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edition 15 issue 1 august 25, 2011

LINKing Classes, Forming Bonds

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fresh new changes

LINK crew recruits upcoming freshman and sophomores into the depth of high school.

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New students means new changes to the school.

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senior gets stuck Co-editor tries different activities each issue and reports about his experiences.

This issue: acupuncture.

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The New and Improved

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Lord_Voldemort7: Obama is

miilkkk: 6 FUNNIEST CONTRADICTING WORDS 1. Clearly misunderstood 2. Exact estimate 3. Small crowd 4. Found missing 5. Fully empty 6. Happily married

on Foursquare? This makes less sense than if Harry Potter had decided to 'check in' every time he found a horcrux.

DepressedDarth: "sexting" has been aded to the English Dictionary. In other news some future family Scrabble games just got a lot more awkward.

charliemcdowell: Dear GAM

(walking out the door) "Wait, a CAT scan doesn't involve like a real cat, right?" Only if it's raining cats and dogs.

Top Ten

Funniest Graffiti Found in FS Textbooks:

10. Random adjectives like “sizzling” 9. Flirtatious remarks such as “I Like Sitting by You :)” 8. “¡Alcanza por las estrellas!” Which translates into “Reach for the stars!”

7. Writing the word “naked” by the mathematical term/ section title “Beauty

6. “Nathan, you stole my pick.”

5. The desperate phrase “Where are you, jello?”

4. “I shot the sheriff!”

3. The phrase “Make out with it!” next to a picture of a frog 2. Playing a game of “Marco Polo” with other students

in a AB Calculus textbook 1. Stating that Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most influential “janitors” of all time and made revolutionary advances “on girls” On the Cover

photo by mary cairns

LINK crew advisor Laura Rightmeier talks with LINK crew leaders juniors Sidney Newlin and Raul Cody during last Tuesday's freshman orientation. This was Rightmeier's first time leading LINK crew festivities.

Miranda Davis Editor in Chief

Ian Patterson Cartoonist

Taylor Augustine Photographer

Megan Engleman Design & Photo Editor

Sam Boatright Reporter

Allison Harwood Copy Editor

Victoria Crawford Photographer

Katie Guyot Copy Editor

Kyle Freese Reporter

Amani Safadi Managing Editor

Sarah Whipple Designer

Allison Morte Managing Editor

Emma Machel Social Media Editor

Kimberly Messineo Hannah Moran Reporter Reporter

And all new changes and procedures for the new year by emma machell

In past years, the sophomores would be greeted by a welcoming committee of specially chosen juniors and seniors in a group called LINK. The new students would be taken to their seminar teacher’s classroom and would participate in a number of activities that would help them make new friends and overcome challenges they might face during the school year.

That’s all about to change this year.

Freshmen moving up is just one change among many others. Without seminars, the LINK Crew has had to entirely re-do their approach. There are specific dates set up for freshmen and sophomore assemblies where LINK leaders and their group of underclassmen will talk about what they are going to face in the upcoming year.

These specific dates with assemblies, meant to teach the students about the inner workings of the school, bring yet another change to the school year. On the day of an assembly instead of school starting at 9 a.m. for late arrival school will begin a full hour earlier. That’s right, forget about that extra hour of sleep or latte from McDonald’s.

There is no question about it, the 2011-2012 school year is different from all the other years. With half of the school new of the building, everyone should expect change. While the schedule may not exactly make sense and not all the seniors are entirely welcoming (see page 7), there is no doubt that this is definitely going to be a year to remember.

A LINK Crew member and incoming freshmen Brianne Martin are involved in a game intended to welcome new students to Free State.

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the free press staff

Ryan Loecker Editor in Chief

LINK CREW

2011-2012

Sarah Rohrschneider Reporter

The Free Press is an open forum that accepts letters to the editor and guest writings. They must include the writer's name and telephone numbers. Articles may be edited due to space limitations, libel or inappropriate content. Letters may be submitted to Room 115, sent in care of Free Press to Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive, Lawrence, KS, 66049 or submit online at fsfreepressonline.com.The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Free Press staff, the high school administration, nor that of the USD 497 Board of Education.

