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Historic Opera Houses of Kansas

Dec 05, 2022

Raised across the state as edifices of high culture (at least in name), opera houses are now being… Read More

Kansas Women Trailblazers: Amelia Earhart

Mar 23, 2021

Regaled as the “Queen of the Air” during her lifetime and celebrated to this day as… Read More

Kansas Women Trailblazers: Jessie E. Woods

Mar 09, 2021

Jessie E. Woods was born in 1909 on her family’s Stafford County farm near Seward and, upon… Read More

Kansas Women Trailblazers: Erin Brockovich

Mar 02, 2021

In a 2013 speech to the San Gabriel Water Valley Forum, Erin Brockovich said that while growing up… Read More

Kansas Women Trailblazers: Janelle Monáe

Mar 16, 2021

Many Kansas-born artists, musicians, actors, and other creative types came of age and into their… Read More

PHOTOGRAPHY ARTICLES

Behind the Lens with Jeff McPheeters

Mar 10, 2023

A conversation with KANSAS! photographers about their work and the iconic images of our home state… Read More

Behind the Lens with Nick Krug

Jul 28, 2022

A conversation with KANSAS! photographers about their lives in photography Originally raised in St… Read More

Dwayne's Prints On

Jul 21, 2022

A world-famous photo lab in Kansas continues to thrive under a new generation Photography by Bill… Read More

Behind the Lens with Kansas Landscape Photographer Scott Bean

Jan 11, 2022

Scott Bean Based in Manhattan, Scott Bean is a Kansas landscape and nature photographer, often with… Read More

Behind the Lens with Marilyn Friesen

Jan 13, 2020

A conversation with KANSAS! photographers about their work and the iconic images of our home state… Read More

LATEST ARTICLES

Reasons to Love Kansas

Kansans Who are Rural By Choice

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Kansas has changed rapidly over the past decades, with some 70 percent of all its citizens now living in metropolitan areas. That means it is increasingly rare to live in a rural region. But across…

  • 4 minutes

If a baking event is begun by a group with the name “The Kansas Wheathearts,” then it has to be good. In 1990, this women’s wheat-growers auxiliary group proposed holding a statewide baking contest…

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Kansans take pride in their land and in the hard work of generations of farmers to sustain it. Across the state, farms, wineries, ranches and agricultural-type operations offer tours to educate and…

Reasons to Love Kansas

Ode to Kansas Sunups and Sundowns

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Ask any Kansan about our sunsets or sunrises and they are likely to begin waxing poetic. One case in point: artist Allan Chow of Kansas City, whose painting Summer Sundown was featured in the…

Food & Drink

Kansas Makers: Women Brewmasters

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Photography by Aaron Patton These Kansas venues feature on-site beers created by a new generation of female brewmasters For the most part, the brewmaster profession in the United States is…

History & Heritage

Pony Express: Along for the Ride

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Kansas Pony Express sites celebrate over 160 years of the legendary, short-lived mail system Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death…

Main Dishes

Jambalaya

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Craving gumbo, red beans and rice, and other succulent flavors of Louisiana? Kansas may be a long way from the bayous, but we can still find flavorful Cajun and Creole cuisine. This recipe was…

Photography

Behind the Lens with Jeff McPheeters

  • 4 minutes

A conversation with KANSAS! photographers about their work and the iconic images of our home state. Jeffrey McPheeters, whose work appears frequently in the “Gallery” section of our magazine, was…

History & Heritage

Kansas Innovator: George Washington Carver

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Portrait by Wichita artist Ric Dunwoody George Washington Carver is one of Kansas’ favorite sons. And for good reason; he was a man of many talents. Most of us know him as a scientist, but he was…

Arts & Entertainment

Botany and Bluegrass with Robin Macy

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Photography by Aaron Patton It’s as if a favorite landscape painting has come to life. Winding roads, a canopy of trees, peaceful waters and—come spring—thousands and thousands of tulips as far…