PHOTO GALLERIES
Auto-tune a sound reason some songs are perfect
May 12, 9:36 AM
American Idol” had a Beatles week, a Mariah Carey week, even a Dolly Parton week. But if the show really wants to be “current,” as judge Simon Cowell is fond of saying, it should have an Auto-Tune week.
Robert Brassard is turning Shawnee Mission students into chefs
May 10, 8:36 AM
A high school teacher's recipe for sucess: Raw talent and lots of hard work. The yield: More than $1 million in scholarships.
Cutting-edge cuisine finds home in KC
Mar 21, 8:18 AMJenny Vergara recalls the day she stopped apologizing for Kansas City’s restaurant scene. The Lenexa blogger, who dishes about the local food scene at www.makingafoodie.com, was sipping cocktails with Marshall Roth on the patio of Le Fou Frog, the funky French bistro just east of the River Market.
The Star’s 29-Second Film Fest winners
Mar 2, 4:22 PM
For a first-time, online film festival we had many successes and a few growing pains. But tech hassles aside (how about that HDTV ad?), nearly 70 films managed to make it through the hoops and onto computer screens far and wide. Each was a 29-second, homemade achievement, and all had a certain added value as momentary entertainments.
Girl hockey players a passionate, small sisterhood in KC
Feb 9, 4:34 AM
Loud, giggly girls clomp around in their rented skates at a party at Ice Midwest. Someone’s celebrating a birthday, and the girls have come for a free skate.
For crying out loud, it's Santa!
Dec 23, 7:34 AM
Mom and Dad may not realize it right away, but that photo of their pride and joy trying to escape the fat guy in red by whatever means necessary? It’s destined to become a classic.
Kids admit to being naughty and nice this year
Dec 16, 9:08 AM
No kid wants to admit to the “naughty” label — not this time of year. Anyway, it’s such an up-or-down kind of question. Naughty or nice? What, no gray area?
Megan Birdsall finds her voice and sings again
Dec 13, 7:45 PM
Megan Birdsall has a cold. A knit cap covers her straight blondish-red hair. She’s poking around near the piano at Jardine’s looking for something, then sound-checks the microphone.
Life is but a scream 
VIDEO
Oct 23, 4:03 PM
Actress Angela Cristantello does a lot of screaming in the Coterie Theatre's production of "Night of the Living Dead." A lot. In the spirit of Halloween, Cristantello demonstrates how you can be a Scream Queen too -- without hurting your throat, of course. "Night of the Living Dead" runs through Oct. 29.
Smashing pumpkins feels so good in these frustrating times
Nov 11, 3:33 PM
From killer hurricanes and crushing fuel costs to rising food prices and falling 401(k)s, this has been a rough year. You've got frustrations? We've got pumpkins. Let the cathartic destruction begin!
Take a tour of the performing arts center VIDEO
Oct 16, 1:40 PM
Moshe Safdie, principal architect of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, gives a tour as the center undergoes construction.
Just say gnaw and become a zombie
Oct 14, 4:09 AM
Rachel Leyh creeps us out. She was coming out of church one day when she was attacked by zombies. They slashed her throat, and she became One of Them.
New Leavenworth penitentiary book offers photo history
Jul 23, 4:10 AMAfter decades of working in prisons, a former guard and historian takes outsiders on an inside tour of the big house in Leavenworth
Yoga featured at P&L District to mark hospital partnership VIDEO
Sep 18, 4:11 AM
Instructor Kelly Colln led an outdoor yoga session over the noon hour Wednesday at the Power & Light District downtown. The district and North Kansas City Hospital used the event to announce their official partnership.
What did you blow off this summer?
Sep 13, 8:50 AM
Summer’s over. (Sigh.) And it went by so fast, didn’t it? (Double sigh.) Was there anything you wanted to do but didn’t get around to? Maybe you ran out of time. Maybe you just forgot. Or to be blunt: What did you blow off this summer?
You’re invited into the homes of those who design homes
Sep 10, 12:33 PM
With the Performing Arts Center beginning to take shape downtown, and the Sprint Center and the Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art still garnering praise, architecture has a high profile in Kansas City now. But what’s going on in residential architecture these days?
Where the architects live | photo gallery with commentary
With Groovability, wheelchair dancers dismiss notions of disability
Sep 7, 11:40 PMFor JoAnne Fluke, it is all about the freedom … the movement … the feeling. Oh, the feeling of ballroom dancing in a wheelchair.
Wheelchair dancing | photo gallery
‘Mamma Mia!: The Sing-Along Edition’ is irresistible
Aug 28, 4:48 PM
Friday night and the lights are low Looking out for the place to go Where they play the right music, getting in the swing…
Love of books keeps 102-year-old librarian working
Aug 30, 7:18 AM
In a time when nothing seems to last anymore, the world still has Martha Smith. In 1926 she took a job at the tiny Coal Creek Library in Vinland, Kan. Eighty-two years later, she’s still there.
‘Idol’ devotion knows no bounds
Sep 2, 9:54 AMNo offense to Syesha or Carly or Jason or Michael. But much of the love outside the Sprint Center before their American Idols Live concert Friday was aimed squarely and largely at hometown boy and this year’s winner, David Cook.
