(energetic music) - Hey there, I'm Catherine Hoffman, and thanks for joining us for this month's edition of Kansas City experience.

The legendary local rock band Radkey is back.

They just kicked off their tour with a concert at Record Bar, and we have a behind the scenes look.

Romantic comedy fans, this next one's for you.

We have the filmmakers behind "Accidental Family", a movie filmed in Saint Joseph that's been touching the hearts of thousands.

- "Accidental Family" is about a girl named Olivia who gets mistaken as a relative to somebody else's family.

- [Family] (snaps) Welcome back!

(Olivia screams) (box heavily thuds) - We talked to the folks at the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City about their efforts to collect a jar of soil from every lynching site in Missouri.

- These aren't the people's ashes.

This is the dirt where underneath as closely as we can tell, their bodies hung.

So that would be where their blood, their sweat, their tears drained into that ground.

- We also have a number from the Kansas City musical "Overture" that won awards here and in New York.

This comes from a documentary about the show called "Worth Waiting For, The Journey of a Musical".

And make sure to stick around if you want to learn the basics of beer tasting from Cassie on Tap List.

The first rule, no chugging.

All of this on Kansas City Experience.

(drumsticks tapping) (deep rock music) (traffic rumbling) - I'm so stoked, I'm ready to play.

It's been forever (chuckles).

- [Interviewer] So how long's it been since you guys played?

- It has been since March 15th, 2020, since we played in front of people live.

(equipment banging) (footsteps thudding) (instruments rattling) - Feeling amazing to be playing some live music again.

It's been way too long I would say.

I'm ready to do what I feel like I was born to do.

Tonight, first night.

Yeah.

(dynamic rock music) - We really came up with the Record Bar and we were, we thought it'd be really cool to do our tour kick-off show here just because it's been so long, and like what better place?

(rock music) We play in that, like, different type of set than we have before, so it's gonna be cool trying something new out to come back with.

(rhythmic rock music) - We're gonna be playing some, a different set than usual, gonna incorporate some new songs, a few new songs the album.

We're super stoked about the album.

It's been really good.

- (singing) Oh, check one, check two.

- Sound checks are a lot.

They're the most chill at Record Bar, which is nice.

- [Man] Yeah.

- Kind of like the home spot and yeah, chilling out.

(melodic guitar music) - Door?

- Cat and Mouse.

Hunger Pain.

(folk music) Thought there was a song.

- I'm gonna get a little more practice in with this sound check for this practice party show before our show in Columbia.

So, then the Foo Fighters come up.

- [Interviewer] Nice.

- So we gotta get all that rust off.

- Cool, guitar.

(electric guitar) - Yeah, we're gonna be on tour with Foo Fighters, and we grew up on them.

That's going to be a crazy thing because we've always wanted to be a rock band starting from our little home school house in St. Jo, and to get, to go on this tour with Foo Fighters really sets us up and it's like, all right, cool.

You guys are a rock band.

Yeah, we figured we'd just rock in the biggest possible van now, (laughs).

Feels amazing, cause you know, we spent all of our time crammed in a little minivan and now we've got to do this amazing opportunity.

We get to Ram and Sirius XM are giving us this Ram van to use for this Foo Fighters tour.

And that's going to be crazy to be able to, after all of this tiny van time to be able to move to such a crazy van level feels pretty sweet.

So we're real stoked about that.

You know just exactly how crazy it is like the shit we're doing with the Foo Fighters and shit.

Like, (crowd cheering) The fact that a band like us can get out and do something like this, I think is a really, really big deal.

(moody rock music) It was never easy as a rock band and things have been getting a little bit smoother here and there, and that's just a real, strange feeling.

So we think rocks coming back.

Like, like I said, especially if we have any spot to get anywhere.

(rock music) Like we made the dream come true pretty much just by working real hard and rocking out as hard as we could.

(frantic rock music) - We appreciate all this, we're gonna head out with all this power that y'all gave us tonight.

And, I'm going to show it to David Grohl, you know?

(crowd cheering) (electronic interference) - Hello, I'm John McGrath, (smooth jazz music) I'm a producer for Flatland at Kansas City PBS, and today Art House takes a look at the St. Jo lensed film "Accidental Family".

- There were two ordinary people who were destined to be together.

- (sighs) and there you are.

- [John] And we sat down with its writer/director Jason Hudson and director of photography, Al Southern.

about this amazing film.

(countdown timer beeps) - Just listen to me.

Last night, things got really complicated.

(Olivia yelps and gasps) - Oh, jeez, I'm sorry, I am so sorry.

Are you okay?

- It's you.

(laughing) - You're cute.

- (snorts) Oh.

- I like that.

- [John] Okay, you've made this fantastic movie, what is it about?

Accidental family is about a girl named Olivia who gets mistaken as a relative to somebody else's family.

