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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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How Did You First Learn About the Vietnam War?
How do we bridge the gap between Americans who lived through the Vietnam era and younger generations to whom the war is part of the past? Audrey Coleman, of HK's Speakers Bureau, suggests we turn to the archives.
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Dairy Queen
Caroline Shawk Brooks's path to prominence in the traditionally male world of sculpture was hard won. Hard won, but deliciously deserved, and doubly amazing for her choice of medium: butter.
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The Girls of Atomic City
Author Denise Kiernan comes to Hutchinson on March 5 to discuss her book "The Girls of Atomic City" as part of the Dillon Lecture Series. The event is supported by an HK Humanities for All grant.
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Goddard Woman's Club is TCB
The Goddard Woman's Club members dedicated themselves to serving their community back in 1933. Today, a Culture Preservation Grant from HK is documenting the club's legacy of service and bringing new stories to light.
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Meet Joan Weaver
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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Meet Marwa Ghazali
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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Meet Danny Caine
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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No Place Like Home
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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Meet Armando Minjarez
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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Meet Cheryl Brown Henderson
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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Bauer, Baker, and Baldwin City: Electrifying a Small Town’s Identity
Library Director Joan K. Weaver is the driving force behind the cultural programs and opportunities at the Kinsley Public Library in southwest Kansas.
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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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The Clyde Cessna Story
Kansan Clyde Cessna made his boyhood dreams of flight a reality.
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Oil and Gold: The McPherson Globe Refiners Basketball Story
Experience a Kansas basketball team’s triumph at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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Our Charley: Charles Curtis “A Boy Forced to Choose”
The Kansas years of Charles Curtis, the 31st Vice President of the United States.
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Mariachi Estrella: Ad Astra Per Aspera
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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