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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: Wyandotte County Clinic Aims to Reduce Infant Mortality / What's Normal and Not in Your Preemie or Full-Term Infant
  • Tuesday: Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forté
  • Wednesday: Psychologist Wes Crenshaw on Introversion & Teens
  • Thursday: Allergies: Seasonal & Other / 90-Mile View
  • Friday: Missouri General Assembly Wraps Up Session / Fantasy Art / Weekend To-Do List

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Up to Date
11:31 pm
Sun January 15, 2012

The Pullman Porter: "World's Most Perfect Servant" Or Symbol of Racial Oppression?

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Bellman, concierge, housekeeper, valet:  If the Pullman porter’s job was complex, his place in the American consciousness is even harder to pin down. 

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3:21 pm
Fri January 13, 2012

The Journal Of Best Practices

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David and Kristen Finch
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There comes a time in every marriage when many wives begin to wonder “What the heck is wrong with my husband’s brain?!”

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11:44 am
Fri January 13, 2012

A Fan's Notes: O, Romeo!

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Writer and sports commentator Victor Wishna greeted this week's news of the Kansas City Chiefs' interim-become-permanent coach the way many others did: with a tribute to The Bard of Avon.

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9:57 am
Fri January 13, 2012

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

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Looking for a great art, independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of January 13-15, 2012?

Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

Cynthia Haines: The Artist, Hugo, The Hedgehog

Steve Walker: The Iron Lady, Melancholia, The Artist

Up to Date
1:28 pm
Thu January 12, 2012

Kansas Governor Calls For Tax Cuts And Changes In School Funding Mechanism

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At his annual State of the State address on Wednesday night, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback advocated a plan to cut taxes for roughly 1.6 million Kansans. 

He also outlined a plan to change the way Kansas public schools are funded, and called for the Kansas Legislature to fix the Sunflower State's state employee pension plan.

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11:45 am
Thu January 12, 2012

The Weekend To-Do List

Singer Shelby Lynn performs Friday night at 8 at the Folly Theatre
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Ready to face the great urban outdoors this weekend?  Brian McTavish is back to offer up a few options in his Weekend To-Do List for January 13-14, 2012.

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11:08 am
Wed January 11, 2012

The Health Insurance Industry: Empty Promises And Propaganda

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Author and former health insurance executive Wendell Potter
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Wendell Potter, a former vice president of CIGNA, says that health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and skew political debate with multibillion-dollar PR campaigns to mislead the press and public.

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1:36 pm
Tue January 10, 2012

Nutrition Facts: What Do Those Labels Mean?

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Screen shot from smart phone app "Fooducate." fooducate.com
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If you've been to a Hy-Vee grocery store recently, chances are you've seen some numbers right next to the price of an item of food.

It's a "NuVal" - a nutritional value placed on each and every food product. 

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11:12 am
Tue January 10, 2012

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Announces 2012 Awards

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On January 8th, 2012, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle announced its choices for the 45th Annual Loutzenhiser Awards, named for late local critic James Loutzenhiser.

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12:22 pm
Mon January 9, 2012

Where Are Your Manners?

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Modern American manners leave much to be desired. People answer their cell phones in the middle of meals, they shush loudly in movie theaters and even clip their toenails on the train.

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2:05 pm
Fri January 6, 2012

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

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Looking for a great art, independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of January 7-8, 2012?

Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

Cynthia Haines: The Artist, Le Havre, Being Elmo

Bob Butler: The Artist, Le Havre, Being Elmo

Steve Walker: The Artist, Le Havre, Young Adult

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4:19 pm
Thu January 5, 2012

What's Showing In Art, Independent, Foreign and Documentary Film

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will name its Oscar nominees on January 24th.  No, our own critics aren't involved in the nominating process, but that doesn't mean they don't have opinions on which films should receive accolades!

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11:45 am
Thu January 5, 2012

The Weekend To-Do List

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Elvis Presley would have turned 77 this year. Celebrate his birthday this weekend with Elvis impersonators performing around the region.
Fiddler on the Roof on stage this weekend at the Carlsen Center.
"Beer for Breakfast" now showing at the American Heartland Theatre at Crown Center
Credit Sarah Rimel
The Cave Girls, performing this Friday with Interstate Astronauts at Czar.
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Seeking a way out of the house this weekend?  Brian McTavish is back to offer up a few options in his Weekend To-Do List for January 6-8, 2012.

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10:25 am
Thu January 5, 2012

The Future Of Aerospace In Wichita

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The first Boeing KC-767 aerial refueling tanker for Italy awaits production modifications at the Boeing-Wichita Modification Center.
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Will 2,100 aerospace workers find other jobs in Wichita once Boeing closes its plant next year?

Thursday at 11:40 a.m. on Up to Date: Steve Kraske talks with Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer about Wednesday's big news that Boeing is pulling out of city after nearly 85 years.

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4:23 pm
Wed January 4, 2012

The Gothic Imagination

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University of Kansas Film and Media Studies professor John C. Tibbetts is not just a film scholar, but a fan of its work, more specifically, science fiction.  He had a strong influence: Tibbetts' father was an early science fiction fan who named his son after Edgar Rice Burrough's second great hero, John Carter of Mars.

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