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4:07 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Best of KCC: IHOP in Grandview, Penn Valley Skateboarders, Fado Novato

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Nick Soper said he was moving to Kansas City from Liberty to be closer to Penn Valley's Skate Park.
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The show for April 21, 2013 was a special membership drive show featuring some of our favorite stories from the past year. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

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10:31 am
Thu April 18, 2013

Looking To The Future For Inner-City Kids

Urban Rangers
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You’ve heard of the Lone Ranger, but here in Kansas City, there’s a a different group of rangers that values teamwork and community service as a way to make brighter futures for at-risk inner-city youth. 

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KC Currents
10:59 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Photography Exhibit Portrays 100 Years Of Missouri Immigrants

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Credit Juan Montana
Chico Bakery--Cherokee St., St. Louis
Credit Missouri History Museum
Men's Gymnastics Class at the Concordia Gymnastics Society (Turnverein), 1907.
Credit Oscar Pedroza
El Bolero
Credit Missouri Valley Special Collections / Kansas City Public Library
Group of Latino Women and Children, 1926
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  • An interview with Daniel Gonzales and Oscar Pedroza.

The cultures of Kansas and Missouri was shaped by wave after wave of immigrants: from Germany, Ireland, Italy and Eastern Europe. A new exhibit called, The Missouri Immigrant Experience: Faces and Places portrays vivid images of the state’s diverse immigrants from the early nineteenth century to today.  The exhibit was sponsored by the Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA), a coalition of organizations that advocates for immigrants.

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6:00 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Parents, Teens & College

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UCLA dorm room
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The four-year graduation rate for the class of freshmen that started at the University of Kansas in 2008 is 37.2 percent, and it hints that not all high school seniors are ready to go on to college.

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11:03 am
Mon April 15, 2013

Exoneration On Death Row

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Gavel statue in Columbus, Ohio.
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In 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted of murder. He was released after 9 years in prison and spent years asserting his innocence until DNA evidence confirmed his story.

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KC Currents
1:45 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

UMKC Alumnus Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

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Narong Prangcharoen with his mentor, Chen Yi, professor of music composition at UMKC
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Narong Prangcharoen
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Each year, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awards mid-career fellowships to 200 applicants in fields ranging from choreography to plant sciences. Two of the 2013 fellows are Kansas City locals: Mike Sinclair, architectural and fine art photographer; and Narong Prangcharoen, UMKC alumnus and teaching assistant of composition and piano, and freelance composer. Prangcharoen's fellowship is in music composition.

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10:32 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Two KC Artists Earn Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships

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Credit Mike Sinclair
Lemon shake-up in Strong City, Kan.
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Fourth of July in Independence, Mo.
Credit Mike Sinclair
Kids playing in the Power & Light District
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Mike Sinclair at work
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Composer Narong Prangcharoen with his teacher, Chen Yi.
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Two Kansas Citians were announced yesterday as winners of this year's very prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships.

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