KPR’s Cinema a Go-Go returns to big screen

LAWRENCE — Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” will bring Cinema a Go-Go back to the big screen with two cult classics. The event begins at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 at Liberty Hall.

“The Abominable Dr. Phibes,” starring Vincent Price, follows Dr. Anton Phibes, a mad genius who blames his beloved wife's death on the medical team that attended her surgery. Phibes devises a series of murders based on the Ten Plagues of Egypt. This 1971 film has become a favorite of movie lovers for its art deco sets, blacker-than-black humor and an over-the-top performance by Price.

“Danger! Death Ray!” is a 1967 Eurospy adventure starring onetime movie Tarzan Gordon Scott. A scientist invents a death ray "for peaceful purposes" and promptly gets snatched by the bad guys. It's up to secret agent Bart Fargo to save the day.

General admission tickets are $10 and available for purchase at the Liberty Hall box office. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. KPR staff will sell “Retro Cocktail Hour” T-shirts and the new Kansas Public Radio T-shirts before the show and during intermission.

KPR, a 17-time winner of the KAB’s Station of the Year, licensed to the University of Kansas, broadcasts on 91.5 FM and 96.1 FM (KPR2) in Lawrence, 89.7 FM in Emporia, 91.3 FM in Olsburg-Junction City, 89.9 FM in Atchison, 90.3 FM in Chanute, and 99.5 FM and 97.9 FM (KPR2) in Manhattan. KPR can be heard online at kansaspublicradio.org, and KPR2, a news-talk programming stream, which can be heard on an HD receiver or on KPR’s website.