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Wickware

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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Coal Mine

Full Story 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. Full Story

Kansas Freedom Fighters

Full Story 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. Full Story

UFIO

Full Story 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. Full Story

Sarmiento

Full Story 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. Full Story

Lutie

Full Story Celebrating Our Stories: Topeka Trailblazers The Our Stories traveling exhibition weaves together the stories of African American Topeka, past and present. Full Story

Sprouls

Full Story For the Love of the Prairie A four-part interview series is preserving the stories of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Full Story

Bhala

Full Story From International Trade to Shakespeare's Stage: Asian American Angles on Law and Literature What does international trade have to do with Shakespeare? Raj Bhala explores the connection in his Big Idea. Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: Holidays at the All-Electric House Andrew Gustafson, Curator of Interpretation at the Johnson County Museum, shares the history of the All-Electric House that resides inside their facility and gets a holiday makeover each year. Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: Marymount College Dr. Patricia Ackerman, freelance writer and professor of language arts at Kansas State University, shares the holiday traditions of Marymount College on the Humanities Holiday Hotline. Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: The Wintering Prairie Learning from the land. Emily Ryan, director of The Commons at The University of Kansas, invites listeners to explore and connect with the winter prairie on the Humanities Hotline. Full Story

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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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Full Story Hotline: The Story of Kwanzaa Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: Christmas Bird Count Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: Winter Reading Recommendations Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story

Hyllningsfest

Full Story Go Swedes! Preserving Hyllningsfest in Lindsborg Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story

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Full Story Porubsky's -- Transcendent Deli Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story

Nicodemus

Full Story Big Idea: Sharing Women's Stories in Museums Cash Hollistah shares a playlist of songs to get you in the winter spirit. Full Story

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Full Story 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! Full Story

Huascar Medina

Full Story Hotline: "Mi Isla" Poet Laureate of Kansas Huascar Medina reads his poem “Mi Isla.” Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: La Yarda Filmmaker Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre recounts the story of La Yarda, an East Lawrence community of Mexican railroad workers and their families. Full Story

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Full Story Hotline: The History of Board Games Daniel Ireton of Kansas State University shares the history of the board game. Full Story

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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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