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Julie Denesha

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Julie Denesha is a freelance documentary photographer based in the Kansas City area.

Julie graduated from The University of Kansas in 1993, with degrees in Journalism and Russian Language and Literature. After college, she worked as a staff photographer for The Kansas City Star. In 1995, she moved to Europe and from 1996 to 2004, Julie was based in Prague, Czech Republic, where she covered Central and Eastern Europe for newspapers and magazines. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Time, Newsweek, The Economist and The Christian Science Monitor.

After moving back to the United States, Julie spent three years working as a photo editor for The Washington Times.

In 2007, Julie was awarded both a Fulbright and a Milena Jesenská Fellowship to continue her ongoing project on the Roma in Slovakia. Her project on the Roma was featured in an exhibit of the Roma at the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia, The World Bank in Brussels, Belgium, The Half King Gallery in New York, and The Institute For Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

View more of Julie's work on her website.

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5:00 am
Thu February 28, 2013

[VIDEO] Composer Paul Rudy Enters 'Martian' Territory

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Featured Musician Mark Southerland plays on one of his creations.
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Composer Paul Rudy's favorite moments in music are accidents. His new work, Martian Chronicles, will have a different sound each time it is played. Rudy takes gleeful pleasure in allowing musicians so much freedom.

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Performance
5:00 am
Fri February 15, 2013

[VIDEO] In Search Of The 'Krutz' Sound

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Luthier Alexander Svistunov works on a bass.
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In the first of a series called Tools of the Trade, we take a look inside KC Strings. It’s a workshop owned by Anton Krutz in downtown Merriam, Kan., where luthiers hand-build 50 concert-level instruments each year.  A cellist and a violinist discuss the “Krutz” sound.

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Dance
5:30 am
Thu January 31, 2013

[VIDEO] 'A Modern Night' Highlights Local Choreographers

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City in Motion Dance Company rehearses "Fractals"
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Choreographer Andrea Skowronek says after she creates a new work, she steps away and lets it have a life of its own. She says it then "becomes the dancer’s piece."  The annual event called "A Modern Night at the Folly” celebrates local choreography and dancers, brought together for one night of dance on the Folly stage.

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Up to Date
5:00 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Mesmerized By 25 Years Of Paul Mesner Puppets

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Backstage on the set of "Martha Speaks" puppeteer Mike Horner operates the puppet Helen. When Martha the dog finds her voice adventure ensues. In its 25th season, Paul Mesner Puppets features seven different performances for children.
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Puppeteer Mike Horner operates and voices multiple puppets from his spot beneath the stage.
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A chance encounter with a fellow dog owner reveals that Martha speaks her mind without considering other's feelings.
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Puppeteer Erika Baker and apprentice puppeteer Finoula Emmons guide Martha as she peruses the phone book to order a pizza.
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Helen and Martha play onstage operated by the puppeteers below.
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Apprentice puppeteer Finoula Emmons concentrates on the action onstage.
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When Martha's verbal antics prove challenging, the family silences her.
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Puppeteers control the action using sticks.
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Puppeteer Erika Baker holds a puppet aloft and is the voice of the talkative Martha.
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Multiple puppets call for multiple puppeteers.
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After the show, the audience has a chance to see how the puppets operate.
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Puppets from previous shows on display.
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Puppeteer Mike Horner assists in the creation of a paper puppet after the show.
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A wall of letters from eager fans line the walls of the Paul Mesner Puppets office.
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As the audience leaves, puppeteers Finoula Emmons, Mike Horner, Erika Baker say goodbye.
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At a recent Paul Mesner Puppets performance of "Martha Speaks" (based on the book by by Susan Meddaugh), puppeteers Mike Horner, Erika Baker, and Finoula Emmons worked their magic behind the scenes.  Operating multiple puppets from below the stage, the three brought to life the story of a dog who let a bowl of alphabet soup go to her head.

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Arts
10:37 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

Mayor's Task Force For The Arts Kicks Off Conversation

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Kansas City Mayor Sly James arrives at the podium greeted by a standing ovation from the crowd.
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More than 300 artists crowded into the ArtsTech building to kick-off Envision Arts and Culture KC.
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David Sullivan, Executive Director of ArtsTech, addresses the crowd of artists gathered to kick-off Envision Arts and Culture KC, the arts and culture planning project of the Mayor's Task Force held at ArtsTech.
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Tracey S. C. Lewis, President of the Board of ArtsTech, speaks to the group.
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Mayor James outlines his plan for the Task Force.
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Mayor James speaks to the crowd of artists gathered at ArtsTech.
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Mike Burke, Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force for the Arts, jokes with Mayor James.
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Pat Jordan, Co-Chair Mayor’s Task Force for the Arts, is recognized by the crowd.
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Diane Scott, Manager of Professional Development Programs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, separates the artists into separate groups for discussions.
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Mayor James poses for a picture with Elijah Taylor, 15, and Lynn Rundle, of Sequel Holdings.
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Porter Arneill, Public Art Administrator speaks with Michael Grimaldi, of the Trozzolo Communications Group.
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Larry Thomas, Fine Arts Chair of Johnson County Community College, strains to hear a comment from his group.
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David Plettner-Saunders, of The Cultural Planning Group, encourages discussion from his group of artists.
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Mike Burke, Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force for the Arts, speaks with visual artist Marilyn Mahoney as the discussion groups get underway.
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Mike Burke, Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force for the Arts, poses for a picture with Kansas City Mayor Mayor Sly James.
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Larry Thomas, Fine Arts Chair at Johnson County Community College, responds to a question from his group of artists.
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This week marked the launch of a series of public meetings – at community centers, libraries, churches, a museum, an art gallery, even a police station - to discuss the future of the arts in Kansas City.

