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Henry Mancini, the New Les Baxter Orchestra, the Morricone Youth Orchestra, Martin Denny, the Hamburg Spinners and more in this week's Retro Cocktail Hour.

Kelley Hunt’s Acoustic Quartet performs Saturday (August 20, 2022) at the historic Jayhawk Theatre in downtown Topeka.

Hear the sounds of late night Havana with the Perez Prado Orchestra on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also, music by Bo Axelzon and his Exotic Orchestra, The Waitiki 7 and Henry Mancini.

Daniel José Older's new young adult novel follows a Brooklyn teenager who discovers her family has a dangerous magical heritage. Reviewer Amal El-Mohtar says it's full of music, flavor and color.

The new book Feast for the Eyes is a collection of images that portray the many ways we relate to food: as advertisements, art and even political statements.

The Retro Cocktail Hour dives into some exotic sounds by the New Les Baxter Orchestra, Chaino, 101 Strings, Michel Legrand and more. Plus - swingin' Italian movie sounds by the Morricone Youth Orchestra!

Alto Saxophonist Lingxiao Li shared a Ruel Joyce Recital with accompanist Ellen Sommer. Check out these great modern tunes for classical solo saxophone.

Photographer Jacob Blickenstaff documented Sharon Jones for years both on- and off-stage. Here, he shares archival shots of the dearly departed star.

On this edition of Conversations, Lauren Kate talks about her latest novel, The Orphan’s Song. Kate is the #1 New York Times and internationally…

Flickr photo by queenkvThe Kansas economy is growing, but hasn’t yet reached the pre-recession peaks. That’s what Kansas Secretary of Labor Lana Gordon said at an economic briefing in advance of the Labor Day Holiday. Job creation and personal incomes have increased from recession levels, but the state is still short jobs from before the Great Recession. And the labor force in Kansas has shrunk recently, but that may not be bad news. The labor force is the number of Kansans working or looking for jobs. Tyler Tenbrink, a labor economist with the Kansas Department of Labor, says that the recession caused some people to delay retirement because their stock portfolios shrank.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7c3c10002Staff with the Department of Labor said it’s too soon to know if tax cuts enacted in Kansas in recent years have affected the economy.