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If you're not familiar with George Caleb Bingham, his work Order Number 11 is considered one of Missouri's most famous paintings. Valued in the millions of dollars, it depicts the Civil War-era plundering of a porticoed Missouri mansion. KCPT's cameras were there when it was taken from its permanent home at the University of Missouri for an incredibly rare public showing in our area. It's on display at the Truman Library now through September 8th.
At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid 1980's a group of gay men came together in Kansas City to seek emotional and social support through their shared passion for singing. Today, the Heartland Men's Chorus is perhaps the metro's best known and most prolific choirs. They're celebrating their 25th season this year. Randy Mason had a chance to visit with Artistic Director Dr. Joseph Nadeau.
The Kansas City Missouri School District is still trying to figure out what on earth it's going to do with the more than 20 schools it decided to shutter as part of a contentious school closing plan last year. There are concerns the buildings will end up as neighborhood eyesores and magnets for criminal activity. What to do with large public buildings that have outlived their usefulness is a problem many communities have to deal with. Three years ago, the city of Independence was faced with that challenge when the hospital chain HCA closed Independence Regional Medical Center, a city landmark and an economic and emotional anchor in northwest Independence since 1909. Would it be simply padlocked and left to decay? Well thanks to economic development leaders in the city, a space once used to treat the sick is now making entrepreneurs out of people who may never have had a shot at starting their own business.
iven all the competition among hospitals today for your healthcare dollars, it seems hard to believe that just five decades ago in Kansas City where you got medical treatment was determined not by the nature of your health condition but by the color of your skin.
From Separate To Equal, a new documentary premiering at 9 p.m. tonight on KCPT, takes a look back at the disturbing legacy of segregated hospitals in Kansas City.
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If you're not familiar with George Caleb Bingham, his work Order Number 11 is considered one of Missouri's most famous paintings. Valued in the millions of dollars, it depicts the Civil War-era plundering of a porticoed Missouri mansion. KCPT's cameras were there when it was taken from its permanent home at the University of Missouri for an incredibly rare public showing in our area. It's on display at the Truman Library now through September 8th.
At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid 1980's a group of gay men came together in Kansas City to seek emotional and social support through their shared passion for singing. Today, the Heartland Men's Chorus is perhaps the metro's best known and most prolific choirs. They're celebrating their 25th season this year. Randy Mason had a chance to visit with Artistic Director Dr. Joseph Nadeau.
The Kansas City Missouri School District is still trying to figure out what on earth it's going to do with the more than 20 schools it decided to shutter as part of a contentious school closing plan last year. There are concerns the buildings will end up as neighborhood eyesores and magnets for criminal activity. What to do with large public buildings that have outlived their usefulness is a problem many communities have to deal with. Three years ago, the city of Independence was faced with that challenge when the hospital chain HCA closed Independence Regional Medical Center, a city landmark and an economic and emotional anchor in northwest Independence since 1909. Would it be simply padlocked and left to decay? Well thanks to economic development leaders in the city, a space once used to treat the sick is now making entrepreneurs out of people who may never have had a shot at starting their own business.
iven all the competition among hospitals today for your healthcare dollars, it seems hard to believe that just five decades ago in Kansas City where you got medical treatment was determined not by the nature of your health condition but by the color of your skin.
From Separate To Equal, a new documentary premiering at 9 p.m. tonight on KCPT, takes a look back at the disturbing legacy of segregated hospitals in Kansas City.