A etiquette guide for those students who have not yet attended a football game by katie guyot 2011 senior Pher Langwell holds up the sign '5 peat'. With upperclassmen in front, the student section went 'lion hunting' at the LHS vs. Free State game on Oct. 29, 2010. Free State blew out LHS 42-20.

photo by danielle stringer

Nothing shouts, “Go! Fight! Win!” like chilly night air, a rumbling stomach and a football stadium so packed it could win a world record--but that doesn’t mean a hot dog, a blanket and a front-row seat couldn’t make those cheers a little louder.

For players, the outcome of the game depends on practice. For spectators, it’s all about being prepared. For Firebird football rookies, here’s the game plan for Friday nights at Free State.

Be fashionably early

Seats and parking spots often fill up faster than the scoreboard does. Juniors Morgan Miller and Trust Marshall suggest arriving half and hour early--unless, of course, one’s primary interest does not lie on the field.

“I don’t really watch the games,” Marshall said. “I use them as more of a social thing.”

And for socializing, she added, there’s no need to show up before kickoff.

The unwritten seating arrangement

The stadium is not a classroom: there is no carefully crafted outline that places so-and-so next to what’s-his-face in the third row. However, there are a few guidelines to keep in mind while combing through the tiers of tan brick.

First and foremost, opposing teams sit on opposite sides of the stadium. Feel free to mingle, but don’t venture too far into enemy territory.

Second, parents of players have VIP passes to the front of the stadium. It’s a good rule of thumb to avoid standing between a mother and her son-especially when that son is being tackled by a stampede of teenage boys.

Third, though the best seats in the house are “towards the front of the student section, definitely,” according to senior J.D. Prochaska, those are

unofficially reserved for upperclassmen.

“Seniors are at the rail, standing,” Prochaska said. Underclassmen generally fill in behind them. “Parents like to sit at the top of the student section.”

But that’s not to say all students like to see parents in their section. Since the stadium is often crowded, it is preferred that parents fill up the remaining six sections rather than hike up the students’ 39 steps.

(See a former Free Press reporter’s opinion on parents in the student section here: http://www.fsfreepressonline.com/ opinion/2010/10/27/parents-in-thestudent-section/.)

Befriend your local weatherman

High school football games run in the fall, that awkward season between 100-degree heat and sub-zero snowstorms. Knowing how to prepare for Kansas’ weather is like trying to predict the next question on the MAP test.

The only surety is a Free State t-shirt.

Jeans, shorts and jackets are never a bad idea.

Marshall also suggests wearing closed toed shoes.

“I run around a lot at games, and I’m not the most graceful person ever,” she explained.

Running around or not, spectators should expect to spend much of the game on their feet, according to Prochaska. But in case hours of standing upright sounds exhausting, there are always the solid stone ledges that surround the field.

“Bring blankets, because the seats are not comfortable,” Marshall said.

The other purpose of a blanket, of course, is to keep the audience warm.

To further combat the cold, Miller

recommends bringing instant hand warmers, which can be found across the street at CVS.

Food for thought

Yes, Orange Leaf and Smashburger are right next door. No, frozen yogurt and cheeseburgers are not allowed in the stadium.

That applies to all outside food and drink. Spectators can stop by the concessions stand for chips and a hot dog if they feel their tummies rumbling, but coolers from home are prohibited.

All proceeds from the concessions stand go to the school.

Everything in moderation... except cheering

As far as crowd participation goes, “there’s no limit,” according to freshman Justin Narcomey, who plans to play football for Free State this fall.

“Most people yell pretty much on every play,” Prochaska added.

Just make sure the Free State side is actually yelling for Free State.

“Don’t accidentally cheer for the wrong team,” Marshall warned. “I’ve done that before.”

That was at an early game in 2010, when Marshall was a new sophomore.

She didn’t have a football cheat sheet printed in her school newspaper.

But cheering too rowdily against the opposing team can be just as culpable as a “Go! Fight! Win!” in the wrong direction. Marshall recalls one game in which a Lawrence High School student approached the Free State section to provoke the high school rivalry.

Eventually, security came to escort him back to the visitors’ side.

Insults, Marshall affirmed, are not the answer to the question of competition.

“We just have to show them we’re better by winning,” she said.

Season Startups First Firebird Football games of Fall 2011 Varisty Time: 7:00 p.m.

