Words Worth: Phyllis Becker

The Women of The Writer's Place, Part 3

Don’t let the quiet demeanor fool you. A charter member of KC's renowned Riverfront Reading Series and the poetry collective The Collaborators, Phyllis Becker is quietly leaving her stamp on KC’s poetry scene.


Pack Your Bags

Get ready. The journey begins now.

Unfortunately, I’ve never been one to go with the trends, so moving to my parent’s basement and trying to “figure myself out” wasn’t really an option. An eternal fan of famous quotations, I ran across one that seemed to encompass my ambitions exactly, from Henry David Thoreau. “How vain is it to sit down to write, when you haven’t stood up to live.”


KCMETROPOLIS - City Voices

City Voices: Vocal Column for January 5 -18

City Voices: Vocal Column for January 5 -18 and Vocal Highlights of 2009
 


KCMETROPOLIS - City Classics

City Classics: Classical Column for January 5-11

City Classics - Classical Column for January 5 - 11
Midori and Joshua Bell


KCMETROPOLIS - City Stage

City Stage: Theatre Column for January 5-18

City Stage: Theatre Column for January 5-18
Women of Brewster Place, Hedda Gabler, Glass Menagerie, Murder By the Book and more!


KCMETROPOLIS - Organ Column

January Organ Column: “Make it up as you go along”

January Organ Column:  “Make it up as you go along”


KCMETROPOLIS - CD/DVD Review

CD/DVD Review: The Hyperion Romantic Concerto Series

CD/DVD Review:  The Hyperion Romantic Concerto Series


M.I.R.A.C.L.E. - Vigalantee

Man with a Not-So-Subtle Message

Vigalantee (aka Roger Suggs) returned in 2008 with his third full-length recording dubbed M.I.R.A.C.L.E.


Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing about Zionism

Edited by Adam Shatz

These essays offer an excellent historical overview of dissident Jewish opinion stretching back to the nineteenth century, when Zionism – the movement advocating that Jews, so universally persecuted, needed a geographical safe haven – came into being.


KCMETROPOLIS - This Weekend's Events

KCM: This Weekend's Events

What's up this weekend?
Take a look and enjoy!


Take Your Shot: Pete Dulin

Featured Photography

Take Your Shot - featured photographs each week from local photographers in an ongoing gallery. Send an image to present@presentmagazine.com for consideration.

This week: Pete Dulin


Coupon: Art in the Age of Steam, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Through January 18

As a thank you to PresentMagazine.com readers, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art offers a 2-for-1 coupon to the exhibition Art in the Age of Steam for a limited time only. Print off the coupon and present it at the museum to view this exhibit featuring works by European masters Monet, Magritte, Manet, and others.


Sports: Looking to the Future

Notes From On and Off the Field

Carl Peterson is now officially gone as the Chiefs President, General Manager, and Chief Executive Officer. The Chiefs need a new general manager and new organizational structure to operate after twenty years of Peterson running the Chiefs as delegated by the Hunt family.


No Time to Hedge Your Health

Eating Healthy on a Budget

Given the economic trough we’re currently in, people are cutting back on just about everything, and rightfully so. Money is tight for many, and one of the first places people trim spending is on the grocery bill. But too often, we cut back on nourishing foods we should be eating more of.


Emancipation Station

A Home for Women without Homes

It is amazing to watch Alice Pigee-Wallack, the Executive Director of Emancipation Station, talk with the homeless who come to seek her help. She treats everyone like her child, with a warmth and love that radiates around her.



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