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Visual Arts
5:30 am
Tue January 29, 2013

Collaborating With The Xijing Men

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As the Xijing Men work a sign requesting silence is posted on the door of the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute.
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Chalk hieroglyphs created by members of the Xijing Men guide the students in a visual language project.
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Xijing Men artist Tsuyoshi Ozawa, of Japan, listens to evolving discussions as the KCAI arts students work.
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Will Meier, a student at the Kansas City Art Institute, creates a visual story with other students.
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Xijing Men artists (from left) Tsuyoshi Ozawa, of Japan, and Gimhongsok of Korea, discuss the visual languages they are creating during a language exercise.
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Rigged with a camera to document the process, Zach Hermann dashes to the other side of the room to capture the action.
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Kansas City Art Institute students Amber Thomas, (from left) and Sharon Gradischnig discuss their visual languages with Gimhongsok, of Korea.
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Xijing Men artist Chen Shaoxiong, of China, takes a closer look at the work of a student during an exercise.
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Xijing Men artist Chen Shaoxiong, of China, speaks with students as they work.
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Sharon Gradischnig attempts to interpret the work of other students.
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Xijing Men Collaborative artists Gimhongsok, of Korea, (from left) Chen Shaoxiong, of China, discusses the next activity for their students with Michael Schonhoff, assistant curator of the H&R Block Artspace as Tsuyoshi Ozawa, of Japan, looks on.
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Communicating with the aid of a drawing, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, of Japan, (from left) Will Meier, a student at the Kansas City Art Institute, Chen Shaoxiong, of China, discuss Japanese American artists as Gimhongsok, of Korea, speaks with another arts student.
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Xijing Men artists Gimhongsok, of Korea, (from left) and Tsuyoshi Ozawa, of Japan, introduce the next lesson.
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Xijing Men artists Gimhongsok, of Korea, laughs with arts students.
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Students teach a song to another student which they have to pass along to the next student.
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Kansas City Art Institute students experienced cross-cultural communication through art during a Sunday workshop with visiting artists at the H&R Block Artspace. As part of their 1o-day residency in Kansas City, the Xijing Men led the students through activities designed to inspire them to use their skills as budding artists.

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Performance
5:00 am
Fri January 18, 2013

As In 'Billy Elliot,' Barriers To Boys In Ballet Disappear With Grace

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Nathan Rogers, 7, laughs as he holds a pose.
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Ballet Instructor Sean Duss lines up his students as the Monday class for boys begins.
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Students point their toes as they warm up.
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Sean Duss leads his boys.
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Nathan Rogers, 7, laughs as Henry Ruland, 9, practices his positions.
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In between exercises, students blow off steam.
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The boys work on timing their steps and holding poses.
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Sean Duss grades the boys as they leap in the air.
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Cayo Dominguez-Heithoff, 9, smiles as he lines up with his classmates.
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Sean Duss leads the boys in core muscle exercises.
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Henry Ruland, 9, (from left) and Cayo Dominguez-Heithoff, 9, watch as their instructor demonstates.
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Rory Colligan, 6, (from left) and Nathan Rogers, 7, watch older students from the sidelines.
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Scene from "Billy Elliot"
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The musical Billy Elliot, which won ten Tony Awards in 2009 and comes to Kansas City's Music Hall next week, teaches that to move toward a dream, the dream must involve movement.

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Performance
1:47 pm
Tue January 15, 2013

[VIDEO] In This Scene...'Blackbird' At The Living Room

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Scott Cordes and Vanessa Severo perform a scene from "Blackbird."
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This season, David Harrower's "Blackbird" returns to The Living Room. It's a play exploring an unsettling relationship and its aftermath.

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Performance
4:45 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

[VIDEO] The Ghostly Specters Of 'A Christmas Carol'

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Mark Robbins, as Ghost of Jacob Marley, and Gary Neal Johnson, as Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol opens on a "cold, bleak, biting" Christmas Eve.

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Performance
10:17 am
Tue December 18, 2012

[VIDEO] Amy Farrand And Her Junk Cello

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Amy Farrand
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Amy Farrand builds instruments from found material in her industrial, West Bottoms neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Performance
9:59 am
Tue December 18, 2012

[VIDEO] Amy Farrand Performs 'Swing and Sway'

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Amy Farrand
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As part of the Up to Date series 90-Mile View, musician Amy Farrand performs "Swing and Sway" in her West Bottoms studio.