- [Family] (snaps) Welcome back!

(Olivia screams) (wooden box thuds) - And the problem is, she's in love with one of the sons of the family.

(rhythmic music) - [Olivia] Somehow I faint in their house.

And then I wake up.

- Good morning.

(Olivia screams) - She's trying to find ways to tell the family and they keep weaving her in deeper and deeper and deeper.

- They think I'm their long lost relative.

Guess what her name is.

Olivia.

- You can write these things and rewrite them.

You can drop jokes in all the way through the entire script.

You can find out what works, what doesn't work.

If it doesn't work you change it up.

I mean, that's the cool part.

As long as you've got some chemistry between your main actors, it seems to work out really well.

So yeah, we we've loved making the romantic comedies.

We had distribution immediately with doing romantic comedies, family films.

And so that's why we tackled doing your Christmas movie "At Christmas Chateau", and now our second film, "Accidental Family", both romcoms.

They're easy to sell, they're actually very forgiving.

You can have a blast with it.

So one of the unique things that we tried doing, instead of just doing an audition, we did an actor showcase that was just come one, come all.

If you have talent, Kinsey was one of the first people that came to one of those actors showcases.

We got to see her range of performing.

I reached out to Justin Jones.

I thought he was from Kansas city.

Turns out he's from Twin Cities, Minnesota.

So we called him in.

The first day that we filmed with Kinsey and Justin, we knew instantly these two had an incredible chemistry.

They both were extremely talented.

- Oh, definitely.

- Our distributors saw the movie "Christmas at the Chateau" and said, we have to have it.

We actually had three distributors fighting for the movie.

One of the other unique things that we don't really see a lot of filmmakers do that we thought financially it made sense was to do a premiere in St. Joseph.

I don't know what other towns have a historic big, giant single screen theater in their neck of the woods.

But we decided early on with "Christmas at the Chateau" that we wanted to try to do a premiere and see if people would come out.

And we were blown away in three days, we had over 5,000 people come out to one screen.

It really proved to us again, because we were making it here in St. Jo.

We really promoted the heck out of it.

It really was received well.

- [Al] And we're doing it again.

- [Jason] And we're doing it again.

- For "Accidental Family", August 6th, 7th, and 8th.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, we're going to be doing the same thing again.

So if you're a filmmaker in our area, be there.

Be there and meet us.

We wanna meet you.

We wanna help you with your project and we're gonna need your help on our project.

- Absolutely.

- Yep.

(upbeat music) - Oh, hey Liv, when you're done with your boyfriend, come see your man-friend.

(subdued music) (air rushes heavily) (Flatland jingle) - We're standing in the Community Remembrance Project exhibition.

We have partnered with equal justice initiative who opened the Lynching Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

We are the only site outside of Alabama.

And what we're doing here is honoring those people who were victims of racial lynchings.

- Not only do they memorialize and do truth telling is they make the connection between past racial terror and the modern day mass incarceration system.

(tragic music) - [Carmaletta] You know, lynching is an arbitrary act.

People did it because they wanted to, no other reason.

None of these people were guilty of any real crime.

And when I look at Levi Harrington, who was also innocent of any crime, the idea that because somebody is black and they're accessible, you can get to them and you can kill them, so you do.

That's horrifying to me.

(eerie distorted music) - Just recently we collected the second jar of soil for Levi Harrington.

So that is what is at the Black Archives now.

So a small group of us went to the actual coordinates where the lynching happened.

I just think that the soil is such an important connector because it's where life comes from.

So you have this tragedy, this tragic incident, and then you're preserving where life can grow from it.

- These aren't the people's ashes.

This is the dirt where underneath as closely as we can tell their bodies hung.

So that would be where their blood, their sweat, their tears drained into that ground.

And I think that makes it sacred to a certain extent because that's what they left us.

That embodies the end of their lives.

And most of them we know were innocent of the crimes.

In fact, all of these people were innocent of the crimes.

We know their biographies.

- The Memorial was cut down last June, directly at the time of the George Floyd protests.

And so I definitely see that as a reaction to that empowerment of the voices of people gathering in Kansas City.

This is not an isolated incident.

They've just collected the jar of soil for James Scott in Columbia, Missouri.

Not even a week after that jar was collected, a marker commemorating James Scott was also cut down in Columbia, Missouri.

- But we're not going to let that deter us.

So EJI is making another one, and we're going to put it back in that spot and we will protect it better because those kinds of people will not stop this road to justice.

- I think that being proud of our heritage involves truth-telling and doing that in public spaces.

In Missouri, there's like 30 civil war markers.

27 of them are sympathetic to the Confederacy in Kansas city alone.

There's only five African-American experience markers.

And so we're trying to uplift the truth about our history, because it is something that we need to confront and a way to integrate that into something that's healing for our nation to be fully what it can be and to move forward.

