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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Recycle your analog TV
If you recently bought a new television, or have an old analog set collecting dust, don’t throw it in the trash. Electronics like televisons contain lots of toxic stuff like lead and mercury. Take it to Surplus Exchange in the … Continue reading
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This weekend: Taste of the Crossroads and Downtown KCK festival
Two new events get started this weekend… Downtown KCK Street Festival – live music, food, and art gallery openings on Friday evening. Taste of the Crossroads – Sampling of food from restaurants in the Crossroads Arts Districts. Sunday 3pm-8pm. $20/person … Continue reading
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Newly popular Downtown forcing KC to confront our racial tensions?
The last few days are turning out to be very illustrative of the racial tensions that often lurk just under the surface in Kansas City, even the shiny, redeveloped parts. As people flock back to a newly thriving Downtown, many … Continue reading
Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Downtown, race
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DJ Jazzy Jeff kicked out of P&L District for being too black
KC was roiled by by a Twitterstorm last night after the DJ Jazzy Jeff was kicked off the stage in the Power & Light District for playing hip hop music. Which is bizarre, since the Cordish Co. surely knew what … Continue reading
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Main Street dealership victim of GM collapse
Midtown’s Conklin Fangman Cadillac/Buick/Pontiac at Linwood and Main is one of the many dealerships being cut loose by a dying General Motors. The historic Major Cadillac was renovated by new owners just two years ago. The dealership’s loss could be … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Midtown/Plaza, Real Estate
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Star changing policy on same-sex wedding announcements
The Star and KMBC-TV are in a bit of a spat over this week’s story that the newspaper doesn’t publish same-sex wedding announcements. The Star says they had already changed the policy before the TV story aired, but KMBC is … Continue reading
Star refuses to publish same-sex marriage announcement
KMBC-TV 9 reports that a gay couple from Independence who were recently married in Iowa were unable to get their marriage announcement published in either the region’s daily newspapers, Kansas City Star and the Independence Examiner. Both newspapers refuse to … Continue reading