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Frank Wickware: From Girard, Kansas to Schenectady, New York
Phil Dixon’s visit to Girard for a Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau presentation begins an unforgettable week commemorating a Negro League legend from Kansas: Frank E. Wickware.
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Mining for Stories in a Kansas Ghost Town
A new documentary, "Minersville: The Town, the Mines, the People, the Legacy", tells the little-known story of a ghost town. This documentary was supported by a Humanities For All Grant.
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African American Soldiers in the Civil War: A Kansas Story
African American Midwest Documentary Project and the Nicodemus Historical Society partnered to create the "Kansas Free Fighters" documentary, with the support of a Humanities for All grant.
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It Was Us We Were Looking For: Kansas, UFOs, and the Unknown
February 18th is Pluto Day, the 95th anniversary of Kansan Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto. In commemoration, HK is sharing this essay, originally published in the Written in the Stars celestial poetry chapbook.
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Big Idea: A Filipino Writer in Wichita
Dr. Thomas X. Sarmiento explores a Kansas story from Wichita, discussing the life and work of writer Bienvenido Santos.
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Hotline: Winter Soundtrack
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Hotline: The Story of Kwanzaa
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Hotline: Christmas Bird Count
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Hotline: Winter Reading Recommendations
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Go Swedes! Preserving Hyllningsfest in Lindsborg
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Porubsky's -- Transcendent Deli
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Big Idea: Sharing Women's Stories in Museums
Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit.
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Hotline: The History of the Electric Guitar
Turn in up to 11! The electric guitars origins can be traced to Wichita, explains Eric Cale, director of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Listen to hear the fascinating history!
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Hotline: "Mi Isla"
Poet Laureate of Kansas Huascar Medina reads his poem “Mi Isla.”
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Hotline: La Yarda
Filmmaker Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre recounts the story of La Yarda, an East Lawrence community of Mexican railroad workers and their families.
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Hotline: The History of Board Games
Daniel Ireton of Kansas State University shares the history of the board game.
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Hotline: The Legend of the Blue Light Lady
Generations of Hays residents have stories about seeing or seeking the ghostly "Blue Light Lady." Jim Hoy tells the story of Elizabeth Polly and how she became the "Blue Light Lady" of Hays.
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