What We Ate 100 Years Ago

Posted on 03/06/2020 by jmcward

At 7 pm on Monday, March 9, Andrea Broomfield, professor of English, will be a featured guest for a special event titled, “What We Ate 100 Years Ago: Kansas City in the 1920s.”  Broomfield will speak on how working-class cuisine from 100 years ago still resonates in current KC dining.  The event will be held at the Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwestern Genealogy Center, 3440 S. Lee’s Summit Road, Independence.   It will also be recorded for KCUR’s podcast, A People’s History of Kansas City.   The event is free, and you can register by following this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-we-ate-100-years-ago-kansas-city-in-the-1920s-tickets-96159049305?aff=ebdssbdestsearch.

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Lynch Produces New Podcast Series

Posted on 02/24/2020 by jmcward

In conjunction with Kansas Public Radio, Brendan Lynch, adjunct assistant professor of Journalism, has produced a new podcast series titled, “When Experts Attack.”  The podcast will be launched in mid-March and will be widely available.

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Price’s New Documentary on the Blue River

Posted on 02/24/2020 by jmcward

Michael Price, assistant professor of Journalism, recently completed a documentary on the  Blue River.  It has been shown on KCPT and will have March screenings at the Lakeside Nature Center and the Gorman Conservation Discovery Center.  In January, Price was also on 90.9 The Bridge to discuss the film: https://bridge909.org/shows/mornings-with-bryan-truta/episode/michael-price-the-blue-river.  Below is a trailer for the documentary:

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Alexander Interviews Pedaljets

Posted on 02/14/2020 by jmcward


Danny Alexander, professor of English, has published an album review and story on the Kansas City band Pedaljets for the website of 90.9 The Bridge.  The Pedaljets formed in 1984, broke up, and reformed in 2000.  The band’s most recent album, Twist the Lens, is their second release since reforming.  Alexander’s article, titled “Up For Something More: The Pedaljets Refocus and Blast Through Vast New Expanses” is available at https://bridge909.org/news/pedaljets.

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Alexander on London Calling

Posted on 02/07/2020 by jmcward

Danny Alexander, professor of English, has published a reflection/assessment essay of The Clash’s 1980 album, London Calling.  The opening of the essay summarizes the effect the album had upon Alexander 40 years ago.  Discovering the album in Walmart in 1980 “was better than Christmas.” Four decades later London Calling remains a classic, and Alexander goes track-by-track through the double album, demonstrating the importance of the band and its music, then and now.  Alexander’s essay is available online at https://bridge909.org/news/clash-40-london.

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