Segment 1: New paintings by a Kansas City artist examine the 'brash volume' of public discourse.
Rodeo clowns, talkshow hosts, preachers. To Michael Schliefke, they're symbols for what public discourse has become.
- Michael Schliefke, artist, Don't Blow Your Big Top at the Foundation Event Space
Segment 2: A Kansas-born author creates literary buzz with 'halal fiction.'
Farooq Ahmed has written a dystopian Civil War novel imagining Kansas as a holy state for Muslims. The border war between Kansas and Missouri becomes a scriptural story of religious proportions.
- Farooq Ahmed, author, Kansastan
Segment 3: Central Avenue comes together to celebrate Day of the Dead.
Three weeks after tragedy struck Central Avenue, the annual Day of the Dead celebration brings the community back out for music, dancing, costumes, face-painting, and lots and lots of food.
- Edgar Galicia, Central Avenue Betterment Association
