Chuck Haddix

Haddix will receive his award as part of the 39th annual Northland Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at William Jewell College, sponsored by the Clay County African American Legacy of Liberty, Missouri.

Jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker, whose nickname was "Bird," was born in Kansas City on August 29th, 1920. For the past month, his hometown has been celebrating his 100th birthday, culminating in a series of public parties on Saturday.

A Kansas City nonprofit is a new source of capital for Black entrepreneurs, the jazz community is celebrating Kansas City's own jazz virtuoso, and a novel idea for assisting voters seeking to mail in their Missouri general election ballots.

Segment 1: Cyprus Avenue host Bill Shapiro died at the age of 82.On Saturday nights for more than 40 years, Bill Shapiro hosted Cyprus Avenue, a music…

Segment 1: "All genocides ... begin with words," says one Emory professor concerned about a rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric. Anti-Semitism is on the rise…

Segment 1: The Kansas City Public School Board prepares for a new school yearBoth new and returning school board members are preparing for the start of…

Segment 1: An interview with the KCAI alum who worked on Taylor Swift's new music video.Megan Mantia gives behind-the-scenes insights into the making of a…

Segment 1: The Queen of Soul passed away last week. We pause to remember her legacy. Aretha Franklin had musical connections in Kansas City. On this…

Your might think combining jazz and a symphony would like trying to mix oil and water — they don't just go together. Yet jazz artists, including Kansas…

Today, the Ethics Professors take on what's been a prickly issue for Shawnee Mission schools. Should teachers be allowed to wear safety pins in…

You know Chuck Haddix as host of KCUR's Fish Fry, but his day job is director of UMKC's Marr Sound Archives. He finds truly surprising audio clips while…

There are ways to make a living that sound too good to be true. But they do exist. Consider the guy who makes stuff out of Legos for a living, or the one…