By Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Deer head, Java Cat Coffee House, Emporia A RAINY MONDAY At the Java Cat, a woman in her 20s sits down with a book and I’m curious as to what she’s reading. Fiction? Non-fiction? The sky is dim this particular day, the overhead bulb has …
Kansas Day event at the WAW House
This Sunday, Kansas Day, there will be an Open House a the William Allen White House in Emporia. The event will be to celebrate Kansas Day and remember William Allen White who died on Kansas Day in 1944. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the house – docents will be on hand to answer …
Poetry on the Porch
Eric McHenry of Topeka was today’s guest poet for Poetry on the Porch – at the William Allen White State Historic Site in Emporia. McHenry teaches poetry at Washburn University in Topeka. He read from “Potscrubber Lullabies,” his first book of poetry for which he won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, as well as from …
‘A Prairie Peter Pan’
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Beverley Buller talks about her new book to an audience on the porch at the William Allen White State Historic Site in Emporia. ‘A PRAIRIE PETER PAN’ “Using her father’s words as a frame really tells her story,” Beverley Buller said. When Buller first began …
Radio Roger
WHO: Roger Heineken WHAT: Interview in which Roger talks about William Allen White and Walt Mason. Mason worked with WAW at the Gazette and wrote the poem “Little Green Tents,” a Memorial Day Classic. WHERE: KPOR at 90.7 FM (in Emporia). WHEN: Saturday 5/29 … 12:14 am, 6:44 am, 12:14 pm, and 5:14 pm. The …
Porch Poetry
Dr. Kevin Rabas moderated today’s readings at the William Allen White House in Emporia – and read some of his own work. Rabas is co-director of ESU’s Creative Writing Dept. Roger read “November Leaves” and another seasonal poem. There were about 7-8 people who read poetry today.
Hear poets on the porch
It’s time once again for Poetry on the Porch. Kevin Rabas and other local poets (maybe me, we’ll see.) William Allen White’s porch. 2 p.m. Today. 10th & Exchange. Free (donations accepted for WAW house) See photos from last year’s event.
Casey on the Porch
Tomorrow, Sept. 27, Sunday, 2 p.m. 10th & Exchange, Emporia On Sunday, Casey Cagle will sing and play guitar on the porch of the William Allen White House as part of the “Sundays On the Porch” series. Good American roots music – that’s what you’ll hear. It’s free and open to the public. I’ll see …
September Sundays
The William Allen White Community Partnership invites you to Sundays on the Porch An autumn series featuring these Sunday afternoon programs on the Porch of the William Allen White House State Historic Site ~ 927 Exchange Street, Emporia, Kansas ~ Sunday, September 13, 2009 – 2:00 p.m. Grassroots Boosterism II: Discussion on the Porch Featuring …
Hens & Chicks
A bowl full of happy hens and chicks decorate the porch at the William Allen White House in Emporia.
Family Carnival
This afternoon (1-4 p.m.) at the William Allen White House in Emporia. (Read Ashley Walker’s “Come one, come all.“)