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This week, The Local Show steps back in time. We talk to restauranteur and expert bartender Ryan Maybee about Prohibition, restoring The Rieger Hotel and the modern day allure of the speakeasy. And we get a glimpse at how a local business owner turned bread making into an art form. Our cameras were at The Wornall House to witness a reenactment of a Civil War era hospital complete with field amputations. Nick Haines talks to Kandice Walker, Executive Director of The John Wornall and Alexander Major Houses, about the challenges of keeping history alive in these Kansas City landmarks. The Local Show looks in at how the Kansas City, Missouri School District is changing the way both students and teachers look at learning when we go behind the scenes at Camp Invention.

Cocktail Connoisseur: Ryan Maybee

Ryan Maybee’s new business is proving to be the platform he’s needed to help catapult the bartending profession to the artistic level it was intended and he continues to change people’s impression of bartending, one palate at a time.

Zen & The Art of Bread Making: Fervere Bakery

Fervere, (fur-vair’-ay) is the Latin root word for “passion” and “fermentation” – essential ingredients for great bread. Fervere’s oven is fashioned after the communal ovens of ancient Europe, when families in villiages took turns feeding the starters, stoking the fires and baking bread. Traditionally the fire was built on the baking surface (hearth), allowed to heat the mass of the oven, then swept clean. Fervere uses an electric heat source. The burner is pulled out of the oven chamber before baking. Because the baking chamber is also the heat chamber, heating and baking do not occur at the same time. Fervere’s slow and gentle mixer imbues the crumb with a tenderness and sweetness unique to hand-kneeded breads. All of Fervere’s flours are organic, as are all other ingredients, whenever possible.

History In Action: John Wornall House and Alexander Majors House

One was a farmer. The other was a businessman. Today, the homes of John Wornall and Alexander Majors provide a window to the past and give visitors an opportunity to get hands-on with history.

Genius Generator: Camp Invention

Designed by the U.S. Patent Office, Camp Invention pairs summer science camp, with professional development for teachers. And shifts the emphasis from traditional rote teaching methods to project based, hands-on learning. This method changes the paradigm found in the typical classroom. Where a teacher mainly disseminates information; to instead, laying the groundwork, posing a question and then letting the students discover the solution. This revolutionary approach is one the District is looking to implement throughout the year, and is confident will hone student’s autonomous, critical thinking skills. Ultimately
resulting in a more vibrant and competitive American workforce.

This week on The Local Show, Sam Zeff gives a blow by blow account of the fight over the future of North Kansas City Hospital. Reporter Danny Woods tries to find out if the KCK School District is reaping any benefits from providing high school students with free Mac laptop computers. And we celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month with Tommy Ruskin and Julie Turner.

This week on The Local Show, we preview the new exhibit, Inventing the Modern World Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs which opens this weekend at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Executive Director of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, Jesse Barnes, gives Nick Haines a tour of the facility and the current exhibit which highlights the career of Wichita, Ks. native Hattie McDaniel. We report on the innovative Second Chance/Reentry Program in Johnson County which seeks to reduce recidivism by treating mental health issues and providing support systems to inmates. Finally, we look at how Kauffman Stadium has become the greenest stadium in Major League Baseball.

This week, Randy Mason goes inside The Center for Pediatric Genome Medicine at Children’s Mercy Hospitals, the first genome center in the world inside a children’s hospital. It is also the first focused on genome sequencing and analysis for inherited children’s diseases. As medical research breaks new ground, new ethical problems come to the surface. Myra Christopher from the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City sits down with Nick Haines to discuss approaches to these new issues. Finally this week, we do our best paparazzi imitation at the red carpet event for the premiere of 42.

This week on The Local Show, we share an interesting new Wayside Waifs program that uses dogs to combat bullying. As part of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Big 5 Ideas, Dr. David Livingston was the keynote speaker at a major gala dinner last week to celebrate the work of the Kansas City Life Sciences Insitute. Nick Haines sat down with Dr. Livingston to find out a bit more about translational research. We preview a new documentary, We Are Superman, about revitalizing the area around 31st and Troost. And we share a profile of Epic Arts Studio in KCK.

Thursday night at 7 p.m. on The Local Show, we go behind the scenes of the Kansas City Ballet as part of our performArts series, learn more about how the Stowers Institute is making great strides in Life Sciences research, see how Black & Veatch’s mentoring program is helping to promote STEM education in area schools and we honor Holocaust Remembrance Day.

This week on The Local Show, we speak to Stacey Davis about the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center. We go inside the Toy & Miniature Museum for a look into the past with a performance about Nettie Wells, a Kansas City girl who grew up in the 19th century and learned many life lessons while playing with the dollhouse her father made for her. Nick Haines talks to author and comedian David Naster about his new documentary and his mission to help people use laughter to cope with serious health problems. And we share the winning entry in a journalism contest for area high school students relating to the new SEA LIFE Aquarium which is set to open on April 6 in Crown Center.