{"id":6293,"date":"2015-01-12T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2015-01-12T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T12:04:16","slug":"wttw-uncovers-science-show-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/01\/12\/wttw-uncovers-science-show-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"WTTW uncovers science show for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Moochie\"<\/a><\/a>Chicago\u2019s world-class museums and other cultural attractions are the setting for a new children\u2019s series on WTTW-Channel 11<\/a> starring Tim Kazurinsky.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoochie Kalala Detectives Club\u201d<\/a> each week will follow two Chicago area kids, played by Evelyn Alumbreros and Gregory Vasquez, as they pursue fact-finding missions inspired by the tall tales told by their grandfather, played by Kazurinsky, the Chicago actor.<\/p>\n

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Opening with a visit to the Adler Planetarium, the show will air at 11 a.m. Sundays on the public television station, starting this weekend. Each episode will be repeated at 7 a.m. Saturdays.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the fantastic things about \u2018Moochie Kalala Detectives Club\u2019 is that Chicagoland families can watch an episode, and then immediately jet off to the local featured cultural institution to help answer their own science questions and encourage their kids\u2019 continuing curiosity,\u201d producer Estlin Feigley said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cKids will love seeing the stars from the show in person, whether it\u2019s Sue, the T. rex from the Field Museum, or Azizi, the first gorilla to master his memory skills on a touch-screen computer at Lincoln Park Zoo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feigley and his wife, Kelli, principals of Chicago-based Dreaming Tree Films, <\/a>are the creative team behind the series, which includes partnerships with local schools.<\/p>\n

Future episodes in the initial six-week run include visits to the Museum of Science and Industry (January 25), Lincoln Park Zoo (February 1), the Field Museum (February 8), the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust (February 15) and Shedd Aquarium (February 22).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how important it is to encourage curiousness and interest in science while kids are young,\u201d Feigley said. \u201cHowever, we also know kids don\u2019t generally want to watch \u2018educational shows.\u2019 That\u2019s why \u2018Moochie Kalala Detectives Club\u2019 looks and feels like \u2018ice cream\u2019 to kids \u2013 it\u2019s a fast-paced adventure that\u2019s silly and funny \u2013 but parents know it\u2019s really broccoli and it\u2019s good for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago\u2019s world-class museums and other cultural attractions are the setting for a new children\u2019s series on WTTW-Channel 11 starring Tim Kazurinsky. \u201cMoochie Kalala Detectives Club\u201d each week will follow two Chicago area kids, played by Evelyn Alumbreros and Gregory Vasquez, as they pursue fact-finding missions inspired by the tall tales told by their grandfather, played... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6298,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions\/6298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}