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The Local Show: February 16, 2012

This week on The Local Show: Part Three of our series on suicide, Mike Burke and Ray Daniels report on the Google project, Joyce DiDonato and her Grammy victory, a Big 5 ideas townhall, and Mardi Gras in Kansas with Truckstop Honeymoon.

This week on The Local Show, we continue our examination of the various aspects of suicide. We talk to Mike Burke and Ray Daniels about the progress being made on the Google project. We celebrate the Grammy victory of Prairie Village native, Joyce DiDonato. We peek in on an entrepreneurial brainstorming session at the Kauffman Foundation that is part of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Big 5 Ideas. And we celebrate Mardi Gras Kansas-style with the musical stylings of Truckstop Honeymoon.


Mental Health Awareness: Suicide Part Three

Tonight, in part three of of our four part series on suicide, producer Sandy Woodson examines what to do when you someone you know is considering suicide.


Google Zone: Mike Burke & Ray Daniels

The Local Show gets an update on the Google project from Mike Burke and Ray Daniels who are leading the Mayors’ Bi-State Google Innovation Team.


Grammy Gold: Joyce DiDonato

Prairie Village native and international opera star Joyce DiDonato won a Grammy for her performance, Diva Divo.


Big 5: Entrepreneurial Brainstorming

As part of the Chamber’s Big 5 initiative, eight public forums are underway to get your views. The Local Show checked in on one of them this week at the Kauffman Foundation.


New Orleans on the Plains: Truckstop Honeymoon & Mardi Gras in Kansas

Mike West and Katie Euliss, the duo known as Truckstop Honeymoon, relocated to Lawrence, Ks after Hurricane Katrina. The Local Show welcomes them to the show to show how they liven up Fat Tuesday in Kansas.

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Mental Health Awareness: Suicide Part Three

Tonight, in part three of of our four part series on suicide, producer Sandy Woodson examines what to do when you someone you know is considering suicide.

A series of high profile local suicides has elevated the issue of depression and bi-polar disorder in our metro. Over the last several weeks we’ve been tackling the subject head on. Tonight, in part three of of our four part series, producer Sandy Woodson examines what to do when you someone you know is considering suicide.

We conclude our series next week when we look at the aftermath of suicide on the family members left behind. The final segment in this series will air on Febrary 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. The entire series will be presented in a special edition of The Local Show on March 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. These segments will rebroadcast numerous times and will also be available online soon after the initial airings.

Here’s a look back at the first two parts of the series:

If you’d like to share your own experiences or information on resources, please comment below or send us an email at thelocalshow@kcpt.org.


Suicide Prevention and Support Resources:

American Association of Suicidology

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Directory of Mental Health Resources in Kansas

First Call

Mental Health America of the Heartland

Headquarters Counseling Center

Bert Nash Center

National Alliance on Mental Illness Kansas City

Research Psychiatric Center

Suicide Awareness Survivor Support Mo-Kan

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Veteran’s Suicide Hotline

Your Life Your Voice

CommCare

Missouri Department of Mental Health

Missouri Suicide Prevention Project

Parents of Suicide Support Group

Suicide Grief Support Forum

Parents of Suicide Support Community

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Compassionate Ear

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Google Zone: Mike Burke & Ray Daniels

The Local Show gets an update on the Google project from Mike Burke and Ray Daniels who are leading the Mayors’ Bi-State Google Innovation Team.

Almost a year after they made their first splashy announcement, Google began construction last week on its long-awaited ultrafast Internet service. While the company says they’re now laying fiber in KCK, they declined to say which neighborhoods they would be working in. When they arrive, the one gigabit-per-second Internet connections will offer steady downloads about 100 times faster than most Americans can get in their homes with existing broadband services. In just a moment, we’ll get an update on the project from Mike Burke and Ray Daniels who are leading the Mayors’ Bi-State Google Innovation Team. But first, we wanted to show you how the Kauffman Foundation is now envisioning what a Google future might mean for Kansas City.

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Grammy Gold: Joyce DiDonato

Prairie Village native and international opera star Joyce DiDonato won a Grammy for her performance, Diva Divo.

Many of you may have been watching the Grammy Awards over the weekend. What you missed in the primetime CBS broadcast is the Grammy Award being presented for Classical Solo Performance. That was among the awards not handed out on TV from the Staples Center. The award went to Prairie Village native and international opera star Joyce DiDonato for her performance Diva Divo. She performs alongside the Kansas City Symphony at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts next month. If you weren’t able to secure a ticket, don’t fret. The performance is being recorded to run nationally on PBS as part of the summer arts series this July. KCPT recently began production on the documentary “Homecoming” which will be featured in the PBS Arts special.

Opera singer Joyce DiDonato holding Grammy Award in front of Grammy Awards banner

Here’s a behind the scenes look at the making of Diva Divo:

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