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In Performance at the White House
Enjoy a star-studded tribute to the songwriting team who penned such classic tunes as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “What the World Needs Now Is Love” and “Walk on By” and “Alfie.” Composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David’s extraordinary collaboration has produced numerous hits and enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, with songs featured in the Austin Powers films and on an episode of “Glee.”
Watch Monday, May 21, 2012 at 8pm.
$5 Turns Into $75,000 in Minneapolis
The Wabasha Street Caves provide the perfect noir background for host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Simeon Lipman to discuss the history and collecting of flashlights. Highlights include an 1863 Ulysses S. Grant letter; a circa 1950 Charles Shulz Li’l Folks original cartoon; and two paintings — one by Victor Higgins, the other by Spencer — purchased together for $5, but valued at $75,100-$75,200.
Watch Antiques Roadshow Monday, May 21, 2012 at 7pm.
The Local Show: May 17, 2012
This week on The Local Show, we continue our performARTS series with a look inside The Charlotte Street Foundation. With the new season just around the corner, we talk to Denton Yockey, the head of Starlight Theatre, about what’s in store for theater and concert goers this summer under the stars. As part of our Difference Makers series, we profile Cristo Rey, a four-year Catholic college prep high school where students help pay for their education by working a job once a week. And we get a look at the new Black Archives of Mid-America which is set to reopen in the 18th & Vine Jazz District on June 16.
performARTS: Charlotte Street Foundation
This week, in conjunction with KC Studio Magazine, our performARTS Series takes a look at the Charlotte Street Foundation. Named after a house near UMKC where poets, painters and music makers would gather to eat, drink and talk shop, Charlotte Street celebrates turning 15 this year. Randy Mason has more about this unique operation, which through cash awards and other forms of assistance helps the region’s artists do more of what they do best.
Culture Alfresco: Denton Yockey & Starlight Theatre
A new season of live theater is about to get underway at Starlight Theatre. The Swope Park theater with its iconic towers has been entertaining Kansas Citians under the stars for more than 60 years.
Starlight is one of only three outdoor theatres of its size and type still operational in the United States. The Muny in St. Louis and Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia are the others. With the curtain about to rise on another season of top Broadway shows and big name concert performers, we caught up with Starlight’s man in charge, Denton Yockey.
Here is a look at the upcoming Broadway Shows:
In The Heights
June 5-10
Memphis
July 10-15
Peter Pan
July 24-29
Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida
August 3-12 at The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
La Cage Aux Folles
August 28-September 2
The 2012 Concert Season is also filling up with artists such as Barry Manilow, James Taylor, Crosby, Stills & Nash, My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, Phish, B.B. King, Il Divo and many, many more.
Difference Maker: Cristo Rey
Can you imagine an inner-city high school in Kansas City where most of the kids are black and hispanic, almost all come from impoverished backgrounds and qualify for free or reduced lunch and yet nearly everyone graduates and goes on to college? Well, there is such a school. It’s called Cristo Rey, a four-year Catholic college prep high school where students help pay for their education by working a job once a week.
As part of KCPT’s Difference Maker series, producer Cara Meyers profiles Cristo Rey, which you’ll find one block east of Broadway on Linwood boulevard in the heart of the city.
By the way, working one day helps pay for about 60 percent of the students’ education. The rest is picked up through generous scholarships. Most families pay between 10 and 30 dollars a month for their child to attend the school.
Treasure Trove of History: Black Archives of Mid-America
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a ten-part series on PBS that explores the history of America though the lives, families, and DNA of some of its most celebrated citizens. As part of the national outreach for the series and in celebration of the grand opening of the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, The Local Show presents a spoken word piece written and performed by Glenn North, poet in residence at the American Jazz Museum. We recorded Glenn at the NEW black archives which opens to the public next month.
The Black Archives of Mid-America re-opens in the 18th and Vine Jazz District on June 16th.
Sherlock Finale Viewing Party at KCPT
In what may be the climatic case of his career, Sherlock faces Moriarty’s diabolical plot to “get Sherlock,” which begins innocently enough when the criminal mastermind breaks into the Crown Jewels. As the scheme unfolds, Moriarty poses the “final problem,” and a tabloid reporter reveals the “shocking truth” about the great detective.
Join KCPT on Sunday, May 20, 2012 for a fun evening celebrating everything Sherlock as we watch the final episode The Reichenbach Fall on the big screen in KCPT’s Community Room. Vivien Jennings from Rainy Day Books will give a talk about Sherlock Holmes and the ongoing influence of the character in literature.
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7-9:30 pm
KCPT is located at 125 E 31st Street, Kanas City, MO
Downton Abbey: Behind the Drama
The actors talk exclusively about their characters and the gripping story lines across both series. They provide a real insight into the romance and conflict portrayed in the series, how they interact with each other and how they feel filming the crucial scenes for their character.
There is behind the scenes footage at all the key locations, including the historic Ealing Studios in London where all the ‘below’ scenes are shot, the fabulous Highclere Castle in Berkshire, the site of most of the ‘above stairs scenes’, and the show is on location for the dramatic opening scene of the second series, set during the
Battle of the Somme and shot on location near Ipswich.
Watch sunday, May 20, 2012 at 6:30pm.
Chris Botti M&G
Trumpeter Chris Botti and a band of very talented musicians performed a fantastic concert of jazz, pop and classical music.