- [Carmaletta] These are our stories, and we need to tell our stories.

(frantic music) ♪ Timeless and endless hours ♪ ♪ Tasting, mixing, adding flowers ♪ ♪ Spot of pepper, braise the beef ♪ ♪ Beat the yolk, a masterpiece ♪ ♪ Frying up a Spanish onion ♪ ♪ Watch the chicken till it's done ♪ ♪ Then all at once say magnifique ♪ ♪ It's a kitchen symphony ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ So many spoons in the bowl ♪ ♪ So many sisters for their misters ♪ ♪ Saving something beautiful ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ Putting it all on the line ♪ ♪ Cut, chop, to the top ♪ ♪ It will come out right on time ♪ ♪ Hors D'oeuvres for every Sunday ♪ ♪ Chatham punch, cheery bundt cake, lobster pacifico ♪ ♪ Salmon turbot, off we go ♪ ♪ Have you ever seen a such splendor ♪ ♪ Chocolate chip cherry heaven ♪ ♪ Taste sensations come alive ♪ ♪ We're only two and 25 ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ So many spoons in the bowl ♪ ♪ So many sisters for their misters ♪ ♪ Saving something beautiful ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ Putting it all on the line ♪ ♪ Cut, chop, to the top ♪ ♪ It will come out right on time ♪ - Can you believe they're still calling us a cow town?

It's been two years since that flood washed away the stockyards.

Cow town.

- Hey, did you hear we're getting a baseball team.

- The Kansas City athletics, they better be.

(crowd chattering) ♪ I hear your stock took a tumble ♪ ♪ Union Station's going under ♪ ♪ Hell, I'm sick of politics ♪ ♪ Why is my cigar not lit?

♪ ♪ Got myself a brand new Chrysler ♪ ♪ Highway's new let's take her yonder ♪ ♪ You can thank Ike for that ♪ ♪ Eisenhower, we'll drink to that ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ So many spoons in the bowl ♪ ♪ So many misters sipping snifters ♪ ♪ How long till we all go home ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ Counting every dime ♪ ♪ Slash, burn, all I earn ♪ ♪ Say goodbye to bucks of night ♪ ♪ One cup, half pint ♪ ♪ Two cups, one pint ♪ ♪ Two pints, one quart ♪ ♪ Two cups butter equals pound ♪ ♪ One cup, half pint ♪ ♪ Two cups, one pint ♪ ♪ Two pints, one quart ♪ ♪ Two cups butter equals pound ♪ - Of course my Arabian cinnamon finger sticks were accepted immediately.

- As were my marinated shrimp.

♪ Four sticks butter ♪ ♪ Three cups sugar ♪ ♪ Four teaspoons ♪ ♪ Arabian ♪ ♪ Number ♪ (rich dynamic music) (crowd chattering) (laughing) - As I said, my marinated shrimp were also accepted.

(chuckling) Marinated shrimp.

♪ Three quarts water ♪ ♪ One sliced onion ♪ ♪ Five pounds marinated ♪ ♪ completely naked raw shrimp ♪ (smooth jazz music) ♪ Raw shrimp ♪ ♪ Completely naked raw shrimp ♪ ♪ Raw shrimp ♪ ♪ Shrimp, shrimp, shrimp ♪ (energetic music) ♪ Mince together turn it over every 10 minutes ♪ ♪ Simmer 15, simmer 15 ♪ ♪ Stir, stir, cayenne pepper ♪ ♪ Mince together, turn it over every 10 minutes ♪ ♪ Simmer 15, simmer 15 ♪ ♪ Stir, stir, cayenne pepper ♪ ♪ Cinnamon, cayenne ♪ ♪ Cinnamon, pepper ♪ ♪ Cinnamon, cayenne ♪ ♪ Cinnamon, pepper ♪ ♪ Cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon ♪ (pensive music) ♪ One cup, half pint ♪ ♪ Two cups, one pint ♪ ♪ Two pints, one quart ♪ ♪ Two cups butter equals pound ♪ ♪ One cup, half pint ♪ ♪ Two cups, one pint ♪ ♪ Two pints, one quart ♪ ♪ Two cups butter equals ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ So many spoons in the bowl ♪ ♪ So many sisters for their misters ♪ ♪ Saving something beautiful ♪ ♪ So many cooks in the kitchen ♪ ♪ Putting it all on the line ♪ ♪ Cut, chop, to the top ♪ ♪ Cut, chop, to the top ♪ ♪ Cut, chop, to the top ♪ ♪ It will come out ♪ ♪ Right ♪ ♪ On time ♪ (audience applauds) - Are you a beer drinker wanting to indulge their taste buds and expand their knowledge?

Do you know how to drink beer, but not sure how to taste it.

