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| Boo & Boo Too, Coat Party, I Love You The Replay Lounge | Fri., November 21 | Lawrence | |
 Pretty much the only thing that's missing in the music of Boo and Boo Too is space. Like a jubilant, overcaffeinated hybrid of the Walkmen and Broken Social Scene, this Lawrence band fills its songs from start to finish with whining guitars, hammered pianos, droning bass, yelping vocals and... More >> |
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| Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, Ghosty Jackpot Music Hall | Fri., November 21 | Lawrence | |
 If the freak-folk craze really had done justice to brilliant eccentrics toiling in far-out rustic sounds, then Vic Chesnutt would be more tip-of-the-tongue with the iPod generation. But Chesnutt’s underdog reputation has followed him through most of his career, beginning in the early... More >> |
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| Grand Marquis B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ | Fri., November 21 | South | |
 During the roaring '20s and the raucous '30s, jazz-rich Kansas City was the place to be. And, like ghosts from that era, the Grand Marquis of today's scene delivers KC's trademark sound — bluesy, rough-and-tumble party jazz — with such skill and old-school gusto, it's like being... More >> |
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| Opening Reception: Johanna Billing: Taking Turns Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art | Fri., November 21, 5:30pm-7:30pm | Westport | |
 What do Ingmar Bergman, kid-lit heroine Pippi Longstocking, 1970s pop-music icons Abba, clothing company H&M, and Volvos have in common? They all hail from Sweden. Tonight, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (4420 Warwick, 816-753-5784) opens Taking Turns, the work of another Swede, artist... More >> |
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| The Blob Kansas City Public Library, Waldo Branch | Fri., November 21, 2:00pm | Waldo | |
 Before Kevin Bacon got kebabbed at Camp Crystal Lake, before George Clooney fended off killer tomatoes, before Jamie Lee was crowned the Queen of Scream, there was Steve McQueen. Yeah, you read that right: Steve freaking McQueen. Before he was Capt. Hilts, Bullitt or Thomas Crown and before he... More >> |
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| Free Play The Replay Lounge | Every week Friday, 3:00pm-6:00pm | Lawrence | |
 The Replay Lounge (946 Massachusetts in Lawrence) may be painfully hip now, but the rebel paradise opened in 1993 as a humble arcade serving burgers and PBR. With Free Play, the dive gets back to its roots, spotlighting pinball machines rather than indie bands. From 3 to 6 p.m. Fridays,... More >> |
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| Kansas in Heat Jackpot Music Hall | Every week Friday from Fri., October 17 until Fri., December 19, 7:00pm-8:00pm | Lawrence | |
 Marvin Gaye preached the gospel of sexual healing. But what happens when Gaye's brand of healing needs healing itself?Find out tonight when KJHK 90.7 hosts a sex-and-relationship radio show at the Jackpot Music Hall (943 Massachusetts in Lawrence) to answer the questions of a passionate... More >> |
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| Mocktail Hour Corner of Westport Road and Broadway | Third Friday of every month, 5:00pm-7:00pm | Westport | |
 To all those who complain about Kansas City being backward and who aspire to move somewhere more progressive: Here’s one more event that’s making the metro a little more like a West Coast city.
