Join KCPT and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art May 4 at 6pm for a special premiere of the new KCPT documentary “Putting Down Roots: Roxy Paine’s Ferment,” about the creation of the brilliant sculpture. After the film, curators and the film’s producer Randy Mason will host a discussion about the newest addition to the Kansas City Sculpture Park.
The event is FREE. but tickets are required for admission. Reserve your seat on the Nelson-Atkins’ events page.
Sometimes on The Local Show, we are able to share stories about something fun that you might not hear about otherwise. This week, Randy Mason and Don the Camera Guy Mayberger went downtown to tell just such a tale as we introduce you to Sketch Artist Trey Bryan.
Jazz can be found at the Hotel Phillips on Thursday through Saturday nights. You never know whether the “illustrator in residence” will be there for sure, but some of Trey Bryan’s paintings are on display.
How much thought do you give to the design of your local library? When is the last time you even went to your local library? Worried about declining attendance, the Mid-Continent Public Library system is reinventing what your neighborhood library looks like and offers.
At its newest branch called Woodneath, near fast growing Liberty, an 1850′s historic home is being re-purposed as a writing lab and self publishing center for the future JK Rowlings. The house is just part of the new project. Library director Steve Potter took Nick Haines on a hard hat tour of the library which is scheduled to open this summer.
We begin this week with a question: Which is the largest institution of higher education in our bi-state area? Is it KU or MU? You might be surprised to learn that it’s actually neither.
With more than 50,000 students enrolled in credit and continuing education classes each semester, Johnson County Community College is now the largest institution of higher education in either Kansas or Missouri.
And after 5 years at the helm, JCCC’s President Terry Calaway has announced he is retiring. Along with increased enrollment, Calaway is credited with bringing a lot of novel programs to JCCC which is consistently ranked as one of the best community colleges in the country.
People no doubt have heard about the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art which was added during his watch, but the college is also getting national attention for its culinary program which will open its own culinary academy and innovative demonstration kitchen next year. Dr Calaway sat down for a conversation with Nick Haines.
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce has made Growing Kansas City’s Medical Research, From Discovery to Cure one of its Big 5 Ideas for the metro. We’ve been tracking what that actually means on this program with chamber and civic leaders over the last several months. This week, we perhaps put the most human face on the issue as we show you how patients from as far away as New Zealand are now heading to Kansas City to take advantage of some of the cutting edge research and clinical trials now going on in our own backyard. Producer Rich Miller takes us inside KU Med’s Clinical Research Center in Fairway, Kansas for a closer look.
I hope you are recuperating from the hot summer. I know I’m looking forward to fall and all that it brings. One thing you can count on is a great fall line-up of new programming from KCPT.
Please tune-in for the new PBS British hit, Call the Midwife. It’s a six-part drama that depicts midwifery and family life in London during the 1950s. The program airs on Sunday, September 30th.
Also coming this fall, The Dust Bowl, by Ken Burns and writer/producer, Dayton Duncan. The film chronicles the environmental catastrophe in the 1930s that destroyed farms, turned prairies into deserts, and unleashed massive, deadly dust storms. The two-part documentary airs on November 18 and 19. We are especially pleased to be bringing Dayton Duncan to Kansas City for a special screening of The Dust Bowl on November 13. Look for more information on the screening this fall.
Also please plan to watch election coverage with us. PBS is the most trusted source for unbiased election coverage through programs like FRONTLINE with its airing of “The Choice,” the centerpiece of PBS election 2012’s coverage of the presidential campaign.
Immigration in America, aired as part of PBS’ election coverage and was narrated by Ray Suarez of the NewsHour. The documentary was produced by Nine Network of St. Louis and our Executive Producer, Randy Mason, worked very closely on the project. The story focused on immigrants in Missouri and how, even though not a border state, the same challenges exist right here in the heartland.
A few statistical facts about how PBS compares to commercial channels –
For you gardeners, P. Allen Smith is coming to Kansas City to tape at Powell Gardens, Kauffman Memorial Gardens, and DST Gardens the first week in September. There will be two member events with P. Allen on September 8th – One at Suburban Lawn and Garden and then lunch at the Webster House. Please call 816-398-4259 for more information.
