Laura Spencer
Laura Spencer caught the radio bug more than a decade ago when she was asked to read a newscast on the air on her first day volunteering for KOOP, the community radio station in Austin, Texas.
After moving home to Kansas City, she learned the fine art of editing reel-to-reel tape as an intern and graduate assistant with the nationally syndicated literary program New Letters on the Air. Since 2001, she's focused her efforts on writing and producing feature stories as KCUR's Arts Reporter.
In 2011, Laura was one of 21 journalists selected for USC Annenberg’s seventh National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. She's received awards from the Associated Press, Kansas City Art Institute (Excellence in Visual Art and Education), Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association (regional Edward R. Murrow Award) and Society for Professional Journalists.
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The Kansas City Chiefs face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Super Bowl Sunday in a stadium designed by a Kansas City firm.
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Kansas City International Airport’s new $1.5 billion terminal and parking garage is scheduled to open in 2023. The project has a budget of $5.65 million for public art, making it the largest One Percent for Art project in the city’s history.
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The orchestra is gearing up for limited, in-person concerts in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts starting January 17 after almost a year away from an indoor stage.
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William Baker Festival Singers adhere to strict social distancing and masks for rehearsals and performances. But its annual holiday concert has been moved outside the Kansas City metro, due to COVID restrictions.
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Without Live Performances, The Kansas City Symphony Counts Down To Christmas With Musical Advent CalThe coronavirus has Kansas City Symphony musicians mostly playing their instruments at home these days — and creating music for online audiences.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shutdown most live events, leaving venues dark and putting employees out of work. Now, a new organization is asking for a share of Missouri's CARES Act funding to help save the industry.
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The 21st annual Latin Grammy Award winners were announced on November 19. Lawrence-based pianist and music teacher Paulina Leisring was on the list.
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The 2021 Grammy nominees were announced on Tuesday — and at least five artists with Kansas City ties are in the mix.
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With Limited Work In Annual Holiday Shows, Like KC Rep's "A Christmas Carol," Kansas City Actors LauThe 2020 version of Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s "A Christmas Carol," like most things during the coronavirus era, will be a little different — now it's a virtual production with a cast of four instead of 50.
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Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and others canceled seasons earlier this year because of COVID-19. Now rising cases in the metro, and new restrictions, are thwarting attempts to bring back indoor performances.