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The Local Show: December 13, 2012

This week: KC Rep's Gary Neal Johnson, the CityAge summit The New American City, Time Warner Cable's low income internet announcement and Kansas City Art Institute's Jacqueline Chanda.

For almost thirty years, Gary Neal Johnson has been visited by ghosts each holiday season in the Kansas City Rep’s production of A Christmas Carol. Randy Mason welcomes the veteran actor currently rehearsing for Ebeneezer Scrooge as well as for Willy Loman for the upcoming production of A Death of a Salesman. Mayors and thought leaders from around the country met in Kansas City last week at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as part of the CityAge summit The New American City.The Local Show was there to capture some of the conversation. In an effort to stay competitive with Google Fiber, Time Warner Cable announced that it will begin offering an cheap internet plan for low income families. And finally this week, Randy Mason talks to Dr. Jacqueline Chanda about all things Kansas City Art Institute.

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Bah Humbug: Gary Neal Johnson and A Christmas Carol

Randy Mason talks to prolific Kansas City actor Gary Neal Johnson about his career and his long standing role as Ebeneezer Scrooge in the Kansas City Rep's A Christmas Carol.

Before you mutter….humbug… we’re joined by the Kansas City Rep’s A Christmas Carol’s most veteran star.

He’s been appearing in the annual holiday production for close to thirty years. You know him as Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge…though his friends and family call him Gary Neal Johnson.

Actor Gary Neal Johnson on stage as Scrooge sitting at a desk writing

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CityAge: The New American City

Producer Justin Bond eavesdropped on some of the sights and sounds of the two-day CityAge summit The New American City at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

While we were busy with the KCPT membership drive last week, Kansas City Mayor Sly James was busy saving America’s urban cities.

More than a dozen U.S. Mayors rolled into town along with political and thought leaders from around the country. They were convening at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts for the CityAge Summit on The New American City.

Kansas City is only the third place, and the first U.S. city, where CityAge has held a summit. The first two have been in Canada.

The Kansas City event wound up attracting more than 550 people from 259 organizations and 73 cities. Producer Justin Bond eavesdropped on some of the sights and sounds of the two-day convention that included a nod to Kansas City’s musical heritage.

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Paving the Way to the Superhighway: Time Warner Cable’s Low Income Plan

Time Warner Cable unveiled a new low cost internet plan for low income families. Parents of children in certain school districts will be eligible in this alternative to Google Fiber. The Local Show was at the press conference where Mayors Sly James and Joe Reardon helped make the announcement.

Much has been made in the news lately about Google Fiber finally hooking up Kansas City homes to its hotly-anticipated high speed network, but there are still lingering concerns about who will be left behind.

A survey this summer found that a quarter of Kansas Citians don’t have broadband Internet access at home. While Google is offering free internet service for a $300 hook-up fee in those neighborhoods that are lucky enough to be part of its roll-out area, that still leaves huge swaths of the metro area without affordable service.

Now Time Warner Cable is getting in on the act by announcing, at a big press conference with both Kansas City Mayor’s, a less than 10 dollar-a-month internet service intended for low income families living in nine area school districts.

Time Warner’s $9.95-a-month plan will allow anyone with a child enrolled in any of these school districts and who’s currently not a Time Warner customer to take advantage of the discount program.

You have until the end of January to apply. We’ll acknowledge that if you don’t have a computer, you won’t be able to check there. Here’s the telephone number in case you want to take advantage of this service: 1-855-746-8704.

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