| Date/Time |
Title |
Sponsor/Location |
| Arkansas City |
Mar 11
6:30 PM |
Shane by Jack Schaefer in the TALK series The
Best of the West with Phillip D. Thomas |
Friends of Arkansas City Public Library, 120 E 5th Ave.,
(620) 442-1280 |
Apr 8
6:30 PM |
Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig in the
TALK series The Best of the West with Steven Foulke |
Friends of Arkansas City Public Library, 120 E 5th Ave.,
(620) 442-1280 |
| Atchison |
Feb 26 –
Apr 11 |
Smithsonian exhibition Journey
Stories with companion exhibits and local events |
Atchison County Historical Society, Santa Fe Depot, 200
S. 10th St., (913) 367-6238, www.atchisonhistory.org |
Mar 16
2 PM |
John Brown: The Legend Revisited by Merrill
D. Peterson in the TALK series Before the Civil War with Al
Pursell |
Atchison Public Library, 401
Kansas Ave., (913) 367-1902 |
Mar 25
6:30 PM |
I’m Here Because of the Orphan Train, companion
event for Journey Stories |
Atchison County Historical Society, 200 S. 10th St., (913)
367-6238 |
Mar 27
5 :30 PM |
Why We’re Here with Journey Stories
scholar Isaias J. McCaffery |
Atchison County Historical Society, 200 S. 10th St., (913)
367-6238 |
Mar 30
2 PM |
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
by Jane Smiley in the TALK series Before the Civil War with
Susan Rieke |
Atchison Public Library, 401
Kansas Ave., (913) 367-1902 |
| Augusta |
Mar 6
10:30 AM |
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan in the TALK series
A Woman’s Place with Thomas Prasch |
Augusta Public Library, 1609 State St., (316) 775-2681 |
Mar 27
10:30 AM |
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather in the TALK series
A Woman’s Place with Ann Birney |
Augusta Public Library, 1609 State St., (316) 775-2681 |
May 1
10:30 AM |
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
in the TALK series A Woman’s Place with Linda M. Lewis |
Augusta Public Library, 1609 State St., (316) 775-2681 |
| Baldwin City |
Mar 11
7 PM |
My Antonia by Willa Cather in the TALK series
The Immigrant Experience with Alan S. Lubert |
Friends of Baldwin City Library, 800 7th St., (785) 594-3411 |
| Basehor |
Mar 8
2 PM |
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
in the TALK series That’s Funny: Books That Make Us
Laugh with Randi Hacker |
Basehor Community Library, 1400 158th St., (913) 724-2828 |
Apr 12
2 PM |
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern
Living by Bailey White in the TALK series That’s
Funny: Books That Make Us Laugh with Rosemary Kolich |
Basehor Community Library, 1400 158th St., (913) 724-2828 |
May 17
2 PM |
The Mammy by Brendan O’Carroll in the TALK
series That’s Funny: Books That Make Us Laugh with Alan
S. Lubert |
Basehor Community Library, 1400 158th St., (913) 724-2828 |
| Belleville |
Mar 7
1:30 PM |
The Grapes of Wrath with Kim Stanley, a
pre-Chautauqua film discussion |
Belleville Public Library, 1327 19th St., (785) 527-5305 |
Mar 28
1:30 PM |
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
with Frederick A. Krebs, a pre-Chautauqua
book discussion |
Belleville Public Library, 1327 19th St., (785) 527-5305 |
Apr 18
1:30 PM |
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston with Carmaletta
M. Williams, a pre-Chautauqua book
discussion |
Belleville Public Library, 1327 19th St., (785) 527-5305 |
May 2
1:30 PM |
Stories from the Dust Bowl with Phillip D. Thomas,
a pre-Chautauqua film discussion |
Belleville Public Library, 1327 19th St., (785) 527-5305 |
Jun 9-13 |
Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua – Bright Dreams,
Hard Times: America in the Thirties |
See KHC website for details |
| Bonner Springs |
Mar 16
6:30 PM |
Waiting by Ha Jin in the TALK series Encountering
