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Global Prairie has changed addresses in the Crossroads District. The company recently left its location at 1619 Walnut for the Vitagraph Film Exchange Building, at 17th Street and Wyandotte. Though its zip code remains the same, half of Global Prairie’s workforce will fall off the city’s tax rolls because of an agreement with philanthropist Shirley Helzberg, who restored the Vitagraph Building.

Built in 1930, Vitagraph stored film reels that Warner Bros. distributed. Helzberg purchased the property in 2008 with the idea of creating a new office for the Kansas City Symphony.

The Vitagraph Building is a short walk from the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, which opens in September.

Taxpayers will reimburse Helzberg a portion of the $22 million she spent to restore the Vitagraph Building. Three years ago, the City Council approved her request for tax-increment financing (TIF). She’s eligible to receive up to $6.7 million in TIF funds.

The city’s decision to assist Helzberg was somewhat controversial. Global Prairie’s relocation revives the debate.

TIF is an economic-development tool that has been used to remake all corners of Kansas City. It’s a complicated device, in both design and administration. At its essence, TIF allows developers to capture the new taxes that their projects generate.

Helzberg’s proposal was met with skepticism. Staff members in the city’s Finance Department questioned the original plan’s budget for a $2.3 million parking garage that would have created only 20 new spaces. In a memo, the staff also expressed frustration with the uncertainty of the project. The symphony, it was known, would use only a portion of the building. Who would use the rest, a company that relocated from Des Moines or from the Plaza? The Vitagraph Building would need to lure a new business — not merely relocate an existing one — in order to foster meaningful economic development.

Representatives from Jackson County and the Kansas City, Missouri, School District had reservations as well. TIF deprives the county, the schools and other taxing jurisdictions of property taxes they would receive if the project went ahead without assistance. Calvin Williford, an aide to County Executive Mike Sanders, com-

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plained at a meeting of the TIF Commission that the public was being dragooned into one of Helzberg’s charitable efforts. “Let’s not confuse philanthropy with tax subsidies,” he said.

In 2008, the TIF Commission, which makes recommendations to the City Council, was split on the decision to approve subsidies for the Vitagraph Building. After the 5-5 vote, the TIF plan arrived at City Hall. Dismissing the concerns, the City Council said yes to Helzberg, agreeing to supplement the $3.4 million in state and federal tax credits that the Vitagraph Building was scheduled to receive for its historic status.

As a result of the council’s decision, next year’s city budget will appear as though a company that employed 15 people went out of business. TIF captures 50 percent of the earnings taxes that the city collects from workers. Global Prairie has 30 workers in Kansas City, according to a Kansas City Business Journal report. The city staff’s fears that the Vitagraph Building would merely rearrange jobs — not land new ones — appear to have been justified.

Global Prairie’s move into the Vitagraph Building also leaves a landlord with a vacancy to fill. Brad Nicholson owns the building that Global Praire left. (Note: The Pitch leases office space from Nicholson.) Nicholson says he isn’t bitter, though. TIF or no TIF, he was bound to lose Global Prairie as a tenant. “We just didn’t have anything in our portfolio that fit them,” he says.

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HOW TO GO OUT FOR A WEEK’S WORTH OF HAPPY MEALS ON A DEPRESSION BUDGET.

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hat if the American Restaurant — one of the more expensive and glamorous dining rooms in Kansas City — decided to return to 1976 prices? A 16-ounce Kansas City strip would cost $13.50, a Long Island duckling in whitegrape sauce would go for $9, and a glass of the house wine would be priced at 95 cents. At those prices, people could actually afford to eat out a lot more frequently.

Alas, at today’s prices, even a glass of iced tea costs more than a dollar. Everything is more expensive in 2011. After eliminating the options of fast-food chains, all-you-can-eat buffets and prepackaged salads and sandwiches at convenience stores, finding bargain meals out is no simple task. Take away other cost-cutting options (coupons, happy hours, early bird specials, senior discounts), and getting a cheap breakfast, lunch or dinner becomes even more challenging.

Not that price should outweigh food quality, service and overall experience when choosing a restaurant. But when it’s the middle of the month, and it costs $50 to fill your gas tank, and the car payment and the cable bill are due the same day, eating in a restaurant seems like an outrageous luxury. (Don’t even think about tax and tip.)

So we went looking for a week’s worth of meals on a daily budget of $20. Across the metro, we found a reassuring number of places where inflation hasn’t quite caught up. There’s nothing fancy about any of these diners, mom-and-pop joints and blue-plate throwbacks, but treasures await anyone looking for a vivid atmosphere and a screenplay’s worth of overheard conversation — not to mention a full plate on a nearly empty wallet.

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Friends Sushi & Bento Place

1808 West 39th Street 816-753-6666

Harold’s Drive-In

1337 Admiral Boulevard 816-221-2359

Before there was anything known as a drivethrough, there was the drive-in — and Harold’s, an East Side institution since 1958. Teenagers motoring home from seeing The Blob or Attack of the 50-Foot Woman at one of the downtown movie palaces would stop, park their cars, and go in for a chocolate malted and a cheeseburger. Owner Nancy Smith still sells malts and burgers, but her customers are usually bluecollar workers from around the neighborhood.

Smith serves breakfast until 10:30 a.m. A fivespot buys a handcrafted grilled sandwich (fried egg and cheese with ham or bacon or sausage, lettuce, tomato and mayo), hash browns and a beverage. No tipping is required, but you have to eat in your car.

Englewood Café

10904 East Winner Road, Independence 816-461-9588

The daily specials at this small-town diner vary, but they’re nearly always solid, homestyle dishes such as baked meatloaf or baked chicken, served with three sides and a dinner roll. Most of the lunch specials cost less than $7, and there’s always plenty left to take home. A slab of pie costs extra, but it’s baked right there.

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Happiness can be defined in just two words: inexpensive sushi. Every Monday (from 5 to 9 p.m.) and Saturday (from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), this 39th Street staple offers $1 pieces of sushi and $3.99 rolls. Spicy salmon is the way to go — it’s the finest offering in the joint.

Nelle Belle’s Diner

150 East U.S. Highway 69 816-452-9786

Owner Dixie Edwards works from 3 a.m. to 2 p.m. at this pink diner frequented by workers at the nearby Ford plant. There’s a mean plate of biscuits with sausage gravy ($4.75), and the daily made cobbler ($2) makes pie a serious breakfast option. The specials hang on brightly colored posterboard on the walls, and the two narrow dining rooms mean that all conversations here are communal.

Hayes Hamburgers & Chili 2502 Northeast Vivion Road 816-453-5575 This shiny, tiny 24-hour diner — the booths seat two people, unless you know your dining companions really, really well — dates back to 1955 pitch.com

and remains famous for its modestly priced breakfasts and lunches. A signature platter includes a 4-ounce rib-eye steak with two eggs, hash browns, and toast ($7.35) or a hefty order of biscuits slathered with sausage gravy ($3.60).

A triple burger ($3.99) can be layered with cheese ($4.50) or chili ($4.95), and the small pork-tenderloin sandwich is grilled, not fried.

You can make a satisfying meal out of a single pancake ($1.15) and an order of hash browns with cheese ($2.05) and still have enough left for a root-beer float ($1.65).

Ernie’s Steakhouse & Kross Lounge 605 North Sterling Avenue, Sugar Creek 816-254-9494 This small-town saloon dates back to the 1940s, and the dinner portions hearken back to a time when no one gave a damn about such things as cholesterol and high blood pressure. There are dinner specials every night of the week, but the best might be Tuesday night’s fried pork tenderloin dinner (with a choice of spud) for $5.

Little Richard’s Family Restaurant 301 North Highway 291, Independence 816-257-7295 You can’t be too squeamish about mounted deer heads when you dine at Richard Cash’s familystyle diner. He has mounted a dozen of them on M O N T H X X–X X , 2 0 0 X

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the mint-green walls of his restaurant — they’re about the same size as his cinnamon rolls. He offers the biggest pork-tenderloin sandwich in the city, too, and he’ll pay you $50 if you can finish it. The breakfasts aren’t just hearty but also tasty and cheap: A two-egg cheese omelet with fried potatoes and toast costs $3.99 (a biscuit is 19 cents extra, or if you’re feeling fancy, spend 29 cents for an English muffin). If you spring for the $7.99 breakfast — a pork chop, two eggs, hash browns and toast — you won’t be hungry again until dinner.

Philo’s Grill 4127 East Truman Road 816-241-9995 George Ingelzos has something for everyone at his five-year-old Greek-American diner on Truman Road, including outstanding gyro sandwiches ($5.25), a delicious Angus steakburger ($3.50) and a fried-chicken plate with two pieces of dark meat, mashed potatoes and buttered corn ($3.50). The daily $2.75 breakfast special is served until 11 a.m. (or even later, for a buck extra) and features two eggs, two strips of bacon, hash browns, toast and jelly. Construction workers in the area prefer the “hot plate specials” for $7.25 — chicken-fried steak, rotisserie chicken, fried chicken, ham steak — because they include choice of potato, vegetables, bread, and coffee or tea.

Chapala Restaurante Mexicano 5224 East Truman Road 816-241-9957 Owner Martha Senda now closes her familyoperated cantina early — dinner service ends at 4 p.m. so she can spend more time with her family — but she still offers some of the most delicious, least costly authentic Mexican meals in the metro. She’s famous for her soups, which are frequently featured on the specials board, as are her handmade enchiladas — four big ones with lettuce and sour cream for about $8.

Quick’s 7th Street Bar-B-Q 709 Cheyenne, Kansas City, Kansas 913-371-1599 Don’t judge this tasty book by its plain cover.

The exterior of the 54-year-old joint looks a little forlorn, but the dining room is as neat as a

pin, and the smoked meats are great. The best bargain is the $5.50 rib-tip platter, featuring a mess of tender, meaty rib meat slathered in a brawny, cayenne-seasoned sauce. The dish is served with two slices of soft white bread and a choice of baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad or fries. It’s not available every day, so call ahead.

and a choice of dinner roll or cornbread. The side-dish choices include delicious vinegary greens, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, green beans, and a few other soul-food favorites. Even after paying tip and tax, you’ll walk out feeling fuller and richer.

Winstead’s 101 Brush Creek Boulevard 816-753-2244 Winstead’s may be known for its steakburgers, but the smart money is on the breakfast sandwiches at this Kansas City classic. A fried-egg sandwich on toast or a grilled English muffin is just $1.85. Add a breakfast meat or cheese for 40 cents, and you’re out the door in under five minutes for less than $3. Whether hungover or tired, never underestimate the restorative powers of an egg-and-cheese from Winstead’s.