Date: 9/2 Opponent: Olathe South Location: Olathe South

Junior Varsity Time:10:00 a.m.

Date: 9/3 Opponent: Olathe South Location: Home

Sophomore Time: 4:00 p.m.

Date: 9/1 Opponent: Olathe South Location: Olathe South

Freshmen Time: 4:15 p.m.

Date: 9/1 Opponent: Olathe South Location: Home

Want more football schedules?

Go to http://www.highschoolsports.net/Month/ Lawrence-Free-State-Lawrence-KS/All/All/All/2011/ September/

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Getting a simple slice of pizza has never been so challenging. Despite modifications made to the cafeteria, enormous lunch lines greeted hungry students on their first day of school. Some students spent as long as ten minutes of their precious lunch period waiting in line.

Even outside the cafeteria, hosting freshmen brings more changes, both social and logistical.

Seniors 2012: welcome to the last year of your childhood.

Here’s 40 things to do to make sure you live it up. by allison harwood

1. Chill out, it’s senior year.

by hannah moran and kyle freese

2. Befriend someone you’ve gone to school with for years but have never actually gotten to know.

3. Try something in the cafeteria that you’ve never had before. It might be delicious. Probably not, but maybe.

4. Join a random club, such as Yoga Club, and actually go to some of the meetings.

5. Take an elective second semester that you’ve never taken before.

6. Attend at least one home game of every sport.

LUNCH

7. Take pride in your school. Aka, wear green, and a lot of it.

8. Treasure small things, like school assemblies. This is the last time you get to experience them.

9. Focus on the future, but not too much.You don’t want to look back and realize you wished senior year away.

10. Constantly take pictures.

11. Participate in activities like Homecoming Week and Spirit Week.

Open lunch is an option for every student, freshmen included. However, many changes may stand out for students who stay to eat.

The Snack Shack has been replaced by a second entrance to the cafeteria. The lunch schedule still consists of three different periods, but lunch will be during fifth hour. Ten more tables have been added to accommodate the new students.

Even with the additional tables, a few of the lunch periods are overbooked, but the number of students utilizing open lunch should compensate, according to Assistant Principal Mike Hill.

12. Go to a Free State vs. LHS game. Better yet, all of them.

13. Let old grudges go.

14. Read the entire “Harry Potter” series, because it’s awesome.

15. Go to a bowling tournament.

16. Get a hug from Freddie. That’s our mascot, by the way.

17. Return your old library books; you can’t graduate if you don’t.

18. Go on top of the roof.

19. Go to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Liberty Hall.

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20. Go to a concert at the Granada, or the “Granasty,” as Sam Boatright would say.

Very few freshmen have the magic combination of a license, parents who will let them drive and a car. The lucky few can park their cars in the sophomore area of the parking lot, so the lot is divided into freshman/sophomore, junior and senior sections.

The sophomore lot is already small and requires quite the trek. With freshmen sharing the area, space could be more clustered.

“I’m not too concerned because it’s not until the end of May when most freshmen actually start driving,” sophomore Olivia Loney said. “I get sucky parking either way. As long as they don’t key my car, I’m fine.”

21. Slide down the banister, and don’t think about the consequences.

22. Take an IPS class.

23. Dress up as Mr. Rabiola for a week. Birks, khakis and a button down are all you need.

24. Take a spin in the two seat bike.

25. Bedazzle a denim jacket so you can match Ryan Loecker.

26. Try every smoothie at Juice Stop, but not at once.

27. Eat frozen yogurt directly from the dispenser at Orange Leaf.

28. Girls: wear boys’ boxers to school. Preferably Superman ones.

29. Wear a spandex body suit to school or a sporting event.

30.31.Shake Mr. West’s hand. He’s the man.

Leave a note for a future student in a library book.

40. Tweet at @fsfreepress

with the hastag #fptop40 with a suggestion for the top 10 or 40 list.

38. Write a letter to the editors of the Free Press.

32. Write a love poem on a bathroom stall. Believe me, people will read it.

33. Start a food fight, just not on chili day.

34. Go out for a new sport.

35. Accumulate a collection of lunch trays without anyone noticing.

36. Ride a bike to school in the snow.

37. Plank on the Firebird.

39. Do doughnuts in the parking lot.

FRESH LOCKERS

Lockers are still assigned alphabetically, there are just many more of them.

