Flyover People Daily News

When I visited Newton in March, 2009, it was a day full of gray clouds. Since there was some color in the sky on my trip last week, I knew I’d have to swing by Centennial Park to capture the Blue Sky Sculpture with blue sky and clouds behind it.
This is the work of Phil [...]

other people's stuff

William Least Heat-Moon, autographing a copy of PrairyErth for us.
William Least Heat-Moon was at Pioneer Bluffs near Matfield Green yesterday for the premiere of the documentary film by John O’Hara, Return to PrairyErth.
In the film, Heat-Moon talked about his early trips to Chase County in the 1980s and how things have changed since then. He [...]

life on the ground, other people's stuff

Jenni from Kansas wrote the following on her blog, Prairie Air, last week, and I loved it.
From Brick’s, Ark City:
(She’s talking about traveling to her daughter’s youth basketball tournaments in south central Kansas.)
The second to last tournament was held in Arkansas City. That’s Ark City to folks ’round these parts, and boy am [...]

Kansans, life on the ground, other people's stuff

Garnett has come up with an incredible getaway package (valued at $5,000) as a fundraiser for the Kansas Sampler Foundation.
It includes an evening of live music, an overnight stay at the Kirk House, an aerial excursion over the area – well you’ll just have to check out the ebay listing to see what a fantastic [...]

commerce, other people's stuff, small towns

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:

Jerry Engler of Marion with his three lighthearted “Just Folks” books.
A SWELL OF AUTHORS
James “Spike” Speicher, of Shawnee, has been a Green Beret, a police officer in Detroit, and he currently works for the F.B.I. And he’s also an author.
Speicher spent many years [...]

E-town, columns, events, other people's stuff

“Lantern Light” by Master Ye Yushan has recently been delivered from China. The sculpture was unveiled on Topeka’s Washburn Campus on June 15.

It’s near Henderson Learning Resources Center.

An exchange of art between the U.S. and China celebrates 30 years of peace and friendship between the two countries. Topeka was one of four cities to receive [...]

cities, other people's stuff

Louis Copt, the man in black, converses with Gary Clarke, Director Emeritus of the Topeka Zoo, at Convergence, a show that opened last night at the Sabatini Gallery in the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. The show runs through Sept. 3. (You can view a video walk-through of the exhibit on that Convergence link.)
Convergence [...]

cities, other people's stuff

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:

“Black-eyed Susan Forest” ~ Dave Leiker
IN THE DIRT
When Dave Leiker was a young boy, he and his brothers eagerly explored a stream near the old farm where his family lived for a year.
Like the dirt and mud that surely set into his jeans and [...]

Kansans, columns, other people's stuff

Art opening this Friday. “Convergence” New work by Louis Copt, Jim Brothers and Dan Coburn at the Sabatini Gallery in the Topeka Public Library.
Reception, July 2, 5:30 to 8:45.
Show runs through September 3rd.

other people's stuff

Saturday evening, the Town Crier Bookstore in downtown Emporia hosted its second booksigning event of the day. After 56 authors showed up at the morning event, the store seemed pretty spacious for this second one, with only seven authors.
The evening booksigning was for authors who were on the faculty of the 25th Annual Tallgrass Writing [...]

life on the ground, other people's stuff, writing

Fifty-six authors showed up to sign books Saturday morning at the 4th Annual Author Extravaganza according to Becky Smith, manager of the Town Crier Bookstore in downtown Emporia.
That’s a lot of peeps – and the store isn’t all that big. But they moved the movable displays into the back room, brought in [...]

E-town, events, other people's stuff, writing

A couple weeks ago during the Art Walk in Cottonwood Falls, Dale Hartley had a pottery demonstration at the Gallery at Cottonwood Falls which is also where Dale has some of her work for sale.

Some girls were at her table, also working with clay.

Dale does painting as well as ceramics. Check out her website: Buckeye [...]

other people's stuff, small towns

Various entities had merchandise for sale in a tent at last Saturday’s Symphony in the Flint Hills. Hats and t-shirts…

Regional books.
That “Roadside Kansas” book is great. It follows a number of highways, giving the geological information by mileposts. So you can look out the windshield and refer to the book and know what you’re looking [...]

Symphony, other people's stuff

From the Symphony in the Flint Hills: Laurie Hamilton, the narrator, shares a piece about the land, creeks and livestock and then Lyle Lovett sings “Which Way Does That Old Pony Run.”

Symphony, other people's stuff

Matthew Porubsky writes great stuff for Topeka’s 785 Magazine. In My Pauline Binge, he stops at and writes about places to eat in the unincorporated town of Pauline, just south of Topeka on US 75.
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other people's stuff, small towns