Ruby’s Dagwood Café 1117 Southwest Boulevard 913-677-0747 Perfectly runny eggs are hiding inside a mound of hash browns, bacon or sausage (although you can have both if you ask nicely) and cheese, all smashed inside two slices of Texas toast.

This is the Dagwood ($4.65), the signature breakfast sandwich of this L-shaped diner.

Your heart is already a goner, so order a saladplate-sized cinnamon roll ($3), served warm with butter-cream frosting and melted butter.

Kitty’s Café 810 East 31st Street 816-753-9711 Pork-tenderloin sandwiches don’t have to be stomach anvils. Proof: the delicate, tempuralike, pancake-thin triple stack ($4.90) from Kitty’s Café. Ask for the hot sauce, which neatly complements the crunch of the pork tenderloin and the sweetness of the pickle slices. Call ahead — the tiny kitchen has just six stools, just as it has since 1951.

Niecie’s Restaurant 6441 Troost 816-444-6006 It’s an offer that sounds too good to be true: a three-piece fried-chicken dinner for $4.99, including two side dishes. But both of Denise Hayes’ restaurants — the newer Troost location and the East 63rd Street spot — offer three pieces of crispy, delicious fried dark meat (a white-meat dinner costs $2 extra) with sides

Lutfi’s Fried Fish 3360 Troost 816-921-0152 If you’ve driven up and down Troost lately, you’ve seen eager young men energetically waving yellow placards advertising the $5 fish special at this newest Lutfi’s location. The special is offered each day and fills you up good, baby. How much fish? Three pieces of fried catfish or three pieces of fried perch or two pieces of fried whiting. What else? Bread and a choice of one side dish (stewed greens, macaroni and cheese, red beans and rice, fries, potato salad, or cole slaw). Those sign wavers might just be satisfied customers saying thanks.

Kin Lin Chinese Restaurant 314 East 51st Street 816-561-4334 Budget-conscious students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Rockhurst University swear by this cozy little Chinese restaurant, which is short on style but long on portions. The

Above, from left: a sign from Philo’s Grill, the tenderloin sandwich at Little Richard’s, a gyro and hummus at Philo’s inexpensive Chinese dishes here come in two sizes: big and bigger. Big — well, “regular” — is often enough for two meals, and “large” could be three. The regular dinners cost $6–$7.50, and the large meals top out at $10. Besides traditional Chinese-American dishes, there are spicy meatless dishes and fried rice and noodle creations.

You can also make a satisfying dinner out of a bowl of wonton soup ($2.50) and the combination appetizer platter ($5.95).

Bluestem 900 Westport Road 816-561-1101 Lounge-only happy hour: 5-7 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday Whoever said you need nothing more than friends to be wealthy must have been friends with Bluestem chefs Colby and Megan Garrelts.

One of the best happy hours in the city is in the restaurant’s well-appointed lounge, where the half-price menu items include mussels ($7), wagyu beef tartare ($6) and truffle pommes frites ($2.50). After a week of budgeting, it’s a rich indulgence at a deeply fair price.

John’s Space Age Donuts 8124 Floyd, Overland Park 913-381-0980 It’s a heartwarming sight to see grown men holding school-lunchroom milk cartons and smiling at the first mouthful of apple fritter.

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And those fritters run just 95 cents. Only have a quarter? You can still buy a doughnut hole that’s out of this world.

Werner’s Fine Sausages 5736 Johnson Drive, Mission 913-362-5955 On calendars in Mission, Saturday reads Sausageday. That’s when the line forms to pick up one of seven sausage varieties ($2.50 each) from a grill cart just outside Werner’s Specialty Foods. The cart opens at 11 a.m. and runs until 2:30 p.m., but to make sure your favorite sausage is still on hand, get there by 1. Start with the smoked Polish, a mixture of beef and pork with the satisfying snap of natural casing.

Mugs-Up Root Beer Drive-In 700 East 23rd Street, Independence 816-254-7040 There are so few places to find home-brewed root beer served in those heavy, thick frosty mugs that even if this iconic drive-in were expensive — which it isn’t — it would still be worth a drive to Independence. Mugs-Up’s root beer can be ordered by the glass or the quart, and the simple menu is a throwback to a time when little loose-meat burgers were the rage — the Zip Burger ($2.15) is plain, while the Whiz

Burger ($2.45) is a Zip with cheese. There are other treats here, including corn dogs, barbecue sandwiches and fried tenderloins. And the rib-sticking chili-cheese Frito pie is a bargain at $2.55.

HiBoy Drive-In 924 West U.S. Highway 24, Independence 816-252-4050 The cars in the drive-through are no longer classics, but not much else has changed since HiBoy opened in 1957 — especially the tasty food. The HiBoy Burger ($3.89) is still a thin patty with a slight pepper kick, juicy enough to make the bun slightly soft. It comes stacked with crunchy lettuce, sliced tomato, a dollop of house sauce, and melty cheese that sticks first to the foil wrapping and then to your lips.

Cook Shack Café 8950 Wornall 816-333-0013 This little neighborhood diner is so small that there’s often a wait during bad weather (on sunny days, owner Bill Crow, a former fire-

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El Camino Real 903 North Seventh Street, Kansas City, Kansas 913-342-4333 People don’t just love this taqueria in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, because the tacos are so inexpensive ($1.50 each). They’re also delicious, and the selection is terrific: beef tongue, spicy chorizo, fried fish, carne asada, pollo, poblano chiles with cheese. You can eat like a king for less than $8.

Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones ftfsnowcones.com Magic happens inside a Shasta teardrop trailer every Sunday, May-September, in the corner garden at 17th Street and Summit. The snow cones ($3) are complex, with fascinating flavor combinations — such as lemon prickly pear or pineapple with serrano pepper — that stem from the imagination of founder Lindsay Laricks.

Can’t make up your mind? Get the flight of freshness ($4), a sampler of five flavors.

Bonito Michoacan 1150 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 913-371-0326 You can work your way through an entire cow or pig at this popular KCK lunch spot, especially with tacos that cost only $1.49 (99 cents on Tuesdays). This grocery and restaurant serves beef cheek, tongue, tripe, pork shoulder, and lamb ( just five of the 10 filling choices) on two corn tortillas under a generous handful of fresh cilantro and chopped onion. Add a small tamarind agua fresca ($1.69) — sugar and fruit-sweetened water — to cool off your mouth.

Paleterias Tropicana 830 Southwest Boulevard 816-221-0192 The frozen treats sold by Paleterias Tropicana at its flagship store on Southwest Boulevard are the best kind of dessert alchemy. The flat, oblong popsicles have the texture of a Creamsicle, the taste of a juice pop from childhood, and a price that anybody’s allowance can cover ($1.59–$1.79). The challenge: picking just one, which is impossible as long as the flavors include mango with chili powder and piña colada.

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Curbside Cuisine @curbsidecuisine A righteous, Chicago-style hot dog was hard to find in Kansas City until Curbside Cuisine hit the streets in March.

This rolling pleasure palace serves genuine, steamed Vienna-beef hot dogs ($3.50) with all the trimmings — sliced tomato, onion, neon relish, sport pepper, mustard, kosher pickle wedge, a dash of celery salt — packed into a poppy-seed bun.

Port Fonda portfondakc.com Chef Patrick Ryan’s retrofitted Airstream trailer has a single six-person table inside, which he has nicknamed “el comedor.”

But you don’t have to sit there to enjoy his cracking-good regional Mexican dishes.

The tacos ($3) include goat with radish and green onion. And the tortas ($7) are inventive sandwiches — like Ryan’s take on a banh mi, with rancho gordo beans, chicken-liver pate, pork belly, pork rillette, pickled vegetables, cilantro and hot-sauce mayo.

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El Pulgarcito 5921 Merriam Drive, Merriam 913-384-3887 Just south of Johnson Drive, El Pulgarcito

P i z z a d’Bronx 3904 Bell 816-531-0550 The standard for thin-crust slices for many pizza fanatics in the city is still d’Bronx’s cheese ($2.85). It’ll burn the roof of your mouth as authentically as any proper New York wedge because you won’t be able to wait before taking the ďŹ rst bite. The cheese pulls off in molten strings, and the crust is slightly blackened on the bottom. The sauce is a balance of peppery heat and sweet tomatoes. Toppings (50 to 75 cents) — especially the ďŹ ne house-made meatballs — turn a single slice into a knife-and-fork project.

Pizza 51 5060 Oak 816-531-1151 This slice ($3.19) is so large, it can’t really ďŹ t in the to-go box. Better just to eat the tip before you close the lid. The toppings (69 cents) are as well-stocked as a salad bar, perfect for vegetarians and carnivores.

The closer you get to the crust, the more crunch you get, rewarding you for working your way through the entire slice.

Santora’s 3834 Main 816-756-1616 There are only a few late-night foods that can withstand the light of day. Happily, the slices at Santora’s are just as respectable for lunch as after a night out at the bars — and a bargain (two one-topping slices for $5). The homemade marinara, a family recipe from co-owner Anthony Santora, is the best part of every bite.

Mugs-Up still serves ’em tall. serves up a papusa, a masa our pocket stuffed with meat, beans or cheese, for $1.95. It also has what may be the best free condiments in the city. The papusas are served with a red-hot sauce and a jar full of curtido, a Salvadoran slaw with pickled cabbage, onions and jalapeĂąos. And the friendly servers make even ďŹ rst-time diners feel like regulars.

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Le Monde Bakery 308 Armour Road, North Kansas City 816-474-0055 The fat, succulent Vietnamese spring rolls here can be had vegan or with shrimp. They’re prepared and sold Wednesday-Friday at this North Kansas City bakery. Julie Le, the wife of Le Monde’s head baker, Houng Le, serves three of the moist rolls with peanut sauce for $5.45. They’re enough to make one extremely satisfying meatless meal. A limited number of the vegan rolls are made, so call ahead.

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he has found religion and meditation. His artwork consists mainly of spiritual subjects and is created with paint made of crushed colored pencils and homemade brushes made of human hair. See his work today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The exhibit can be seen Monday through Saturday through June 29.

Slap-n-Tickle Gallery (504 East 18th Street, 816-716-5940): The space that shows “exceptional art for very silly people” presents the photography exhibit Studies in Clay by Stephan Jahanshahi. Black-and-white photos of human models smeared with clay explore a sense of time and expound on themes of change and renewal. The opening reception is from 6 to 11 p.m. The gallery is also open on Saturday, June 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. and by appointment for the rest of the month. See letyourfreakflagfly.com for more information.

