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WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Augie Longhurst,
Cordley School,
"Reaching Dustin' because it's a William Allen White award-winner book."
Betty Simecka company CEO, Topeka
"I just finished two great books. One was 'The Forest' by Rutherford, and 'Once an Eagle' by Muyer. I read
all of Rutherford's books."
Janet Ramsey, consultant Philadelphia
"The Revelation' because a friend suggested it as a book I might like."
Kelly Hormell,
Baker student,
Lawrence
"Textbooks for business and also People magazine because it goes over what is happening right now."
Damon Parker,
KU student,
Lawrence
"Rule of the Bone.' It's the third time I've read it because it's a good way to reflect on life."
ARTS NOTES
Antiques,home,garden show in Overland Park
OVERLAND PARK - The annua Antiques, Garden and Home Design Show will be Friday through Sunday at the Overland Park International Trade Center, 115th Street and Metcalf Avenue.
The show features 25 antiques dealers who will display fine furniture and decorating accessories, art, jewelry and collections of silver and china. Thirty-eight garden and gift dealers will offer decor for home and garden.
Certified appraisers will be available to give verbal assessments of family heirlooms and jewelry. The Master Gardeners of Johnson County will conduct a sick plant clinic and offer tips for fall lawn and garden care.
Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Friday,10 a.m.to 6 p.m.Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday.
Tickets are $7 in advance by calling (816) 410-7469 or $9 at the door.
Kansas Authors Club to meet in Wichita
WICHITA - The Kansas Authors Club will gather for its annual convention Saturday and Sunday at the Red Coach Inn. 915 E. 53rd St. North.
Workshops on poetry, songwriting, memoirs, story writing and publishing will be offered. Saturday night's keynote speaker is Polly Basore, a writer at The Wichita Eagle.
For more information, contact Raymond Nelson at (316) 722-4137 or e-mail rskmnels@aol.com.
FRONTENAC - Fiesta Italiana will be from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday outside Frontenac's Senior Citizen Center and fire station in the downtown area.
Festival celebrates Italian heritage
The event features an Italian store, wine- and sausage-making demonstrations, wine sampling and more than 80 cooks preparing their favorite recipes.
Proceeds go to college scholarships and educational
resources for the Frontenac school district.
'Othello' slated for KC theater
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - InPlay Theatre Company will present William Shakespeare's "Othello" at 8 p.m. Oct. 11 through Oct. 27 at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central.
Tickets are $10 with a reservation and $12 at the door. To make reservations, call Jacquee Gafford at (816) 765-5767.
Painter to speak on using icons in work
John Lickwar, an icon painter from Spring, Tex., will present the lecture "Mystical Art: Icon as Symbol and Sacrament" at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
The lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition of Lickwar's icons in the Kansas Union Art Gallery. The show features 15 icons painted in the ancient tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Local artists picked for Hidden Glen fest
OLATHE - Several Lawrence artists have been selected for the 13th Annual Hidden Glen Arts Festival Saturday and Sunday at the Cedar Creek Community.
Among those exhibiting work are Patti Boyer, pottery and sculpture; Karen Jacks, mixed media; Julie Kingsbury, jewelry; and Kelvin and Kathy Schartz ironworks. Kansas University student Tyler Beard will demonstrate and show his pottery.
Sunday, Lawrence performers Brent Berry and the Secondhands will play music from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Lawrence pop vocalists Measure x Measure will sing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The festival's hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday and 10 am. to 5 p.m.Sunday Admission and parking are free.
Author to sign books at Borders
David Anthony Durham
author of "Gabriel's Story," will sign copies of his book at 7 p.m. Monday at Borders, 700 N.H.
The novel is set in the American West and is a tale about an African-American boy's coming of age on a homestead in 19th-century Kansas.
Harvest of Arts Film Festival launches
The 10th Annual Harvest of Arts Film Festival will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at The Granada in Lawrence. The event will feature a wide variety of locally produced films by local filmmakers. No competition, no advertisements, no censorship just a diversity of works in various genres.
This year will feature musical tributes to fallen heroes; music videos about wronged individuals,wronged species and wronged lovers; experimental films;films of twisted tales;and films that will twist your tails in fright.
The Granada has a new high-tech video projector this year that will showcase the films better than ever.
the festival itself is free and open to the public.
The film festival is part of the 10th annual Harvest of Arts Festival in Lawrence, a week-long event celebrating the arts and the art community.
For more information, call Mark von Schlemmer at 594-2389 or e-mail blueplanet@skyenet.net.
TOPEKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
214 Southeast 8th Ave., Topeka, KS 66803
297-9000 (TPAC Box Office) or 234-4545
TPAC Box Office Hours 10:30am - 5:15pm M-F
Buy tickets on-line at www.tpactix.org
SERVICE CHARGES APPLY TO ALL PHONE ORDERS
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