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Voces del Pasado: Jesse Valdez

October marks National Hispanic Heritage Month. Even though the Latino experience in Kansas City dates back hundreds of years, little of that history has been collected. A new film, Voces...

October marks National Hispanic Heritage Month. Even though the Latino experience in Kansas City dates back hundreds of years, little of that history has been collected. A new film, Voces del Pasado preserves the oral histories of more than a dozen Mexican-Americans whose parents immigrated here and chronicles the hardships of their early life in the Kansas City area. One of those stories is that of Jesse Valdez, who’s father like many Mexican immigrants worked for the railroad.

Voces del Pasado, Voices from the Past, a new film chronicling the stories of Kansas City’s Hispanic community, is available at the following locations:

Irene Ruiz Public Library
Kansas Humanities Council Offices
KC Library, Main Branch
Argentine Public Library

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Get the Goods on Prohibition Era KC

Doughboys and Bootleggers: Exploring Prohibition in Post-WWI Kansas City Friday, September 23, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Join KCPT and the National World War I Museum Friday, September 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm for Doughboys and Bootleggers: Exploring Prohibition in Post-WWI Kansas City.

See a sneak preview of Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s latest documentary film series Prohibition, which debuts on KCPT in October. Then explore how the Great War impacted the Eighteenth Amendment and what Kansas City was like during Prohibition. You may also toast the juice joints of yore with a special cocktail before the screening by the mixologists of the Rieger Hotel and learn how to make a “Pendergast” – a drink as powerful as the political boss it is named after.

This free event will be held at the WWI Museum’s J.C. Nichols Auditorium.

RSVPs required; RSVP online or call 816.784.1475
Co-sponsored by the Rieger Hotel and Kansas City Bartenders Alliance.


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SCREENtime: Kansas City Jazz & Blues

Tune into KCPT June 30, 2011 at 8:30pm for a look at what the Kansas City sound is all about. Kansas City Jazz & Blues: Past, Present and Future recognizes...

Tune into KCPT June 30, 2011 at 8:30pm for a look at what the Kansas City sound is all about. Kansas City Jazz & Blues: Past, Present and Future recognizes past music greats as well as Kansas City’s current crop of musical talent.

Director Sue Vicory spent spent three years chasing down everyone from Bobby Watson and Myra Taylor to David Basse, Marilyn Maye and Chuck Haddix to talk about and illustrate Kansas City’s musical tradition.

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