Homecoming – The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato, was aired over 1,000 times across the United States and on 95% of stations. It was extraordinary to be part of this great show and an honor to bring it not only to viewers of Kansas City but all over the country. Kansas City looked amazing on the national stage!
As always, thank you for watching!
There’s a lot of attention being paid right now, both locally and nationally, to building our economy through technology…Startup America for example. And with the arrival of Google Fiber, it’s been a particularly hot topic in Kansas City lately.
While tech companies have been popping up all across the metro, there’s a noticeable cluster developing in the vicinity of Downtown and the Crossroads. We take you inside three tech startups, to show you more of what “the scene” looks like these days.
Another indication of just how much is going in with Kansas City’s tech scene. Last week, the first “startup” crawl event was held…shuttling the curious to a number of startups in the Crossroads and beyond.
(Kansas City, MO – Friday, April 19, 2013)
A sea of display boards and 250 local high school seniors flooded the Sprint Festival Plaza yesterday morning at Union Station for the Project Lead the Way High School Senior Showcase.
Unlike a typical science fair, many students presented not only research findings, but also innovative project prototypes and services, ranging from a blood pressure cell phone app to a concussion reducing football helmet.
“It gives you hope,” said KC STEM Alliance director Laura Loyacono. “These seniors are taking an elective that is voluntary research and their projects range from super practical projects like a dog-washing apparatus, to futuristic projects like the Sleep Pod, and then the highly personal projects like analyzing student reporting of sexual assault.”
These engineering and biomedical projects are the fruits of students’ participation in the KC STEM Alliance’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW) coursework, which provides extracurricular, hands-on STEM education to 63 high schools in both Kansas and Missouri.
PLTW participants take a STEM course all four years of high school, and spend their senior year focusing on a capstone project.
This is the second year PLTW seniors have had a chance to showcase their work and practice pitching their ideas.
“A really critical component for STEM students is explaining their work,” Loyacono said. “It’s also an opportunity for businesses and colleges to get a sneak peek at the talent, ideas, and intellect that is coming their way.”
Here we go, go, go, go on a winter adventure! Join KCPT at Union Station on December 1, 2012 for a splendiferous day with Cat in the Hat!
In celebration of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas special, come meet The Cat, make holiday crafts and explore the science of winter weather.
The fun begins with a pancake breakfast at 8:30am. Tickets for the breakfast are available on Union Station’s website.
Day Out with Cat in the Hat!
8:30am – 12:30pm – Pancake Breakfast| Tickets required
10am-2pm – Get your picture with Cat in the Hat, make a holiday craft, explore winter science | Free and open to the public
KCPT Family Members are invited to join us for a special, early meet and greet with The Cat in the Hat. Not a KCPT Family Member? Join our neighborhood.
Some of Kansas City’s top bartenders are participating this weekend in the Paris of the Plains Cocktail Competition.
It’s just one event in Kansas City’s weeklong cocktail festival now underway that blends all sorts of spirited dinners, contests, seminars, industry gatherings and culminates Monday in the Paris of the Plains Gala, a big party with live music, dancing, handcrafted cocktails and food at the American Restaurant. Proceeds from the Gala will benefit KCPT.
Joining us are two key figures from the Paris of the Plains soiree.: The American Restaurant’s General Manager Jamie Jamison and former Manifesto Bartender Brandon Cummins.
They each shared one of their favorite drink recipes. Stay tuned for the video, but for now here are the tasty recipes:
The Nor(hat)tan
2 ounces Four Roses Bourbon
1/2 ounce Carpano Antica Vermouth
2 ounces Missouri Norton
2 Dashes Whiskey Barrel Bitters
Assemble all the ingredients with ice in the glass portion of a cocktail shaker and stir to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an orange peel. Bartender tip: if you want to look slick, work on your stir…no wrist and elbow movement…and be sure to stir with big, cold cubes for about 40 stirs or until the base of the mixing glass is really cold.
The Bebop Cocktail: A modern KC-influenced variant of the classic “Bee’s Knees” cocktail.
1.5 oz Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat
2 oz Beefeater 24
1/2 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Honey
4 dashes Angostura Bitters
Pour chilled Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat into a cocktail glass
In a mixing glass, combine honey, lemon juice, bitters, and Beefeater 24. Add ice, shake, and strain into cocktail glass with Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat.
Garnish with lemon zest & enjoy!
