Coming up on Central Standard Friday, host Charles Ferruzza and the Food Critics share their favorite spots for a midday meal -- whether you're in the mood for a food truck taco, pork tenderloin sandwich, burger, or bento box.
For this week's Central Standard Friday join host Russ Simmons and the Movie Critics for a look at what's new in a theater near you, including Prometheus, Brave, The Intouchables and Rock of Ages.
Coming up on Central Standard Friday, host Charles Ferruzza and the Food Critics share their favorite spots outside the KC metro area for dining -- including Baldwin City, Leavenworth, Atchison, and Rocheport.
Cars line up along the newly opened Romanelli Shops at Gregory Boulevard and Wornall Road, 1931.
Credit Wilborn & Associates / The History Press
From the interior of the Colormax Paint Store on Wornall Road, the Waldo streetcar station is visible. In the background are shops on Broadway across the tracks form the station.
Credit Wilborn & Associates / The History Press
One of the last runs of the Country Club Streetcar line, as it pulls into the Waldo Station area from the south, circa 1955.
Credit Dorothea Eldrige / Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
View looking north on Wornall at 75th Street in the Waldo Shopping area, 1961
Credit Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
View facing southwest of the Romanelli Shops (southwest corner of Wornall and Gregory Boulevard). The shops, designed by the J. C. Nichols Company, received a design award for attractive refurbishing of older buildings. 1965.
Credit Randy Storck / Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Looking South along the 7400 block of Broadway. 1977.
Credit Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Looking southwest from the northeast corner of Gregory and Wornall. 1993.
Credit Dory DeAngelo / Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Waldo Theater, Partial frontal view; located at 7428 Washington. 1993.
Credit Betty Tillotson / The History Press
The "rock barn" near 75th Street and Wornall Road--believed to be one of the first structures in Waldo--before it was demolished in 1997
Next time on Central Standard Friday, join historian Monroe Dodd for the history of the Waldo neighborhood with LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story.
Coming up on Central Standard Friday, host Charles Ferruzza and the Food Critics share their favorite places for taking a large group out to eat on a special occasion.
For this week's Central Standard Friday join host Russ Simmons and the Movie Critics for a look at what's new in a theater near you, including Dark Shadows, The Dictator and Men in Black 3.
Coming up on Central Standard Friday, host Charles Ferruzza and the Food Critics share their favorite places for dining outdoors, including a patio in Parkville that feels like a tree house and a deck overlooking Lake Lotawana.
The Sheffield Cemetery is the second largest Jewish cemetery in the Kansas City area and certainly one of the oldest, but until recently, it didn't look like such an area of prestige.
What comes to mind when you think of famous Missourians? Brad Pitt, or Thomas Hart Benton, or Sheryl Crow? Well, of course, but even more long-enduring is the beloved author and satirist Mark Twain.
In this hour ofCentral Standard Friday, join host Russ Simmons and the Movie Critics for a look at what's new in the box office, including Marvel's The Avengers.
Thank you all for joining KCUR this Friday morning at 10 a.m. for the very last Walt Bodine Show, and showing such outstanding support for Walt, and his contributions to local journalism.
Walt was join for the hour by his friends Monroe Dodd, Charles Ferruzza and Russ Simmons. The three have known Walt over the years as regular guests and co-hosts, and will talk with Walt today about his influence in Kansas City.
Thank you all for joining KCUR this Friday morning at 10 a.m. for the very last Walt Bodine Show, and showing such outstanding support for Walt, and his contributions to local journalism.
The final Walt Bodine Show was heard Friday, April 27th, celebrating 72 years of originality and honesty across print, TV and radio platforms, as pioneering journalist Walt Bodine retires from KCUR.
After 72 years as a broadcaster, at the age of 91, Walt Bodine is heading into full retirement. The end of an era approaches; the very last Walt Bodine Show will take place this Friday. What can anyone say to that?