Asia with Randi Hacker |
Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., (913)
441-2665 |
May 18
6:30 PM |
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden in the TALK
series Encountering Asia with Thomas Prasch |
Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., (913)
441-2665 |
| Burlington |
Mar 25
7 PM |
Folk Art in Kansas with Erika Nelson |
Burlington Branch of Coffey County Library, 410 Juniatta
St., (620) 364-5333 |
Oct 21-22 |
KHC Board of Directors meeting |
Contact KHC for details |
| Chanute |
Apr 23-24 |
Safari Film Celebration in honor of the Johnsons's
100th wedding anniversary |
Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum, 111 N. Lincoln
Ave., 620/431-2730, www.safarimuseum.com |
| Clay Center |
Mar 18
7 PM |
Fences by August Wilson in the TALK series Between
Fences with Janet Juhnke |
Clay Center Carnegie Library, 706 6th St., (785) 632-3889 |
Apr 15
7 PM |
The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle in the TALK
series Between Fences with Michaeline Chance-Reay |
Clay Center Carnegie Library, 706 6th St., (785) 632-3889 |
| Colby |
Mar 18
7 PM |
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston with Ann
Birney, a pre-Chautauqua book discussion |
Pioneer Memorial Library, 375 W. 4th St., (785) 460-4470 |
Apr 22
7 PM |
Stories from the Dust Bowl with Phillip D. Thomas,
a pre-Chautauqua film discussion |
Pioneer Memorial Library, 375 W. 4th St., (785) 460-4470 |
May 20
7 PM |
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
with Steven K. Kite, a pre-Chautauqua book discussion |
Pioneer Memorial Library, 375 W. 4th St., (785) 460-4470 |
Jun 2-3 |
KHC Board of Directors meeting |
Contact KHC for details |
Jun 2-6 |
Kansas-Nebraska Chautauqua – Bright Dreams,
Hard Times: America in the Thirties |
See KHC website for details |
| Concordia |
Apr 19
6:30 PM |
Stories from the Barn with Joyce Thierer |
Talk of the Month, (785) 243-1544. Location: Cloud County
Community College, 2221 Campus Dr. |
| Dodge City |
May 1
2 PM |
Pediments and Impediments: Kansas History Through Architecture
with Christy Davis |
Boot Hill Museum, 500 W. Wyatt Earp Blvd, The Occident,
Front Street, (620) 227-8188 |
Sep 11
10 AM |
Kansas Cattle Towns with Jim Gray |
Boot Hill Museum, 500 W. Wyatt Earp Blvd, The Occident,
Front Street, (620) 227-8188 |
Oct 16
11 AM |
Buffalo Hunters and the End of an Era with Sara Jane
Richter |
Boot Hill Museum, 500 W. Wyatt Earp Blvd, The Occident,
Front Street, (620) 227-8188 |
| El Dorado |
Mar 10 |
Ike and Obama: Kansas Roots, Troubled Fathers,
Civil Rights with David A. Nichols in the project Kansas Reads...Dreams
From My Father |
Sponsor: Kansas Center for the Book. Location: Bradford
Memorial Library, 611 S. Washington St., (316) 321-3363 |
Mar 31
2 PM |
Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene in the TALK series
World War II Generation with Steven Foulke |
Butler Community College, Life Enrichment, 901 S. Haverhill
Rd, (316) 322-3193 |
Apr 21
2 PM |
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
in the TALK series World War II Generation with Gene T. Chávez |
Butler Community College, Life Enrichment, 901 S. Haverhill
Rd, (316) 322-3193 |
| Emporia |
Mar 3
6:30 PM |
Reflex by Dick Francis in the TALK series Today’s
Mysteries with Sandra Calvin Hastings |
Emporia Public Library, 110 E 6th Ave., (620) 342-6451 |
Mar 25
7 PM |
The March of the Amazon Army with Linda O’Nello
Knoll |
AAUW Emporia, (620) /340-6451. Location: Emporia State
University, Memorial Union, 1200 Commercial St. |
Apr 7
6:30 PM |
Where Echoes Live by Marcia Muller in the TALK
series Today’s Mysteries with Ann E. Liston |
Emporia Public Library, 110 E 6th Ave., (620) 342-6451 |
May 5