Today’s hooping craze is not quite the same old Hula dance from the ’50s
Aug 27, 4:19 AMIt happened at a music festival, as you probably could have guessed. “There was a girl who let me borrow her hoop, and I haven’t put it down since,” Sarah Noelle Dettmer said.
What do you want to be when you grow up? VIDEO
Aug 19, 4:23 PM
The Star's Brian McTavish interviews the Class of 2021 at Manor Hill Elementary in Liberty, asking what they want to be when they grow up.
Calisthenics and running draw hundreds to KU’s Memorial Stadium in Lawrence
Aug 17, 7:02 PM
It’s just minutes before 6 a.m., but hundreds of people are streaming quietly through Gate 30 of KU’s Memorial Stadium in Lawrence.
Uke it up
Aug 12, 4:25 AM
The ukulele is so easy to learn, anyone can do it — and get hooked on the fun of playing with others.
Yoda he sounds like
Aug 7, 5:38 AM
The Force is with Tom Kane, voice of Yoda in the upcoming animated movie “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
Comic-Con 2008: A photo gallery
Aug 1, 4:12 AMKansas City Star staff artist Hector Casanova attended the recent Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego and shares a few of his snapshots.
The Silpada silver rush VIDEO
Jul 30, 9:33 AM
About 4,200 independent representatives from all over the world attended the Silpada Designs convention recently at Bartle Hall. The Lenexa company was founded in 1997.
Turning Point offers hope VIDEO
Jul 22, 10:17 AM
Turning Point offers hope and resources to those dealing with chronic and terminal illnesses.
David Cook, front and center
Jun 11, 5:33 AMAfter a quick trip back to his hometown of Blue Springs last weekend, “American Idol” winner David Cook is back in Los Angeles, where he started work this week on his first post-‘Idol” album. He talked with us on Wednesday about that record, his hometown and other “Idol”-related issues.
Photos with sound: How does blood get to a donor? We follow the trail
Jun 11, 5:15 AM
Trailing the blood; When someone donates a pint, where does it go? This time, to a baby girl who needs open-heart surgery.
Flash: 'Stuff' comparison by decade
Apr 23, 4:08 PMPhoto gallery with sound: Pictures on the postage stamp
Apr 23, 4:05 PMPhoto gallery: Nerman Museum
Apr 23, 4:01 PMPhoto gallery with sound: Spooky Olathe
Apr 23, 4:04 PMPhoto gallery with sound: New Nelson Bloch building
Apr 23, 1:44 PMPhoto gallery: Modest Mouse photos
Apr 4, 4:34 PMPhoto gallery: Kansas City Rollers
Apr 4, 4:26 PMPhoto gallery: Kansas City fashion
Apr 4, 4:21 PMPhoto gallery: Joshua Tree
Apr 4, 4:18 PMPhoto gallery with sound: Jena Six Protest
Apr 4, 4:15 PMPhoto gallery with sound: Holy Paws (Jeannine Fox with baby)
Apr 4, 4:12 PMFlash: Learn about Ernest Hemingway quiz
Apr 4, 4:04 PMPhoto gallery: Harry Potter
Apr 4, 4:00 PMPhoto gallery: Ellie and Dick Dawson install a 'green roof'
Apr 4, 3:55 PMPhoto gallery: Maj. John Schulz builds a green home
Apr 4, 3:51 PMPhoto gallery: Garden Shopping
Apr 4, 3:49 PMPhoto gallery: Frankie Abernathy family photos
Apr 4, 3:47 PMPhoto gallery: The Art of the Drag Queen
Apr 4, 3:44 PMPhoto gallery: Designer Kelly Wearstler
Apr 4, 3:42 PMPhoto gallery: Debbie Dusen of the Curious Sofa store
Apr 4, 3:33 PMPhoto gallery: Costa Rica
Apr 4, 3:29 PMFlash: Traveling Columbus, Ohio Travel
Apr 4, 3:26 PMPhoto gallery: Bryce Canyon National Park
Apr 4, 3:18 PMFlash: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - A new view of art
Apr 4, 2:14 PMPhoto gallery: Black Cats
Apr 4, 2:12 PMPhoto gallery: The Magic of BINGO
Apr 4, 2:11 PMAvenue of he Arts flash presentation
Apr 4, 2:04 PMCool BBQ rigs to smoke the competition
Mar 31, 5:58 PMKC Roller Warriors: National Champions
Mar 31, 5:54 PMGreat Sand Dunes National Park
Mar 31, 5:51 PMA look at peaceful gardens (slideshow w/sound)
Mar 31, 5:39 PMFans of the Royals 2007 season (photo gallery with sound)
Mar 31, 5:36 PMKC Glass maker creates for Sprint Center
Mar 31, 4:32 PMThe Dave Matthews band at Verizon Wireless
Mar 31, 4:22 PMJovana Mirabile fashion designer organizes 'Beauty Queen for a Day' (slideshow w/sound)
Mar 31, 4:13 PMWedding day: July 7, 07 (7/7/7 - slideshow with sound)
Mar 31, 4:09 PMGordon Parks - Monks in Black and White (slideshow w/sound)
Mar 31, 2:57 PMPhoto gallery with sound: Unpublished photos from 2007
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