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Lindsborg Dala Horse on Parade

Several Kansas communities boast their own unique versions of cows on Parade, the public art exhibit featuring fiberglass sculptures of cows decorated by local artists and displayed in public

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Wichita's Newest Residents: Black-footed Ferrets /kansas-magazine/articles/post/wichitas-newest-residents-black-footed-ferrets/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/wichitas-newest-residents-black-footed-ferrets/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/wichitas-newest-residents-black-footed-ferrets/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0500

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A new exhibit at the Sedgwick County Zoo is the latest development in the comeback story of this endangered prairie mammal

In December 2022, the Sedgwick County Zoo in

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8 Urban Kansas Neighborhoods to Know or See /kansas-magazine/articles/post/eight-urban-kansas-neighborhoods-to-know-or-see/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/eight-urban-kansas-neighborhoods-to-know-or-see/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/eight-urban-kansas-neighborhoods-to-know-or-see/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0400

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Planeview, Wichita

Planeview was among several communities hastily built across the United States during World War II as temporary housing for some 20,000

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The Original Homes on the Range /kansas-magazine/articles/post/original-homes-on-the-range/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/original-homes-on-the-range/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/original-homes-on-the-range/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0400

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Indigenous people’s oral histories and archeological research provide insight into the first Kansas homes

Long before Euro-American settlers built

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen House /kansas-magazine/articles/post/allen-house/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/allen-house/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/allen-house/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0400

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Recognized as one of America’s most gifted 20th-century architects, Frank Lloyd Wright built more than 500 homes, museums, places of worship and office buildings, eight of them included on UNESCO’s

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11 Epic Murals to Explore /kansas-magazine/articles/post/11-epic-murals-to-explore/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/11-epic-murals-to-explore/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/11-epic-murals-to-explore/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400

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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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Beauty in Paper, Blooms and Glass /kansas-magazine/articles/post/beauty-in-paper-blooms-and-glass/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/beauty-in-paper-blooms-and-glass/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/beauty-in-paper-blooms-and-glass/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0400

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From her home studio in Wichita, Tomiyo Tajiri creates stunning kimonos, origami art and accessories. Tajiri began studying her craft while growing up on Okinoerabujima, a small Japanese island near

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Drink Up /kansas-magazine/articles/post/drink-up/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/drink-up/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/drink-up/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:00:00 -0500

Among the things that professional soccer player Steve Spangler was most excited about when he signed a 2011 contract with Sporting Kansas City was access to the team doctors.

Spangler had battled

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On Stage /kansas-magazine/articles/post/on-stage/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/on-stage/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/on-stage/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0500

Great Plains Theatre executive director Elizabeth Weese says it is unusual for a town of 6,500 people in the middle of Kansas to have a theater that hires professional performers from throughout the

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A Tip of the Hat | Hatman Jack's /kansas-magazine/articles/post/a-tip-of-the-hat/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/a-tip-of-the-hat/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/a-tip-of-the-hat/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:00:00 -0400

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Jack Kellogg’s interest in fashion and history led him into the hat business at age 17. “The hat was the accessory that stood out the most,” he says. “It made the biggest statement about who a person

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