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We were standing in line at Chipotle when we saw him. One of those over-the-top Kanye West kind of guys when it comes to fashion. There was nothing wrong with him. It’s just he was so flashy — shiny leather coat, tight colorful jeans — it was a little costume looking. And people noticed.
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TONIGHT For whatever reason, this year’s anniversary of the killing of President John F. Kennedy seems to be sparking more than the usual cultural interest. History Channel had a two-hour special in October, and tonight Discovery offers two new hours: “Did the Mob Kill JFK?” makes that case at 7 p.m., while “JFK: The Ruby Connection” at 8 p.m. takes a more skeptical view of theories linking Jack Ruby to Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Three days after he was presented with the Left Field trophy at the MTVU Woodie Awards in New York City, Tech N9ne showcased his left-of-center world view at the Independence Events Center. The music network acknowledgement suits the Kansas City-based star. His innovative music blurs the line between hip-hop and rock. His complex persona is equal parts tortured artist and boorish hooligan. The award also serves as a reminder that while Tech N9ne is a local hero, he is also a player on the international scene.
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One of the many shocks in “The Road,” the screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, comes when actor Viggo Mortensen pulls off his tattered, grimy clothing to luxuriate in a waterfall. The hunky star who played Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” movies now looks emaciated.
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In the space of 90 minutes Saturday night, Roger Rees took an enthusiastic audience at the Folly Theater through a few hundred years of great literature and pungent theater history in his splendid one-man show, “What You Will.” Rees, a Welsh-born veteran stage and screen actor, would be the ideal guy to convince high-school kids that Shakespeare is anything but boring. His performances of material from “Hamlet,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Henry V,” among others, were often riveting. But his anecdotes, collected from wildly disparate sources, really drove the show.
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Topical, intelligent and good-looking, the 2009 Charlotte Street Foundation Awards exhibition is one of the best in the program’s history. The featured artists — Jaimie Warren, Dylan Mortimer and Andrzej Zielinski — are young, but they have blown past the “emerging” label. All three have actively exhibited in Kansas City and already have received exposure in New York.
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We get few books about the living jazz artists. Fortunately, Pat Metheny, a hometown hero who has found a market for his music around the world, has inspired a good new book.
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