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1. Feature

   Alexander Austin climbed his way up from the streets and onto Kansas City’s biggest canvas

   By Carolyn Szczepanski

   Published: June 26, 2008

   It's a warm, breezy May afternoon, and Alexander Austin is wearing a worn, leather cowboy hat while lingering in the lot on the south end of the Power & Light District. His...

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   Free Movies

   By McKay Stangler

   Published: June 26, 2008

   Pay no heed to those chlorine-crazed aquaphiles who insist that the best way to beat the heat is to fight the crowd and the blazing sun at your local swimming pool. And forget...

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   Packin' Heat

   By Chris Packham

   Published: June 26, 2008

   So you've decided to get a concealed-carry permit. Good for you! Hey, cowboy, hold on — don't stuff your gun down the front of your pants. Didn't your mother teach you...

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   Irish Rules

   By Chris Rasmussen

   Published: June 26, 2008

   Sometimes a sport comes along that is so intriguing, it demands attention — but is too obscure to warrant space on cable TV. Gaelic football is soccer for players who...

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   Single On the Sea

   By Andrew Miller

   Published: June 26, 2008

   Technically, Marilyn Monroe isn't the star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jane Russell's character, Dorothy Shaw, delivers the movie's wittiest line, and the dramatic arc stays...

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   Responsible Fuel

   By Richard Gintowt

   Published: June 26, 2008

   There's no shortage of biodiesel-curious motorists in Lawrence, but until four months ago, the nearest pump was in Topeka. The February opening of Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels...

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   Buckley Remembered

   By Andrew Miller

   Published: June 26, 2008

   Jeff Buckley's intimate reading of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" ranks among music history's most fascinating examples of posthumous popularity. Thanks to the song's ubiquitous...

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   WWWD

   By Richard Gintowt

   Published: June 26, 2008

   In recent years, protest singers have become more synonymous with Rage Against the Machine and Green Day than Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan (who never owned up to the title...

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   Stones at Night

   By Carolyn Szczepanski

   Published: June 26, 2008

   The regal stone sculptures that have taken up residence at Powell Gardens soar as high as 11 feet tall and weigh as much as 5,000 pounds. But the sturdy art that makes up...

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    Lincoln: The Constitution & The Civil War

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Neither a traditional biography of Lincoln nor a conventional exhibit on the Civil War, Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War explores how Lincoln met the enormous...

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    Sordid Lives

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Sordid Lives tells the story of Texas' trashiest family. Peg, the matriarch, has just died after a tragic accent during a romantic rendezvous with GW, the husband of her...

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    The Day of the Kiln God

    Published: June 26, 2008

    KC CLAY GUILD provides the clay, the instruction and the soft drinks, YOU provide the talent and imagination. Sat., June 28, 4 p.m., 2008

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    Fred Astaire Film Festival

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Monday night film series, featuring movies starring Fred Astaire. Schedule as follows: June 2 - Top Hat June 9 - You Were Never Lovelier June 16 - Let's Dance June 23 - The...

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    Surface Changes: Textiles

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Ada Niedenthal's art is a response to the ideas, events, images and people that show up in life - what she sees, what she hears and what she reads. Her creations from the past...

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    Irish Longevity

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Browne's Irish Market at 3300 Pennsylvania is calling today's event its 121st Anniversary Street Fair, but when the Browne clan -— owners of Kansas City's oldest...

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    Kansas City for Chefs Classic

    Published: June 26, 2008

    A gourmet gala to benefit Harvesters: Accomplished chefs will join with some of Kansas City's top chefs to offer a collection of mouthwatering dishes and carefully selected...

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    Heart of America Shakespeare Festival

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Experience the drama of Shakespeare favorite Othello in the majestic surroundings of Southmoreland Park. Tuesdays-Sundays, 8 p.m. Starts: June 17. Continues through...

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    WWWD

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: June 26, 2008

    In recent years, protest singers have become more synonymous with Rage Against the Machine and Green Day than Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan (who never owned up to the title...

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    Rocker Grrls

    By Crystal K. Wiebe

    Published: June 26, 2008

    For everyone who digs Morrissey's sensitivity but wishes he had a little more sex appeal: Meet Nina Diaz. Occasionally referred to as the "female Morrissey," this sparkplug of...

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    I kissed thee ere I killed thee

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: June 26, 2008

    All summer long at Westmoreland Park, noble Othello keeps finding his life so bollocksed up that, rather than ask his wife, Desdemona, how her hanky got where it shouldn't have...