National Features

  • Seattle Weekly
    Back from Iraq

    Camaraderie is in short supply between today's soldiers and older vets.

    By Nina Shapiro
  • Village Voice
    Scientology 's Celebrity Defector

    TV star Jason Beghe reveals secrets of the controversial church.

    By Tony Ortega
  • Riverfront Times
    Line Up, Tough Guys

    Here's an idea: Let felons become bail bondsmen.

    By Keegan Hamilton

As the selection for the Johnson County Public Library's Big Read, Dashiell Hammett's 1930 detective novel The Maltese Falcon comes with support — in the form of discussion groups at local libraries. University of Missouri-Kansas City film professor Thom Poe gives a talk called "Film Noir and The Maltese Falcon" today at 2 p.m. at the Antioch Branch (8700 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Merriam). Call 913-261-2300 for more information.
Sun., April 27, 2 p.m., 2008

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