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August 14, 2019 noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes award winning artist Larissa Uredi and poet/artist/horse wrangler Austin Modrell, and photographer/educator Megan Pobywajlo to the program. LARISSA UREDI “Gallery of Lost Things” interactive, 3D exhibition. Uredi will transform the Arts Asylum into a 3D, interactive journey that […]

Wednesday August 7, 2019 noon to 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with musician/singer/songwriter Regina del Carmen, author/world traveler Rudy Waldner, and Kimberlyn Jones with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. REGINA DEL CARMEN-Regina del Carmen is a 19-year-old aspiring singer/songwriter/rapper/actress based in Kansas City. She has participated in many events around the Kansas City area, including Day of the Dead at the Mattie Rhodes Art Center, Carnaval, Cinco de Mayo, and Fiesta Hispana, and is the current winner of Rock the Mic at Hamburger Mary’s KC! She loves to tell people her story through music to help give an understanding of who she is and where she’s been. Im 19 years old and I love to make music. My Lyrics tell my story. One day I hope to be able to change the world with my music Find Regina del Carmen on soundcloud! KIMBERLYN JONES, Business Development Officer Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City (EDCKC)Located in the heart of the Midwest, is a recognized economic development leader. With a mission to attract and retain businesses domestically and internationally, the EDCKC serves as a resource and advocate to cultivate the competitiveness of business…

Wednesday July 31, 2019 noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio streaming live kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with producer/songwriter/musician David George, singer/songwriter Shawn Stewart, and Manager Audience Engagment Kreshaun McKinney and Curator of American Art Stephanie Fox Knappe with the Nelson Atkins Museum. Shawn Stewart (Formerly JohnnySuperColossal) Shawn started playing the Kansas City clubs after he moved here from Chicago in 1991. His band, “Tin Roof Echo” was booked at the clubs around town through 1993 via United Entertainment. In 1994 he retired to the suburbs to raise a family as a stay at home dad. In 2014, kids grown, he moved midtown to pick up where he left off. He released four albums under the “JohnnySuperColossal” moniker through 2018. In 2019, in collaboration with “Helkat”, he is trying to get his songs on the radio with a vengeance and to Nashville and Los Angeles publishers. In January, he’s taking his trailer for three months to Los Angeles for that purpose. Helkat bio - In December, I had this crazy idea to form a band that was equal parts WWF and punk pop. It didn’t matter if the band could play, I just wanted flash and…

Wednesday September5, 2019 noon - 1pm CST 90.1fm Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio at www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Artistic Director Andrea Guajardo of Ballet Nepantla and KKFI Development Director Bill Sundahl. ANDREA GUAJARDO, Artistic Director of Ballet Nepantla-Ballet Nepantla presents Valentina, a collection of stories that speak to the strength and resilience of women during Revolutionary Mexico. By fusing contemporary ballet with traditional Mexican folklórico, Valentina shares struggles and triumphs—and explores the spaces between love and hate, hope and despair. Part contemporary ballet, part traditional folklórico, 'Valentina' speaks to the strength of women in Revolutionary Mexico. “…the show will counter unflattering narratives about Mexican and Mexican-American communities…the beauty of the dance will be like a bridge that connects people…” -Texas Standard A partnership with JCCC Student Life supported in part by the Arthur and Alma Yardley Endowment in the JCCC Foundation Ballet Nepantla Valentina 8 p.m. Saturday, September 7, 2019 | Yardley Hall Johnson County Community College 12345 College Blvd. Overland Park, KS Hours:The Carlsen Center Box Office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before the curtain. Location: The JCCC box office, Yardley Hall and Polsky Theatre located…

Wednesday August 21, 2019 noon -1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI, streaming live audio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes choreographer/dancer Jane Gotch, Patrick Alexander Programmer/Studio Residency Manager with Charlotte Street Foundation, photographer Angie Jennings, installation artist Katy Stone and Christopher Santee with Eastside People's Intercultural Center (EPIC.) JANE GOTCH-public 2 (pronounced ‘public squared’) public 2, is a Mixed Reality performance, taking place at three Kansas City Streetcar stops; Union Station, 9th and Main, and 4th and Delaware using integrated Virtual Reality and live action performances. Choreographer Jane Gotch in collaboration with two local dancers will create a site-specific dance for video at each of the three streetcar sites. In May, these dances will be filmed using a Virtual Reality camera by Ian Garrett of Toasterlab, a Virtual Reality consulting group which has worked with an array of international performing artists to bring integrated Mixed Reality performances to their communities. Gotch and Garrett will edit and upload the virtual videos to publicsquaredkc.com, a website built specifically for this project. Audiences will be able to access the Virtual Reality components at their leisure. The videos will be available for free, anytime day or night through the duration of the Arts In the Loop…

Wednesday July 17. 2019 noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd invites Bernadette Esperanza Torres, Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia, Sandra Van Tuyl, and Nick Ward-Bopp into the studio to discuss their work. NICK WARD-BOPP, Maker Village-We are a community wood + metal workshop in a century old building at 31st & Cherry. Can't afford a class or event that you are interested in? We might be able to trade some sweat-equity, contact us at: [email protected]. Maker Village is located at 606 E 31st St Kansas City, Missouri ISRAEL ALEXJANDRO GARCIA GARCIA-Artist, photographer, designer, gallery owner joins for this discussion, BERNADETTE ESPERANZA TORRES-"Reflections of Hope"- Bernadette Esperanza Torres a latina on the move with her first solo exhibit in KCMO, come see this amazing body of work and be part of the raffle that will give a lucky art lover a chance to take one of her pieces home. All proceeds to benefit Bordes Carnosos / Border Carnage a living sculpture exploring the immigrant experience past, present and future... That will begin to travel KCMO and KCK neighborhoods beginning this fall. Help fund the implementation of an evolving traveling exhibit documenting the immigrant…

Wednesday July 10, 2019 noon - 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with poet Neil Anderson, musician Alex Sons, and organizers for the Musicians For Molly. NEIL MICHAEL ANDERSON is a poet, writer, singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist with an emphasis on 12-string guitar, as well as the Indian Esraj, and the Hebrew Lyre. Neil was first published by Jack Hirschman, the two-time Poet Laureate of San Francisco. Neil recently published his first collection of verse, titled ARDOR. Many of the poems in ARDOR are songs that he sings, accompanied by 12-string guitar. He was formally trained in music as a youth, and is a self-taught guitar and lyre player. He later studied Classical Indian Music at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music. His first studio album is currently in production. His background includes: entrepreneurship, native-plant gardening, cross-modal healing arts, videography, photography, and various community building and advocacy projects, both in San Francisco, and in Kansas City (his native home). An advocate for orphanages, he loves finding creative ways to benefit others. http://www.ardor.org https://www.instagram.com/neilmichaelanderson/ ALEX SONS is a singer-songwriter from Kansas City Missouri with a unique musical blend of pop, soul, and…