People & Places

Year’s End Brings Changes for KC’s Rime Buddhist Center

As the year ends, Lama Chuck Stanford is departing his role as leader of Rime Buddhist Center, and he made his final public appearance in that role early this morning, at the Center’s annual New Year’s Eve “World Peace Meditation.” [For much more on this story, see our multimedia update] Members of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, representing more…

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Review Meets Preview

The Preview: We hate to humblebrag, but Flatland has had a big year. Inside the Hale Center, we burned through a lot of coffee gearing up for our October relaunch, where we showed off our new look. But Flatland is more than a pretty face. We’ve also re-tooled our digital focus, finding new ways to bring you into the…

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The answer to your question is curiousKC

  What about _________? Could you investigate __________? What’s up with ___________? Got a question about Kansas City, the region or the people who live here? Anything you’ve always wondered about, found peculiar or downright confusing? Share your questions with KCPT’s curiousKC. How does it work? After you share a question, KCPT producers and editors…

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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Tina Luckett, Entertainment Marketing Director at Hallmark’s Crown Center, always looks forward to a particular business trip. Every other year, Hallmark sends Luckett to Sweethome, Oregon to spend the day walking through the forest in search of a Christmas tree. Well, two Christmas trees to be exact. For the past ten years, Luckett has traveled to the…

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Dr. Dawn

KC Checkup: 5 questions with Dr. Buddhadeb Dawn

Found in most parts of the body, adult stem cells have the potential to grow into any of the body’s more than 200 cell types, offering potential therapies for a number of diseases. Scientists throughout Kansas are working with adult stem cells, but Kansas lawmakers created the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center (MSCTC) two years…

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