The Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kan., the most significant folk art site in the state, now boasts what must be the most artistic public restroom on the planet.

Movies

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Actress Reese Witherspoon, left, and director Jeff Nichols listen during a press conference for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Tear-jerker 'Mud' ends Cannes competition lineup

May 26, 10:46 AM

The Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with "Mud," a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching for the meaning of life in a harsh world and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.

'Chernobyl Diaries,' a huge meltdown | 2 stars May 25, 4:15 PM
Summer movies | Smaller gems amid the blockbusters May 25, 9:00 AM
Local filmmaker takes on ‘Corporate FM’ May 23, 10:06 AM
Brad Pitt brings 'Killing Them Softly' to Cannes May 22, 8:37 AM
New on video | ‘This Means War,’ ‘Red Tails’ and more May 23, 8:39 PM
Director Peter Berg takes command of ‘Battleship’ action May 16, 8:36 PM
Batman’s ‘Dark Knight’ wheels roll into KC; women ‘under-represented’ on film May 16, 8:50 PM

Music

Uplifting Dirty Dozen Brass Band gets the crowd dancing

May 25, 7:27 AM

Opportunities to witness a large crowd dancing to a jazz band have become distressingly rare in Kansas City. The exceptional sight was on display Thursday at Crossroads KC as more than 200 people — most in their twenties and thirties — cavorted to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Timothy Finn

Creed gives the faithful a night of enduring hard rock

Creed was once the biggest band in the world, a commercial juggernaut that filled arenas and sold millions of albums.

Creed at The Midland

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Television

After winning 'Dancing With the Stars,' Packers' Driver comes home

May 26, 2:06 AM

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver has always been a fan favorite in Wisconsin.

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TV director-producer Robert Finkel dies at 94 May 25, 7:41 PM
Britney Spears debuts on 'X Factor' show May 26, 6:58 AM
Kidman returns to TV for HBO mini-series 'Hemingway & Gellhorn' May 25, 2:39 PM

Dining Out

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At Bread For All, a Middle Eastern bakery/cafe in Westport, the shawarma sandwich can be paired with falafel and a Kurdish coffee.

Bread for All bakery and cafe rides the shawarma tide

May 17, 2:19 PM

Who knew the new “Avengers” movie would create a shawarma buzz? After one of the movie’s ferocious battle scenes, Iron Man craves one of those Middle Eastern wraps, a street-vendor staple.

Tatsu’s holds on to its alluring tradition May 8, 8:47 PM
Haus hopes to be home of the best wurst May 16, 12:56 AM
Area restaurants cited for health code violations May 3, 3:39 PM
New Crossroads restaurant is about food and community May 1, 9:54 AM
Sweet Siam offers Thai dishes with an American touch Apr 25, 7:03 PM
Taste the hand-cut flavor at Herrera’s Tenderloin Grill Apr 18, 7:16 PM
The Boot, new to Westport, could use some polish Apr 12, 12:06 PM
ABC Cafe serves delicious, authentic Cantonese fare Apr 4, 7:36 PM

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Theater

Robert Trussell

KC Rep's Eric Rosen looks to future

He’s sticking around. He’s sticking around. At least for a while. That’s the word from Eric Rosen, Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 41-year-old artistic director, who plans to remain at the helm of the city’s leading nonprofit theater company at least through 2014.

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Coterie to open season with ‘Spring Awakening’

May 22, 3:17 PM

For years the Coterie Theatre has pushed the boundaries of acceptability when it comes to what a children’s theater can and can’t do.

Fine arts & books

Longtime American curator to leave Nelson for Texas

May 24, 3:31 PM

For two decades, Margi Conrads put American art front and center at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, through big shows of American greats, stellar acquisitions and a comprehensive reinstallation of the museum’s American galleries.

KC Rep's Eric Rosen looks to future May 25, 2:14 PM
Architecture A-Z | G for green roof and green wall May 24, 4:40 PM
Classical Beat | A Baroque duet of dance and music May 24, 11:31 AM
HBO’s ‘Hemingway and Gellhorn’: A colossal collision of love, war and egos May 24, 2:19 PM

The Kauffman Center

The Classical Beat | Symphony lines up familiar composers, led by an expert in the field

May 12, 11:37 PM

In its concerts next weekend, the Kansas City Symphony will perform classical music in the strictest sense. Led by early music specialist Bernard Labadie, the orchestra will perform symphonies by Johann Christian Bach, Joseph Martin Kraus and Franz Joseph Haydn with pianist Arnaldo Cohen as the soloist in a concerto by Felix Mendelssohn.

KC Chorale celebrates 30 years with its first Kauffman Center concert May 13, 7:56 PM
Season’s final Kansas City Ballet program showcases dancers’ abilities May 8, 8:28 PM
The Classical Beat | KC Ballet’s Cowen to take final bow in ‘Souvenirs’ Apr 28, 10:22 PM

Stargazing

Doc Watson hospitalized in critical condition

May 26, 10:49 AM

Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remains in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery this week.

Britney Spears debuts on 'X Factor' show May 26, 6:58 AM
Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend freed from Pa. prison May 26, 6:59 AM
Jenna Jameson arrested for suspected DUI May 25, 12:12 PM

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