Jul

18

Be a photojournalist for day

July 18, 2006 | 1 Comment

This looks like a very cool project. This weekend people will participate in a photo scramble to highlight local social issues through photography. The resulting photos will then be exhibited on September 1st in the First Fridays gallery crawl in the Crossroads Arts District.

Jul

18

Jackson County cuts off employee Web access

July 18, 2006 | 7 Comments

Big stink at the two Jackson County Courthouses after county employees have their Web access revoked. The official reason is that employees were wasting time surfing and hogging bandwidth. The rumored reason is that it’s a reprisal for employees posting blog comments that weren’t favorable to State Senator Charlie Wheeler, Katheryn Shields’ annointed [...]

Jul

17

Hyatt skywalk collapse at 25

July 17, 2006 | 4 Comments

Today is the 25th anniversary of the tragic skywalk collapse at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crown Center. The Star provides a special look report of the events, and discusses the lingering controversy over whether or not create a memorial to the disaster.

Jul

16

Deconstructing the Save Our Stadiums campaign

July 16, 2006 | 8 Comments

The new Joco-based business magazine KCB Central has an excellent Joe Miller article on the political consultants behind the recent tax campaign for the Truman Sports Complex and rolling roof. Of course they devote a lot of time to the Steve Glorioso/Pat Gray/NorthStar Marketing cabal of companies, as well as the often unmentioned element [...]

Jul

12

Royals win almost every day

July 12, 2006 | 1 Comment

from the great folks at OpEdArt 

Jul

10

STRETCH profile

July 10, 2006 | 7 Comments

The Star has a big front-page profile of local sculptor STRETCH, but it’s not about his art. The piece focuses on his contributions to the redevelopment of Downtown, both physically and culturally.
Star: Sculptor helps shape the urban scene.

Jul

7

First Friday Itinerary

July 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Present Magazine has list of several highlights of tonight’s First Fridays gallery crawl in the Crossroads Arts District.

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