“The new lockers were put in where there was open wall space, so anyone who has not seen the school before probably won’t even notice the addition of the new lockers,” Hill said.

The freshmen are assigned lockers throughout the school, and their classrooms are integrated among those of the upperclassmen.

PROM

To clear up any circulating rumors, Assistant Principal Lisa Boyd can assure students that prom this year will just be for seniors. Some seniors were worried about losing a night traditionally for seniors only.

“Then, when juniors are seniors, they’ll get their own prom,” she said.

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To the Freshmen...

Staffer questions prevailing negative attitudes toward underclassmen by amani safadi

For many seniors this isn’t the way they imagined their senior year would start. They may feel the freshman are ruining their senior year; a year that is supposed to be the best year of their lives.

What I don’t understand is why they’re upset.

I’m a senior and I do not blame the freshman for the changes. It isn’t their fault. If anyone is to be blamed,

the Board of Education should be for making the decision to change Free State to a four year high school.

But blaming the freshman doesn’t make sense.

I doubt they want to be here any more than we want them to be. Everyone should stop and think about how they feel. Their chance to finally be the top dog was ripped away from them, and a sense of accomplishment was stolen from them by making them fast forward their lives and be placed at the bottom.

It’s also forcing them to act more mature than they really are. They’re being shoved into a high school where we are dealing with peer pressures, ACT’s, SAT’s and college applications. That’s a lot different than junior high.

There will be a lot of memories being torn away from them from their freshman year. I don’t know about the juniors and my fellow seniors, but when I was a freshman I was certainly not ready to enter high school. It was a

big year for me, and I had a lot of maturing to do.

Many of us upperclassman need to realize that we are dealing with 14-year-olds. They are so much younger than us and do not have as much experience as we do dealing with high school issues. It’s our job to show them around and teach them what we know.

We don’t particularly want to deal with a whole class who is just afraid of us. We should all try and befriend a freshman and be a mentor to them. In the long run, it will help tremendously knowing that we aren’t here to judge them, but rather help them.

Like it or not, this change has as much of an affect on them as it does on us. We are all Firebirds. It’s one school and we don’t need a rivalry between freshman/ sophomores and juniors/seniors.

As seniors we should be the responsible ones in the school and show a level of maturity that the others haven’t yet reached. We should welcome them, despite our own frustrations and embrace the fact that if we do our job correctly, we will have another class looking up to us and striving to be like us.

Senior Survival Guide -Resist the urge to be violent to any freshman/sophomores -When walking in the halls mind the shorter people -Try to make the best of a bad situation -Don't get too cruel during senior week

Have a strong opinion? Want your voice to be heard? Let us know! Write a letter to the editors and tell us what you think about articles we covered in this issue and other upcoming issues. Submit your letter to the editor in room 115.

Birds Word

Q: How has your experience with the freshmen been so far?

freshman

travis treanor

“So far it’s been good. I like the building. It’s a lot less complicated than I thought it would be, and the teachers and the people are being nice so far. I haven’t gotten beaten up yet, so that’s a plus.”

junior sophomore

mackenzie adams “So far, it’s basically the same as junior high.

More people, I guess. [High school] is better.”

ryan gillihan “It’s way more chaotic. The hallways are insane.

You can’t get up the stairs, and they just kind of wait around. They don’t really know what to do.”

Let us know!

staff senior

alan shi “Lunch lines.

They’re making spirals; that’s how long the line is.”

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paula hatcher “It’s better this year. It’s a little chaotic, but all the work that the LINK Crew did to bring everyone in and have everybody know where they were supposed to be... [is] a big improvement.”

august 25, 2011

ver the summer I made sure to keep my eye out for interesting experiences I could include in my column. While downtown, a sign for Ad Astra Acupuncture caught my interest. For those who aren’t aware, acupuncture is basically the use of needles to poke pressure points in an attempt to alleviate pain. The reason is still unclear as to why this looked like something I would like to try. I don’t have a phobia of needles but I’m not too fond of getting shots.