The Spray Booth Gallery (130 West 18th Street, 816-471-5555): Four 20-something artists are featured in West No East, an exhibit curated by Russell Shoemaker that highlights the cultural connectivity of the past and the present, and both coasts. Featured KC artists are Luther Kroman, who paints pictures of games with references to abstract painters, and Clayton Skidmore, who explores language associations through videos and Golden Storybook paintings. Tonight’s opening reception is from 6 to 9. The exhibit runs through June 25.

— BERRY ANDERSON

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UPSCALE ORGANICS

You probably couldn’t buy a diamond in the rough from a high-end jewelry store such as Tivol, but at the Northland’s Briarcliff Village, you can purchase an edible equivalent. Organic fruits and vegetables are treasures of taste and nutrition, though they FIND may appear flawed.

MANY MORE Organic foods are available inside throughout the year at GreenAcres (4151 North LISTINGS Market Mulberry Drive, ONLINE AT 816-595-5820), BriarPITCH.COM cliff’s resident healthfood center. Outside, Briarcliff hosts farmers and other purveyors of local and organic provisions from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays (through September 29). The Briarcliff market also features live music, cooking demos, and the scent of buffalo burgers wafting from the grill on the GreenAcres patio starting at 5 p.m. Once your reusable shopping bags are full, head to nearby Mulberry Lake, where the apprentice troupe of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival gives a free performance of Twelfth Night from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. See briarcliffvillagekc.com for more information.

— CRYSTAL K. WIEBE

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What happens when a tech dork throws a street party? Well, we dunno yet — this Friday is the first time that Doug Richards is giving it a shot.

Richards is a self-described “second-generation nerd” who’s one of the founders of the local entertainment firm NoCoast. Now he’s using his connections across Kansas City’s art, music, technology and foodie scenes to drop a multisensory experience smack-dab in the middle of 19th Street and Baltimore. Two stages, one at either end of 19th Street, block traffic to allow street artists, musicians, dancers and pedestrians free rein. On-hand talent includes live art by Jason Sierra and graffiti artist Scribe; a spokenword performance by Jose Faus, founder of the Latino Writers Collective; and DJ Roland. The

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LESSONS IN LOVE

Would you take etiquette lessons from a shutin? Probably not, but it stands to reason that even the best broker of wisdom might have trouble taking her own advice. That’s the premise of Confessions of a Hopeless Romantic, a bit of newly published chick-lit from local writer D. Latrice Carroll. It sounds like there’s more than a dash of Carrie Bradshaw in the book’s heroine, Callie Harold, a self-help

S AT U R D AY writer who can’t seem to snare the true love that she craves. Carroll, who also teaches a class on new-age dating techniques through UMKC’s Communiversity, debuts her tome on the rooftop at Club Xpressions (220 Admiral Boulevard, 816-221-1505) from 7 to 10 p.m. Admission is free, and complimentary Confessions cocktails — bonus! — will be served. For more information, see carrdanepublishing.com.

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Gallery 325 (325 Southwest Boulevard): Artist Reinaldo Dennes is on Death Row in Texas.

He was 39 when he killed another man in a robbery attempt. Since he’s been in prison,

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It’s been a little more than nine years since Zach Lovely opened his shop, Lovely Skateboards, on 18th Street. In 2006, he began another operation in the West Bottoms — Union Press Screen Printing — and started to produce clothing, skate decks and other street-style items, keeping the Lovely name alive through trunk shows, loft parties and art openings. The Lovely Skateboards storefront is long gone, but Lovely and the rest of his production crew can be found at their new space, Steel Gallery & Studio (1219 Union, 816-842-5683). At the inaugural show, Weapons of Mass Production II, “The continued on page 12 Art of Skateboarding”

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(a follow-up to a 2007 show), see the works of 40 artists on skateboard decks, plus live skateboarding on a mini ramp. In the future, Lovely says, “Expect to see shows that break the norm, and be introduced to new talent.

Something fresh, with an edge to it.” Tonight’s opening reception is from 5 to 9, and the exhibit runs through June 10. For more information, call 816-842-5683.

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Feelin’ shaggy but don’t want to throw down for a high-dollar haircut? Show some solidarity with young folks who suffer from cancer and make the trek to Grandview for a new do at the St. Baldrick’s Foundation charity event. The world’s largest volunteer-driven fundraising program for childhood-cancer research, St. Baldrick’s asks for your hair and your permission to shave it in front of everyone. Outside of Gail’s Harley-Davidson (5900 East Highway 150, 816-966-2222) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., find barbers, live music, giveaways, kids activities, free lunch, and motorcycle demonstrations. “This is definitely for everybody, not just bike people,” says organizer Jaime Jensen. Information on how to be one of the shaved can be found at stbaldricks.org. Walk-ins are also welcome.

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ow, when we tell you what today’s participatory sports event is called, we want you to try and remain calm. Don’t overreact. Although it’s extremely scary-sounding, it’s just a name. OK, starting at 9 a.m., the Plaza Tennis Center (4747 J.C. Nichols Parkway, 816-784-5100) is host to the Spring/ Summer 2011 Bracket of Death. Now, “Bracket of Death” just refers to the tournament that’s coordinated by some area tennis players as, basically, an endurance challenge, because it’s compressed into one day. And the champion — who has to survive something like 90 games of tennis — receives what we are going to warn you in advance is a scary-sounding trophy. It’s name? The Belt of Death. OK, you seem really jumpy. But it’s just a regular trophy-style belt and doesn’t have rotating blades or any of that Saw II crap. The entry fee is $25, and anyone can become a spectator by going there and looking. For more information, see bracketofdeath.com.

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Belly Dance United is a performance troupe that combines Middle Eastern dance stylings with modern theatrical techniques and the naming conventions of U.K. football clubs.

But did you know that belly dancing involves way more body parts than just the belly?

Every body part — including the thigh, shin, arm, trunk, most of the spine, and other parts — is deployed to achieve the poetic movements of what we’ll just continue, for lack of graceful alternatives, to call “belly dancing.”

BDU performs “whole body dancing” (see?) at Crown Center’s Off Center Theatre (2450 Grand, 816-274-8444). The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information, see bellydanceunited.com.

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Don’t get master chocolatier Aaron Dearinger started on the chocolate fondue served at the Melting Pot restaurant: “It’s not real chocolate. It’s a pre-liquefied processed product. A confectionery compound.” At 6 p.m., Dearinger shows that the best chocolate fondue in town is the kind that most people can make at home — with high-quality dark chocolate and very, very slow melting techniques. “If it gets too hot, you’re going to have a scorched, lumpy mess.” Dearinger’s June class at the Culinary Center of Kansas City (7920 Santa Fe Drive, in Overland Park, 913-341-4455) is called Entertaining With Chocolate. Priced at $65, it’s all about using chocolate for cocktails, dipping and sipping (he’ll show how to create a hot and spicy Mayan beverage). Dearinger is proud of his chocolate martini, made with a chocolate liqueur that he makes himself from chopped

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In 2007, the Food and Drug Administration suggested capping SPF (sun protection factor) levels at 50 and above. Given that these are determined by comparing the time it takes to burn without sunscreen with the time it takes to burn with it, it’s probably OK to assume that sunscreen between SPF 50 and SPF 100 is pretty much a marketing ploy. But we still advise slathering up this summer, especially while visiting the Jackson County beaches, which are now open through September 5. Admission to both Longview Lake Beach (11101 Raytown Road) and Blue Springs Lake Beach (1500 Northeast Bowlin Road, in Lee’s Summit) is $5 for adults (16 and over) and $3 for kids (15 and under).

Both have sand volleyball courts, shower facilities, and an acre of protected designated swimming. For more information, call 816-503-4876 or see jacksongov.org/beaches. — BERRY ANDERSON

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Remember the eager anticipation you felt as a child while waiting for the end of the main entrĂŠe? Or the 15-minute bouts of brain freeze? Or the chocolate-sauce dribbles down your chin? Satisfy your sugar cravings with confectionery cocktails at these bars.

Gusto Lounge (3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786). The recently revamped interior of Gusto Lounge provides the perfect atmosphere for an evening of midtown drinking. Enjoy a Peanut Butter Cup shot for $5 (Kahlua, Frangelico, Tres Leches) or a Red Velvet cocktail (Tres Leches, raspberry vodka, raspberry liquor) for $8 while listening to DJs Kenn Jankowski (upstairs) and Molly Pillow (downstairs).

The Jayhawker (701 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1005). The Jayhawker is the place for martinis on Mass Street. The midsize bar, located inside the historic downtown Eldridge Hotel, has a $9 Cherry Cheesecake (Svedka Vanilla, cranberry juice, grenadine, with graham-cracker rim) and an Andes Mint (Mint Most Wanted Vodka, crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and Godiva liqueur) for the same price. — A BBIE STUTZER

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SLOPPY KISSES

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Kiss Me Kate is non-vintage Shakespeare. drama relationships are far more satisfying to watch. Catch one onscreen at 10 a.m. in Carlsen Center’s Yardley Hall on the campus of Johnson County Community College (12345 College Boulevard, in Overland Park).

This love story stars a different Kate: Kathryn Grayson. Incidentally, she plays a Kate in the movie. Another character in the movie is named Lois Lane. She’s in no way Superman’s girlfriend, and she plays someone else. Got all that? Kiss Me Kate is a play-within-a-play movie musical. Originally filmed in 3-D, the 1950s film features music by Cole Porter and a story that involves complicated romance, Shakespeare and gangsters. It’s part of a free vintage-musical movie series, each Wednesday through June 29. For more information, call 913-469-4445. — CRYSTAL K. WIEBE

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In the early 1980s, multi-instrumentalist Billy Ebeling used to drive from Lawrence to Westport to busk for rent money. Fortunately, he was able to turn his harmonica-and-accordion street performances into paid appearances that eventually allowed him to travel and play in Australia, New Zealand and South America.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been back in KC since 2000, and very recently he released an album of classic-rock and blues covers called Conniption Fit. He brings his Late for Dinner Band to the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library (625 Minnesota, 913-551-3280) for Lyrics at the Library, a free noon concert. Local food vendors are slated to be on hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a fun gig. I just hope the librarian doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out and shush us,â&#x20AC;? Ebeling jokes. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; BERRY ANDERSON Night + Day listings are offered as a free service to Pitch readers and are subject to space restrictions. Submissions should be addressed to Night + Day Editor Berry Anderson by e-mail (calendar@pitch.com), fax (816-756-0502) or mail (The Pitch, 1701 Main, Kansas City, MO 64108). Please include zip code with address.

