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The Local Show: May 17, 2012

This week: The Charlotte Street Foundation, Starlight Theatre's Denton Yockey, Cristo Rey and the Black Archives of Mid-America

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.

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performARTS: Charlotte Street Foundation

We profile The Charlotte Street Foundation as part of our performARTS series. The Charlotte Street Foundation plays in important role in cultivating an environment in the urban core of Kansas City in which artists and art can thrive.

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.

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Culture Alfresco: Denton Yockey & Starlight Theatre

With the curtain about to rise on another season of top Broadway shows and big name concert performers at Starlight Theatre, we caught up with Starlight's man in charge, Denton Yockey.

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.

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Difference Maker: Cristo Rey

As part of KCPT's Difference Maker series, producer Cara Meyers profiles Cristo Rey, a four-year Catholic college prep high school where students help pay for their education by working a job once a week.

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.

Sign reading Cristo Rey Kansas City: A Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth High School

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.

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Treasure Trove of History: Black Archives of Mid-America

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. The Black Archives of Mid-America re-opens in the 18th and Vine Jazz District on June 16th.

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.

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The Local Show: May 10, 2012

This week: Kansas City Royals legend Frank White, the Johnson County Mental Health Co-Responder Program, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger and KCPT CEO Kliff Kuehl, and SEA LIFE Aquarium’s conservation efforts.

This week, Kansas City Royals legend Frank White stops by The Local Show to talk about his new role with the T-Bones teaching young players and looks back at how he got his start in baseball. We find out more about the Johnson County Mental Health Co-Responder Project. Randy Mason talks to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger and KCPT CEO Kliff Kuehl about the challenges and rewards of public broadcasting. And we learn more about the SEA LIFE Aquarium’s conservation efforts.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay: Frank White

Legendary Kansas City Royals second baseman and hometown hero, Frank White, talks to Randy Mason about his life in baseball and his new role with the T-Bones.

He won eight Golden Gloves and played in five All-Star Games. Frank White played 18 seasons in the major leagues and all of them with the Kansas City Royals. Following his playing career he became a coach and a popular Royals broadcaster. That is until recently when his longtime club unceremoniously dismissed him from his contract.

Now, White is no longer spending his days at the K but across town at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, home to the Kansas City T-Bones, the metros’ minor league ballclub, where he recently took on the job of first-base coach.

Their new season gets underway next week. White joined Randy to talk about his life and career in baseball.

Display in Royals Hall of Fame of a scouting report on Frank WhiteImage of Kansas City Royal Frank White holding trophy for ALCS MVP

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Care Before Cuffs: JOCO Mental Health Co-Responder Program

Learn more about Johnson County’s Mental Health Co-Responder Program which strives to reduce numbers of mentally ill from entering the criminal justice system.

The Local Show rides along with the police in Johnson County as part of an innovative project to reduce the number of mentally ill heading to our area jails. It’s called the Mental Health Co-Responder Program and it was developed though a partnership between the Johnson County Sheriff’s office, Johnson County Mental Health and the Olathe Police Department. What happens if a mental health worker were to accompany police on some of their calls? Would the outcomes be different?

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The Power of Public Televison: Paula Kerger

Paula Kerger, president and CEO of the National Public Broadcasting System (PBS), sits down with Kliff Kuehl and Randy Mason for a compelling conversation about the role of public media in a changing America and what is in store for programming at PBS.

The head of PBS was in town last week. Paula Kerger met with top civic leaders and made a keynote address at Union Station inside the boardroom of the Greater Kansas Chamber of Commerce. It’s not everyday we get a visit from the top leader of public television. She stopped by The Local Show with KCPT CEO Kliff Kuehl for a visit with Randy Mason.

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Water, Water Everywhere: SEA LIFE & Water Conservation

KCPT Producer Pam James highlights SEA LIFE Aquarium's efforts to educate people about the importance of conservation.

Here in the middle of the United States, we seldom get to experience ocean life. That changed last month, at least in a modest way, with the opening of the SEA LIFE Aquarium at Crown Center which offers more than 5,000 sea creatures in 12 different habitat zones. As KCPT producer Pam James shows us, the new SEA LIFE Center is more than just looking at pretty fish. It also has important lessons to teach us about conservation.

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