A musical that aims to eventually get itself to Broadway, "Route 66," will be staged today at the Kansas City Crossroads Musical Theater Festival. Here's the plot, according to Lower Hudson Online in New York: A hard-charging, ambitious free-lance writer, Liz Mitchell, is assigned to write a magazine piece about Route 66, a road that … Continue reading “Route 66” musical to be at KC festival
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Pain Walker writes his final entry
It took nearly a week, but Dennis Kinch posted the final entry in his Notes from the Road after completing his walk on Route 66 for the National Pain Foundation. Go read it. Kinch expresses a lot of thoughts about his adventure, and there are plenty of photos of him finishing his walk, too.
Run across a Route 66 bridge
The Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat has a small item about the Companion Mississippi Mile on July 29, in which entrants run across the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge that once carried Route 66 and connects Madison, Ill., to St. Louis. If you think running a mile across an old bridge is a piece of cake, you'll … Continue reading Run across a Route 66 bridge
Time’s running out
According to the Highland (Calif.) Community News, if you're going to register your car for the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, you'd better do it soon.
A history through postcards
The Alibi, which is an alternative newspaper in Albuquerque, reports that there is a "Route 66 Through Albuquerque: A Postcard History" exhibit at the Special Collections Library at 423 Central Ave. NE through Aug. 26. Alibi staffer Steven Robert Allen writes: The highlight is a display of vintage Albuquerque postcards mounted beside captions explaining their … Continue reading A history through postcards
Photography exhibit to open in Kingman
Photographer Lorissa J. Longfellow will open an exhibit, "Desert Views," of her work at the Spinster in downtown Kingman, Ariz., from Aug. 4 to Sept. 4. According to the news release: Ghost towns, National Parks, machinery and cars left abandoned, and sections of old Route 66 are subjects that make up the images in the … Continue reading Photography exhibit to open in Kingman
Fire & Ice Bike Rally coverage
The Cibola County Beacon filed two stories from the Route 66 Fire & Ice Bike Rally in Grants, N.M., this past weekend, including the Biker Baby contest and how the image of bikers has changed.
Roller Rapper news
The Carthage (Mo.) Press shot a photo of Robby Love, aka the Roller Rapper, during his Route 66 tour as he skated in front of the historic Jasper County Courthouse this past weekend. UPDATE: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a long, well-done story about Love's visit to the Gateway City.
Roller Rapper at the Rock
Talk about life's strange coincidences: Emily, aka Red Fork Hippie Chick, and I were capping a road trip Sunday with bread pudding at the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Okla., when Robby Love, aka the Roller Rapper, in a big RV stopped by during his Route 66 tour. Love stopped in Sand Springs, Okla., the night … Continue reading Roller Rapper at the Rock
“Cars” display draws a big crowd
The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph reported a huge throng of people came to U.S. Cellular Coliseum to see the last stop Saturday of the 50-city tour of life-size characters from the Disney-Pixar "Cars" movie. Organizers were expecting 5,000 people over a six-hour span. But they surpassed it within the first hour. Bloomington’s reaction is typical of … Continue reading “Cars” display draws a big crowd