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ncendies, the new French-Canadian/ Lebanese film by director Denis Villeneuve (Maelstrom, Polytechnique), is the sort of work that can give a critic fits. There is more than enough “right” with it to make it worthy of recommendation, even though it has certain significant problems as well. But it’s also different enough and accomplished enough that it merits much more than a mere shrug or even a few BY words of tepid approbation.

MICHAEL The title is French for “fires,” and the film (adapted S I C I N S K I from the play by Wajdi Mouawad) is indeed about the slow-burn aftermath of a life lived as scorched earth and the toll taken on loved ones.

The movie is framed by the reading of the last will and testament of legal secretary Nawal Marwan (Lubna Azabal) before her surviving children, twins Simon (Maxim Gaudette) and Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin).

A distant, depressive woman, Nawal had a very secret life that she scrupulously concealed from her children upon the family’s emigration to Canada, and the will is a body blow to the already reeling siblings. They must return to their mother’s homeland (a never-named Middle Eastern country, but clearly Lebanon) and locate both the father they believed to be dead and the brother they never knew existed.

From this point on, the Marwan children’s present-day journey is quite gracefully intercut with flashbacks depicting the complicated, bitter life of Nawal.

But it’s here that Incendies runs aground, despite its best intentions. Not specifying the national locale of Nawal’s war and casting Nawal and her family as Christians in the midst of Muslim persecution (and vice versa) have the deeply frustrating effect of taking these subjects, described through Nawal’s plight, out of their historical context. This polarity is never reconciled. At the center of Villeneuve’s film is a passionate, brave and, at times, even crazy individual. But the attempt to make her plight universal simply feels fraudulent. Given the specifics of Christian-Muslim antagonisms in Lebanon — a history given more overall context in the recent animated documentary Waltz With Bashir — Incendies risks playing into the vague fatalism that too often pervades Western perceptions of the Middle East. (“It will always be a mess over there …”)

Villeneuve and ace cinematographer André Turpin provide exceptional formal construction, making it easy to see why Incendies was one of last year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar nominees. In particular, the visual contrast

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between the golden expanses of natural light in Lebanon and the gray, geometrical brutalism of Montreal offers a solid objective correlative for two ways of life. But this perspective also points to one of the complications that makes Incendies a film of ideas, but not wholly successful ones.

The acting is uniformly excellent, and Désormeaux-Poulin does a fine job as a professor of abstract mathematics who’s struggling to solve her familial dilemma like a proof.

But the film’s overall point of view is filtered through Jeanne and Simon, which becomes a problem when a film about political strife in the Arab world assumes and conforms to middle-class Western expectations.

Nothing exemplifies this more than Incendies’ final-reel twist, an affectation that says very little about the price exacted for dignity in wartime and much more about Hollywood moviemaking expectations, and the pampered classes’ inability to imagine real cruelty.

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OUT THIS WEEK Submarine In British comedian Richard Ayoade’s directorial debut, Craig Roberts plays a smart, sensitive teenage kid who’s trying to save his parents’ failing marriage while winning the heart of an aloof classmate (Yasmin Paige). Submarine is funny and stylish, and shot in a way that gives the early 1980s an archaic glow, as though lit by candles and the setting sun. It ranges too far at times into Wes Anderson-y indie quirk, but like Anderson, Ayoade is able to convey the painful awkwardness beneath the stylization.

This is a movie about immature emotions that uses its own poses to keep genuine feelings at bay.

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It’s going to take a serious amount of investment, and I’d love for that to happen.

What are your culinary inspirations?

It comes from a couple of places. Sometimes ideas pop out fully formed, like the pastrami short ribs. That was like a Reuben sandwich, but not exactly. I look at the seasons and write down ingredients — ramps, peas and proteins I want to use. Then I try and match them up and get a few random ideas going. I’ll have about 10 to 15 pages of random thoughts. It’s free-form when I start. And then I just try to create a good mix for the menu. Left to my druthers, I’d have a menu of entirely braised meats and sausages.

But there’s lots of varied customers in any given night, so I try and make something for everyone.

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Everything sucks without salt. I have a salty palate, so I try and tone it back. Salt balance is everything. I even put a little bit in my desserts.

What’s your guilty pleasure?

I really like cabeza burritos from Pancho’s.

It’s all beef cheek and beef head. … You can see they’re really cooking when you’re at the drivethrough. There’s freshly made salsa, and I just love the gelatinous quality of the meat. It’s succulent and braised. So, burritos and any kind of ice cream.

What’s never in your kitchen?

I always buy vegetables, and I’m going to cook them, but then I get home and just make a fried egg.

What’s always in your kitchen?

Olive oil. Fish sauce. Lots of mayo. I have an unhealthy relationship with mayo. I used to eat mayo sandwiches in high school. I’d go to Jimmy John’s and get some day-old bread and four packets of mayo. That’s a sandwich for 50 cents.

Mayo is the epitome of sauce. It’s got fat, acidity.

It’s emulsified and salty and balanced. Most of our sauces here are mayo-based. I’ve only got a six-burner — I can’t be making reductions.

What kind of beer have you and your brotherin-law been making?

We’ve been going through different styles: wheat, Irish, pale and IPA. I love beer. The first was wheat and it was [briefly pauses] drinkable.

We haven’t made a bad one yet. The best may have been a coffee stout with cardamom. I’ve started approaching it like cooking.

How so?

The water is like the stock in sauce. … It always takes longer than you think because you always start drinking beer. Try different styles to get the foundations down and then experiment.

Because you can throw in anything you want in there. It’s very much like cooking. You follow a recipe and boil stuff. It’s really simple to learn.

Where do you shop for equipment or ingredients?

Locally, we’ll go to Bacchus & Barleycorn [in Shawnee] or just pick out a bunch of stuff online at Midwest Supplies.

What’s next?

Maybe a pomegranate oatmeal or wheat. We keep brewing IPAs, and our wives don’t want to drink those. Pomegranate molasses is really cheap, and then we can give it some body.

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The Matter With Kansas JORDAN GEIGER RETURNS TO LAWRENCE TO REBOOT HOSPITAL SHIPS.

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few weeks back, hipster journal Vice published a review of Lonely Twin, the second LP from Lawrence act Hospital Ships. The magazine named it “Worst Album of the Month.”

Taking issue with the review is a fool’s errand.

Dumping on things is Vice’s modus operandi, and Hospital Ships has earned love from plenty of other outlets — including National Public Radio and Stereogum (not to mention The Pitch) — that take music criticism seriously.

What is notable about the review is how the author (anonymous) cites his (or her) inability, as an East Coast resident, to connect with a record that is so “Midwestern.” The implied condescension behind that statement is a little bit despicable, but it does hint at a certain truth: The East BY Coast and the Midwest just don’t seem to understand each BRAD other. As it happens, Jordan KROHE Geiger, the man behind Hospital Ships, recently returned to Lawrence after living in New York City. And he has some thoughts on the subject.

“Here, I make music. I ride my bike with my friends. I have a garden. It feels like the way life should be lived to me,” Geiger says. He’s seated inside Coffee Break in Lawrence along with his backing band, a little jet-lagged, having just gotten back from a mini tour in France promoting Lonely Twin.

“In New York, I was doing art stuff about ‘my

soul,’ and it smelled like shit everywhere, and it’s Jordan Geiger: just a small-town boy. like this giant unsustainable ball of assholes. It’s a place where people go to ‘make it,’ but I think if Stahl, Taylor Holenbeck, Mitch Jones, Lucas you’re moving somewhere to ‘make it,’ you need Oswald, and Katlyn Conroy — from the bands to seriously question your artistic motivations.” Cowboy Indian Bear, the Appleseed Cast, ColIn defiance of the conventional logic of ony Collapse and Elevator Action) to perform heading coastward for success, Geiger — who with him.

“I think one thing unique about Lawrence, also plays in Minus Story and Shearwater, both not-unsuccessful bands — elected to that you don’t find in a lot of other places, is that it’s nurturing,” Conroy return to his home base says. Her role is sort of a of Lawrence to establish a floating member of the band sturdier, more permanent Hospital Ships, with Asobi Seksu and Capybara. when she’s not involved with lineup for Hospital Ships.

Tuesday, June 7, Cowboy Indian Bear. “You can “There were very particuat the Riot Room. start a band and try to build lar people I wanted to work something without feeling with here,” he says. “It wasn’t overwhelmed. I don’t think like, Hey, I heard you play the guitar pretty well; let’s play together. I didn’t put I’d be in bands if I didn’t move to Lawrence.”

Conroy continues, “It’s definitely less stressout a Craigslist ad.” Geiger gathered together several friends and former bandmates (Nick ful to play music here than a lot of places, be-

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cause any sort of competition is fun competition.

Like, I grew up listening to Jordan and seeing his shows. And now I play alongside him. That shit wouldn’t happen in a lot of other places.”

That Hospital Ships is now a functioning live act at all is something of a development. In 2008, when Geiger released Oh, Ramona, the Hospital Ships’ debut, he considered it a hobby project. “It was very personal and vulnerable,” he says. “It’s kind of embarrassing to listen to now because of that.”

But the record’s moody pop sensibility quickly found an audience, and in his downtime between work in Minus Story and Shearwater, Geiger began shaping and recording the new material that would become Lonely Twin. Two years later, the new record has arrived.

The tracks on Lonely Twin are pop songs with a noisy streak running through them. They’re explosive and swelling but rooted in a melodic steadiness, like a controlled demolition. On some songs, Geiger gets a little orchestral, with strings, synths and glockenspiels. It’s without a doubt an album informed by its process, which for Geiger involved migration and settlement — a sense of place.

But whether the music reflects a typical Midwestern musical mind-set is up to the listener to decide. Or to not care about at all.

“My feeling is that lots of people need to be told what something is, and whether it’s good or not,” Geiger says. “But here in Lawrence, it seems more natural than that. Here, it seems like people don’t need someone to say that Lawrence is cool. That’s why that Vice thing, that shitty Vice review, is cool to me. It’s awesome that Lawrence doesn’t give a fuck if Brooklyn thinks that Lawrence is stupid, because we know Lawrence is cool. And that is punk-rock to me. That’s why I got into music.”

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he eve of the predicted rapture a couple of weeks back seemed like an appropriate time to speak with David Bazan. As songwriter for Pedro the Lion, Bazan was something of a revolutionary indie-rock character for singing about his Christian faith. As the years passed, doubt crept BY into his religious worldview, most notably on 2009’s Curse JOSH Your Branches, on which he esHAFNER sentially renounced his faith.

Strange Negotiations, his latest, examines the subtleties of modern existence through a more agnostic lens.

The Pitch: You’re going on tour with some great bands such as Cotton Jones and Bright Eyes.

But the world is supposed to end tomorrow, so how’s that all going to work out for you?

