11 Epic Murals to Explore
Of all the two-dimensional art forms, perhaps none is as epic or accessible as the mural. Mural artists and experts Lora Jost and Dave Lowenstein, authors of Kansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide…
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George Washington Carver: Kansas Innovator
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…
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Lavender Patch Farm’s Lavender Lemon Bars
Ingredients 2 cups white sugar 2 tablespoons dried lavender buds 1/2 cup softened butter 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 dash salt 4 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2…
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A Lavender Spring
Lavender’s sweet fragrance scents sachets, lotions, and cleaning products. Its oil soothes heartburn, heals insect bites, and reduces acne. And for centuries, lavender has been renowned as an herb…
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Life in Living History at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm
ANDREA ETZEL (AE): Tell me about yourself, and how your journey lead you to Mahaffie? ALEXIS RADIL (AR): I was born in Nebraska and have lived in Kansas most of my adult life, so I consider myself a…
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Kansas Women Trailblazers: Amelia Earhart
Regaled as the “Queen of the Air” during her lifetime and celebrated to this day as Kansas’ most famous pilot, Amelia Earhart will always be remembered for her career as an aviation pioneer. But the…
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Kansas Women Trailblazers: Janelle Monáe
Many Kansas-born artists, musicians, actors, and other creative types came of age and into their careers in other states and countries: horror hostess Elvira was born Cassandra Peterson in Manhattan…
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Behind the Murals: Interview with Muralist Jennifer Bohlander
(Topeka mural artist, Jennifer Bohlander, stands with her "Art Elephants Take Over Topeka” located south side of Kaw River Rustics, 901 N. Kansas Ave in the NOTO Art District. Photo by Andrea Etzel)…
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Kansas Women Trailblazers: Jessie E. Woods
Jessie E. Woods was born in 1909 on her family’s Stafford County farm near Seward and, upon her death in 2001, buried only a short drive away, in Stafford County’s Fairview Cemetery, near the graves…
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Kansas Women Trailblazers: Erin Brockovich
In a 2013 speech to the San Gabriel Water Valley Forum, Erin Brockovich said that while growing up in the Sunflower State, her mother and father taught her “the greatest gifts we have are our family…
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