Emporia woodcarver Millard Harrell is participating in Artist Walk in downtown Emporia today – through mid-afternoon. He’s in Graves Pharmacy with his carvings. Check out Millard’s website. Artist Walk is an event of Emporia Main Street.
One month away
Joyce Thierer portrays Calamity Jane during the 2010 Kansas Sampler Festival. The Kansas Sampler Festival is coming up. In Leavenworth, Ray Miller Park. May 7 -8. You’ll want to be there for the sesquicentennial edition of the festival. Because this is the year to celebrate all things Kansas. Check out this page about the festival. …
Flyover at Memorial Service
Doug Wilson was the pilot in a flyover this morning at the 80th Anniversary Memorial Service for Knute Rockne and the other seven men who died on March 31, 1931, when their plane crashed near Bazaar in Chase County. Knute’s grandson, Nils Rockne, was one of the speakers at today’s ceremony, which was attended by, …
Lunch at the Emma Chase
After the memorial at the Knute Rockne crash site, I cruised into Cottonwood Falls and had lunch at the Emma Chase Cafe. The main menu. I forgot to take a photo of the pie menu, but they had apple, peach and raisin, pecan and several other kids of pie. I got there just in time. …
80 years ago
I drove to Bazaar this morning to attend the memorial service commemorating the 80th anniversary of the plane crash in which Knute Rockne and seven other men died on March 31, 1931. More later….
Gravity Loves You
Kelley adds special Valentine’s show Sat. Feb. 12 at Abe and Jake’s in Lawrence, instore appearance at Kief’s at noon heralds national release of “Gravity” JUST ANNOUNCED!!! Kelley’s incredibly successful winter tour (sellouts in Buffalo, NY, 2 nights in Minneapolis plus Lincoln, Denver and Liberty Hall) comes back to Lawrence as Kelley has accepted an …
KWEC events
Upcoming Events at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms in Barton County. Winter Programming Designed for children ages 6 through 12, one-hour programs will be offered at no charge from 10:00 -11:00 am each Saturday. The only exception is the first program, which will run from 9:30 – 11:00 am. Children age 7 …
Kansas on our Walls
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Casey Wilson, Jim Richardson, Harold Gaston KANSAS ON OUR WALLS In his gallery talk for the “Iconic Kansas” opening at the Emporia Arts Center on Jan. 19, Jim Richardson said that during his growing-up days he found it a bit odd that paintings and photographs …
Iconic Kansas
Photographers Casey Wilson, Jim Richardson and Harold Gaston talk shop at the Iconic Kansas reception at the Emporia Arts Center Gallery this evening. Iconic Kansas: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Kansas Statehood is the inaugural exhibit at the Arts Center. The show runs through March 2. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Emporia Arts Council …
Kansas Reads with Tom Averill
Tom Averill, writer-in-residence and professor of English at Washburn University, visited the Emporia Public Library this evening as part of the Kansas Reads program sponsored by the Kansas Center for the Book and the State Library of Kansas. Averill has been hitting the highways and libraries across the state leading discussions about this ever-popular book …
Night at the Museum cancelled
Snowy roads and wind-chill temperatures below freezing have canceled my presentation at “Night at the Museum” this evening. A new date will be set. So – stay home and stay warm.