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1. Feature

   The Cheapskate Edition

   Here's a little help for our friends.

   By THE PITCH STAFF

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Not to be all doom and gloom, but it was impossible not to feel a chill when this year began, moneywise. The stock market tanked on its first day of the new year. USA Today...

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   Stuff Bread in Their Jars

   By Richard Gintowt

   Published: January 17, 2008

   On any given night at any dueling piano bar in America, there are three songs that — guaranteed — will be played: "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, "The Joker" by...

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   Haydn Seek

   By Penny LaRocque

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Do the words chamber music have to evoke stuffy 18th-century affairs attended by elites decked out in wigs, corsets and lead-based makeup? The Chiara String Quartet (motto:...

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   The Map Is Notthe Territory

   By Chris Packham

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Kansas City's Urban Culture Project has been transforming disused downtown spaces into dynamic art venues since 2003, franchising like the cultural equivalent of a...

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   Jazz Tribute

   By Charles Ferruzza

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Gregory Hickman-Williams was hoping that the release of his first CD, Passages, would be a life-changing experience. The singer had been performing for decades but was still...

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   Socialist Single

   By Lisa Horn

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Though it unnerved censors when it was released in 1980, Solo Sunny, a film about a single woman trying to find herself, soon became a pop-culture hit in socialist East...

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   DC Benny

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Comedy. Wed., Jan. 16; Thu., Jan. 17; Fri., Jan. 18; Sat., Jan. 19, 2008

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   Game Day Wednesday: PS2 Guitar Hero II

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Hard-Rockin'! Prove you're worthy of rock stardom by covering classic rock, heavy metal, modern rock and alt-rock hits. Team up with friends - you play lead guitar and get a...

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   Eagle Day at the Lake

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Mark your calendars now for this special annual event when attention is drawn to our national symbol. Everyone is invited to the seventh annual Eagle Day celebration. See a...

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    Orson Welles' Touch of Evil

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Hard boiled detectives, beautiful but deadly women and the perfect crime with the not-so-perfect payoff. Welcome to the world of film noir. * Jan. 15: Jules Dassin's...

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    Electro-Sleaze

    Published: January 17, 2008

    DJs Murderbot & CQuence. Tuesdays, 10 p.m., 2008

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    An Evening with Joey Klein

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Experience your light! No imagination required. You can have the rare opportunity of a direct experience of your inner light with Spiritual teacher, Joey Klein. Enjoy an...

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    John Bizarre

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Comedy. Wed., Jan. 16; Thu., Jan. 17; Fri., Jan. 18; Sat., Jan. 19; Sun., Jan. 20, 2008

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    So Cold

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: January 17, 2008

    You have to be willing to sacrifice if you want to be cold as ice. Foreigner knew that, and the same wisdom pertains to ice carvers who master the Zenlike disci­pline en...

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    Remembering King

    By McKay Stangler

    Published: January 17, 2008

    We're deep in the season of campaign rhetoric, so why not use today's national holiday to remember the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., whose oratory is so frequently emulated...

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    Tales of Beatrix Potter—Jemima Puddle-duck & The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Giant puppets dance and act in narrated ballets to these two beloved Beatrix Potter stories with music by William Walton. This full-scale theatrical production from New...

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    To Kill A Mockingbird

    Published: January 17, 2008

    "Mockingbirds ... don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Published in 1960, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird became a...

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    La Bodega Happy Hour

    Published: January 17, 2008

    50% off tapas, sangria, wines by the glass, well drinks, draft beer and domestic bottles. Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 2-4 p.m., 2007

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    Brew Jam

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Kansas City's longest-running acoustic jam. Sundays, 8 p.m., 2007

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    Dealing With History

    By Chris Packham

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Philadelphia playwright Thomas Gibbons says his new play, A House With No Walls, started with a specific concept rather than a set of characters."I started with the controversy...