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In music from Giuseppe Verdi to Jennifer Higdon, celebrate the sound of the venturesome Atlanta Symphony Orchestra while it's silenced by a bitter labor dispute.

Susie Yang and Meredith McCook, of the Kansas City duo 2CellosKC, recently brought their talents to the KPR Live Performance Studio, where they previewed their recent Charlotte House recital series concert.

Violinist Tessa Lark came to play for us Friday, February 21, 2020, and to tell us about her concert with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra the next night.…

Heartland Chamber Music visited the KPR studio August 2. The full Camerata Orchestra playedthe ending to Britten's Simple Symphony, conducted by Chris…

For Tom Hanks, movies have always been transformative. Now, after acting in dozens of them, he's written a novel based on his experiences on movie sets. He talked to NPR's A Martinez.

State Websites Down for MaintenanceTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's office says his office's website will be one of 11 state government sites that will be offline for maintenance most of Sunday. The governor's office says the outages will start at 5:30 a.m. Central Standard Time today but should end by early tomorrow morning.=====Wichita Woman Arrested After Chase, Multiple CrashesWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 30-year-old woman is accused of repeatedly crashing into patrol cars while fleeing from Wichita police. Police say the chase lasted for about 25 minutes and reached speeds of about 70 miles per hour. While fleeing, the woman hit pursuing and parked patrol cars. She didn't stop until her car overheated. Police used a stun gun to subdue her. She's jailed in Sedgwick County on multiple charges.=====Mountain Lion Spotted in Central KansasST. JOHN, Kan. (AP) — A mountain lion sighting has been confirmed near the central Kansas town of Saint John. The Hutchinson News reports that a motion-activated trail camera captured an image of the animal October 31st. Kurt Keesling discovered the picture when he checked his camera Wednesday.=====Salina Zoo, Museum Gets New DirectorSALINA, Kan. (AP) — The new executive director of Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina has worked at some of the nation's leading zoos and aquariums. So Bob Jenkins knows what he's talking about when he describes the Kansas attraction as a treasure waiting to be discovered. Jenkins was hired after a national search by the board of Rolling Hills, which has a 64,000-square-foot wildlife museum and a sprawling zoo with more than 100 species from around the world.

Jason Matthews wrote the novel behind a new motion picture where a Russian spy (played by Jennifer Lawrence) is trained in the dual arts of seduction and espionage.

KPR is thrilled to showcase the most memorable performances of the 2021 BBC Proms, the UK’s annual celebration of classical music from London’s Royal Albert Hall.

David performed one of his father's compositions called "Personal Verses for Violin and Piano" - Jan Radzynski.

In softcover nonfiction, Tom Reiss explores the inspiration for The Count of Monte Cristo, Ben MacIntyre depicts a World War II effort to fool the Nazis, and Justin Lee recounts his struggle for acceptance as a gay Christian. In fiction, Dennis Lehane imagines a Prohibition-era mobster.