http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:08:43 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:14:37 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d21-KC-struts-with-barbecue-sauce-and-other-nationally-known-foods?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner “They’ve got some pretty good barbecue in Kansas City.” So says Dan Conner to his wife in an episode of the sitcom “Roseanne” about a road trip to KC. “They do?” I thought, watching the episode in late... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:14:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d21-KC-struts-with-barbecue-sauce-and-other-nationally-known-foods?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Green-projects-take-root-in-Kansas-City-as-stimulus-money-starts-to-flow?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner Green has become the current color of choice in U.S. society as federal stimulus money for “green” construction work and other energy-efficient initiatives spread across the American landscape. The green movement has already pe... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:32:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Green-projects-take-root-in-Kansas-City-as-stimulus-money-starts-to-flow?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Compass-points-A-focus-on-Kansas-Citys-changeable-geographical-locus?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   When he wrote about his boyhood on the Mississippi River, Mark Twain often referred to his hometown of Hannibal, Mo., as being in the Far West. During Twain’s childhood in the 1840s, Kansas City was a Missouri River trading settlement c... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:50:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Compass-points-A-focus-on-Kansas-Citys-changeable-geographical-locus?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Kansas-Citys-thriving-Crossroads-art-scene-and-portraits-of-three-working-artists?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   Kansas City culture has long fostered famous-name artists, from George Caleb Bingham in the 19th century to Thomas Hart Benton and Walt Disney in the 20th. Meanwhile, the Nelson-Atkins Museum—now featuring its new celebrated Bloch Build... Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:45:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Kansas-Citys-thriving-Crossroads-art-scene-and-portraits-of-three-working-artists?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Life-is-a-festival-this-weekend-in-Kansas-Cityand-all-summer-long-across-the-USA?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner    “Everything’s a festival these days—so why no yearly festival to celebrate Charlie Parker and his hometown?” So asks a story in last Sunday's Kansas City Star about the first Kansas City Yardbird Jazz a... Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:01:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Life-is-a-festival-this-weekend-in-Kansas-Cityand-all-summer-long-across-the-USA?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Kansas-Citys-bestkept-secret-requires-----some-ground-transportation?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   Some live here for the affordable housing, others go for the easy commuting and parking, some cite the burgeoning cultural scene and better-and-better restaurants, while others embrace the metro area’s surprisingly green and hilly terra... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:35:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Kansas-Citys-bestkept-secret-requires-----some-ground-transportation?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Ginger-Rogers-Independence-birthplace-home-now-on-the-market-for-20000?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner Ginger Rogers' birthplace home. (Photo by Mike Harrington.) Recently reduced from $37,000 to just $20,000, the Independence, Mo., house where Ginger Rogers was born in 1911 has been on the market since March. The tiny two-bedroom house at 100 W. Moo... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:47:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Ginger-Rogers-Independence-birthplace-home-now-on-the-market-for-20000?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Walter-Cronkite-to-be-buried-in-Kansas-City?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner    The Associated Press has confirmed that Walter Cronkite’s final resting place will be next to his late wife, Betsy, in Kansas City, Mo., where the two first met in 1936. Betsy Cronkite died in 2005. Before burial in Kansas City, ... Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:21:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Walter-Cronkite-to-be-buried-in-Kansas-City?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Remembering-Walter-Cronkite-the-Kansas-City-native-who-became-the-most-trusted-man-in-America?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   Kansas City native Walter Cronkite died on Friday, July 17, at his home in New York City after a long illness. He was 92. Cronkite, the first television newsman to be called “anchorman,” set the standard for broadcast news... Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:16:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Remembering-Walter-Cronkite-the-Kansas-City-native-who-became-the-most-trusted-man-in-America?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d7-On-the-death-of-Michael-Jackson-and-three-other-babyboomer-icons?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner At the peak of Michael Jackson’s popularity in the mid-1980s, a newspaper editorial cartoon lampooned New York Post-style tabloid news with a mock headline: “Michael Jackson, Madonna, six million others die in nuclear blast.” The ca... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:22:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d7-On-the-death-of-Michael-Jackson-and-three-other-babyboomer-icons?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Kitschy-contrivances-of-Kansas-City-inventors?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   On June 17 John Houghtaling, a Kansas City native who invented the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, died at the age of 92. Houghtaling (pronounced HUFF-tay-ling) invented the vibrating bed—which featured a mechanical vibrator attached ... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:55:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Kitschy-contrivances-of-Kansas-City-inventors?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Kansas-the-bland-land-of-extremes-and-extremists?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   Wintertime winds blow colder through northeastern Kansas than they do through most of New England. Most of summertime Kansas swelters under heat and humidity rivaling most of Florida. Extreme climate is Kansas’ bellwether, with conditi... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:39:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Kansas-the-bland-land-of-extremes-and-extremists?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Kansas-City-cinema-A-brief-history-of-major-motion-pictures-shot-in-or-about-the-metro-area?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   The Kansas City area has a long, storied relationship with Hollywood productions—particularly with cowboy movies. Nevertheless, over the years, many movies and TV shows purporting to portray the Old West of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, T... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:02:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Kansas-City-cinema-A-brief-history-of-major-motion-pictures-shot-in-or-about-the-metro-area?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Live-from-Overland-Park-Kan-a-tale-of-two-talented-comic-actors?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner There’s been a lot of talk in the local and national news lately about two former Kansas City area residents turned TV and movie stars. Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis both grew up in Overland Park, both graduated from Shawnee Mission West High Sc... Mon, 25 May 2009 21:42:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Live-from-Overland-Park-Kan-a-tale-of-two-talented-comic-actors?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d18-Kansas-Citys-claim-to-rockandroll-fame?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner I Could Kansas City possibly be the birthplace of rock-and-roll music? Many believe that Kansas City musicians laid the foundation of rock and roll in the 1930s, when Count Basie’s smooth, swinging style of jazz fused with Big Joe Turner and ... Mon, 18 May 2009 14:56:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d18-Kansas-Citys-claim-to-rockandroll-fame?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d11-The-Kansas-CityBeverly-Hillbillies-connection?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner   Probably no television show in history includes more references to the state of Missouri than “The Beverly Hillbillies.” The Ozark-reared Clampetts would often pine for such back-home metropolises as Kansas City, Springfield, Bran... Mon, 11 May 2009 21:55:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d11-The-Kansas-CityBeverly-Hillbillies-connection?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Everythings-out-of-state-in-Kansas-City?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner CC Licensed by tlindenbaumKansas City, which beat out St. Louis to become the largest city in Missouri two decades ago, remains a mystery city to many who live on the East and West Coasts.Middle-aged music aficionados know the songs “Kans... Thu, 07 May 2009 20:02:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10204-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Everythings-out-of-state-in-Kansas-City?cid=exrss-Kansas-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner