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Hotline: Ghosts in Literature
Kim Stanley of McPherson College discusses the role of ghosts in Western literature, from The Odyssey to Hamlet to The Haunting of Hill House.
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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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Magic, Mystics, and Murder
A new Speakers Bureau topic looks at the story of Spiritualism.
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True Crime in Kansas: The Mystery of the Benders
An upcoming lecture in Pittsburg separates myth, lore, and legend from the facts.
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Hotline: The Folklore of the Soucouyant
Giselle Anatol of the University of Kansas talks about the history of the vampiric "soucouyant," a shapeshifting character from Caribbean folklore.
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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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African American Soldiers in the Civil War: A Kansas Story
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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Celebrating Our Stories: Topeka Trailblazers
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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For the Love of the Prairie
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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Hotline: Marymount College
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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Hotline: Winter Soundtrack
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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Hotline: The Story of Kwanzaa
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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Go Swedes! Preserving Hyllningsfest in Lindsborg
Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum received a Cultural Preservation Grant from HK supporting the Hyllningsfest Photo Digitization project.
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Porubsky's -- Transcendent Deli
Porubsky’s – Transcendent Deli follows Matthew Porubsky on his journey to discover the history and appeal of the business his grandparents began in the Little Russia neighborhood in Topeka over seventy years ago.
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Hotline: "Mi Isla"
Poet Laureate of Kansas Huascar Medina reads his poem “Mi Isla.”
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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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From Wichita to Hollywood: Honoring Hattie McDaniel
The Hattie McDaniel exhibition will be part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 24-27.
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