Sep

29

A City-Wide Book Club

September 29, 2007 | Comments Off

In October and November the KCMO Public Library, Park University, and the Liberty Memorial are organizing a city-wide book club called The Big Read.  The subject is Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.  The Big Read includes several neighborhood book discussion groups, as well as lectures and films about the Italian Front in World War [...]

Sep

28

NY Times features Hermann

September 28, 2007 | 3 Comments

The New York Times has a feature on Hermann. Of course it includes the usual talking points of wineries, German heritage, and Missouri’s Rhineland. But it’s a bit frightening to learn that one of our state’s most beloved spots is becoming a second home market for St. Louis, only 80 miles away. [...]

Sep

25

smart Cars Invade Kansas

September 25, 2007 | 5 Comments

smart USA, the makers of the itty-bitty smart car (itty-bitty when compared to typical US cars), will offer test-drives of their smart fortwo on October 7th (Sunday) and 8th (Monday). Ironically, the test drives will be offered in SUV-land, between Nordstrom and Macy’s at Oak Park Mall from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
smart is [...]

Sep

25

Downtown Open for (some) business

September 25, 2007 | 4 Comments

Today Mayor Funkhouser and the Downtown Council are holding a big press conference to hail the upcoming end of arena construction and declare that Downtown is “open for business” again.  Of course, one business that won’t be welcoming visitors to the Loop today is Danny Edwards BBQ. The last locally-owned BBQ joint Downtown was shoved [...]

Sep

24

City CFO Fired

September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments

Update: Not Ready for Prime Buzz had this news first, and the extra info that Deb may have come out on the losing end of a disagreement with Councilman Terry Riley.
Prime Buzz reports that City Manager Wayne Cauthen has fired Chief Financial Officer Deb Hinsvark after accusing her of leaking financial details of the floundering [...]

Sep

21

Old Briarcliff Homes Tour

September 21, 2007 | 4 Comments

Update: Sorry folks, it’s the 29th, not the 21st!
Saturday, September 29th the Historic Kansas City Foundation is hosting a homes tour in Old Briarcliff, one of the more interesting neighborhoods in the Northland. In addition some cool houses, the neighborhood has some awesome views of Downtown and the Missouri River Valley. Old Briarcliff [...]

Sep

20

PubDef vs the Mainstream Media

September 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

One of the coolest things to come out of St. Louis (yes, our state’s 2nd biggest city does have some cool stuff!) is PubDef, a political blog/vlog.  Unfortunately they are having problems local TV station KSDK, which has put the smack down on PubDef’s use of KSDK stories on YouTube.

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