CGI-packed modern-day horror flick? The 1932 cult classic Freaks. Director Tod Browning didn't have to rely on special effects to depict his...
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Profane Gentlemen
By Richard Gintowt
Published: September 25, 2008
Ever since George Carlin came around, it's been hard to sell vulgarity as the main attraction in the world of stand-up comedy. The trick is to be X-rated and funny, and in that...
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Maker's Mark Bourbon House and Lounge
By Berry Anderson
Published: September 25, 2008
(1333 Walnut, 816-442-8115). In 1958, a bottle of the Kentucky whiskey was only $7. On Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close, singles cost $6. Domestic bottles are $3,...
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McFadden's Sports Saloon
By Berry Anderson
Published: September 25, 2008
(1330 Grand, 816-471-1330). Why drink bottles when you can have pitchers? All day, pitchers of domestic beer cost $12; premium goes for $14, and imports are $16. ...
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James and the GiantMicrofiche
By Flannery Cashill
Published: September 25, 2008
There's a lot you don't know about Roald Dahl, author of subversive children's classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG. For instance, Dahl also wrote...
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International Sprockets
By Alan Scherstuhl
Published: September 25, 2008
Just because you can catch it in Kansas, don't assume that this year's Manhattan Film Festival has anything to do with the Flint Hills and Fort Riley. The name refers to that...
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Register to Vote
By Peter Rugg
Published: September 25, 2008
At press time, polls showed John McCain winning Missouri easily in this year's election. It's not even close. Depending on which experts you rely on, he'll cut Obama down by as...
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STL Rockers
By Annie Zaleski
Published: September 25, 2008
Quirky St. Louis quartet So Many Dynamos is always on tour with somebody, whether it's a Nintendo-core outfit such as Horse the Band or a group that's a bit more up its...
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Rap and Rags
By Nadia Pflaum
Published: September 25, 2008
Fashion Bug as an outlet for forward-thinking style? Bite your tongue! The Third Annual Fashion Show may change your mind about the discount strip-mall clothing emporium:...
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Good Books
By Sammy Loren
Published: September 25, 2008
Historically, the Sunflower State has been more likely to ban books than to celebrate challenging literature. In the early 1990s, the Olathe School Board attempted to dustbin...
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Sisters in the Voting Booth
By Andrew Miller
Published: September 25, 2008
Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders details the astonishing struggles of female civil rights crusaders who, to use a Fannie Lou Hamer quote, were "sick and tired of being sick...
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Beertober
By Ben Paynter
Published: September 25, 2008
This weekend, the usual "Chug! Chug!" anthems of downtown partiers should give way to something more refined. At first, anyway. That's because two big beer festivals will hit...
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The Absurdity of Being Jim
By Chris Packham
Published: September 25, 2008
Jim Gaffigan is a stand-up comic known, to the extent that he is known, as a talent defined and enabled by self-imposed constraints: a gentle approach and language that barely...
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Hoof It
By Lorna Perry
Published: September 25, 2008
Back in the good old days, our nation's food supply came from small family-owned farms. Today, factory farming and the meat industry resemble a science-fiction novel in which...
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Political Muse
By McKay Stangler
Published: September 25, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has inspired legions of young supporters, instigated stadiumwide chants of "Yes, we can," and, perhaps most curiously, become a...
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Counting Crows & Maroon 5
Published: September 25, 2008
Early in 1993, Counting Crows recorded their debut album, August and Everything After, with T-Bone Burnett; it was released in the fall. The up-tempo song released on the...
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USFL Vets Clash
By David Martin
Published: September 25, 2008
The architects of the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers used to work in a business that Donald Trump once had in his hands. In 1984 and 1985, Chiefs General...
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Two factions wage a pricey war for control of the Horace Mann building
By David Martin
Published: September 25, 2008
The Ivanhoe neighborhood, on Kansas City's east side, covers a lot of ground but contains a small amount of wealth. Vacant land and empty buildings abound. At a city-sponsored...
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Just Us Folk$
Plenty of John McCain’s real Americans are right here in Kansas City.
Published: September 25, 2008
Republicans are playing up Sarah Palin's moose-huntin', churchgoin', baby-makin' ways. Tennessee congresswoman Marsha Blackburn declared Palin "a voice that spoke with the...
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