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GardenSMART New Season

Cover all corners of the US, feature homeowner's gardens, historic locations and visit research facilities. Watch Wednesdays at 9am on KCPT2.

2011 marks the 13th  season the team at GardenSMART has been producing gardening programming for public television stations. Each season is unique and exciting because we’re never behind a potting bench, rather traveling the country showing off beautiful, unusual locations and gardens. And, there are many fantastically beautiful, one-of-kind gardens that provide gardening lessons galore all across this great land.

2011 is the best yet. We’ll cover all corners of the U.S., feature homeowner’s gardens, historic locations and visit research facilities. Along the way we discover the latest plants and techniques, address “green” and “sustainable” issues, as well as “in” and popular topics, such as “community gardens” and “vegetable gardening.”

Importantly, each week GardenSMART interviews experts/horticulturist that successfully garden for a living. This ensures the information presented is accurate and practical. We’re constantly striving to determine the latest gardening trends, then develop programs that shed light on that topic. The shows are accurate, the information – cutting edge.

The first episode tackles changing the driveway, the front door area and the landscaping can present challenges.

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Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour 2011

Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour 2011 stops at Starlight Theater on Wednesday, August 31, 7:30 pm.

Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour 2011 stops at Starlight Theater on Wednesday, August 31, 7:30 pm.

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Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in Red Shoes

Find out how to see him live at Starlight Theater.
Watch Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 7pm.

Lake Wobegon – where the women are strong, the men are good looking and all the children are above average – has become America’s collective hometown, visited weekly for the past 40 years on a fictional radio program that creates bona fide nostalgia. With his “Prairie Home Companion,” Keillor became our national philosopher, filling the empty shoes of Will Rogers and Mark Twain, through his running commentary about the human condition and the social politic. With biting wit, a quirky perspective and an uncanny ability to home in on the pulse of America, Keillor’s themes and characters are somehow familiar to us all. For more than a year, AMERICAN MASTERS followed this great raconteur – and his motley crew of actors, musicians and technical staff – as he criss-crossed the country, broadcasting, recording and revealing himself.

See him live at Starlight Theater, August 31, 2011 at 8pm.

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GENERATION XL Season 2: Keeping Kids Physically Active Throughout the School Day

KCPT looks at how schools across the metro are addressing the issues of physical activity among their students.

Through the sponsorship of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, KCPT has been tackling the growing problem of childhood obesity and sedentary lifestyles with educators, health experts, fitness gurus and policy makers. With a new school year comes a new season of our series Generation XL, as we look at how schools across the metro are addressing the issues of physical activity among their students. From before- and after-school activities, to recess, to movement in the classroom, some of the metro’s schools are coming up with creative ways to squeeze in that much-needed physical activity boost.

Watch the full episode. See more Generation XL.

Looking for help for your child? Go to KC Healthy Kids

Featured Segments on Generation XL 2

* Rationale for Physical Activity Throughout the School Day
* Movement in the Classroom
* PE: Moving More Kids More of the Time
* Going Green
* Getting More out of Recess
* Before and After School Programs
* Acknowledgements

Download Additional Resources

Movement Exploration Download PDF
Action-Based Learning Download PDF
Playground Safety Manual Download PDF

Funding Opportunities for Your School

Physical Education Grant Information at PE4Life
Donations for Greater Kansas City Bicycle Federation

Read More About Themes in Generation XL2

Bike Club

Attucks Elementary

Kansas City Community Gardens

Walking School Bus

Center for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Weight Management (KU & Children’s Mercy)

Learn more about PE4Life
PE4Life.

KC Healthy Kidss

Kansas City.com KCUR.com 89.3 FM

KCPT joins with The Star’s new Mom2Mom blog to gauge your views on childhood obesity.

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Generation XL2: Making the Grade for Physical Education

KCPT delves further into physical education in schools.
Watch online.