Bazan: Well, I guess it depends on your interpretation. If that rapture happens, it will only be saved people who will go before tribulation. And a lot of saved folks are into my records, so I think show attendance will be affected negatively. My family wonders if I am saved, but a lot of my friends would argue that I’m mostly saved. So who knows if I’ll even be here?

Do you ever tire of the ubiquitous associations in the press between your art and religious doubt?

Well, it has been a central theme. If I could choose again, I maybe wouldn’t have chosen it.

The [reaction] to Curse Your Branches was so elevated compared to the expectations I had.

But I’m fascinated by the topic and I started the conversation in that direction, so I’m happy to go back and forth about that stuff.

“Level With Yourself,” from the new album, muses on a line from “Be Thou My Vision,” a hymn you recorded more than a decade ago. Is that a nod to your younger self?

That line always rocked me when I was a kid: Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise/Thou my inheritance now and always. It’s a delayed gratification thing, sort of a statement to being committed to a different value system. That always really resonated with me, and strangely it still does, except for the Thou my inheritance now and always part. To me, the line is about how there’s other things to be motivated by than money and glory.

Do you feel a philosophical or chronological distance when you play Pedro the Lion songs today?

It’s different for every single song. We’re playing “Of Up and Coming Monarchs” on this tour, which is a song I wrote 14 years ago. I love it. It’s fresh to me, and we’re having a great time playing it. But then I’ll play a song off Winners Never Quit or Control that feels really dated somehow.

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someone who tweeted: “You ever feel bad ’bout all the money you bank from Christians? Maybe give it to Haiti or deaf kids, in case there is a Hell.”

This is a complaint I hear sometimes, that I’ve taken advantage of Christian fans by kind of stringing them along for years. I thought, “OK, I feel like I’ve said some things that are very much the opposite of stringing people along, so I’m dealing with this once and for all.” But then I read this blog he wrote about it and I was like, “I’m not talking to this dum-dum.” A guy who’s that clued out, I’m not going to spend time trying to interact with him because it won’t go anywhere. He’s not trying to get it. I got kids, and stuff to do. That’s another question on the new record: How do you even engage with people like that? I don’t think you do. They’re not trying to understand how the world works. They’re choosing not to.

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CD REVIEW DOLLAR FOX Close to Home (Money Wolf)

My claim of objectivity regarding Dollar Fox’s debut, Close to Home, is about as convincing as a drunk friend pleading for his car keys back. I have a built-in weakness for the band’s down-home Americana. Still, I think listeners who are less biased than I am will recognize that these are betterthan-average roots-rock tunes, making for a fitting soundtrack to an early-afternoon Marlboro and porch beer. Singer Tommy Donoho’s voice lacks the dusky weariness (or the tuneful strength) of Jason Isbell or the Band’s Levon Helm, but the hazy sway of those artists’ sounds is there. It’s a record rife with mesquite smoke, truck exhaust and dusty leather, with the plucky embroidery of earnest bluegrass roots. I’ve got some time to kill, and I’m gonna kill it with you, Donoho sings on the album’s first track. It feels like a mantra.

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SLEIGH BELLS AND NEON INDIAN Straight outta Hollywood: A starving musician is working in a restaurant, hoping to one day find his vocal muse, when in walks a shy but talented songstress lunching with her mother. The musician chats them up, and eventually, the girl’s mother volunteers her daughter to sing with the charming young man. They form a band and live happy, quirky lives in Brooklyn. So goes the story of noisepop duo Sleigh Bells. Drawing on a background in the post-hardcore scene, guitarist Derek Miller crafts reverb-heavy, fuzzed-out dance beats that waver beneath Alexis Krauss’ dreamy vocals. The result is a blasting, occasionally catchy sound that has captured the attention of some influential critics as well as M.I.A., who released the band’s debut, Treats, on her N.E.E.T. label. Also on the bill is Neon Indian, a bedroom-pop outfit whose blurry take on electronic music fits snugly into the micro-genre that folks call “chillwave.”

— JENNY KRATZ Sleigh Bells and Neon Indian, with Sumsun.

Monday, June 6, at the Midland.

RATATAT Seven years ago, Ratatat’s home-recorded debut single, “Seventeen Years,” hit college-radio airwaves amid a trend of instrumental electronic music built on pulsating bass and heavy synthesizers. These days, the Brooklyn duo is best-known for its remixes, with the signature tailoring of whining synth lines and drop-out dance beats. Something about the video-game sound has attracted artists in other genres — Ratatat has worked with such heavyweights as Björk, Daft Punk, the Killers, and Vampire Weekend. A collaboration with Kid Cudi on his hit “Pursuit of Happiness” introduced Ratatat to a new fanbase, making the strong argument that the duo is not just an electronic indie act but also a legitimate hip-hop production team.

— JENNY K RATZ Ratatat, with Despot and Erock.

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THIS WEEK THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Joe Ely: 8 p.m., $20. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Yeasayer, Smith Westerns, Hush Hush: 7 p.m., $15 in advance. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3 Battle for the Freakers Ball 2011: Bad Girls Go to Hell, An Ill Delusion, the Liar’s Scene, Headshot, Get Johnny: 8 p.m. Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522.

David Bazan: 9 p.m., $12. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.

Mumford and Sons, CAKE, Nathaniel Rateliff, Matthew and the Atlas: 6 p.m. City Market, 205 E. Fifth St., 816-842-1271.

Tech N9ne: 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Dale Watson, Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders, Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers: Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 American Catastrophe, Poor Nobodies, Mary Fortune: 9 p.m. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.

Blues and Brewfest featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Pat Travers Band, Trampled Under Foot: 7 p.m., $25.50, $39.50. Independence Events Center, 19100 E. Valley View Pkwy., Independence.

Dread Zeppelin, the Lionel Young Band: 8:30 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Big Head Todd and the Monsters: 7 p.m., $25– $61.50. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 Ben Harper, Rebelution: Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

MONDAY, JUNE 6 Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian, Sumsun: 7:30 p.m., $9.65.

The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7 Daisy Delahoya, Quietly Violent: 7 p.m. Aftershock Bar & Grill, 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646.

Ratatat, Despot and Erock: 7 p.m., $19. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Asobi Seksu, Capybara, Hospital Ships: 8 p.m., $8. The Riot Room, 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179.

Toots and the Maytals, 77 Jefferson, Kamikazi Kush, Rude Punch: Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

Union Specific, Ralfee: 9 p.m., $7. RecordBar, 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 Alela Diane, Dylan LeBlanc: The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483.

UPCOMING Asleep at the Wheel: Fri., June 24, 9 p.m. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Elvis Costello & the Imposters: Thu., June 30. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

The Detroit Cobras: Tue., June 14. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483.

Earth, Wind & Fire: Fri., June 17, 7:30 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Face to Face, Strung Out, Blitzkid: Fri., June 10, 8 p.m. The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-842-1390.

Foster the People, Gardens and Villa, Chain Gang of 1974: Fri., June 10. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483.

Friday Live! featuring Steven Page: Fri., June 10, 8 p.m., free. KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District, 14th St. and Grand.

Peter Gabriel: Sat., June 18. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

David Gray, Lisa O’Neill: Sat., July 9. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

John D. Hale Band, County Road 5: Fri., July 8, 7 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Chelsea Handler: Sun., June 19. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Kanrocksas, with Eminem, the Flaming Lips, Bassnectar, Ween, Kid Cudi, Ellie Goulding, Primus, D12, Major Lazer, Arctic MonMANY MORE keys, Jack’s Mannequin, Fitz and the Tantrums, the Joy Formidable: Fri., Aug. 5. Kansas Speedway, 400 Speedway Blvd., Kansas City, Kan., 913-328-3300.

ONLINE AT K-Ci & JoJo, Next: Fri., June PITCH.COM 17. VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777.

R. Kelly: Sat., June 18, 8 p.m. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.

Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs, Secret Sisters, and Brandi Carlile:: Wed., June 15. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

Stoney LaRue, the Scott Ford Band: Sat., June 11, 7 p.m.

The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Huey Lewis and the News, Hearts of Darkness: Thu., June 16, 7:30 p.m. Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., 816-363-7827.

LMAO!!! Latino Comedy Showcase: hosted by Paul Rodriguez, featuring Shayla Rivera, Flo Hernandez, Chris Storin: Sat., June 18, 6:30 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

Kenny Loggins: Thu., June 16, 6 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, 816-283-9900.

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt: Wed., June 22, 7 p.m. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

The Main Event: Real vs. Chance documentary show and party: Sat., June 18, 8 p.m. The Conspiracy Room at the Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

MarchFourth Marching Band: Tue., June 14. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

Matisyahu, the Wailers: Thu., July 7. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

Matt & Kim, the Thermals, Autobot: Wed., June 22. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Motley Crue, Poison, New York Dolls: Tue., June 21, 7:30 p.m. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, 816-283-7300.

Mountain Standard Time: Fri., June 10. Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522.

999 Eyes Freakshow: Infiammati Fire Circus: Sun., June 26.

The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Panic! at the Disco, fun., Funeral Party: Sun., June 12, 6:30 p.m. The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: Fri., July 8, 7 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

Ray Price: Fri., June 17. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

The Rhythm and Blues Cruise featuring Ronnie Baker Brooks, Girls with Guitars, Sena Ehrhardt: Sat., June 18, 8 p.m., $20 in advance. Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Kenny Rogers: Fri., June 10. VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777.

Section 8 with Mac Miller, Lil B, Machine Gun Kelly, Dom Kennedy, Kid Ink: Fri., June 24, 6 p.m. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

311, Sublime with Rome: Fri., July 8, 6 p.m. Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs, 913-721-3400.

Jessie Torrisi & the Please, Please Me: Sun., June 26. Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676.

Trailer Park Boys live starring Ricky, Julian and Bubbles: Fri., June 10, 6:30 p.m., $30. Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665.

Umphrey’s McGee, Quixotic: Sat., July 2. Crossroads KC at Grinders, 417 E. 18th St., 816-472-5454.

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nightlife T H U R S DAY 2 ROCK/POP/INDIE El Torreon: 3101 Gillham Plz. Death My Child, the James Dean Trio, East Texas Motors, 7 p.m.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Up the Academy, Copperheads.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Young Widows, My Disco, Walking Oceans, Mansion, 8 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Samantha Fish Blues Band.

Conroy’s Pub: 3115 W. Sixth St., Lawrence, 785-8563663. The Ebeling Brothers.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Grand Marquis.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Rod Fleeman and Dan Bliss.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. The Bluz Benderz.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Songwriter Series featuring Mike Blackwell, 7 p.m.

KC Live! Stage at the Power & Light District: 14th St. and Grand. Clay Walker, 7 p.m.