6:30 PM |
Bootlegger’s Daughter by Margaret Maron
in the TALK series Today’s Mysteries with Kim Stanley |
Emporia Public Library, 110 E 6th Ave., (620) 342-6451 |
| Eureka |
Mar 18
2 PM |
The Englishman in Kansas by Thomas H. Gladstone
in the TALK series Before the Civil War with Phillip D. Thomas |
Friends of Eureka Public Library, 606 N. Main St., (620)
583-6222 |
Apr 22
2 PM |
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
by Jane Smiley in the TALK series Before the Civil War with
Rachel Waltner Goossen |
Friends of Eureka Public Library, 606 N. Main St., (620)
583-6222 |
| Fairway |
Oct 9
1 PM |
Kansas Military Forts with Leo E. Oliva |
Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site, 3403 W. 53rd
St., (785) 262-0867 |
Oct 10
1 PM |
The Plains Indians with Erin Pouppirt |
Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site, 3403 W. 53rd
St., (785) 262-0867 |
| Fort Scott |
Mar 26 |
Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball
Experience exhibit opening reception |
Fort Scott Community College Library, 2108 Horton St.,
(620) 223-2700 |
Apr 1
8 AM |
Overcoming (Financial) Obstacles on the Way to
Greatness in conjunction with exhibit Pride and Passion: The
African American Baseball Experience |
Fort Scott Community College Library, 2108 Horton St.,
(620) 223-2700 |
Apr 8 |
Negro League Legends in conjunction with exhibit
Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience |
Fort Scott Community College Library, 2108 Horton St.,
(620) 223-2700 |
Apr 22 |
Branch Rickey, a historical performance in conjunction
with exhibit Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball
Experience |
Fort Scott Community College Library, 2108 Horton St.,
(620) 223-2700 |
| Garnett |
Mar 16
7 PM |
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling in the TALK
series Childhood Classics with Sandra Wiechert |
Garnett Public Library, 125 W. 4th Ave., (785) 448-3388 |
Mar 25
6:30 PM |
Harvey Girls: It All Started in Topeka with Michaeline
Chance-Reay |
Anderson County Historical Society, (785) 867-2966. Location:
Anderson County High School, 1100 W. Hwy 31 |
Mar 30
7 PM |
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
in the TALK series Childhood Classics with Ann Birney |
Garnett Public Library, 125 W. 4th Ave., (785) 448-3388 |
Apr 15
7 PM |
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
in the TALK series Childhood Classics with Andrea L. Broomfield |
Garnett Public Library, 125 W. 4th Ave., (785) 448-3388 |
Apr 29
7 PM |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S.
Lewis in the TALK series Childhood Classics with Sandra Calvin
Hastings |
Garnett Public Library, 125 W. 4th Ave., (785) 448-3388 |
| Glasco |
Mar 15
7 PM |
The Slow Air of Ewan MacPherson by Thomas Fox
Averill in the TALK series Literature with Kansas Connections
with Kevin J. Rabas |
Glasco Arts & Humanities Council, (918) 308-2093. Location:
Glasco City Library, City Hall, Main St. |
Apr 22
7 PM |
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty in
the TALK series Literature with Kansas Connections with Michaeline
Chance-Reay |
Glasco Arts & Humanities Council, (918) 308-2093. Location:
Glasco City Library, City Hall, Main St. |
| Goodland |
Mar 25
6:30 PM MST |
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean
Shepherd in the TALK series That’s Funny: Books That
Make Us Laugh with Ann E. Liston |
Goodland Public Library, 812 Broadway, (785) 899-5461 |
Apr 15
6:30 PM MST |
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald in the TALK
series That’s Funny: Books That Make Us Laugh with Jane
M. Holwerda |
Goodland Public Library, 812 Broadway, (785) 899-5461 |
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