The first thing I noticed when walking into Ad Astra was the furniture that looked like it came from my grandmother’s house. There were about 8 recliners covered in sheets with a variety of flowered patterns. I also noticed a bearded man wearing flip flops who greeted me and got all the paperwork set up. Besides my friend Stephen Bowman (who accompanied me for moral support), there wasn’t another soul in the building.

Once all the paperwork was straightened out, Nick--the bearded man--explained the acupuncture process to Stephen and me. He told me that I could pay anywhere from $15 to 35, depending on what I felt like giving. He also said that the actual insertion of the acupuncture needles is rather short, but the

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ear Freshmen, I’m one of those seniors. The kind who will probably not like you. The type who will be irate if you go to prom. And may God help the freshmen that sits in front of me at a football game.

Yep, I’m one of them.

I’m sure plenty of you are really nice people but in all honesty I don’t want to get to know you.

I am a 2012 senior. We will be known as the forgotten senior class. You will not know Free State the way it was before you showed up. It was a pretty nice place, with things like 30 minute lunches, the snack shack and 9:35 a.m. late arrival. Everything is different now.

Because someone on the school board had the bright idea that it was “necessary” to bring you guys up as soon as possible, despite a three year school working for as long as Lawrence has had a school district.

I should probably acknowledge that this isn’t your fault. As far as I know, you guys didn’t beg to come up to high school. It’s one of those ‘don’t shoot the messenger ’ situations. I don’t have anything against any freshmen on a personal level, but believe me when I say I can’t name a single person in my class I know who is

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length of the treatment varies from person to person.

To be brutally honest, he made it sound like I would pass out for an unknown amount of time after he stuck the needles in me. After his introduction, Nick told me I could choose any of the recliners and get comfortable, and he would follow me shortly after with the needles. This is where I began to get nervous.

Apparently, he could sense this, because he made me do some breathing exercises before we got started. I decided it would be best to just close my eyes and let Nick do his thing.

After he inserted the first needle, I calmed down, as I could barely feel it. He put about three needles in each arm and five in each foot. The process seemed to take no longer than five minutes, but later on Stephen explained it actually took about 10. Once all the needles were in, Nick turned on some music, showed Stephen the waiting room and said, “Now we let him cook.”

After a short time, I began to wonder if these needles were actually doing anything, or if I was just Ryan

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exSenior vents cited about the about new changes happening Miranda caused by your additions presence.I feel as though my senior year has gone down in flames in the blink of an eye.

The administration is completely concerned with the freshmen. “We have to make this a smooth transition for them.” Well I hate to act like the older sibling of a new child, but what about us? Personally, I had no desire to return to school this year, despite it being my senior year. Maybe it’s just me, but I wish they would have made the transition more gradual instead of throwing all of these changes on us at once. I realize that a large amount of the changes (5th hour lunch, seven period days, and no snack shack) are because of the large amount of people now occupying the building.

There will be ways to handle this however. Its a lot of change to take it, but we will get accustomed to the larger classes, and crowded hallways. This transition would be smoother will a couple adjustments.

sitting in a really comfortable chair. The moment I opened my eyes was when it really hit me. The idea of moving any part of my body seemed impossible.

While “cooking,” I expected the needles to provide some sort of sensation of specific feeling, but this never happened. It wasn’t what I could feel, but what I couldn’t feel: my arms and legs. I never fell asleep, but I probably would have if I weren’t in such a strange, unfamiliar building. After what felt like 30 minutes, I let Nick know I was ready to leave. He removed the needles and sent me on my way. Later, Stephen told me this 30 minutes was actually more like 45.

Once the needles were removed, I expected to return to normal shortly, but this definitely wasn’t the case. Walking downtown, I felt more calm than I have in my entire life. Maybe a little too calm as I kept hearing Stephen say, “You look really out of it, dude.”

This feeling eventually wore off, but it was nice while it lasted. Looking back on the treatment, acupuncture is something I would highly recommend. Not only is it virtually painless, but it is also quite cheap. If you can imagine the feeling you get when you pull a hair from your leg, you have imagined a pain worse than acupuncture.

We as students are given tickets for parking in the wrong spot, so why aren’t the freshmen and sophomore parents being held accountable for parking in the back of the school? A little less traffic will make our days better.

