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Show-and-tell takes me back. In fourth grade, this kid named Ryan Carroll brought in a hyper-inflated pig bladder, spray-painted gold. An odd-looking thing for sure. That was the “show” part. But then he “told” us that people used to carry these bladders around before latex balloons! Kansas City, it’s your turn to one-up the pig bladder. Tonight from 8 to 10 (with sign-up starting at 7:30), the Fishtank Theater (1715 Wyandotte) is putting on the first-ever citywide show-and-tell. Haul your old sentimental junk out of the closet and tell us all about it. This is one of those ideas that’s so great, it’s hard to believe someone didn’t think of it already. So if you’re tired of telling the same stories about the same crap to the same people, this is your chance to reach a new audience. But do us a favor and leave the blowup doll you used to “date” in high school at home. That thing is nasty.

Wed., Sept. 30, 8-10 p.m., 2009