Feb

26

Hearne Christopher now online

February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

Former KC Star gossip columnist Hearne Christopher, Jr. has returned with the KC Confidential web site.   Joining Hearne in this new venture are sports writer Greg Hall, artist and designer Peregrine Honig, and power-gay couple Ron McGee and John Fulton  Adams.  Hopefully the bigger stable of writers will provide Hearne with more material than the [...]

Feb

25

Documentary film festival in Columbia this weekend

February 25, 2009 | Comments Off

This weekend the sixth annual True/False Film Fest provides an excellent excuse for a quick getaway to Columbia.  The proprieters of the beloved Ragtag Cinema have developed a world-class documentary film festival that has quickly become a must-do stop on the international circuit.  True/False is especially known for the many events like lectures, parties, and [...]

Feb

23

Fat Tuesday in the Crossroads

February 23, 2009 | Comments Off

Some alleged details on the very unofficial, non-sactioned Fat Tuesday party in the Crossroads Arts District…  Partying around 6-ish at YJ’s at 18th and Wyandotte.   Then around 9pm a parade might organized itself and head east towards Grinders and ultimately the Mutual Musicians Foundation at 18th and Vine.  Allegedly.

Feb

17

Another shopping mall a step closer to demolition

February 17, 2009 | 4 Comments

The enclosed shopping maul is falling out of favor with Kansas Citians at a rapid pace.  Bannister Mall recently fell to the wrecking ball, and now the KC Kansan report that KCK’s Indian Springs Mall is moving in that direction.  This week the Unified Government will consider a development proposal to replace the mall with [...]

Feb

13

Budget bitch fight

February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Now that the city is coming down to crunch time for cutting $80 million out of the budget, acrimony is on the rise. The Mayor is trashing the City Manager’s budget proposal, and the City Council is criticizing the Mayor for refusing to make any of his own suggestions.  Looks like this one good get [...]

Feb

11

Claire on Twitter

February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

President Obama may be addicted to his Blackberry, but lately Senator Claire McCaskill seems to be hooked on Twitter.  It looks like the Senator herself is twittering, not a staffer. So far her tweets have been pretty interesting.  Everything to the inauguration to grocery shopping in DC to negotiations on the economic recovery plan.
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Feb

8

475,830

February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

475,830 is the new official population count for Kansas City. On Friday the US Census Bureau accepted an appeal from City Hall and bumped the number up from the previous count of 450,375. Last summer we mentioned that a UMKC-led team had estimated that the city’s population was over 530,000, which prompted the city to [...]

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