DJ Qudos Cigar & Cognac Bar: 1116 Grand, 816-4742270. Pure Entertainment’s Ladies’ Night Out.

HIP-HOP RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Kristoff Krane, Sadistik, Bodi, Ordeal, Vertigon, Sephiroth.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Mark Lowrey, 5:30 p.m.; The Sons of Brazil 20th anniversary, 8 p.m., $5.

Oak Room: 401 Ward Pkwy., 816-303-2945. Duck Warner.

WORLD The Levee: 16 W. 43rd St., 816-561-2821. AZ-ONE, 9:30 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Double Nickel Bar: 189 S. Rogers, Ste. 1614, Olathe, 913-390-0363. Texas hold ’em, 7 p.m.

Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar: 4115 Mill, 816-5612444. Live-band karaoke.

Jake’s Place Bar and Grill: 12001 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, 913-962-5253. Trivia.

Danny’s North: 10940 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-328-0247. Taddy Porter, 9 Volt Junkie, Everybody’s X, Obsidian, Adam Evolving, Mad Libby, Seventh Day. Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Appropriate Grammar, O, Giant Man, Dead Voices.

Intentions: 7316 W. 80th St., Overland Park, 913-6526510. Allied Saints.

Jackpot Music Hall: 943 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-832-1085. White Denim, Spirit is the Spirit, the Generals, 9 p.m.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Arena rock weekend: the Atomic Punks, Submytion, the Radio Flyers, 9 p.m.

Midwestern Musical Co.: 1830 Locust, 816-931-6962.

The Outta Styles, Red Kate, 7 p.m., free.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. The Safeword, Late Night Rendezvous, Mute the Idol, 5 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Millage Gilbert Blues Band.

Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. The Billy Bats.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. The Big Three with John Paul Drum.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Dan Doran, 9 p.m.

DJ Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. F**kin’ A! with DJ Tactic and guests, 9 p.m.

Gusto Lounge: 3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786. Dropout Boogie downstairs.

Mosaic Lounge: 1331 Walnut, 816-679-0076. DJ Spinstyles and DJ Mike Scott.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Mike White Quartet; Ida McBeth, 8:30 p.m., $10.

Oak Room: 401 Ward Pkwy., 816-303-2945. Everette DeVan. R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777.

Rick Bacus and Monique Danielle, 8:30 p.m.

WORLD Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Cornerstone Dub, DJ Jabberock.

Mike Kelly’s Westsider: 1515 Westport Rd., 816-9319417. Eddie Delahunt, 6 p.m.

AMERICANA Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Calamity Cubes, the Royal Tinfoil, James Dean Rose Jr. and his friends, 10 p.m., $3.

DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Angels Rock Bar: 1323 Walnut, 816-896-3943.

Monthly Mayhem, 9 p.m.

The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Trivia Riot, 7 p.m.

Fathead & Braindeads Saloon: 514 Main, Grandview, 816-761-6060. Ladies’ night, DJ. Retro Downtown Drinks & Dance: 1518 McGee, 816421-4201. Karaoke.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Bike Night Open Jam. Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. Jerry’s Jam Night, 9 p.m.

PUNK Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Murder Junkies, Troglodyte, Circle of Trust, KC Thieves, 9 p.m.

VARIET Y Danny’s North: 10940 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-328-0247. Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders, meet and greet with Miller Lite Nascar driver Brad Keselowski, 7 p.m.

Power & Light Grill: 417 E. 13th St., 816-283-3434. Biweekly bikini contest with the Fall Down Drunks, 8 p.m.

F R I DAY 3 ROCK/POP/INDIE The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. The Paperclips, the Magnificent Bang Bangs, 49 Stones, the Strive, Branded Fate, WTF?, 6 p.m.

The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Meat Flower, Sona, Magentleman.

Clarette Club: 5400 Martway, Mission, 913-384-0986.

The ReHabaneros, 9 p.m.

Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Camp Encourage Benefit with Sara Swenson, 6 p.m.

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METAL Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Hammerlord, Summoner.

S AT U R DAY 4 ROCK/POP/INDIE Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. TwoFold, Cimino, 7 p.m.

The Bottleneck: 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785841-5483. Langhorne Slim, Samantha Crain.

Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816569-1747. Sterling Witt.

Davey’s Uptown Ramblers MANY MORE Club: 3402 Main, 816-7531909. Faster than Hell, the Dial.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816525-1871. KC/DC, Saucy ONLINE AT Jack, Motley Inc., 9 p.m.

PITCH.COM Press: 1522 McGee, 816471-1522. Margo May, Mat Shoare, Jenny Carr, Andrew Ashby, 9 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Sons of Great Dane, Cadillac Flambe, Brothers Green, Cry Baby Ranch, 9 p.m.

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BLUES/FUNK/SOUL The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Mark Montgomery and the Sofa Kings, 9 p.m.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Danny’s North: 10940 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-328-0247. Glen Templeton, Bomshel, the Plainsman, Martin McDaniel, Mark Pentone.

Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Howard Iceberg and the Titanics, 3 p.m.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Olivia West, 7 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. The Bel Airs, 9 p.m.

DJ The Eighth Street Taproom: 801 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-6918. Saturday Soulclap.

Qudos Cigar & Cognac Bar: 1116 Grand, 816-4742270. Hobo Tone.

77 South: 5041 W. 135th St., Overland Park, 913-7427727. DJ Andrew Northern.

JAZZ The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Snuff Jazz, Arrington de Dionyso of Old Time Relijun, This Is My Condition.

METAL El Torreon: 3101 Gillham Plz. On a Pale Horse, Trip Hazzard, Face Cage, 7 p.m.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Iron Guts Kelly CD release, Dead Deer.

PUNK The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-8421390. Mi6, Dismantle the Virus, Black Tie Affair, Smash the State, Hipshot Killer, Bombs Over Broadway, 8 p.m.

S U N DAY 5 ROCK/POP/INDIE RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. DJ Martin Bush, Honest Cowboy, the Lonely Hearts, Everyday/Everynight, 7 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Lee McBee & the Confessors, $4.

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Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rich Berry.

DJ Hamburger Mary’s: 101 Southwest Blvd., 816-8421919. Recycled music with Brett Dietrich, 3:30 p.m.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Kerry Strayer Quartet, 6:30 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Bulldog: 1715 Main, 816-421-4799. Game night.

Fred P. Ott’s: 4770 J.C. Nichols Pkwy., 816-753-2878.

Karaoke, 10 p.m.

JR’s Place: 20238 W. 151st St., Olathe, 913-254-1307.

Karaoke with the Mad Man DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m.

Power & Light Grill: 417 E. 13th St., 816-283-3434.

Beats, Burgers & Birds, 8 p.m.

Saints Pub + Patio: 9720 Quivira, Lenexa, 913-4923900. Free pool.

EASY LISTENING The Landing: 1189 W. Kansas, Liberty. Scooter Sundays featuring the Bob Harvey Band on the patio.

FOLK Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Kaia Wilson, One More Cheerful Action, Tiger Tot Mitchell, 6 p.m.

OPEN MIC/JAM SESSIONS Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Speakeasy Sunday, 10 p.m., $3.

Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

Open jam with Levee Town, 2 p.m., free.

VARIET Y The Beaumont Club: 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-5612560. Dan Sperry, Razorwire Halo, 6 p.m.

Crosstown Station: 1522 McGee, 816-471-1522. Jose Hendrix, Jay EuDaly, Jaisson Taylor, Mama Ray, Don Schmidt of the Clique, benefit concert for International Arts Academy of Mobile Arts, 5 p.m., $16-$18.

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VooDoo Lounge: Harrah’s Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, 816-472-7777. Cover Wars featuring Rokker-Boye, Left 2 Chance, SML, Desert Wine, Straightline, the Stone Breakers, 6 p.m.

The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. Dysentery, Chaos Interval, Genosha, 9 p.m.

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The Brick: 1727 McGee, 816-421-1634. Rural Grit, 6 p.m.

Californos: 4124 Pennsylvania, 816-531-7878. Open Mic with Marilyn Wood, 7-10 p.m.

The Granada: 1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785842-1390. Mudstomp Monday, 7 p.m.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Acoustic open mic, 7 p.m.

Aftershock Bar & Grill: 5240 Merriam Dr., Merriam, 913-384-5646. Gemini Syndrome, Fight for the Lost, the Liar’s Scene, Celebrity Firing Squad, Fallen We Rise, An Ill Delusion, 6 p.m.

MANY MORE El Torreon: 3101 Gillham Plz. Hope and Suicide, the Esoteric, the Escape, Eyes of the Betrayer.

Jerry’s Bait Shop: 302 S.W. Main, Lee’s Summit, 816-525ONLINE AT 1871. Me Like Bees, 9 p.m.

PITCH.COM The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179.

Documentary, Marslights, the Rackatees on the patio, 9 p.m.

Tomfooleries: 612 W. 47th St., 816-753-0555. The Goods.

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DJ Gusto Lounge: 3810 Broadway, 816-974-8786. DJ Robert Moore downstairs, 10 p.m., free.

JAZZ Intentions: 7316 W. 80th St., Overland Park, 913-6526510. Live jazz, 5 p.m.

Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Matt Otto and Bob Bowman, 7 p.m.

DRUNKEN DISTRACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Czar: 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244. Movie Monday, 8 p.m.

Jazzhaus: 926-1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-7491387. Karaoke Idol with Tanya McNaughty.

Nara: 1617 Main, 816-221-6272. Brodioke, no cover.

RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Sonic Spectrum Music Trivia, 7 p.m., $5.

Waxy O’Shea’s: 11900 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Shawnee, 913-631-1759. Texas hold ’em, 7 & 10 p.m.

PUNK RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Shakin’ Michael J, the Assassinators, Bulletproof, 9 p.m.

T U E S DAY 7 ROCK/POP/INDIE Jerry’s Bait Shop: 13412 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, 913-894-9676. Travelers Guild.

Replay Lounge: 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785749-7676. Knifey Spooney, Brain Donor.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Trampled Under Foot.

DJ Raoul’s Velvet Room: 7222 W. 119th St., Overland Park, 913-469-0466. DJ Jazzy Jess.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Cynthia Van Roden, 7 p.m.

Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Rick Bacus & Monique Danielle.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Rex Hobart and Friends, 7 p.m.

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DRUNKEN DISTR ACTIONS/COMEDY/ BAR GAMES Johnny’s Tavern: 13410 W. 62nd Terr., Shawnee, 913962-5777. Bingo Boogie night, 9 p.m.

The Roxy: 7230 W. 75th St., Overland Park, 913-2366211. Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Union of Westport: 421 Westport Rd. Tuesday Pool League, $10, 6-10 p.m.

