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The Independence Events Center is a hockey arena, but only part-time. When the Missouri Mavericks are off-season or on the road, the place can be fashioned into a venue for other events. Thursday night, it presented its first live concert, and its inaugural headliner was no minor-leaguer.
A few snaps of Jeff Hamilton’s fingers convey more rhythm than extended solos from many musicians. The lone solo the renowned drummer offered Thursday in the fourth and final show of a two-night stand was an astounding study in restraint. Hamilton played with such quiet subtlety that even the busy bar staff at Jardine’s fell silent.
David Perkins was a writer, editor, neighborhood activist and perennially provocative critic. He was a public intellectual in a place that has little use for the kind of argumentative opposition they often represent. I bring this up because Perkins died recently, about two weeks shy of his 69th birthday. A
Buying art is the favorite pastime of Bruce Hartman, director of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. On Thursday, he learned he can pick up the pace, thanks to a million-dollar gift from Johnson County philanthropist and art collector Mary Cohen. The funds, given to the Johnson County Community College Foundation, will be used to establish the Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Art Acquisition Endowment, named for the donor and her late husband, a Johnson County banker.
A disturbing new HBO documentary, “Terror in Mumbai,” takes viewers on an unprecedented journey through the terrorist attack in India’s largest city.
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The Iron Horse bills itself as “an American bistro,” and the concept fits. In France, a bistro is usually a small, informal neighborhood joint specializing in a limited menu of home-style classics.
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre does a bang-up job with William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life," a sprawling barroom drama that captures the harsh, bittersweet and absurd realities confronting eccentric characters on the eve of World War II.
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Next month brings some big movies, like “Avatar,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “The Princess and the Frog.” Vote here for your favorite.
We humans want to believe that we’ll endure. When a movie dangles that idea in front of us, we’re only too happy to bite.
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The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre does a bang-up job with William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life," a sprawling barroom drama that captures the harsh, bittersweet and absurd realities confronting eccentric characters on the eve of World War II.
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Addresses, Web sites and phone numbers for music venues throughout Kansas City and Lawrence
Check out the finalists and the winners in our 28-Second Film Fest contest
For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts.
