Dave and Leon and I headed up the circular drive at Pawnee Rock State Park the other night, after dark, and in the car there was mention of the urban legend about the man with the claw who scraped the roof of a parked vehicle. Because one can no longer drive around the pavilion itself [...]
This week’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER Its exterior walls have varied layers of limestone, similar to what can be seen in road cuts along area highways. A four-story cylinder of glass will allow the Kansas sky to dance into the atrium. Inside this building under construction, [...]
Harland Schuster and Marci Penner sign copies of their brand new book “8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook” – released today at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. Over the past few years, the Kansas Sampler Foundation has had nine contests voted on by the public to determine the various 8 Wonders of Kansas. [...]
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Bob Judd lives in California, but Bob’s father grew up in Garden City, home of the World’s Largest Concrete Freshwater Free Municipal Swimming Pool. ***
Lourdes Park at the Sisters of St. Joseph Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia. This grotto in Concordia was built to resemble Our Lady of Lourdes grotto in France. This one in Concordia was designed and built by Edward J. Koenig of Chicago in 1916.
Last Monday, my brother and mother and I went to Newton from Great Bend. On the return trip, we had hoped to visit the Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson. We had forgotten that it was a Monday. I think every museum in the state of Kansas is closed on Mondays. But, Dave has long wanted [...]
A tribute to Octave Chanute – in downtown Chanute, Kansas. It’s a charming art installation. Mr. Chanute designed several railroad lines in this region of Kansas and so a town was named after him. These sculptures, both on the ground and in the air are kinetic sculptures – moved by the Kansas wind.
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: KANSAS MUSEUM OF HISTORY World War II ended before I was born, so it seemed like ancient history when I studied it in high school. And after all, by 1976, the U.S. had already been through two more wars – in Korea and Vietnam. But [...]
Anthony, Kansas, has a September 11 Memorial in a city park. After the terrorist attacks, the community of Anthony wanted to do something. They made contact with the family of one of the firefighters who died that day. Good will was shared and eventually this memorial was built. The story is told here. Here’s a [...]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Thomas Hart Benton paintings are my favorite things here. This was the first time either of us had been in the new addition – the Bloch building. It has photography and other cool contemporary art. Outdoor sculptures. One of several shuttlecocks on the lawn.
When Dave and I pulled into the underground parking garage at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in KCMO on Sunday, we noticed these skylights in the ceiling. Natural light in a parking garage, how cool. And, even better, it had a wavy motion to it, like it was water. Very artsy. Then as we were [...]
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