FRIDAY • The 66th annual McLouth Threshing Bee and Fall Festival begins at 8 a.m. and continues through 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown McLouth. Admission is free. • Kansans United for Public Schools hosts a Candidates Meet and Greet, 5-7 p.m., S&S Artisan Pub & Coffeehouse, 2228 Iowa ...
The blooms at Grinter’s Sunflower Farm, 24050 Stillwell Road, are still going strong, with hundreds of daily visitors. Access to the fields are free; see www.kansastravel.org/ or the farm’s Facebook page for details, directions and recommendations. Friday • “School Days” is the ...
FRIDAY • KU’s football season begins with a 7 p.m. game against Missouri State. Parking lots around David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium will open at 2 p.m. for fan parties. Local bands and food trucks will set up at the foot of Campanile Hill, and a family fun zone will be on the practice ...
Blooming sunflowers at Hunsinger Sunflower Patch in rural Lawrence attracted photographers of all types on Sunday. Eva Young, three-and-a-half years old, took photos of her parents Stewart and Hilary Young on Sunday afternoon. The sunflower patch is located at 923 East 1450 Road, which is ...
An exhibit that creates a fusion between contemporary art and Black writing has opened at KU’s Spencer Museum of Art. “Black Writing” opened on Saturday and will remain on display at Spencer, 1301 Mississippi St., on the University of Kansas campus, until Jan. 7. A centerpiece of the ...
A Florida administrator has been named as the next leader of a state commission that provides support for the Kansas arts industry. Curtis Young began work Monday as the director of the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, according to a release from the Kansas Department of Commerce, ...