Hi, I'm Cassie, and today on Tap List, I'm gonna show you what I look for when tasting beers, and hopefully that makes tasting beers for you a little more exciting.

(Flatland jingle) (dynamic music) So today we have three totally different styles of beer, all local beers.

We've got an IPA, a Belgian style abbey, and a barley wine.

And doesn't really change the way that you taste these beers, but just to see some totally different things like you would be having a flight at a brewery somewhere.

So these glasses are really cool because they're specifically designed for beer tasting.

The unique angled bowl enhances and captures the fragrant aromatics of your brew, while a remarkably thin lip (smacks lips) provides unimpeded sipping, and an elegant stem designed to keep your hands from transferring warmth.

(bell chimes) All right, let's get to pouring.

(rhythmic music) (tin tab snaps) Yeah.

(dynamic music) So one thing you might like to have handy besides your beer is a little glass of water so you can cleanse the palate in between tastes.

Another rule of thumb is let's say like you're somewhere with flight.

I'm gonna probably start with what you think the lightest bodied beer would be.

(resonant music) So, first I'm gonna take a look at the color and examine that.

I'm gonna look for clarity and color of the actual beer and color of the head.

So this is like a pure white head where a beer itself is like a cloudy pastel yellow.

So you wanna take a few whiffs here.

Do a little swirl and twirl.

When you're swirling, it's gonna release out some more of those aromas, just kind of agitating it a little bit.

Really just get your nose in there.

The things that I look for are the malt presence, the hop presence, and then like the crazy chemical compounds that the yeast is producing.

So in an IPA, I'm particularly thinking I'm going to get lots of hop aroma, because that is what IPA's are known for.

Lots of lemon zest is jumping out at me.

Those citrusy notes are really related to the hop presence in there.

Take a big gulp and kind of let it run over your tongue slowly.

There's going to be a lot of different flavors at the start than there are at the finish and like the texture of the bubbles you wanna see.

Most of what you smell is going to be probably what you taste because they're so connected.

Gonna try the next beer, talk a little more.

Ugh, water.

(smooth jazz music) So, beer number two, Belgian style abbey ale, and these I am expecting to be more malt forward.

So when I'm looking for malt and aroma and taste, those are going to be like bread products.

You know, malt is a grain.

So think about like, think of it like toast.

So you put the bread is white before you put it in the toaster.

It's a little toasty, it's light brown, it's more and more and more toasty till it's burnt, burnt toast isn't actually a terrible flavor to find in a beer.

Swirl, swirl and twirl.

Take a couple big whiffs here.

Since this is a Belgian style ale, we're gonna be looking for that Belgian yeast to make a lot of different, crazy flavor compounds.

This is where the yeast is going to do more of the talking than the malts, or the hops.

That's great that we have actually multi-beer, hoppy beer and yeasty beer.

But when you smell fruit, it doesn't mean that they've added fruit to the beer necessarily.

It's those esters and phenols, is that what they're called?

Okay, so this to me is like prunes, raisins, dates, those kind of dark dried fruits.

But sometimes for me in particular, there are some other familiar smells that come out that aren't necessarily natural.

Like this smells like Twizzlers to me a little bit, and that's totally an acceptable word to describe something.

(smooth jazz music) Okay, again, let that wash over your mouth.

So even though we've got big fruit and aroma, this beer has a big, hop presence.

Right on first taste, it's like sweet and fruity, but then in an instant, as it goes to the back of your tongue wipes clean, and it's like, got this big hoppy kind of spicy finish.

(jazz music) Third beer, a barley wine, not a wine.

It's good for beers to open up a little bit and warm up just a tiny bit.

It will let those flavors kind of become more noticeable because very, very cold beer is good, but you kind of, you don't get as much of the nuances as you do in a beer that's just kind of sat just for a tiny bit, warmed up just a little bit, especially like a big, bolder beer like this barley wine we're about to taste.

(rhythmic music) Whoa.

So barley wine is a lot of hops and a lot of malt.

I think this is like 11%.

The mouth feel is a lot more viscous.

It's a higher alcohol beer, like have a little bit more mouth feel, not just the texture of water, but more like the texture of milk.

To me, this is very sweet.

Thanks malts that are probably roasted for a long time, bringing out a lot of those sugars.

But yeah, that is a big, big, big, big sweet, oh boy, I would need to share this with people.

I didn't drink any more water in between the other beers.

Oh, well.

I've been to a lot of beer classes.

I've been working with beer since like 2008, right after I was first legally allowed to drink it.

Worked in some like really cool craft beer bars, worked at some breweries, and you know, beer tasting should be fun.

It doesn't have to be a serious thing.

And hopefully you will think that too, whether you're a Cicerone or you just like, just like beer.

It doesn't, you don't have to take it seriously.

Start tasting, tell me what you think.