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The Top Stand-Up, Drag And Theater Comedy Coming Soon To Kansas City

Need a laugh? Schedule your appointment with levity, courtesy of a slew of stand-up comics and other comedy attractions scheduled to thump funny bones in the coming weeks and months in Kansas City. Unless maybe you don’t need a laugh. Ha – that’s a good one!

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Budget cuts hit the arts

Financial troubles continue to plague Kansas and Missouri. Arts and cultural organizations are starting to feel the pinch.

By Laura Spencer

Lawrence, Kansas – Financial troubles continue to plague Kansas and Missouri. Arts and cultural organizations are starting to feel the pinch. As KCUR?s Laura Spencer reports?a museum in Lawrence has just closed to the public.

Power in the Game of Love

The Unicorn Theatre is staging Neil LaBute's play, "The Shape of Things," which turns the typical love story on its ear.

By Steve Walker

Open Studios 2002

Organizers are calling it Kansas City's largest visual arts event. It's the first weekend of Open Studios, focusing on the work of artists in the downtown corridor.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – This weekend marks the first of two weekends of Open Studios - where the works of more than 200 artists can be seen in their homes, studios, galleries, artist co-ops, and other locations across the metropolitan area. KCUR's Laura Spencer reports.

The Grand Nude Show 2002 Prospectus

The Grand Nude Show continues through October 19, 11 am - 4 pm at the Hobbs Building in the West Bottoms.

By Steve Walker

Historic Garment District Museum opens in downtown Kansas City

By the mid-1940s, Kansas City's largest industry behind livestock and grain...was garment-making.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – It's estimated at the height of Kansas City's garment district, between six and eight thousand people worked in factories and warehouses between 6th and 10th streets along Broadway - - making coats, suits, dresses and children's wear. A new museum chronicles the rise and fall of this industry in Kansas City. KCUR's Laura Spencer reports.

Jo Co Group Endorses Sebelius for Gov.

By Peter Hancock

Johnson County, KS – A group of Johnson County voters who favor increased education funding in Kansas is throwing its support behind Democrat Kathleen Sebelius. But Republican Tim Shallenburger says, when it comes to voting records on education, Sebelius doesn't make the grade. Kansas Public Radio's Peter Hancock has this report.

History of the Broadway Musical

At Johnson County Community College, a six-week class on the history of the broadway musical combines lecture, videos, and recordings to show how musical theatre has provided a soundtrack for America.

By Steve Walker

Candidates Take Shape In Debate

By Peter Hancock • Sep 17, 2002

WICHITA – The two major-party candidates for governor in Kansas have started sharpening their attacks on one another. Republican Tim Shallenburger and Democrat Kathleen Sebelius are now challenging each other's records on issues like taxes, education and crime.
Kansas Public Radio's Peter Hancock has been following the campaigns and files this report.

One-actor play opens the season at the Missouri Repertory Theatre

Actor Michael Sidney Fosberg is performing in a one-actor play about his own life called Incognito.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – Actor Michael Sidney Fosberg caught the acting bug at a young age; he remembers being cast to play the role of Shakespeare in a grade school production. But, after 20 years of professional acting in Los Angeles and Chicago, he's now performing in a one-actor play about his own life called Incognito, which opens the season at the Missouri Repertory Theatre.

A Profile In Caring

Missouri and Kansas both continue to struggle with lagging tax revenue. The money trickling into Jefferson City and Topeka is so far off of estimates that both states are re-tooling approved budgets and cutting programs.

In Missouri, foster care is carrying a heavy load of the state's budget cuts. Foster cases handled by state-contracted agencies are being shifted back to state control, sometimes tripling the case load of social workers.

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