Two Communities Needed to Host Summer Festivals of Learning

Date: December 1, 2006

Topeka KS – “Bar Room Smasher” Carry Nation, newspaper editor William Allen White, poet Langston Hughes, and controversial goat-gland doctor, J.R. Brinkley will return to Kansas in June 2007 as part of the Kansas Humanities Council’s “Famous Kansans Chautauqua.”

Scheduled for June 14-17 and June 21-24, the Kansas Humanities Council (KHC) is seeking two Kansas communities interested in hosting this family-friendly, history-centered festival of learning. Humanities professionals portray the famous Kansans under a tent in the city park each evening. Daytime activities include a living history theater camp for youth, field trips to local historical sites, and special workshops and presentations.

Host communities make a cash contribution toward program costs, coordinate local programs and activities, and partner with the KHC in publicizing and promoting the event locally, regionally, and statewide.

The application to host the 2007 Famous Kansans Chautauqua is available online at www.kansashumanities.org or by calling 785-357-0359. Applications are due into the KHC office by December 18, 2006.

[For an application, click here.]

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