Westport Flea Market: 817 Westport Rd., 816-9311986. Chess Club, 7 p.m.

The Brooksider: 6330 Brookside Plz., 816-363-4070.

Open mic with Brody Buster, 8 p.m.

Coda: 1744 Broadway, 816-569-1747. Free-form, freefor-all open-mic night with Teague Hayes, 8 p.m.

The Phoenix Jazz Club: 302 W. Eighth St., 816-2215299. Open Jam with Everette DeVan, 7 p.m.

Stanford’s Comedy Club: 1867 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan., 913-400-7500. Open-mic night.

VARIET Y R Bar & Restaurant: 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777.

Tiki Tuesdays featuring DJ Fat Sal, 8 p.m., free.

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RecordBar: 1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207. Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m.

BLUES/FUNK/SOUL B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ: 1205 E. 85th St., 816-822-7427.

Shinetop Jr. Jazz: 1823 W. 39th St., 816-531-5556. Billy Crayne & Mike Runyan.

ROOTS/COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Knuckleheads Saloon: 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456.

The Trishas.

Trouser Mouse: 625 N.W. Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816220-1222. Hymn for Her.

DJ The Riot Room: 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179. DJ Rhyn and VJ Dirty Joe, 10 p.m.

JAZZ Jardine’s: 4536 Main, 816-561-6480. Kansas City Sound Collective, 7:30 p.m.

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savage love Marriage Tales Dear Dan: My husband and I recently realized that in order for us to remain happily married, we need to fuck other people. Enter the boyfriend. This 20-year-old hunk has opened the sexual floodgates. He’s gorgeous, athletic and enthusiastic. He gets me off at least twice every time, and tales of our exploits have made things hotter between my husband and me. Everybody’s happy!

But after two months of dating and numerous sexual encounters, my new lover has yet to get an erection. I know he was able to get it up with previous partners. Maybe there’s a subconscious part of his brain BY that doesn’t want to bone a DAN married woman? I’ve made it clear to him that there’s no S AVA G E pressure and I’m more than satisfied. He insists that he’s very attracted to me and that our activities (lots of oral and hands everywhere) are incredibly satisfying.

Am I missing something? How can I coax this young man’s erection out of hiding?

Nouveau Mrs. Robinson Dear NMR: Before I get to your question, I need to address the recent Arnold Schwarzenegger unpleasantness.

I’m getting a lot of mail from people insisting that it’s all my fault — the affair, the love child, the split with Maria Shriver — because (1) I’m a big proponent of non-monogamous/ monogamish relationships, and (2) aging Hollywood action stars don’t get erections without checking in with me first.

In my defense, I would point out that Arnold wasn’t in a non-monogamous relationship.

Arnold was in a monogamous relationship.

Arnold failed at monogamy. If there is a lesson to be drawn from the Schwarzenegger unpleasantness, it’s not that honest non-monogamy never works.

Bear in mind that you rarely hear about honest non-monogamous relationships that work, to say nothing of marriages like Mr. and Mrs. NMR’s: marriages saved by non-monogamy.

We tend to learn that someone is in a nonmonogamous relationship only when it implodes and people look around for something or someone to blame. If the couple is non-monogamous, non-monogamy gets the blame, even if it has nothing to do with the breakup.

On to your problem, NMR. I can’t say what’s wrong with your hunk’s dick — it could be the infamous limpothalamus (that would be the part of the brain that doesn’t want to bone a married woman). But you’re doing everything right. It’s only a matter of time before your hunk is getting it up for you.

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tors. But your hunk has someone older and wiser telling him what to do, and you’re going to tell him to talk with a doctor.

Dear Dan: Is it better to stay with your overweight wife—who happens to be the mother of your infant daughter—and cheat on her to get sexual gratification (and be a shit of a husband) or leave her (and be a shit of a father)?

Almost Twice the Wife Dear ATTW: Are those your only options? If they are, then stay and cheat. Abandoning an infant — to say nothing of abandoning someone with an infant — is a shit move. So is cheating on the mother of your infant daughter, of course, but it’s slightly less shitty.

Here’s another option: You could go without for six months or a year — you know, like most new parents.

But backing way up: You were attracted to your wife before the baby, right? (Otherwise, there would be no baby?) And, presumably, the mother of your infant daughter is going without now, too. Because she just had a baby. She also may not be feeling it for her asshole husband, who she senses doesn’t find her attractive in her current state — a state he helped put her in.

You knocked up the wife knowing that new moms have little time for the gym. If you expect her to bounce back to her pre-baby weight in 10 weeks, like some sort of celebrity mom, then you need to get her two nannies, a personal trainer and a full-time nutritionist.

Perhaps I’m being too hard on you. For all I know, your wife is one of those lousy takeyou-for-granted spouses who abandons routine physical maintenance once the first kid arrives.

But it’s too soon to know because your daughter is still an infant.

Masturbate, help out, make sure your wife has the free time she needs to take care of herself, and you may find that you don’t have to be any sort of shit.

Dear Dan: I’m writing about the “Choicer Challenge” you issued to all the bigots out there who say that being gay is a choice. I think you set yourself up for a possible failure here. I’m a straight guy. I’m also a stubborn motherfucker. If I were one of those choicers, I would suck your dick just to win the argument. That’s why the challenge should say they have to suck you off while maintaining a glass-cutting boner. I could probably will myself to blow you to prove a point, but willing myself to get hard during it? Not possible!

Bone Machine Dear BM: The Choicer Challenge is hereby amended to include the production of a glasscutting boner while blowing me. I’m waiting for your call, John “Choicer” Cummins.

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KS-PRAIRIE VILLAGE $350/MONTH 913-341-8568 Studio apartment, unfurnished. Access to Kitchen & Washer/Dryer. All utilities paid. On bus line. Straight middle aged women preferred. For more info please call.

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312 Lofts for Lease MO - DOWNTOWN 816-421-4343 One-of-a-kind spaces in a variety of historic fully restored buildings throughout Downtown, Crossroads, Westside, and West Bottoms. Commercial, residential, office, loft, art studios, and live/work spaces.

315 Condos/Townhomes/Duplexes for Rent KS-Overland Park $900 913-631-4611 3bed, 2bath, LR Walk-out to fenced back yard, family room, 2cartandem garage, 1.4K SqFt, close to SM Med Center, 7807 Eby

317 Apartments for Rent 39TH ST/WESTPORT

$475-$1000

1,2,3 BR APTS & HOMES in Great Neighborhoods!!

816-753-8835

Visit: www.bebermeyer-properties.com or call to check availability KS-KANSAS CITY $500+ 816-716-5054 2715 W 42nd Ave - $99 move in special 2 bed $600 heat paid -2 bed duplex $500

Windsor and Company 816-716-5054

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317 Apartments for Rent

320 Houses for Rent

KS-KCKS

$425-$525 913-299-9748 HEAT & WATER PAID... NO GAS BILL! KCK-25 ACRE SETTING WITH POOL 63rd & ANN, 5 minutes West of I-635 & I-70 One bedroom $425; Two bedroom $525. No pets please. You CANNOT BEAT this value! Don't miss out on this limited-time offer! Call NOW! MUCH NICER THAN THE PRICE!

MO-MIDTOWN $575 (816)756-2380 4017 Harrison Newly renovated 2 BR. C/A Carpet/Hdwood.

Pets OK. www.KNAACKPROPERTIES.COM

MO - 44TH ST - PLAZA $650 913-962-6683 Cute 2 bedroom 2 bath home, off street parking, dining room, newer appliances, air, pets welcome! rs-kc.com KCLC7

KS-KU MED

$455-$560 913-236-8038 ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIALS!!

6 month lease available, Spacious studios, 1Bedroom & 2Bedrooms close to KU, Westport & Plaza. Laundry, off street parking, pool, water & trash paid. Please visit www.kc-apartments.com Washita Club Apartments manager@kc-apartments.com

MO-MIDTOWN $595 (816)756-2380 4011 Warwick. Large 2 Bedroom. C/A, Carpet, balcony, www.KNAACKPROPERTIES.COM

KS-SHAWNEE

MO-NE KC

$595/MONTH 913-671-8218 Special For June only!

1st Months Rent $20.11 + $20.11 Deposit Great 2 bedroom, 1 bath, Quiet country setting, w/d in select units. BBQ & playground, Close to hwy access.

Ready for Immediate Move-in

MO - MIDTOWN $375 - $475 816.560.0715 ARMOUR FLATS APARTMENTS - Studio & 1 bedrooms available in a newly remodeled building. Great location!

Gas, water, trash paid.

MO-DOWNTOWN $555+ 816-471-2751 The Courthouse Lofts on Grand Boulevard offers the finest in affordable apartment living in a truly urban setting. A complete historic rehabilitation of the 1939 former Federal Courthouse creates 176 new apartment lofts in the heart of downtown KC. • Heated underground parking • In-unit laundry and premium finishes • Affordable downtown living from $555/month* *Income restrictions apply. Please call for details.

MO-GILLHAM PARK $495/MONTH 816-785-2875 RARE opportunity 1 unit vacancy. Beautiful Loft style Apartment on Gillham Park great views completely New everything. Exposed brick, marble floors, exposed ceilings (3rd floor units), hardwood floors, claw foot or jacuzzi tubs its all here right on Gillham Park with great sunset views. Completely new and updated with new Refrigerator, stove, Central air, furnace, garbage disposal, microwave / hood, maple cabinets and tons more. As low as $495 per month with lease. Big 1 bedrooms in a great part of town. Onsite management. Call Wes at 816-785-2875 or Dave at 913-244-4892 MO-HYDE PARK $475-$650 EVENINGS-816.377.2098 Large & Lovely Apartment with many extra features.

2Bdrms, 1 & 1/2 baths. Secure Parking for 2 cars included.

Close to UMKC, Penn Valley College, & 4 shopping centers.

A building for non-smokers. Please call evenings 816-377-2098 MO-KANSAS CITY STARTING AT $395 816-231-2874 Stonewall Court apartments-2500 Independence Ave. Central air, secure entry, on site laundry, on bus line, close to shopping. Nice apartments, Sec 8 welcome. $100 Deposit Office hours M-F 8-5 MO-KCAI $595 (816)756-2380 4121 Walnut Large 2 Bedroom. Hardwood, Sunroom, Near KCAI www.KNAACKPROPERTIES.COM

MO-KU MED AREA

$675/MONTH

913-671-8218

3600 Rainbow Blvd. Cambridge West. Awesome ! 2 Bedroom, 2 Full Baths. 1200 S.F. Fully Equiped Kitchen, Gated parking, Swimming pool, Fitness & Computer Cafe.

