Wednesday, November 27, 2019, noon -1PM CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Héctor Casanova, Renée Cinderhouse, Pat Alexander, Melaney Mitchell, and Cory Imig. RENÉE CINDERHOUSE & HÉCTOR CASANOVA-The Green Door Gallery began in 2000 as a collective of KCAI alumni: Héctor Casanova and Renée Cinderhouse (née Laferriere; still a student at the time), along with John Baker, Kellie Bloxsom-Rys, and Rachel Stuart-Haas. All five artists shared studio space in the second floor of the old Post Office building in Kansas City’s West Bottoms. It comprised 6,000 ft2 of industrial space sectioned into thirds: a 1 bedroom apartment, a central space with two large rooms, and two more large rooms in the back which were used as art studios. The space was largely raw and unfinished, with no heating or cooling, only one bathroom, and was prone to severe roof leaks... when it rained outside, it rained just as hard in some areas of the building, necessitating tarps and rows of buckets to mitigate the floods. None of the artist-run spaces in the West Bottoms in the 1990s and early 2000s were zoned for residential use; all those who stood ground and…

Wednesday November 20, 2019, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes KKFI Development Director Bill Sundahl, artist Haley Sellmeyer, and Ryan Fortney with Forge Repertory Theatre. BILL SUNDAHL, Development Director KKFI-Thanks so much to Stockyards Brewing Co. for Sponsoring the KKFI 90.1 FM Band Auction again! Call 88.931.0901 to bid on a band while they are on the air. Win the auction. The Band comes to play a 2 hour show for you and your friends! PreBids are Welcome at 888.931.0901 or by emailing development!kkfi.org Day of Week--Date and Start Time--Artist FRIDAY 11.22.19 FRIDAY 1:00 PM TBA FRIDAY 1:30 PM TBA FRIDAY 2:00 PM TBA FRIDAY 2:30 PM 3 Bricks Shy FRIDAY 3:00 PM Mark Montgomery FRIDAY 3:30 PM Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats FRIDAY 4:00 PM Shapiro Brothers FRIDAY 4:30 PM Shannon & The Rhythmn King FRIDAY 5:00 PM Jonny Green FRIDAY 5:30 PM Lance Deel & the Deelbreakers FRIDAY 6:00 PM Flatpenny Revue FRIDAY 6:30 PM Scotch Hollow FRIDAY 7:00 PM Elise DelVeccio FRIDAY 7:30 PM Phil Neal and the Wornalls FRIDAY 8:00 PM Repeat Offenders FRIDAY 8:30 PM Blackmagic Rabbitfoot FRIDAY 9:00 PM End of…

Wednesday, November 13, 2019, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd chats with Kevin Paul Callahan, Kevin King, Diane Hightower, and Jacque Davidson. KEVIN KING, DIANE HIGHTOWER, & JACQUE DAVIDSON-Kevin King, producing artistic director of Whim Productions and director of Swimming in the Shallows, Jacque Davidson who plays Nick and Diane Hightower Outreach Coordinator for Whim Productions as well as a local playwright talk about Swimming in the Shallows. Whim Productions, founded by Producing Artistic Director Kevin King in 2011, creates challenging, evocative theater. We focus on providing opportunities for LGBTQ theater artists to tell their own stories and share the diversity of queer experience with Kansas City audiences. We do queer theater with a Whimsical edge. Our next production is a delightfully offbeat romantic comedy by professional playwright Adam Bock titled Swimming in the Shallows. This Kansas-City-premiere production begins previews on November 8th and runs thru November 23rd. It is a hilarious exploration of some of the problems and anxieties underlying modern relationships, be they man-woman, woman-woman, or man-shark (yes, I said shark!). Whim Productions presents at The Black Box Theater 1060 Union Ave. KCMO. Adam Bock's Comedy SWIMMING…

Wednesday November 6, 2019 noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live wwwkkfi.org Producer/host welcomes artist/writer Hugh Merrill, writer/performer Natasha Ria El-Scari, artist/writer Rick Stasi, and Patricia Williams Cinema KC. HUGH MERRILL-Whiteout is a multi-dimensional project designed to create dialogues on heritage, privilege, power and racism in America. It is meant to help others step forward and discuss the truth about their family histories and their own perceptions about race and discrimination. This performance includes staged readings of Merrill’s memoir, a panel discussion, poetry and an opportunity for audience participation through stories and questions. For two years, Merrill and his daughter, Rebecca Merrill, have been investigating their family history and connection to the insidious Jim Crow laws in the American South. In an unexpected discovery, they found out about their family connection to the legal lynching of Sargent Edgar Caldwell. This provoked a deeper investigation into their family past as well as a closer look at the current state of racial inequality in this country. Merrill, an internationally renowned artist, has written a memoir of his coming-of-age story in a house governed by those who helped write the Jim Crow laws, and the memoir is available…

Wednesday Octover 30, 2019, noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Edgar Galicia Executive Director Central Avenue Betterment Association, Sarah Hyde-Schmeidler Francis Family Foundation Educator, Family Programs & Events with Larissa Briley, Coordinator, Public Programs with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Jenny Mendez Cultural Arts Director Mattie Rhodes Art Center, and Bonnie and Mickie Swade founders of Suicide Awareness Survivor Support-SASS. Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places, especially the United States. It is acknowledged internationally in many other cultures. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to ask for the wellbeing of and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took place at the beginning of summer. Gradually, it was associated with October 31, November 1 and November 2 to coincide with the Western Christian triduum of “Allhallowtide”: All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the…

Wednesday October 16, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio Station, streaming live www.kkfi.org Do you tune in weekly to ARTSPEAK RADIO, download podcasts, listen online, or learn of new opportunities and information happening in the creative community, or enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK […]

Wednesday October 9, 2019, noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes artist Joseph Broghammer, gallery owner Dan Frueh, and artist/community activist Carmen Moreno. Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. Through his one-of-a-kind pastel drawings […]

Wednesday October 2, 2019, noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes author/artist Danna York, artist/designer Whitney Manney, and Ada Koch & Marissa Starke with Kansas City Artists Coalition. DANNA YORK KC native, is an artist/author of a children's book, To the Cider Mill. Readers discover apples, pumpkins, and scarecrows in this delightful tale of an autumn trip to the cider mill. This interactive book invites children to draw along & become part of the book's illustrations-perhaps they may become an author and artist too! York homeschooled her three children using art in all subjects. She continues to teach art encouraging individuals to express themselves while learning basic art technics. To the Cider Mill is widely distributed around the country in bookshops, museums and cider mills. Locally they can be purchased at The Learning Tree, The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Rainy Day Books, KD's in Lee's Summit, Deanna Rose Farm, Dunn's cider mill, Louisburg Cider Mill, and The Brookside Toy and Science Store. Danna York also has 2 signed copies of her book, To the Cider Mill to give away on ARTSPEAK RADIO! WHITNEY MANNEY-A Kansas City, MO native, graduated from the…