Will, age 10, and his take on snow days. 

Will Snow Final.WAV

Actor Mandy Patinkin visits Kansas City in January 2012 to perform “An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin,” at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Patinkin talked to KCUR's Steve Walker from New York - and as a favor for me, he asked Patinkin to say his famous line from the 1987 movie "The Princess Bride": "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya

Maria Ioudenitch, 16, is the winner of the 2012 Young Artist Competition, sponsored by the Kansas City Symphony. Here, she plays an excerpt from Khachaturian’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Mvt. 1) during a lesson with Ben Sayevich at Park University, May 9, 2012.

Maria Ioudenitch plays an excerpt during a lesson

In a new one-woman show called "Lessons from Marlene," actor Katie Kalahurka sings, dances, and plays nearly 20 characters, including film and cabaret star Marlene Dietrich. Here, Kalahurka sings "Look Me Over Closely." "Lessons from Marlene" premieres at KC Fringe: http://www.kcfringe.org/2012/index.php. 

Katie Kalahurka sings "Look Me Over Closely"

Ry Kincaid's new rock musical, "Pilgrimage" takes inspiration from Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales." At a recent rehearsal at the Arts Asylum, Amy Kelly sang "Folk Tale." "Pilgrimage" with book, music, and lyrics by Kincaid premieres at KC Fringe: http://www.kcfringe.org/2012/index.php. 

Amy Kelly sings "Folk Tale"

Activist Russell Means (November 10, 1939 – October 22, 2012) visited Lawrence, Kansas in 2010 to attend an exhibition, "Beaded Heritage," at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. It included pow wow regalia created by two of his granddaughters, then students at Haskell Indian Nations University (a school Means' parents attended in the 1930s). Here, Means explained why he preferred being called an American Indian to Native American; he argued that the use of Indian came from the Italian expression "in Dio," meaning "in God." Listen to the story here: http://kcur.org/post/beaded-heritage-explores-traditions-and-identity.

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