Month: November 2016

KCKCC Drama Club to present ‘The Flick’

by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC

For its next production, the Kansas City Kansas Community College Drama Club is bringing to life a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Flick.”

Written by Annie Baker, “The Flick” takes place in a small rundown movie theater in Worcester, Massachusetts. Three underpaid ushers work in the theater, attending to one of the last 35-millineter film projectors in the state. Although the play depicts the mundane tasks and conversation that occurs among the three ushers, it is a funny story of friendship and loyalty in an ever-changing world. Premiering in 2013 Off-Broadway, “The Flick” won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

“The Flick” is at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 11 and 12 in the KCKCC Performing Arts Theater, 7250 State Ave. There is also a 2:30 p.m. matinee Nov. 13. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for senior citizens and non-KCKCC students. Admission is free to all KCKCC students, faculty and staff with valid identification. Viewer discretion is advised. The play contains strong language and adult situations.

Cast members include – Skyler Re Garcia, Avery; Gary Enrique Bradley-Lopez, Sam; Kinsasha Dydell, Rose and Charles Humphrey, Skylar/The Dreaming Man. Shane Gillaspie, a returning theater major at KCKCC, is the director and Bridget McKenzie, who graduated from KCKCC in Spring 2015, is the co-director.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 913-288-7106.

Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at KCKCC.

Public meeting to be held in bus today at 7th and Minnesota

A public meeting on proposed changes to bus routes in Kansas City, Kan., will be held today in a parked bus at 7th and Minnesota Avenue.

According to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, public comments are being received from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the 7th and Minnesota Transit Center, inside a parked bus.

The KCATA is considering cutting the 105 Rosedale route, which travels from29th and Strong to 43rd and Booth, because of underperformance, according to a KCATA statement.

Also proposed is to eliminate part of the 102-Central Avenue Routes east of Central Avenue and 6th Street into downtown Kansas City, Mo. The Unified Government is planning to take over part of the 102 Central Avenue route in response to the reduction of rush-hour service east of 6th and Central Avenue.

Those who cannot attend today’s public meeting in downtown KCK may go to two other meetings scheduled:
• 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in a RideKC bus parked at 29th and Strong in the Argentine neighborhood of Kansas City, Kan.

• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in a RideKC bus parked at the University o Kansas Medical Center stop at 3900 Rainbow Blvd. in Kansas City, Kan.

Those who cannot attend the public meetings may submit comments to metro@kcata.org or call 816-346-0300.

Yoder leads in re-election bid

U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., led in the latest partial results available in the 3rd District, U.S. House contest.

Yoder had 170,490 votes to Democrat Jay Sidie’s 134,915 votes, with 590 of 630 precincts reporting, as of 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. Yoder had 51 percent of the vote to Sidie’s 41 percent.

There were still 40 precincts not reporting from Johnson County, according to the secretary of state’s voter website.