Also, be respectful. Hopefully this isn’t something I have to explain to people coming into high school but a little respect for upperclassmen goes a long way. We did it when we were sophomores too. We as seniors are done in a year and are trying to make the best of a situation that no one in the school wants to be in so try to remember that when you cut us in the lunch line.

Once the initial shock is over I’m sure there will be a level of coexistence that can be reached. There is a learning curve to high school in general. I’m not expecting every freshmen and sophomore to come in here and be as mature as an upperclassmen, because it takes a while to get adjusted to the demands of high school life. I had looked forward a fun and exciting senior year, something that every other class at Free State was given. Now, I can’t wait to graduate.

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Final Fridays -- 8/26/11 5-9 p.m. @ Downtown Lawrence

Final Fridays represent all that is great about downtown Lawrence: a free art showcase, a lovely downtown atmosphere, people watching and a traditional yet unique event on a Friday night.

Like the title declares, Final Fridays is on the last Friday of every month and allows local artists to showcase their work in and out of Mass Street shops-- such as Wonder Fair, the Phoenix Gallery, Love Garden and many coffee shops and restaurants.

August’s Final Fridays’ main exhibit will be at the Invisible Hand Gallery and will showcase “The End of Days Parade,” an art collection created by Ben Strawn. It is based on the concept of the sky falling and other childhood fairy`2tales mixed with a certain creepy eeriness.

Another showcase will be in the Lawrence Journal World lobby showcasing their “Dear Lawrence” project, a collection of photos within photos that attribute “back in the day” locations around town with their modern counterpart.

Also, expect to see a mobile art parade as the first annual Hawk Week art walk joins the Final Fridays exhibits by venturing down from the KU campus via Ninth Street to Downtown Lawrence. Although Final Fridays continues for the rest of the year, the weather won’t be this beautiful and fitting to take a downtown art stroll much longer.

TV on the Radio w/ !!! Chk Chk Chk 8/27/11 7 p.m. @ Crossroads KC

ANOTHER EARTH @ LIBERTY HALL Imagine looking out your window and seeing a planet in the sky that looks exactly like this one.

After reading the synopsis for Another Earth, it seems that not only was our planet duplicated, but the people were too.

In the first scene of the trailer, a doctor is seen trying to contact “Earth 2” via radio. After a few moments of silence, the same voice comes through the other side of the radio, frightening the doctor.

While this movie appears to have a science-fiction skeleton, it could probably best be classified as a drama. Rather than focusing on the actual duplicate Earth, this movie focuses on the main character’s desire to escape her current life.

Played by Brit Marling, Rhonda Williams gets into a car accident, killing a mother and daughter. Instead of apologizing to the husband / father, Williams attempts to make his life better by spending time with him. This built-up guilt causes her to enter (and win) a contest for a ticket to “Earth 2.”

This Sundance Film Festival winner is turning heads similar to “Black Swan” and “127 Hours” in 2010.

Cool Kids August 25 @ The Granada

Coming Soon Another Earth @ Liberty Hall

Final Fridays August 26 5-9 p.m. @ Downtown Lawrence

This indie-pop quartet from Brooklyn will continue their national tour by making a stop in Kansas City at the Crossroads. Since forming in 2001, TV on the Radio have collected an ample amount of well-deserved buzz and hype.

Their albums Return to Cookie Mountain and Dear Science both scored “Best Album of the Year” titles in 2006 and 2008 from Spin Magazine, respectively. Dear Science also won “Best Album of the Year” titles in 2008 from Rolling Stone, the A.V. Club, the Guardian, MTV and Entertainment Weekly.

Their newest album Nine Types of Light was released this year and has gained universal acclaim and high praise from most major music journalism sources. Ready with a live show to back up the critical acclaim, TV on the Radio is known for their energetic, yet sincere shows, led by frontman Tunde Adebimpe.

Tickets are between $28-76.50 depending on where you are located at the venue. And yes, it is an all ages show so enjoy the fantastical and animated performance of TV on the Radio.

August 27 Midnight Movie TV on the Radio w/ !!! Chk Chk Chk Madness @ August 27 at 7 p.m. Liberty Hall @ Crossroads KC

Bike Polo August 28-30 Edge Wood Park