AVAILABLE NOW !

$400-$450 816-472-1866 Now renting 502-520 Maple Blvd. LLC Colonial Court Apartments w/ air conditioners. Super move in special 1/2 off 1st month rent & $200 Deposit, On the 6th month you will received a incentive of /12 month off. with a 6 months rental contract. For more details call Kelly James Onsite Manager (816)472-1866 Home (816) 777-6965 San Diego Branch Office is (619) 956-6033.

MO-NORTH PLAZA $525/MONTH 913-671-8218 310-312 West 45th Terr. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath. All hardwood. 850 S.F. Heat, Water, Gas, Trash paid. Off Street Parking.

Laundry Facility on site.

MO-NORTHLAND $525/UP 816-454-5830 MOVE IN SPECIAL- $100 DEPOSIT on 1 & 2 bedroom apts.

Large 1,2 & 3 bedroom Apts & Townhomes, Fireplace, Washer/Dryer Hookups, Storage Space, Pool.

NORTHLAND VILLAGE I-35 & Antioch MO-PLAZA $650-$675 816-753-1923 Villa Victoria Apartments 4440-4444 Jarboe St., 2BR, 1BA available now. Secured entry, balcony, pool, and central HVAC. Call us today to set up your appt or check us out on web at www.krugh.net.

KRUGH REALTY, LLC MO-PLAZA, WEST $530 AND UP 816-531-2205 West Plaza location, Studios, 1 & 2 Bedrooms. ONE MONTH FREE ON STUDIOS & 1 br's. Move in By 08/31 & You can WIN AN IPAD! MO-SOUTH PLAZA $495 816-531-2555 ONE MONTH FREE 4414 Jarboe, 1 Bedroom, Central Air, Patio, Appliances, Patio, On Site Laundry

MO-VALENTINE

$400-$850 816-753-5576 CALL TODAY! Rent Studios, 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments & 3 Bedroom HOMES. Grubb & Ellis ı The Winbury Group, EHO

MO-WALDO

$560-$640

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Waldo Plaza - 215 W. 77th St. $99 Deposit. 1 & 2 br, large walk-in closets, C/A, laundry in building, well lit grounds, water & trash paid.

MO-WESTPORT $500 816-561-4230 Monterrey Apts., 4630 Wornall Rd, 1BR, no smoking bldg, no pets, and water paid. Call Krugh Realty, LLC today to see this unit. KRUGH REALTY, LLC. MO-WESTPORT $595 816-531-2555 4046 Bell. 2 Bedrooms, Hardwood Floors, Appliances, AC basement, parking.

MO-WESTPORT

$350-$800

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MO-MIDTOWN $495 816-716-5054 3804 Washington/HWfloors/Parking/AC/Pets

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MO-MIDTOWN

$525 816-716-5054 On the Park. 4201 Kenwood 2 bd Cent AC /HDWD FLR / ELC HEAT

Windsor and Company 816-716-5054

MO-MIDTOWN $550-$575 816-716-5054 2 bedroom. NEWLY REMODELED! 3710 & 3921 Wyandotte ALL ELC/AC/some w/balc/Parking

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MO-MIDTOWN $99 1st mo 816-716-5054 1 bdrm $99 first month + Deposit!

3734 Warwick ALL ELC / remodeled / laundry

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MO-MIDTOWN $ 500.00 816-753-1923 2710 Tracy Large 2 BR 1 bath, Carpet, parking, AC balcony

MO-MIDTOWN $395 (816)756-2380 4045 Walnut. Large 1 Bedrooms. Hardwood, laundry. www.KNAACKPROPERTIES.COM

MO-MIDTOWN $415-$700/MONTH 913-940-2047 Newly Renovated Studios,1 & 2 Bedrooms in convenient Midtown Location. Off Street Parking.

MO-MIDTOWN $425-$525 (816)756-2380 712 E. Linwood. 1 and 2 bedrooms. Carpet. New renovation.

Walking distance to Costco, Home Depot, Martini Corner. Pets ok 1 month rent free! www.KNAACKPROPERTIES.COM

MO-MIDTOWN $475 (816)756-2380 4144 Warwick Blvd. 1 bed, hdwd, heat paid, off st. parking. close to KCAI. WWW.KNAACKPROPERTIES.COM

1: A Collection of Early Century Apartments with Architectural Quality. 2: Local Owner Management, Focused on Restoration.3a: Roanoke/Valentine and Art Gallery area.

3b: Studios & 1-3br's. 3c: $350 to $800/mo. 4: 816-474-4000 MO-WESTPORT $500 816-699-5447 Spacious 1 br apartment on 2nd floor of duplex. Hardwood Floors, Washer/dryer provided, wood burning fireplace.

MO-WESTPORT/KUMED $695 816-531-3111 3942 Roanoke~ ground floor Duplex. 1 BR, lrg rooms, lots of closets. Off street parking, front porch. No pets please.

MO-WESTPORT/PLAZA

$500/month

816-561-9528

Winter Special- Large 2 Bedroom, Central Heat, Balcony, Private Parking, Garbage disposal.

3943 Roanoke and 3821 Central Call for details

320 Houses for Rent KS - 44TH - KU MED 850 913-962-6683 Nice 3 bedroom house, air, newer kitchen appliances, custom tile, safely fenced for pets! rs-kc.com KCLDH

KS - ROELAND PARK $900 913-962-6683 Get this 3 bedroom 2 bath raised ranch home, garage, finished basement, air, dishwasher, hurry! rs-kc.com KCLDJ KS - SHAWNEE MISSION $1400 816-254-7200 Spacious 4 bedroom 3 bath house, 2 car garage, basement, gourmet kitchen, safely fenced for pets! rs-kc.com KCLDK KS-KU Med $995 816-531-2555 4202 Pearl, 5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom house, Central AIr, Appliances, Basement

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MO - 65TH - BROOKSIDE $1000 816-254-7200 Perfect 3 bedroom house, garage, basement, pristine hardwoods, dining room, appliances, fenced for pets! rs-kc.com KCLDC MO - 78TH ST - WALDO $1200 913-962-6683 Dreamy 3 bedroom 2 bath house, garage, basement, hardwoods, custom tile, air, newer dishwasher, deck, rs-kc.com KCLDF MO - BROOKSIDE $800 816-254-7200 Near UMKC, updated 2 bedroom home, dining room, air, off street parking, appliances, call and see today! rs-kc.com KCLDA MO - BROOKSIDE BEAUTY! $120 816-254-7200 Stylish 4 bedroom 2 bath house, air, hardwoods and tile, dining room, newer appliances, safely fenced! rs-kc.com KCLDE MO - Kansas City $500-$700 816-333-5133 2, 3, and 4 br homes available for rent in Kansas City. Very reasonably priced. Call MLH Realty and Property Mgmt for details!

NorthlaNd Village $100 deposit oN 1&2 Bedrooms

$525 / up Large 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts and Townhomes Fireplace, Washer/Dryer Hook-ups, Storage Space, Pool.

I-35 & Antioch • (816) 454-5830

WALDO PL AZA MOFRNEE MO - PLAZA $675 913-962-6683 Elegant 2 bedroom home, hardwood floors, formal dining room, air, appliances, pet friendly landlord! rs-kc.com KCLC8 MO - STROLL ON THE PLAZA! $1095 816-254-7200 Vintage 3 bedroom 2 bath house, garage, basement, beautiful hardwoods, dining room, fenced, pets OK! rs-kc.com KCLDD MO - WALDO HOUSE $750 913-962-6683 Neat as a pin, 2 bedroom, garage, basement, hardwoods, dishwasher, safely fenced for pets! rs-kc.com KCLC9

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MO - WORNALL AREA $795 913-962-6683 Priced right, 3 bedroom 2 bath house, basement, air, hardwood flkoors, off street parking, pets OK! rs-kc.com KCLDB MO-WESTPORT $500-$700 816-753-1923 44th & Pennsylvania, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, private balcony, walking distance to Plaza & Westport, and so much more. Call Krugh Realty, LLC today to set up your appointment to see this unit. www.krugh.net - KRUGH REALTY, LLC MO-WESTPORT $850 816-753-1923 724 W. 46th St., 2+ BR, 2 story home available today. Call Krugh Realty, LLC today to set up your appointment to view this property. www.krugh.net - KRUGH REALTY, LLC

4918 Grand

1 BR $395

Central Air, Appliances, Carpet, Onsite Laundry

4918 Grand

ONE MONTH FREE!

2 BR $625

4414 Jarboe

ONE MONTH FREE!

1BR $495

Central Air, Appliances, Carpet, Onsite Laundry, Balcony

Central Air, Appliances, Coin-Laundry, Off-Street Parking 365 Commercial for Rent

7514 Terrace

MO - DOWNTOWN 816-421-4343 One-of-a-kind spaces in a variety of historic fully restored buildings throughout Downtown, Crossroads, Westside, and West Bottoms. Commercial, residential, office, loft, art studios, and live/work spaces.

1500 W. 47th

2 BR $750

Hardwood floors, dishwasher, bsmt, Garage

1/2 MONTH FREE!

1 BR $515

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5811 Maple ALL UTILITIES PAID! ONE MONTH FREE!

2 BR $625

Central air, Appliances, Carpet, Storage, On-site Laundry

367 Office Space for Rent

4202 Pearl

MO-MIDTOWN $300-$1200 816-753-8974 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE. *SPECIALS* 43rd & Main $400-$800, Large Open Space, Hardwood Floors, Lots of Natural Light & 3535 Broadway $300 - $1200 2nd Floor Private Offices. High End Office Space, Fully Equipped Kitchen, Conference Area

5 BR 2BA $995

Large 5 Bedroom home, Central Air, Basement, Appliances

5811 Maple

ONE MONTH FREE!

2 BR $550

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Stonewall Court Apts 1-Bdrms starting at $395 central air, secure entry, on site laundry, on bus line, close to shopping, nice apts, Sections 8 welcome $100 Deposit (816) 231-2874 M-F 8-5 office hours

KS - KU MED AREA $600 913-962-6683 Remodeled 2 bedroom house, garage, dining room, gorgeous hardwoods, air, dishwasher, deck, pets OK! rs-kc.com KCLDG KS - OVERLAND PARK - LOFT $800 913-962-6683 Nice 2 bedroom home, garage, basement, loft area, air, newer carpet, dishwasher, ready now! rs-kc.com KCLDI

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3136 Grand Ave, All utilities included

studio $375

Wornall Heights

1BR+bonus 1.5 BA $625 • 2BR 2.5BA $775

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2BR $450

3105 Peery

2BR $450

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1BR $395

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