Arts & Culture
Local composer chats with Bach
A local composer has spoken with famous 18th century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach — in his imagination. The work that resulted from this imagined conversation, a concerto piece titled “Dialogue,” will premiere Saturday, Feb. 7, at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, Kansas. The Bach Aria Soloists, a Kansas City–based chamber music ensemble, commissioned a…
‘A Path Appears: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty’
Poverty. Teen pregnancy. Abuse. What is being done to address these issues affecting our communities? From the team behind the groundbreaking “Half the Sky,” “A Path Appears” goes to locations throughout the United States, plus Colombia, Haiti, and Kenya to uncover the harshest forms of gender-based oppression and human rights violations, and solutions being implemented…
‘First of all, I’m an American’
Ryan and Irene Caudillo have three children – Julian, Sophia, and Olivia – all of whom identify as Mexican-American, even though they don’t speak Spanish and don’t have firm roots to the Latino culture. While the children understand that Ryan and Irene focused on teaching them English in order to provide them the best opportunities possible, they wish that they had stronger ties to their Mexican-American heritage. The family talks with KCPT’s Your Fellow Americans team about the importance of maintaining their Latino culture, the impact that learning Spanish has on maintaining that cultural identity, and the fact that the kids don’t feel as connected to the Latino culture as they would like.
Do ride apps decrease drunk driving?
The ride-hailing service Uber and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) released a report today claiming that app-based car services like Uber decrease the number of auto crashes from drunken driving. The study was based on interviews conducted online, not on crash or arrest data. But, four out of five people who responded to the survey…
Local producer focuses on child sex trafficking in KC
Documentary producer Susan Cook was working on a film to educate girls in India about health and sex trafficking when friends in Kansas City told her that she should turn her focus to injustice in her own backyard. Since 2009, Cook has been interviewing, filming, researching and fundraising for “Hope Road,” a forthcoming documentary that…