Kansas Stories
Sweetheart Dancing
Dressed in identical regalia, Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder registered to perform in the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians powwow Sweetheart’s Special dance category. But, the judges disqualified them.
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Speaking Out: Women Speakers at the Chautauqua
During the late nineteenth century, women challenged social, educational, and political systems that limited or excluded their participation in civic engagement.
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Let Me Be Brave
Special Olympics Kansas incorporated in 1970 and that same year the first Kansas Special Olympics was held in Parsons with 300 participants. The event proved so popular that participation the following year doubled.
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The Flesh and the Bones
Your stories, too, are worth saving and telling. This workshop will help you to find and construct those stories, to share your sense of who your family is with whoever carries it on into the future.
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William Stafford: Clarity in Times of Anxiety
For Kansas’s most beloved poet, William Stafford (1914-1993), poetry and activism went hand in hand.
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William Garcia, HK Summer Fellow 2018
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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Casey Keel, HK Summer Fellow
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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To An Anxious Friend
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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Meet Annette Billings
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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Meet Joan Weaver
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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Meet Marwa Ghazali
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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Meet Danny Caine
William Garcia shares insights from a summer as a Hall Center for the Humanities Fellow at Humanities Kansas.
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No Place Like Home
A book and new short film project explore the history of the LGBTQ movement in Kansas to spark meaningful discussion on the topic.
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Meet Armando Minjarez
Armando Minjarez is a Mexican interdisciplinary artist, designer and community organizer. His practice is guided by themes of displacement, collaboration and empowerment for the development of social change.
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Meet Cheryl Brown Henderson
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Bauer, Baker, and Baldwin City: Electrifying a Small Town’s Identity
William Bauer singlehandedly brought electricity to Baker University and Baldwin City in 1907.
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C.L. Brown and Kansas Independent Telephony
C.L. Brown owned 85 companies and gave back to the community of Abilene in fantastic ways. Brown's spirit of giving is alive in today's independent communications companies.
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