Portland is where Sarah Gibson, one of the owners of Crossroads-based Acme Bicycle Co., got... More >> |
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| Sense of Place Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art | Daily from Fri., November 21 until Sat., December 27 | Midtown | |
 Sherry Leedy, of Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (2004 Baltimore, 816-221-2626), is the first person to tell you that Third Friday isn't First Friday in terms of gallery attendance. "It's much more intimate. Some of the artists might be there, and others may decide to come on December's First... More >> |
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| Flying Saucer Power & Light District | Daily | Downtown | |
 Considering that beer constitutes 85.8% of all alcohol consumed in the United States, chances are good that the descent of the Flying Saucer (101 E. 13th St.) into the Power & Light district, with its selection of 130 bottles and 80 drafts, will satisfy beer snobs and contribute to local beer... More >> |
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| Happy Hour at Californos Californos | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 4:00pm-6:00pm | Westport | |
 (4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878). Specials include $2 draws, $2 off wine by the glass and martinis, and discounts on select appetizers from 4 to 6 p.m. Feel free to check out the back deck, too — there are no bartenders out there, but drinkers are welcome to bring their glasses out. More >> |
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| Happy Hour at the River Market Brewery River Market Brewery | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Downtown | |
 (500 Walnut, 816-471-6300). Wells and house-brewed pints are $2 from 3 to 7 p.m. If that's not going to cut it, Long Islands are only $4 all night. More >> |
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| Trezo Mare Happy Hour Trezo Mare | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 4:00pm-6:30pm | North | |
 If you payed attention to the last mayoral race, you might have an opinion about tax breaks for Briarcliff Village. Whatever. Check out the posh shopping center’s new Trezo Mare Ristorante (4105 North Mulberry Drive, 816-505-3200), where there’s fusion-inspired seafood as well as a... More >> |
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| Happy Hour at Bo Lings Bo Lings City Market | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Downtown | |
 (20 East Fifth Street, 816-471-6300). Inside and outside from 4 to 6 p.m., all domestic bottles and 23-ounce Bud Light draws are $2, import bottles are $2.50 and wine and Stoli martinis are $5. More >> |
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| Happy Hour at Mission Bowl Mission Bowl | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Mission | |
 (5399 Martway, 913-432-7000). Pretend the past eight years never happened by bowling a few frames fueled by $3 tequila sunrises and $15 domestic buckets. More >> |
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| Happy Hour at the Drum Room The Drum Room | Daily, 4:30pm-6:30pm | Downtown | |
 (1335 Baltimore, 816-221-9490). Enjoy $2 Bud Light drafts and $2.50 Bud, Bud Light, Bud Select and Michelob Ultra bottles from 4 to 7 p.m. See the happy-hour menu for appetizers that cost $5 or less. More >> |
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| The Dick West Art Gallery Haskell Indian Nations University | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday | Lawrence | |
 Lawrence has one more reason to celebrate these days: Haskell Indian Nations University (155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, 785-749-8404) has opened a new gallery dedicated to exhibiting works by American Indian artists. The Dick West Art Gallery is named after Haskell alumnus Dick West (1912-96),... More >> |
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| Illegitimate Art and Design Illegitimate Art and Design | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12:00pm-8:00pm | Midtown | |
 Duncan Busser just might make it in flyover country. Tired of the East Coast, the former Philadelphian decided to take his RV for a spin around middle America in search of something new. Visiting his brother in Kansas City, Busser quickly fell for this town's Midwestern charm. Brusser is... More >> |
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| Levee Town Trouser Mouse |
Fri., November 21 more dates/times |
Blue Springs | |
 You know a blues band can bring it when it gigs nearly every night of the week. Levee Town is one of KC’s most dependable acts at blues venues all over the metro, purveying an academically correct mojo rooted in the teachings of Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker. Guitarist Brandon Hudspeth... More >> |
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| The Messier Sky Union Station | Daily from Tue., September 2 until Tue., December 30 | Downtown | |
 In 1757, French astronomer Mssr. Charles Messier began watching for the reappearance of Halley's comet based on some calculations by another astronomer which turned out to be wrong, wrong, wrong. In the process, he discovered another, non-Halley's, comet. Further observations yielded still yet... More >> |
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| Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You Unicorn Theatre |
Fri., November 21, 8:30pm more dates/times |
Westport | |
 With the cuteness avalanche of December rumbling above our heads, it's worth your time to toast the Unicorn Theatre (3828 Main, 816-531-7529), which tonight performs a holiday staging of Christopher Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, the satire detailing how dogma messes up... More >> |
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| A Painter's Pad Thomas Hart Benton Home | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10:00am-4:00pm | Westport | |
 Thomas Hart Benton moved to Kansas City in 1935 to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he produced the predictably controversial and indisputably sexxxy "Persephone," an American regionalist interpretation of the mythical story of the goddess of fertility. The work now hangs at the... More >> |
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| 2 for 1 Lunch Special The Shady Lady | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Midtown |
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| $3 Margaritas Granite City Food & Brewery | Every week Friday | North | |
| Columbus Park art openings 525 Gallery | Third Friday of every month | Downtown | |
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