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Dan Kelly

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Calendar and Events Editor at Kansas City Star

Entertainment and Arts News Reporter at Kansas City Star

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  • Coquille Tribe opens Eugene treatment center for Lane County opioid recovery

    5 days ago | nbc16.com | Dan Kelly

    EUGENE, Ore. — The Coquille Tribe held a ribbon cutting Friday for its brand-new opioid treatment center in Eugene, the Ko-kwel Wellness Center, which aims to combat overdoses in Lane County. The clinic, along River Road, is not just open to tribal families and other indigenous people - it's also accessible to the general public. According to Oregon Health Authority, the death rate among Native Americans is more than double the state average.

  • Cinco de Mayo celebrations in KC will feature hit '70s band, horses and more

    1 week ago | kansascity.com | Dan Kelly

    War is coming to Kansas City. The band that produced the 1970s hits "Spill the Wine," "The World Is a Ghetto," "Why Can't We Be Friends?" and "Low Rider" will play a free concert as part of the annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at the Guadalupe Centers. The two-day event celebrating Mexico's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, will feature live bands and other entertainment as well as vendors, art booths and children's activities.

  • Music helped define Kansas City in past century. New documentary recounts how

    1 month ago | kansascity.com | Dan Kelly

    The late Jerry Leiber, left, and Mike Stoller wrote the classic 1952 song "Kansas City." Stoller, 92, appears in the documentary "Sounds of the City," which will make its world premiere April 11 at the Uptown. File photo A new documentary exploring the history and influence of Kansas City music over the past 100 years is about to make a splash locally and nationally.

  • With first big TV role, actress plays dirty in New York but keeps roots in Kansas City

    1 month ago | kansascity.com | Dan Kelly

    Erika Woods' life is a very much a tale of two cities. When she's in Kansas City, she lives in a small downtown apartment where she shares cookies and coffee with neighbors, visits with family and friends, and roots passionately for the Chiefs. In New York, she goes by the name "Pop" and thrives as the matriarch of a powerful crime operation. Of course, that is her acting alter ego.

  • Kansas City hosted hundreds of Nazis and other enemy soldiers during WWII. Here's why

    1 month ago | kansascity.com | Dan Kelly

    Prisoners of war found "a surprisingly pleasant experience" in Missouri during World War II. These Germans picked potatoes near Atherton and loaded them onto train boxcars. Jackson County Historical Society What's Your KCQ is a collaboration between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library series that answers your questions about the history, people, places and culture that make Kansas City unique. Have a suggestion for a future story?

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