| Date/Time |
Title |
Sponsor/Location |
| Harper |
Oct 16
7 PM |
Stories from the Barn with Joyce Thierer |
Harper County Farm Bureau, 620/842-3295.
Location: Chaparral High School, 467 N. Hwy 14 |
| Hays |
Aug 22 |
History of Local Businesses in the Chestnut Street
Historic District, debut at the Hays Arts Council Fall Gallery
Walk |
Sponsor: Downtown Hays Development Corporation,
785/628-8201. Co-sponsor: Fort Hays State University, Dept.
of History. |
Sep 13 -
Nov 9 |
Wow! That Oughta Be in a Museum KITES exhibit |
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, 3000
Sternberg Dr., 785/628-4289 |
| Hiawatha |
Sep 18
7 PM |
Hurrah, Frei Kansas! Germans Struggle Against Slavery
in Kansas Territory, 1854-1861 with William D. Keel |
Brown County Historical Society, 611 Utah
St., 785/742-3330 |
| Highland |
Oct 23
7 PM |
The German Heritage of Kansas with William D. Keel |
Doniphan County Historical Society &
Native American Heritage Museum, 1737 Elgin Rd, 785/442-3304 |
| Independence |
Aug 15 –
Sep 28 |
New
Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,
Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibtion and special events |
Independence Historical Museum, 8th &
Myrtle Sts., 620/331-3515 |
| Inman |
Sep 27
2 PM |
L. Frank Baum, Royal Historian of Oz portrayed by Frederick
A. Krebs |
Inman Public Library, 620/585-2474. Location:
Inman Community Building |
| Iola |
Sep 26-27 |
Buster Keaton & Will Rogers: Two American
Comic Heroes |
Bowlus Fine Arts Center, 620/365-4765, www.iolakeatoncelebration.org |
| Kansas City |
Aug 27
9 AM |
Clarina Nichols, Freedom Fighter portrayed by Diane Eickhoff |
Intercultural Center, Kansas City Community
College, 7250 State Ave., 913/651-2111 |
Oct 15
11 AM |
Clarina Nichols, Freedom Fighter portrayed by Diane Eickhoff |
Keeler Women's Center, Donnelly College,
608 N. 18th St., 913/621-8749 |
| LaCygne |
Aug 7
6:30 PM |
Cemetries Galore: Continuity & Change in Kansas Graveyards
with Randall M. Thies |
Friends of Linn County Library District
2, 209 N. Broadway, 913/757-2151 |
Oct 21
6:30 PM |
Theodore Roosevelt, President portrayed by Phillip D.
Thomas |
Friends of Linn County Library District
2, 209 N. Broadway, 913/757-2151 |
| Lakin |
Oct 20
11:30 AM |
James Naismith, Inventor of Basketball portrayed by William
S. Worley |
Kearny County Lilbrary, 620/355-6674. Location:
Kearny County Senior Center, 305 N. Kansas Ave. |
| Larned |
Sep 18-20 |
Rendezvous 2008 focusing on “The Evolution of Freighting
on the Santa Fe Trail” |
Santa Fe Trail Center, 620/285-2054, www.santafetrailcenter.org |
| Lawrence |
Jun 27 –
Aug 10 |
New
Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,
Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition and special events |
Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047
Massachusetts St., 785/841-4109. For schedule of events, click
here. |
Sep 6
2:30 PM |
World’s Largest Things: Roadside Attractions with
Erika Nelson |
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.,
785/843-3833 x123 |
Sep 15
2:30 PM |
Reading Roadside Kansas with Jay M. Price |
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.,
785/843-3833 x123 |
| Leavenworth |
Oct 11
10:30 AM |
August Bondi, Soldier and Settler portayed by William
S. Worley. Supported by Community Legacy Fund of Jewish
Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City. |
Leavenworth County Historical Society, Carroll
Mansion, 1128 5th Ave., 913/682-7739 |
Nov 15
time TBA |
Theodore Roosevelt, President portrayed by Phillip D.
Thomas |
Leavenworth County Historical Society, 913/682-7739.
Location: TBA. |
Dec 12
1-7 PM |
Peform Me the Stories of Leavenworth County |
Leavenworth County, 913/684-0441. Location:
Courthouse, 300 Walnut |
| Louisburg |
Oct 30
7 PM |
Cemeteries Galore: Continuity & Change in Kansas
Graveyards with Randall M. Thies |
Louisburg Library District 1, 206 S. Broadway,
913/837-2217 |
Nov 6
6 PM |
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Home Builder of the Prairie with
Sara Jane Richter |
Louisburg Library District 1, 206 S. Broadway,
913/837-2217 |
| Marion |
Oct 21
7 PM |
Cemeteries Galore: Continuity & Change in Kansas
Graveyards with Randall M. Thies |
Marion City Library, 101 Library St., 620/382-2442 |
| McPherson |
Oct 3 –
Nov 9 |
New
Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music,
Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibtion and special events |
McPherson Museum, 1130 E. Euclid, 620/241-8464 |
