Before you mutter….humbug… we’re joined by the Kansas City Rep’s A Christmas Carol’s most veteran star.
He’s been appearing in the annual holiday production for close to thirty years. You know him as Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge…though his friends and family call him Gary Neal Johnson.
Last week, KCPT was putting Kansas City on the national programming map as part of the PBS Summer Arts Series when it aired Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony presents Joyce DiDonato which showcased the Kansas City Symphony and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on PBS stations across the country.
This week, Kansas City is back in the national spotlight as PBS runs a documentary series that examines the issue of immigration through the lens of one state…Missouri. HOMELAND was jointly produced by KCPT and KETC, our sister PBS station in St. Louis.
Part One of HOMELAND airs July 26 immediately following The Local Show at 8 p.m. here on KCPT.
Watch Jobs on PBS. See more from Homeland: Immigration in America.
Kansas City based comic David Naster is still performing stand up in comedy clubs coast to coast and on some of the world’s finest cruise ships. But increasingly, he is in hot demand as a healthcare speaker. David Naster is considered an authority on the healing power of humor. He’s written several books on the subject, including You Just Have To Laugh. Now he has produced a new documentary that is currently making the rounds on the film festival circuit.
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The Local Show looks back at some of the highlights of the past season.
On The Local Show, we like you to take places you never been before or haven’t been to in a while. Next up, we invite you to join us in the changing gallery at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City’s historic 18th & Vine neighborhood.
Producer Sandy Woodson introduces us to local artist Ryan Haralson, whose work is featured in, “Bəyǿn♂ W☻®đs→”: {A Fusion of Poetry (+) Visual Art (+) Jazz}.
The exhibit Beyond Words runs through April 26th at the changing gallery at the American Jazz Museum at 18th and Vine.
Last year the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce released with great fanfare their 5 big ideas for moving the metro forward. They didn’t want to just talk about 5 ideas. They wanted to make 5 things happen that would make a difference in the metro.
After months of task forces and meetings and shrinking down its list from close to 200 big ideas, they decided to roll up their sleeves and propose relocating the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance to Downtown, develop a strategic plan to improve urban neighborhoods, make Kansas City a nationally recognized center for medical research, hold a world symposium on animal health, and transform Kansas City into “America’s Most Entrepreneurial City.”
Lots of groups come up with bold plans and ideas to improve the city, but do those noble visions just end up gathering dust on a shelf? On KCPT, we’re going to to track the Big 5 to see how these ideas progress.
In one area, momentum is already building. Over the holiday, UMKC was announcing plans to expand its concept of a new downtown arts campus. While initial reports were that UMKC was considering moving just its Conservatory of Music and Dance to a new site, possibly to the now vacant Lyric Theater, the university is now hiring firms to conduct a feasibility study into moving other arts programs such as the Kansas City Repertory Theater, KCUR Radio and the UMKC Theater program. This could potentially bring as many as a thousand students and faculty to a new arts campus downtown.
Nick Haines welcomes Leo Morton, the Champion for the arts campus initiative, to The Local Show to discuss the progress on this big idea.
After months of task forces and meetings and shrinking down its list from close to 200 big ideas, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce introduced its Big 5 Ideas. They decided to roll up their sleeves and proposed moving UMKC’s world class arts programs to a new downtown location, revitalize our urban neighborhoods through the urban Neighborhood Initiative, host a global symposium on innovation in animal health, and transform Kansas City into “America’s Most Entrepreneurial City.”
Their fifth idea was to grow Kansas City’s medical research from discovery to cure.
Just recently, they got a whole lot closer to achieving that goal as the University of Kansas Medical Center was awarded National Cancer Institute designation.
Nick Haines gets an update from the man leading the intitiative, Dr. Patrick James.
