Ballet Wichita is taking “Alice in Wonderland” to stages across Kansas this summer, and KMUW is taking you behind the scenes. In this week’s story, Meg Britton-Mehlisch talks to the projection artists who are helping audiences experience Wonderland.
Plus, more on these stories:
- Kansas does not have enough special education teachers and the state continues to see a shortage of professionals who teach students with the most intensive needs.
- The Kansas State Board of Education voted to implement a process to comply with the state’s new cell phone ban in K-12 schools.
- The Kansas Farm Bureau has backed all of President Donald Trump’s selections for congress, but not for governor.
- Sedgwick County residents who requested an advance mail-in ballot for the August primary began receiving them yesterday.
- The City of Wichita's proposed budget features pay raises for city employees and more funding for the city's homeless shelter.
- State health officials say a severe stomach illness that's spreading across the country is affecting the Wichita area.
- Scientists have found concerning levels of pesticides in rivers throughout the US, especially in agricultural states, including Kansas.
- The City of Garden Plain will open its new aquatic facility on Sunday.
- KMUW's Lu Anne Stephens brings us a look at upcoming events this week in the Wichita area.
Producers: Haley Crowson and Fletcher Powell
Editors: Haley Crowson and Suzanne Perez
Contributors: Jenni Anima, Meg Britton-Mehlisch, Daniel Caudill, Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Calen Moore, Suzanne Perez and Anavi Prakash
Theme Music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Haley Crowson
