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Preserving Our Past: Kansas City Stories of Black History

In “Preserving Our Past: Kansas City Stories of Black History,” a new Kansas City PBS documentary compiled in honor of Black History Month, Flatland reporter Catherine Hoffman shares untold or unexamined stories of local Black history.

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Kansas City PBS television studio.

Kansas City PBS Names Kalie Hudson Chief Content Officer

Kansas City PBS has announced that Kalie Hudson has been named chief content officer, effective Jan. 12.

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New Kansas City PBS Documentary Ponders Past, Present and Future of Movie Theaters

“Fade to Black,” a new Kansas City PBS documentary, explores the past, present and future of movie exhibition through the eyes of the people who helped build the industry, and hope to ensure it survives the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Owen/Cox Dance Group appears on "KC Performs."

KC Performs | Rachmaninoff Inspires Moving Dance Performance

The Owen/Cox Dance Group and Kansas City Chorale collaborate on “And The Darkness Has Not Overcome It,” backed by an achingly beautiful composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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The rails leading into the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.

Auschwitz Exhibit Teaches Children About the Holocaust

Curators of the Auschwitz exhibit now at Union Station want to share difficult revelations with children who may know nothing of the Holocaust.

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In June 1964, Jewish teens in Kansas City gather for a group shot at a party celebrating the first high school graduation of children of Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust Echoed in the Lives of Children Born to Survivors Who Resettled in Kansas City

The Holocaust profoundly affected the lives of survivors’ children, who continue to share the stories of their parents’ determination to build new lives in Kansas City.

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Nick’s Picks | Auschwitz Exhibit, Police Budget and Medicaid Expansion Top the Agenda

Nick Haines sets the agenda for the news week ahead in Kansas City.

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Robert McNichols performs "This Nearly was Mine" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific."

KC Performs | Big Musicals in Small Spaces

In our latest, Musical Theater Heritage produces a dazzling version of “This Nearly Was Mine,” from “South Pacific.”

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A scene from "Hurly-Burly" on KC Performs.

KC Performs | Choreographing Transition From Stage to Film

Independent choreographer Helen Pickett collaborated with the Kansas City Ballet to create a dance film for “KC Performs.”

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