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Antiques Roadshow Coming to Kansas City

Watch the Antiques Roadshow Special March 11 at 7pm to find out how YOU can be a part of the visit!

Do you happen to have a stash of potentially valuable breakables such as glass, china and porcelain lying around your humble abode? What about collectibles such as vintage toys or heirloom furniture? Well guess what? One of PBS’s most popular shows is heading into to Kansas City.

Watch the Antiques Roadshow Special Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7pm to find out how you can be a part of the visit! Call (888) 203-1747 for YOUR tickets to the show on August 10, 2013.

Yes, Antiques Roadshow is rolling into town for the first time in 11 years. Mark your calendars…August 10th is the date…though no venue has yet been released. Like KCPT’S The Local Show on Facebook and we’ll keep you updated on any of the treasure trove of details as they become available. You have until April 8 to apply to receive two free tickets. Your chances of being selected will depend on the number of eligible applicants for each city and are not affected by how early or late you apply within the application period.

Watch Announcing the Summer 2013 Tour! on PBS. See more from Antiques Roadshow.

Tags: Antiques, Antiques Roadshow, The Local Show, TLS317

The Audacious Rise of KCPT: Ed Matheny, Jr.

Randy Mason sits down with KCPT's first president, Ed Matheny, Jr., to discuss the book The Audacious Rise of KCPT which chronicles Channel 19's fifty year history.

KCPT has been celebrating its 50th birthday and a brand new book charts the audacious rise of channel 19. It’s written by Kansas City attorney, civic leader and the station’s first president Ed Matheny, Jr. who had a front row seat for the station’s start.

You can have your own copy of The Audacious Rise of KCPT by liking The Local Show Facebook page. We have two books to give away.

You can purchase a copy of the book from The Kansas City Store.

Tags: History, KCPT, KCPT at Fifty Years, The Local Show, TLS303

Battlefield Missouri: Homeland

Get a sneak preview of the upcoming series "Homeland: Immigration in America”, a co-production between KCPT and Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis, which focuses on issues surrounding immigration in the heartland, and is airing nationally on PBS. Part 1 of the three-part series will air on KCPT July 26th, immediately following The Local Show.

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.

Tags: Immigration, The Local Show, TLS302

Best Medicine: David Naster & You Just Have to Laugh

Nick Haines welcomes comedian and author David Naster to The Local Show to discuss his mission to help people laugh through the worst of times.

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.

Tags: Comedy, Mental Health, The Local Show, TLS223

Big 5 Champion: Leo Morton

Nick Haines welcomes Leo Morton, the Champion for the arts campus initiative, to The Local Show to discuss the progress on this Big 5 idea.

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.

Tags: Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, KCPT Underwriters, Leo Morton, The Local Show, TLS215

Big 5: Champion Dr. Patrick James

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.

Tags: Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, KCPT Underwriters, The Local Show, TLS303

Big 5: Champion Gary Forsee

It doesn’t get the same attention as Kansas City’s quest to become a mecca for the life sciences or our push to be America’s most entrepreneriurial city, but Kansas City’s zeal to be the global center for animal health research is far further along than any of those efforts.

Many people don’t realize that our region already is home to four of the top 10 largest animal health companies in the world.

Championing an effort by the Chamber of Commerce to now bring a world symposium on animal health to Kansas City is a well known name to Kansas Citians…Gary Forsee.

Tags: Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, KCPT Underwriters, The Local Show, TLS304

Big 5: Champion Peter deSilva & One Week KC

Peter deSilva, CEO of UMB Bank and one of the Champions of the Chamber's Big 5 Ideas, gives a progress report on Making Kansas City "America's Most Entrepreneurial City" and previews the One Week KC events.

Next week is a big week for entrepreneurs and wannabee entrepreneurs in Kansas City. Monday kicks off what is being called One Week KC…nine days of meet-ups, conferences, idea exchanges, speakers, parties and workshops to educate, inspire, encourage and celebrate entrepreneurship.

It’s all part of Kansas City’s quest to become America’s Most Entrepreneurial City. You’ve heard that expression before, but whatever happened to that? You may remember it was one of the Big 5 Ideas announced by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce last fall. Did it simply just fade away?

The man leading the Chamber’s Making Kansas City “America’s Most Entrepreneurial City” initiative is Peter de Silva, CEO of UMB Bank, who sat down with Nick Haines to give a progress report.

Tags: Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Entrepreneurship, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, KCPT Underwriters, The Local Show, TLS229

Big 5: Moving UMKC’s World Class Arts Programs to a New Downtown Location

We get an update on the Chamber's Big 5 initiative to create a UMKC Arts Campus downtown. The Kansas City Public Library will be hosting a panel discussion about this project on September 5 at 6:30 pm.

They’ve narrowed it down to three. Three sites that is for UMKC to build a new downtown arts campus that would include room for its Conservatory of Music and Dance, but also space for its theater and other arts programs. This was one of the Big 5 Ideas advocated by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce last fall.

Even though the UMKC Conservatory has been a part of Kansas City’s cultural life for over one hundred years, many of us still know little about this hidden jewel, working hard to raise its profile both here and across the country. In fact, our story starts on a March night in New York City.

What would a UMKC Downtown arts campus mean culturally and economically to this city?
You can join UMKC and top civic and arts leaders in a panel discussion at the downtown library on Wednesday, September 5 at 6:30 pm.

Tags: Arts, Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City Public Library, KCPT Underwriters, The Local Show, TLS305, UMKC

Big 5: Progress Report on KC Chamber Initiatives

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce launched its Big 5 initiatives to help reinvent Kansas City. We bring together some of the key decision makers to find out what progress has been made.

What began in the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Board room in July 2011 with 100 business, civic and elected leaders and 182 ideas for creating a greater Kansas City has become five initiatives which seek to to bring better health, improved education, more jobs, increased investment and a better quality of life to everyone in the region. The Local Show gathered key decision makers from each of the Big 5 initiatives to find out how much progress has been made.

Our Think Tank of Experts:

Jim Heeter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Russ Welsh, Current KC Chamber Chair; Chairman & CEO, Polsinelli Shughart
Greg Graves, Past (2011) KC Chamber Chair; Chairman of the Board & CEO, Burns & McDonnell

Big 5 Representatives:

Moving UMKC’s World-Class Arts Programs to a New Downtown Location
Leo Morton: Champion; Chancellor, University of Missouri – Kansas City

Revitalizing Our Urban Neighborhoods Through the Urban Neighborhood Initiative
(Champions Brent Stewart and Terry Dunn were unavailable.)
Mark Jorgenson: Chairman, Urban Neighborhood Initiative Board; President & CEO, US Bank, Kansas City Market
Dianne Cleaver: Executive Director, Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Making Kansas City America’s Most Entrepreneurial City
Peter deSilva: Champion; Chairman & CEO, UMB Bank
Cliff Illig: Entrepreneurship Steering Committee; Co-founder, Cerner Corp.

Hosting the Global Symposium on Innovation in Animal Health
(Champion Gary Forsee was unavailable.)
Robert Marcusse: President & CEO, Kansas City Area Development Council

Growing Kansas City’s Medical Research, From Discovery to Cure
Dr. Patrick James: Champion; Senior Managing Director, Quest Diagnostics- Kansas Business Unit.

Keep the conversation going:

#Big5KC
#KCPT

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Tags: Arts, Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Entrepreneurship, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, The Local Show, TLS320, UMKC

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