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Visual Arts
12:41 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Juilliard's President On Downtown Arts Campus: 'Go For It'

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Jason Klumb, a Regional Administrator with GSA, speaks to Steve Rinne, of EDCKC, at the 2012 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon held in the Grand Ballroom of the KC Convention Center.
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Crowds gather in the exhibition area before the 2012 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon.
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Peter Witte, Dean, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance speaks to Jon Copaken, of Copaken Brooks.
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Barbara Lutman, Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations at UMKC, speaks to Linda Kuang with Shen Yun, a Chinese dance and music troupe.
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Denise Rendina, of the National World War I Museum speaks to Kerrie Tyndall, of the City Manager's office.
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Through the windshield of the Kansas City Crossroads Arts District information bus, Jeff Owens, creative entrepreneur and winner of a 2012 Urban Heroes Award, speaks to Emily Lodigensky, a local photographer.
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Lindsay Borum, of the Farm to Market Bread Company, hands out samples and business cards.
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John Martellaro, Director of Media Relations at UMKC, speaks to Sara Vogt, Marketing and Communications Manager, of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.
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Jennifer Wampler, Director of Major & Leadership Gifts at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, speaks to Sabrina Madison-Cannon, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.
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Mannequins decorate the ArtsKC booth to promote the organization's "Now Showing" program that helps artists display their work in area businesses.
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The headline of a recent editorial in The Kansas City Star about downtown Kansas City, Missouri declared: "A decade later, downtown has stronger heartbeat."

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Architecture
5:00 am
Thu December 6, 2012

City Hall At 75

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City Hall peeps through an opening in a parking garage across the street. More than 7,800 tons of stone was used to build it making the structure the fourth tallest city hall in the world.
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A shadow passes in front of a facade designed by the brothers Thomas Wight and William Wight.
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Afternoon shadows bring out detail in the facade.
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A winged horse decorates the front lawn.
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A stone relief of pioneers.
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A statue of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad sits on the front steps of City Hall.
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City Hall's windows are reflected in the Jackson County Courthouse across the street.
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The 29-story Beaux-Arts skyscraper was built in 1937 during the Pendergast era.
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George Washington greets visitors in the lobby.
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Like a sundial, City Hall casts a broad shadow visible from the observation deck.
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The Power and Light District is in clear view from the 29th floor.
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An equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson looms in front of the Jackson County Courthouse.
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City Hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, turns 75 this year. It’s one of several city landmarks, including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, designed by the architecture firm, Wight and Wight.

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Business & Tech
11:19 am
Tue December 4, 2012

[SLIDESHOW] Central Standard And Up To Date Live From The Kauffman Center

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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall and Producer Matthew Long-Middleton prepare for the Central Standard broadcast.
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As morning light streams into the Kauffman Center, Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall prepares for his broadcast.
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Matthew Long-Middleton Central Standard Producer speaks with Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec.
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Stephen Steigman, Senior Producer of Up to Date, prepares for the broadcast at the Kauffman Center.
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Beth Lipoff, (from left) and Chris Prewitt chat as Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date, take a picture with his camera phone.
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KCUR buttons at the KCUR booth at the Kauffman Center.
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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation.
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Central Standard Producer Matthew Long-Middleton asks a question during a break in the live broadcast.
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Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec, speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation before the broadcast.
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Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation speaks to Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec before the broadcast.
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Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec speaks to Jabulani Leffall during the Central Standard broadcast.
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Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation, (from left) speaks to Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec before the broadcast.
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Beth Lipoff, KCUR intern, speaks with Central Standard Producer Matthew Long-Middleton during a break.
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Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date speaks to Frank Byrne, executive director of the Kansas City Symphony.
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Stephen Steigman, Senior Producer of Up to Date, (from left) and Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date listen to a guest during the CityAge New American City conference in session at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Frank Byrne, executive director of the Kansas City Symphony, speaks to Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date.
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Before the broadcast, Mike Burke, chair of the Mayors' Bistate Innovations Team speaks to Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date.
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A panel discusses the importance of culture in creating resilient communities at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Joy Bailey Bryant, Principal Consultant, Lord Cultural Resources and Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music and Dance, at UMKC, discuss the importance of arts and culture in schools at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Jim Wright, Director, Opera America, speaks about the growing diversity in cities and how cultural institutions can promote understanding at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Julian Zugazagoitia, Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, speaks about the role of a museum in a community at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music and Dance, at UMKC, (from left) and Jim Wright, Director, Opera America, the importance of culture in creating resilient communities at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Central Standard and Up To Date broadcast live at the City Age, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Performance
5:00 am
Fri November 30, 2012

[VIDEO] Behind the Scenes: The Kansas City Ballet Costume Shop Prepares For 'The Nutcracker'

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Dressed in an elaborately beaded gown, Sarah Chun poses in the costume shop.
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In a basement room of the ​Bolender Center, Costume Shop Supervisor Jennifer Carroll and her assistant Joey Gee spend busy days fitting and repairing the costumes as the Kansas City Ballet prepares for its annual production of The Nutcracker.

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