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   The War on La Familia

   Familia Loca wanted revenge on a rival KCK gang. Instead, they spilled the blood of a 2-year-old girl.

   By Carolyn Szczepanski

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Before the night of April 3, 2007, Fernando Guzman and Ramona Moreno were unfamiliar with the sound of gunfire. At first, they thought they had heard an explosion. The young...

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   Sequential Art Au Gratis

   By Caleb Goellner

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Rising fuel prices, home foreclosures, an obsessive and irrational desire to buy new sneakers — there are a lot of reasons that free is a $10 word these days. Luckily for...

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   Lawrence Parallax

   By Lisa Horn

   Published: May 1, 2008

   In Brian Stuparyk's eyes, there's something not quite right about Lawrence. The artist takes his hunch to the next level in It Happened in Lawrence, Kansas, a silk-screen print...

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   Party Like a Pole

   By Peter Rugg

   Published: May 1, 2008

   People always make a big deal out of St. Patrick's Day, but really, how special is it? It's not hard to find a celebration of Irish culture anytime of year — listen to...

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   Get Organized

   By Lorna Perry

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Make sure your bed isn't facing the wrong direction or a wastebasket isn't sitting in your wealth corner today when the KC Metro Chapter of the International Feng Shui Guild...

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   The Thief of smooches

   By Andrew Miller

   Published: May 1, 2008

   In 1934, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (precursor to the Motion Picture Association of America) started enforcing censorship guidelines proposed by...

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   Wild Walk

   By Jason Harper

   Published: May 1, 2008

   At the South by Southwest festival this past March, keynote speaker Lou Reed declared, "I have a B.A. in dope but a Ph.D. in soul." Kansas City actor David Wayne Reed has a...

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   Funny Fridays Improv Show

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Kansas City-based improv comedy troupe the Improvabilities performs tonight in the Hollywood Room. Fri., May 2, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m., 2008

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   Dave Ramsey: Business Coach, LIVE

   Published: May 1, 2008

   Nationally syndicated radio talk show host and New York Times best-selling author, Dave Ramsey, offers tips to business owners. Fri., May 2, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 2008

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    Laugh it Up

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: May 1, 2008

    This weekend, funny gal Caroline Rhea cracks up Stanford and Sons Comedy Club (1867 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas). No, Rhea's not the mom from Beetlejuice,...

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    Kansas City Royals v. Baltimore

    By Eric Barton

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Used to be that Sluggerrr had the only raging mullet in Kauffman Stadium’s home dugout. But there’s a new man in town with business in the front and party in the...

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    Year of the Mullet

    By Eric Barton

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Used to be that Sluggerrr had the only raging mullet in Kauffman Stadium's home dugout. But there's a new man in town with business in the front and party in the back. Manager...

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    World Premiere: John Brown

    Published: May 1, 2008

    In 1854 Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act which provided that the question of slavery in those territories was to be decided by their residents. This precipitated a...

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    She (Is Not A) Devil

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: May 1, 2008

    It ain’t easy being green. Just ask the most infamous inhabitant of the Land of Oz – Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West. The misunderstood sorceress gets some...

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    The West Bottoms A-V Club

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Movie Nite at the Pistol Social Club (1219 Union, 816-509-3699) differs from comparably named attractions at area bars in several ways: Most crucially, no films will be shown....

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    Adventures in the Polar North

    By Chris Packham

    Published: May 1, 2008

    The Northwest Passage! Lo, how she beckoned to men stout of heart and steely-willed, an icy temptress who no man might tame. To venture into those Arctic climes was to sound...

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    Food Fight (Not)

    By — Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Anyone scared off by the idea of experimental film should consider just how bizarre the nonexperimental has become. Imagine Edison being lugged to Iron Man and expected to make...

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    public art business

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Without singling out any specific public art for mockery — because that would be mean — Kansas City does boast a few, um, unevenly executed public murals. So it...

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    Developing Artists

    By — Chris Packham

    Published: May 1, 2008

    Life at Three Feet is an exhibit of photos by very young photographers. "The idea behind it was that kids are always at First Friday exhibits, running back and forth through...

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    Brookside Art Annual

    Published: May 1, 2008

    More than 80,000 visitors are expected for the annual art show and sale in Brookside. Most artists’ booths are set up under and around a series of large tents at 63rd...