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Reporter, Producer & Co-Host of KC Currents

Sylvia Maria Gross co-hosts and produces KC Currents, an award-winning weekly news magazine that covers news and culture in Kansas City’s diverse communities. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace, The World and Studio 360. Gross grew up in New York City, Brazil and the suburbs of Washington, DC. She studied English at Yale University, and then spent a year researching arts education in Brazil on a Fulbright grant. When she returned from Brazil, she taught middle school math and English while completing a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York City. She reported in New York about education and culture before moving to Kansas City in 2004.

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9:36 am
Tue April 17, 2012

New Mystery Series Based In KC Area

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Murder mystery fans: a new series of police crime novels launches next week, starring the tough but sensitive Skeet Bannion. 

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April 15, 2012
5:21 pm
Mon April 16, 2012

KC-Based Mystery Series, Line Dancing With De Barker

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The show for April 15, 2012. Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

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Future Of KC Schools
10:51 am
Thu April 12, 2012

New KC School Board Seeks Both Stability And Change

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Troost Elementary School.
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Just after winning re-election by a couple hundred write-in votes, Kansas City Missouri's school board president Airick Leonard West and three newly elected board members immediately got down to business at their first meeting last night.  The agenda included a plan to overhaul the structure of the board itself.

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KCUR News
3:05 pm
Wed April 11, 2012

KCUR Reporters Receive Awards

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KCUR and Harvest Public Media reporters recently received several journalism awards for their reporting.

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Kansas City Public Schools
12:41 pm
Wed April 11, 2012

KC School Board President Wins Write-In Re-Election

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School Board President Airick Leonard West will retain his at-large seat on the Kansas City, Missouri school board, after running a write-in race against four other candidates.

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KCMO City Hall
12:00 pm
Sun March 18, 2012

Kansas City Struggles With Budget And Promises

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Kansas City Mayor Sly James and the council are having their final meetings this week and next over the city's budget, which is more than a billion dollars.

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March 18, 2012
12:40 pm
Fri March 16, 2012

State Of City, KCMO Budget, Brody Buster

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27-year-old bluesman Brody Buster's new album showcases his rock 'n' roll side.
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The show for March 18, 2012.  Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

KCMO Residents Sound Off On State Of The City
Kansas City Mayor Sly James gives his assessment of the State of the City in an address at Bartle Hall on Monday. But how are residents rating KC life?

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March 11, 2012
10:51 am
Mon March 12, 2012

Urban Lit, Troost Corridor, The Good Foot

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Coming up on KC Currents, Sunday, March 11 at 5pm, with a repeat Monday at 8pm:

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March 4, 2012
3:23 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

Sonia Sanchez, Teaching the Sudanese, School Board School

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The show for March 4, 2012.  Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

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Kansas City Public Schools
6:44 pm
Thu March 1, 2012

School Board President Trains Others To Take His Place

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School Board President Airick Leonard West.
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Missouri lawmakers are considering bills that could eliminate the Kansas City school board, or even dissolve the district. 

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Odd Jobs
3:29 pm
Mon February 27, 2012

Made In Olathe: Custom Brass Instruments

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Mike Corrigan in his retail shop.
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SLIDESHOW: Inside Mike Corrigan's instrument repair workshop. Click for more photos.
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Tools of the instrument-making trade.
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Most of the custom-made instruments start out as a sheet of brass.
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Corrigan shows how he zips up the horn.
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Mike Corrigan collects antique equipment from famous old instrument-makers. This is a brass cutter.
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The brass cutter works like a giant can opener.
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Mike Corrigan hand-spins a bell, a process that's rarely used anymore.
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Before and after: a bell is spun from a brass circle.
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Annealing the horn softens up the metal.
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Darryl Wilson fixes a trombone slide.
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Darryl Wilson uses a granite block and a light source to check if the trombone slide is perfectly parallel.
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Musician Hermon Mehari tests out a BAC custom-made trumpet.
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Musician Ryan Heinlein plays a tune on a BAC trombone.
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New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras last week with that signature brass band sound. In the seven years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, a local man has played a role in bringing that sound back to the streets.

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February 26, 2012
3:13 pm
Mon February 27, 2012

KC Mafia History, Horn Doctor, The Great Immensity

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Inside Mike Corrigan's workshop.
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The show for February 26, 2012.  Click "Listen" to hear the entire show; see below for individual stories.

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Kansas City Schools
7:37 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

State Resumes Advising KCPS

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State regional supervisor Tony Stansberry, interim superintendent Steve Green and school board president Airick Leonard West heard progress reports from district officials at Manual Technical Academy.
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While Missouri lawmakers consider dissolving, splitting up or changing the governance of Kansas City Public Schools, state education officials have resumed working with the district on regaining accreditation by the current deadline of 2014.  

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February 19, 2012
11:30 am
Mon February 20, 2012

Shariah Law, Freedom Is Now, Border War

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Leon Jordan was one of the founders of Freedom, Incorporated.
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The show for February 19, 2012.  Click "Listen" to hear the entire show, see below for individual stories.

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KC Currents
11:04 am
Mon February 13, 2012

KCPS Alumni Debate The District's Future

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Debaters Latoya Williams-Green and Ryan Wash.
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Latoya Williams-Green is a championship debater at Emporia State University.
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The first legislative hearings about Kansas City Public Schools began in Jefferson City on January 31, 2012. The latest bill would dissolve the district, parceling the schools out to neighboring districts for management.

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