Flyover People Daily News

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