Since 2008, KCPT has been exploring the national obesity epidemic through Generation XL, showing viewers the challenges children face when it comes to living a healthy life. In this new episode, KCPT delves further into physical education in schools. How does modern day P.E. begin to address the goal of instilling lifelong physical fitness into the psyche of kids? Join host Nick Haines in the studio with Dr. Leon Greene from the University of Kansas, and Ashley Davies and Jennifer Straub from PE4life, as they discuss breaking the cycle of childhood obesity through physical education.

Production funding provided by:
BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas City

Content Partner:

Visit the Generation XL home page

Download Physical Ed Standards
Download Generation XL2: Making the Grade for Physical Education Resource Guide

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Generation XL: Healthy Family Habits

Make healthy changes to your family’s lifestyle.
Watch Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9pm.

Experts have long urged parents to make healthy changes to their family’s lifestyle to curb the childhood obesity epidemic. On this episode we’ll talk with regional experts about what families can do together to modify their behaviors and we’ll join the team at at the Whole Foods Cooking Studio to give families some simple tips on healthy meals both at the table and on the go.

GenXL: Healthy Family Habits
Watch Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9pm.

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Genetic Crystal Ball: Children’s Mercy Hospital’s Genomic Center

Randy Mason turns a spotlight on some of the innovative work being done at Children's Mercy Hospital  using genome research which can speed up the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients.

This week, we start with something elemental. Genomes. They’re the mechanism by which our bodies operate. They contain all the genetic information that makes us who we are.

Ten years ago this month, scientists completed work on the Human Genome Project and since then the technology to explore it further has rapidly evolved. Last year, Time Magazine noted the genomic work being done at Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital to dramatically speed up the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill infants.

Doctor looking at information on a computer monitor

Think of it as the difference between testing a patient one disease at a time versus the much broader net that genomes allow us to cast. It is an innovative example of how translational research can ultimately enhance patient care.

Media attention from the likes of Time Magazine and the Newshour is nice for Dr. Kingsmore. Even nicer was the recent $1 million grant from the William T. Kemper Foundation to help fund the Genomic Center’s activities.

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Genius Generator: Camp Invention

Kansas City Kansas Community College hosted Camp Invention this summer and The Local Show was there to get a glimpse at the creative geniuses of the future. The Camp Invention...

Kansas City Kansas Community College hosted Camp Invention this summer and The Local Show was there to get a glimpse at the creative geniuses of the future.

The Camp Invention program instills vital 21st century life skills such as problem-solving and teamwork through hands-on fun. The Camp Invention program is a nationally acclaimed weeklong summer enrichment day experience for children entering in grades one through six that is free to schools and organizations nationwide. The top priority of the Camp Invention program is to provide quality enrichment programming in the fields of science, mathematics, history, and the arts. Local schools host the program and the week’s hands-on activities are led by local teachers to ensure a safe learning environment. The staff to child ratio is 1:8! The Camp Invention program enhances a child’s ability to learn through teamwork and subject immersion while cultivating a new appreciation for discovery — it’s learning disguised as fun!

Table with three students wearing goggles working on science experimentsThree students observing an experiment in action

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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

New York City Ballet’s beloved holiday favorite airs live from Lincoln Center.
Watch Sunday, December 18 at 3pm on KCPT and KCPT2.

New York City Ballet’s beloved holiday favorite, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, airs live from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Balanchine’s Nutcracker features New York City Ballet’s entire roster of more than 150 dancers and musicians, as well as two alternating casts of 50 children from the School of American Ballet, the New York City Ballet’s official school. In addition to Balanchine’s choreography, the seminal work features scenery by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Karinska and lighting by Mark Stanley, after the original design by Ronald Bates.

The live television broadcast will be hosted by School of American Ballet board member Chelsea Clinton, who danced several roles in the ballet with Ballet Arkansas from 1985-1992 and then the Washington Ballet from 1993-1996. In a Lincoln Center first, the program will also bring the holiday classic to service men and women around the world via a Christmas Eve re-broadcast on the American Forces Network.

Watch Sunday, December 18 at 3pm on KCPT and KCPT2.

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Get Smart with The Arts

KCPT and Kansas City Young Audiences explore how arts education helps youth.

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