2009 Second Annual Innovative Short Fiction Contest
Write away KC Metro High School Home Schoolers!
This year’s 2009 Contest is open to home school kids of high school age in the Greater Kansas City Metro Area. Cash prizes.
The contest mission is to provide a creative outlet and an opportunity for competition and publication to area youth writers.
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Sponsored Features - KC Business, Nonprofits, Events
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Jammin' at the Gem: Tribute to Art Blakey
Sponsored Feature: American Jazz Museum
Andrew Zender lays down background on the significant achievements of drummer Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers.
Also, season details on the Jammin' at the Gem series including the Art Blakey Tribute on Saturday, October 11, 2008, at the Gem Theatre, student workshops, and a health/financial fair for musicians.
Editors Letter
Here we are, ready or not, KCMETROPOLIS.org
Hello, all of you lovely readers of the intrepid and quite lovely PresentMagazine.com. And all of you new readers of the very first edition of KCMETROPOLIS.org, hello, and welcome to the rest of your life. We hope you enjoy what we have to offer. The editors and contributors at KCMETROPOLIS.org are pleased to add a exciting voice in the coverage in the performing arts. We are working hard for you...
After you, we insist!
Going to the Moon, Again
Theatre Preview
“Go to the moon, you selfish dreamer,” KCM contributor Steve Shapiro fires up the base and throws down the gauntlet... Steve, welcome home!
Michelle Obama - Rally on the Vine
Special Feature: Photography
Photographer Patty Dover joined throngs of people at 18th and Vine where Michelle Obama appeared last Wedneday in Kansas City to speak and rally supporters of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama. Dover's photographs provide a glimpse of the excitement and large turnout.
Democracy in Action: Register. Vote. Get Involved.
Voting Registration Guide
The deadline to register to vote in Missouri is Wednesday, October 8. The deadline for registering to vote in Kansas is Monday, October 20, 2008. Voter registration forms must be postmarked by this date. Not registered? Want to help as a poll worker? Learn how.
Sonic Spectrum Podcast 50
In this special 50th edition, host Robert Moore features two of his favorite in-studio performances over the years on Sonic Spectrum, spending the hour with Eleni Mandell and Steve Poltz.
The Sonic Spectrum podcast is proudly sponsored by Temple Slug, recordBar, and The Roasterie Cafe.
Grinders West - Stretch Branches Out
Art, Food, and Architecture
The latest endeavor by Stretch is an extension of his original stomping ground on East 18th Street. As a complement to the edgy grunge of Grinders, the adjacent building dubbed Grinders West will have a more polished, upscale feel. The restaurant-art space will offer soups, sandwiches, light meals, and drinks for healthier lifestyles.
Film Review: Appaloosa
Contemporary Western is a Classic
A traditional Western in every sense of the word, it seems weird to call Appaloosa new at all.
Sonic Spectrum 50th Podcast Party
Celebrate with Robert Moore and PresentMagazine.com
PresentMagazine.com presents the Sonic Spectrum 50th Podcast Party. Host/DJ Robert Moore, The Dactyls, Sunshine Destroyers, and a special guest appear at Czar Bar (1531 Grand) on Friday, October 3, 9 PM to celebrate the upcoming 50th music podcast featured in PresentMagazine.com.
The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam
Exhibition Surveys Art Inspired by Railways
Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America, and the Railway, 1830-1960, an exhibition on display through January 18, 2009 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, is a broad survey that informs the intellect, offers historical context, and inspires the imagination.
Special Feature: Podcast Interview and exhibition audio tour with Curator Ian Kennedy.
Dr. Mary Frances Berry: Race, Gender, and Presidential Politics
2008 Campaign
Dr. Mary Frances Berry is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Pete Dulin and Pam Taylor from PresentMagazine.com visited with Dr. Berry before she addressed an audience on the subject of Race, Gender, and the Next American President at UMKC on Thursday, September 25. She will also speak at William Jewell College on October 1.
Special Feature: Podcast interview, Two-part video interview
Sports: Defending a Friend
Notes From On and Off the Field
There is something that I need to get off my chest in order to stand up for a friend of mine: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Executive Director Don Motley. What I read recently in Jason Whitlock’s column about my friend in the Kansas City Star got me irritated beyond all belief.
Turmeric: The Wonder Spice
For the Health of It
According to Dr. Barry Sears, “Silent inflammation is simply inflammation that falls below the threshold of perceived pain. That’s what makes it so dangerous. You don’t take any steps to stop it as it smolders for years, if not decades, eventually erupting into what we call chronic disease.”
Turmeric, a brightly colored relative of ginger and the essential ingredient in curry, is a honest-to-goodness miracle spice with truly stunning anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties itself.
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