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Up to Date

Weekdays at 11am
Steve Kraske

Up to Date focuses on pressing issues, both local and national, including politics, economics, planning and design, history and entertainment - topics that have an impact on the lives of the Greater Kansas City region.

  • Monday: Should UMKC Change Its Name? / The Information Diet (5/14)
  • Tuesday: Elderburbia: America's Growing Population (5/15)
  • Wednesday: Streetcars in Kansas City: Vital Transit or "Touristy Frou-Frou?" (5/16)
  • Thursday: The Life of Mathematician Alan Turing / U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan/ Weekend To-Do List (5/17)
  • Friday: KC Categories: Area Personalities & Their Favorite Things (5/18)

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4:12 pm
Tue May 15, 2012

Streetcars In KC: On Track?

An Ameritram streetcar visited Kansas City's Union Station last year. A similar vehicle would be used on Kansas City's proposed streetcar system
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Once declared "touristy frou-frou" by then-Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver, streetcars may be coming to Kansas City...more than 55 years after the last streetcar ran on the Country Club Line.

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9:38 pm
Mon May 14, 2012

After Arizona Or Florida: Aging 'In Place'

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With the first of the Baby Boom generation reaching the milestone of mid-life, the number of Americans in or nearing retirement age is both unprecedented and expanding.

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10:02 am
Mon May 14, 2012

The University Of Kansas (City)?

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UMKC is considering a name change to what it was back in the day. The university was founded in 1929 with the name The University of Kansas City. 

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9:09 am
Mon May 14, 2012

The Information Diet

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The great thing about modern technology?  We can easily and cheaply access data on just about anything 24/7.  The down side?  It’s being done in such great quantity and with such little regard for quality that it has led to "information obesity."

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Up to Date
11:42 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Up To Date's Film Critics' 'Three To See'

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" - one of Up to Date's Film Critics' "Three to See"
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Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of May 11-13, 2012? Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

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7:53 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Independent, Foreign & Documentary Film Reviews

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An ensemble of some of England’s finest actors, a satire on contemporary American culture, the latest from the unique mind of filmmaker Guy Maddin, the relationship between the newly elected Pope …and his therapist.

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Film Review
8:14 am
Thu May 10, 2012

A Pleasant Stay At 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

Judi Dench on passage to India in "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
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On the heels of Downton Abbey, the National Theatre of London's HD broadcasts at the Tivoli, and Adele, it seems everything British is hot again.

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4:38 am
Thu May 10, 2012

The Weekend To-Do List

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Country singer Miranda Lambert performs this weekend at the Sprint Center
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The 2012 Bike Prom takes place Saturday evening in Kansas City's Crossroads District
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Comedian Aziz Ansari appears Thursday evening at the Midland by AMC
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Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti plays Friday night at the Midland by AMC
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"Twisted Sister" frontman Dee Snider talks about his new book Tuesday May 22nd at Unity Temple on the Plaza

Looking for something to do this weekend? Up to Date's Brian McTavish offers up a few options in his Weekend To-Do List for May 10-May 13, 2012.

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5:38 pm
Wed May 9, 2012

The Book Doctors

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"From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant" by Alex Gilvarry, one of Book Doctor Kaite Stover's picks
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Sarah Levine's "Treasure Island!!!", one of Kaite Stover's picks
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Chrisopher Moore's "Scare Blue: A Comedy d'Art," one of Kaite Stover's picks
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Edward Humes "Garbology," one of Kaite Stover's picks
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Robert Caro's "Passage Of Power," the fourth in his series about Lyndon Johnson. It's one of Steve Paul's picks.

Summer's almost here, and if you're anything like Steve Kraske (that may be a good thing...or maybe not) you're searching for some great vacation reads.

Thursday on Up to Date Steve Kraske welcomes the Book Doctors for a review of some of their recent favorite reads.

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5:53 pm
Tue May 8, 2012

NFL Cheerleader To Ph.D.: National Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor

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Often described in the media as “a female Indiana Jones,” Mireya Mayor is not your typical scientist.

Both as an anthropologist working in the jungles of Madagascar, and as a wildlife correspondent for National Geographic, the city girl and former Miami Dolphins cheerleader has found herself sleeping in a rain forest hammock amid poisonous snakes, being charged by gorillas, scaling rocky cliffs, and diving with great white sharks.

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