The main reason I wanted to visit Newton: the Blue Sky Sculpture. The sculpture was a delight – the only blue sky I saw all day – but it would’ve been so much prettier on a blue sky day. This is the work of Phil Epp, Terry Corbett and Conrad Snider. Epp and Corbett created …
547 Art Center
One of the coolest, sleekest buildings now in Greensburg is the 547 Art Center (547 = May 4, 2007). It was built by architectural students from KU. Some of the structure includes salvaged materials from an abandoned building at the Sunflower Army Ammunitions plant in DeSoto. It’s an interesting story and you can read more …
Toilet Seat Art
Toilet Seat Art Show and Auction The “Toilet Seat Art Show and Auction,” will be opening Saturday, August 30th. The town of Lucas, KS needs accessible, eccentric, visionary, quirky public restrooms on Main Street. The auction will be a fundraiser for this facility sponsored by the Grassroots Art Center and the Flying Pig Studio and …
KPR Membership Drive
KPR’s External Affairs Director Sheri Hamilton, standing, visits with Volunteer Esther Smith about a pledge this morning during Kansas Public Radio’s fall membership drive. I had the pleasure of answering phones during “Morning Edition” today. It was kind of slow at 6:30 a.m., but the calls picked up as the morning progressed. The goal for …
Power Breakfast Update
It must’ve been an exciting 47 minutes at Kansas Public Radio this morning. This was their first ever “Power Breakfast” – the goal was to do an entire day’s worth of fund-raising in 90 minutes. KPR had a pool of about $13,200 in matching funds (donated by enthusiastic listeners). Over the past week or so, …
Kansas Public Radio
Every day, the fine people at Kansas Public Radio, in partnership with National Public Radio, provide the best broadcasting that radio has to offer. Kansas Public Radio comes from Broadcasting Hall on the KU campus in Lawrence. Kansas Public Radio airs NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and NPR’s hourly news updates. People often tell …