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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