Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
90.1 FM KKFI – Kansas City Community Radio
TEN to NOON Wednesdays – Streaming at KKFI.org
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Calvin Arsenia + Just Angel, T.A. Rell & Friends + Fanny Mandelberger
Mark plays More New & MidCoastal musical releases from: Nature Boys, The Utilitarians, Bobby Watson, IVORY BLUE, Kelly Hunt, Jazlyn, Just Angel & T.A. Rell, Mary Gauthier, Brandi Carlile, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lizz Wright, Emily King, and Michigander.
At 10:30 we talk with Fanny Mandelberger about Occupational & Physical Therapy in the Performance Arts. As owner of Massage Off Broadway and Eco-Massage by Fanny, she has been providing therapeutic massage care for over 30 years and has built practices in NY, Miami, DC & Maryland, and now in Kansas City. Being the first generation of Holocaust survivor parents, Fanny was drawn to life-affirming paths, resilience, possibility. For four decades, this has led her to combine her private practice as an Occupational Therapist to specializing in contracts with the performing arts in NYC, Miami, and KC working with performers from: Cats, Random Hearts, Dreamgirls, Fun Home, Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Based in Kansas City for the last 10 years, Fanny is dedicated to a wellness model reinforcing that we are all equipped to handle what life presents with the variety of tools available to learn and practice. More info at: www.fannyswebsite.wixsite.com
At 11:00 we talk with Calvin Arsenia about his big show at The Folly Theatre, 300 West 12th Street, KCMO, on Tuesday, October 13 at 8:00pm. Arsenia has become one of Kansas City’s most singular musical figures, voted KC’s Best Musician by The Pitch for eight consecutive years, 2018–2025, while receiving recognition and support from organizations including the Charlotte Street Foundation, ArtsKC, and the Mid-America Arts Alliance. His work has moved between concert halls, fashion runways, theaters, recordings, and film, including the feature-length Summer in Hindsight, for which he contributed original music and performance. Arsenia returns to the historic Folly Theater with a gathering of beloved KC musicians for an evening that looks across a decade of songwriting. Familiar songs will sit alongside new arrangements, offering a portrait of an artist whose work has continued to evolve without losing its appetite for beauty, theater, intimacy, and transcendence. More info at www.follytheater.org
At 11:30 we welcome back to the show Just Angel, T.A. Rell & Friends who share details about POETRY IN PINK GALA – Sunday, October 25 at 6:00pm at Sherri’s Executive Lounge, 3834 Genessee Street, KCMO for the 2nd annual Cancer Awareness Gala for Cancer Survivors, Angels, Families and Communities. Joining Angel will be Gie Santana, Jon Hypocrace Lewis and Sherri Hall. Just Angel is a musician, songwriter, dancer, and creative artist. Her powerful voice has been called, “Passionate … Soulful… and Inspiring.” T.A. Rell produced and engineered both of Just Angel’s EPs, JUST ANGEL, PART 1 released on December 24, 2020, and her EP, JUST ANGEL, PART 2 released on December 25, 2021. Just Angel has performed with My Brothers & Sisters. T.A. Rell plays keyboards and sings background with Just Angel in their band The Wades.
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Show #1168
