Tonight, at the Lyon County Historical Museum, Kevin Rabas read from Spider Face, his brand new collection of short stories. Kevin Rabas has also published two volumes of poetry: Bird’s Horn, and Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano. Check out Kevin’s website to learn more about his books or to purchase them. Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano won …
Big time in the old town tonight
The riders who have their butts on a bike seat since 6 a.m. have been crossing the finish line this evening in the Dirty Kanza 200 – as in 200 miles through the Flint Hills. Heard that some of them may have had a little run-in with some weather in Morris County. People wait with …
The Netherlands
One of our new commenters here on Flyover People, J. P., lives in The Netherlands and has a photo blog over there. His photos look shockingly like Kansas. Jump on over and take a look: Widekimen’s blog ***
Writing With Words and Light
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Tom Parker WRITING WITH WORDS AND LIGHT “We traded two-and-a-half million people for a town without a blinking light, which is very, very nice,” Tom Parker said. Tom Parker and his wife, Lori, moved from Denver to Blue Rapids 11 years ago. They were anxious …
Marci Penner at SouthWind Gallery
Marci Penner greeted fans yesterday at SouthWind Gallery in Topeka. The baby in this mother’s lap is named Astra. As in ad astra per aspera. What a great name for a Kansas girl. Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, has recently published a guidebook with 216 of the best places to visit in …
Best of Show
The reception for the Emporia Camera Club’s Print Show was held this afternoon at the Emporia Arts Center. Every year they pick one Best of Show picture. This year, Dave won the Best of Show award! 🙂 See? He also won one of the 10 medals and 2 honorable mentions. Yay, Dave!
And the winner…
… of a copy of Tom Parker’s book “Dispatches from Kansas” is Robert Poeske. He signed up on the Flyover People facebook page. Congratulations, Robert! And thanks to everyone who entered. ***************************************************************
Tom Parker, photographer
This evening, Tom Parker gave an outstanding presentation at the annual dinner of the Emporia Camera Club. I learned a lot about photography – and about vision, seeing things in fresh ways. He gave me a lot to think about. Tom talked about his Winter Solstice Project in the autumn of 2009 during which he …
Washboard
A washboard in the foreground and other instruments in the back belong to the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band of Lawrence. They were one of the groups who performed at the Kansas Sampler Festival this past weekend in Leavenworth.
Elaine Lierly Jones
Elaine Lierly Jones of Gardner works on one of her pastels today at the Kansas Sampler Festival in Leavenworth. ***
Heather and Cricket
The previous post was 2010; these pics are from today. Same duo, same venue. Heather Mellott and Christine ‘Cricket’ Pugh perform as the Peri’s onstage at the Kansas Sampler Festival in Leavenworth. The festival continues tomorrow from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Ray Miller Park at 4201 S. 4th in Leavenworth. Come on over …