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Countdown: the 75 best things to do in Kansas City

Part one of three

By Jessie Burche

75. Take your children, or someone else's children, to Kaleidoscope at Crown Center 74. Learn a new dance, the Westport Beach Club offers salsa lessons at 8:30 pm every Saturday 73. Attend a show at the Coterie theatre in Crown Center 72. Run around with your dog at the Penn-Valley off-leash dog park 71.

A soap opera with singing

By Jessie Burche

Drug addiction, pregnancy out of wedlock and ghost stories will have a place in the opera, "Everlasting Universe." John Mueter, vocal coach and accompanist for the conservatory of music and dance, wrote the opera. It shows Friday, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug.

Creative writing program awards new fellowship

By Melissa Hicks

UMKC's creative writing department has started awarding a new fellowship of $8,000 for one graduate student each fall and winter semester which is funded by the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation. Being honored by the Foundation is a "big boost of confidence," said Dr.

Food Review

JP Wine Bar and Coffee

By Laura Katzer

Walk into JP Wine Bar and Coffee one evening and you can feel a pulse of relaxed energy. There are tables full of people enjoying wine and cocktails, and lively chatter mingles with light unobtrusive music. JP Wine Bar is the result of a lucky partnership between Ryan Maybee and his co-owners Keith and Linda Gobel.

Play it by Ear

Defending Rooney's 'Calling the World'

By Jordan Kerfeld

Rooney's power-pop masterpiece "Calling the World" is the perfect summer album to enjoy as the prospects of a new school year become fully realized. Critical colleagues have torn "Calling the World" to shreds with sentiments ranging from mediocre to hostile.

Movie Review

'Superbad'

By David Coley

If there's one genre that almost anyone can relate to, it's teen comedies. They allow us to remember the times when we were most embarrassed, most impressionable, and most reckless without actually experiencing all the pain that sometimes came with them. But, if there's one genre that has had a very troubled history, it's teen comedies.

Save the Date

By Heather Sprigler

Tuesday, Aug. 21 Color & Line: Masterworks on Paper: 13 European masterworks from the 19th and 20th centuries. Nelson-Atkins Museum, 4525 Oak St., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Roots: Paintings by Matt Sheperd: Artwork at Corridor Art Space at Gould Evans, 4041 Mill St.

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