Feature: “The Underdogs ofSoutheast,” December 6 Fact Check Peter Rugg’s article refers to Southeast High School as a “charter” school. Charter schools in Missouri must have an approved charter document approved by a sponsoring institution and participate in a subsequent review by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education/State Board of Education to ensure compliance with the charter school law….
Dear Mexican: I teach in Spanish and English to migrant students (young adults, mostly) who are getting ready to take the GED. We were talking about the concept of fairies the other day — or rather, I was, because my Mexican/Dominican/Guatemalan/Ecuadorian students had never heard about the concept before. In Northern European folklore, there are small magical folk who might…
Bear with me a moment as I resuscitate an old horse for one more round of flogging. Mired somewhere between tradition and bad habit, annual productions of The Nutcracker or A Christmas Carol are, unless you’re 5 years old, not so much artistic events as they are seasonal rituals. For audiences, they’re a drag-the-family obligation. For theaters, they’re a…
It didn’t take long for Entertainment Concept Investors, the Cordish Company’s restaurant and club division, to lure at least one high-profile chef from a competing downtown venue. Marshall Roth, the former executive chef for the two restaurants in the Hotel Phillips — 12 Baltimore and the Phillips Chophouse — turned in his white jacket at the hotel shortly before Thanksgiving…
Many DJs wish they had as much creative freedom as DJ Cyan, who spins at Karma every Monday night. She has so much freedom that the bartenders allow her to play avant-garde films on the screens around the bar. Underground and lesser-known jazz, blues, punk and foreign artists are in heavy rotation in her eclectic repertoire, and she says that…
Beverly Hills 90210: The Third Season (Paramount) Big Love: The Complete Second Season (HBO) Born Killers (Lionsgate) The Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series Collector’s Edition (A&E) The Conscientious Objector (Cinequest) Dave Attell: Captain Miserable (HBO) Dirt: The Complete First Season (Buena Vista) Flight 29 Down: Volume Three (Discovery Kids) Frasier: The Tenth Season (Paramount) Harry Potter and the Order…
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By CRYSTAL K. WIEBE Updated with photos by Scott Spychalski. Although packed shows at the Record Bar tend to be uncomfortable, I was super glad that a big crowd turned out for VHS or Beta. I’ve been into the Louisville, Kentucky, hipsters since 2004, when I interviewed them in Omaha for CreemMagazine.com. The profile seems to have disappeared…
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By CHARLES FERRUZZA The holidays can be stressful enough without having to think of what to buy Aunt Millie for Christmas (she didn’t seem to care for the inflatable “hemorrhoid relief” pillow that you so thoughtfully purchased for her last year) or what to do if Cousin Marvin’s name comes up in the family gift exchange again this year –…
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By ANDY VIHSTADT Stephen Malkmus, at left Gold Soundz Along with the deluxe version of Pavement’s Brighten the Corners, Stephen Malkmus will be issuing solo LP4 in 2008. You Ain’t No Picasso’s has more info and a live version of the title-track from the forthcoming Real Emotional Trash, due March 4 on Matador Records. Get it here. (link) Dan Bejar…
By SCOTT SPYCHALSKI The Lemonheads, Sunday, December 9, at the Record Bar… More after the jump. Categories: Music
By DAVID MARTIN Fort Osage back in the day, above, and today, below. First the building was delayed. Now the audit is, too. The Fort Osage Education Center opened late and over budget. The sleek facility, a companion to the reconstructed garrison in Sibley, cost almost $5 million more than expected and missed the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s…
By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI Melvin Neufeld says joggers, as much as cars, are responsible for pollution. It’s about to get a lot harder for Western Kansas politicians to ignore the threats of global warming. After nearly a year of pussyfooting around controversial issues, the Kansas Energy Council, which advises the governor and legislature on energy issues, voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to…
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By CHRIS PACKHAM Amber Hathaway, age 15 There is nothing that says Christmas like A Christmas Carol, as written in the 1800s by Charles Dickens. This classic and timeless story of Ebenezer Scrooge is certainly a beloved holiday favorite. In the beginning, he is visited by the ghost of his dead friend, who tells him he is going to be…
Kansas City, Missouri, City Manager Wayne Cauthen has a reputation around City Hall as being a guy who isn’t at his desk much. The reason for that is found in his travel expenses, which detail his trips around the country and internationally, often several times a month. Cauthen spent $32,163 on 23 trips between January 1, 2006, and October…
%{}% By ERIC BARTON The Royals have decided to bring back the powder-blue duds of the Bo Jackson era. But instead of the full-on, baby blue jersey and pants of yesteryear, they’re going with a light-blue shirt and white pants. These new duds may make Mark Grudzielanek look like he’s headed to a Boca Raton early bird special. But there’s…
A friend’s participation in a music listserv led us to the discovery of these fantastic, rare photos of God, aka Peter Gabriel, performing in Kansas City at Memorial Hall on December 4, 1982. These photos, which were taken by our new hero, Hideo Jefferson, have a quality that’s eerily like the art for Gabe’s first three solo albums. St….
Beer tastings are an American stroke of culinary genius. Like wine tastings, they pivot on the fondness for a particular alcoholic beverage. Also like wine tastings, they have a social component that becomes heightened with each serving, as inhibitions lower. However, you can wear flip-flops and a T-shirt advertising free mustache rides to a beer tasting, and beer is not…
The term “assisted-living home” may conjure depressing images of elderly folks watching TV in drab surroundings. But Village Shalom in Overland Park gives its residents — and the public — something more stimulating to focus on: art. The Epsten Gallery, a project of the Kansas City Jewish Museum Foundation, is a contemporary gallery space housed on the Village Shalom…
Bob Zany made his first television appearance at the age of 15, on the old Gong Show. Though he got yanked before he could finish, he still looks back fondly on the experience. “I believe that you’re the sum of the whole,” he says. “Things happen to you that weren’t that positive at the time, but you grow as…
The 4th Annual Polar Bear Plunge will be held on February 2, 2008. Brave men and women throughout the KC Metro Area will don costumes and swimwear and take “polar” dips in Longview Lake. All proceeds from the event directly benefit more than 1,800 area Special Olympics athletes. Registration available online. Each Polar Bear must be at least 14 years…
