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in the life of... // A BARISTA living vicariously through others is ok with us.
When Robert Knapp, 2009 graduate, applied for a job at Henry's on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St., he wrote a cover letter on the back of a Batman street sign and addressed it to a certain "Henry." The Henry he tried to reach doesn't exist (the owner's name is Dave Boulter), but Knapp was still hired as a barista.
Knapp underwent training for a week, but says it took about a month for him to start making some decent drinks. He says working as a barista is more mellow than bar tending, but that people are really particular about their coffee.
Knapp mostly works the graveyard shift, which he says is always amusing. "The kind of people who want to drink coffee at midnight are either sociopaths or interesting types," he says.
Sometimes Knapp has to kick someone out, which he says is the worst part of the job. He lets a lot more slide at 1 a.m. than he would in the afternoon, but his standard usually is that someone bothering another person isn't OK.
Henry's may attract some weird characters, but Knapp says there's a definitive sense of community in the place. He says 75 percent of the customers come in at the same time every day. "I know that Sunday at 9:15, the quiz
people from the Bottleneck are going to get three brownies."
// PATRICK DE OLIVEIRA
Photo illustration by Patrick De Oliveira Brewnestm. Henry's on Eighth employee Robert Knapp said it took him awhile to get good at making coffee drinks.
get some culture // KENDRA MARABLE AT it's not all about fast food and beer pong WONDER FAIR
The saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure" is the simplest way to describe the essence of Lawrence artist Kendra Marable's work and her newest pieces of art, which will be featured at the Wonder Fair Art Gallery, 803 Massachusetts St., as a solo exhibit opening at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Being a pack rat has paid off for Marable, who graduated from the University in 2005 with a master's degree in fine arts. Marable uses items she finds in junk stores, antique malls and estates sales, as well as objects people give her, to make mixed-media art pieces that give a new meaning to items from the past.
Sometimes Marable tries to find out the history of the items, particularly the photographs, but she says she is more interested in adopting an item and recreating
Shrines, decorative boxes, paper hearts and old photographs serve as the base for Marable's work. She then adds trinkets, drawings and an indescribable "mysterious quality" to arrive at her finished product. "It's about connecting these elements and objects that would never ever otherwise be connected," she says.
it than understanding its past.
"What Remains to be Seen" will show until February 13. Marable says she has not priced her artworks yet, but they will probably range in price from $50 to $800. She will also mingle with art-goers during the opening reception to offer deeper explanations about the inspiration for and meaning of specific pieces.
// FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
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Vintage works: Lawrence artist Kendra Marable is debating an exhibition of works using old photographs and items from estate sales at 6 p.m. at Wonder Fair art gallery, 803 Massachusetts St.
in the life of... // A PLASTIC SURGEON
living vicariously through others is ok with us.
Skull deformities, facial deformities, breast reconstruction, hand reconstruction every day is a new challenge for Richard Korentager director of plastic surgery at KU Medical Center.
People commonly equate plastic surgery to cosmetic surgery, Korentager says, but "plastic" in the medical sense comes from the Greek word plasticos, which means to form or to shape. Basically, any time a patient has complex injuries or defects and needs reconstructive surgery, plastic surgeons are bound to be involved.
As director of the burn center at the University of Kansas Hospital, Korentager has developed a specialty in burn-related surgery. However, when he is on call, he must be able to handle any area
About face. Plastic surgeon Richard Korentager says he helps in burning and breast cancer victims.
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in his field, so he must know the basics of all types of plastic surgeries.
His job at the medical center takes up a lot of his time, but Korentager's surgical passion at his private practice, KC Plastic Surgery in Kansas City, Kan., is breast reconstruction after cancer. It's not the most complicated surgery he performs. Still, he enjoys breast reconstruction because it brings out his inner artist, even though he says he will never be able to make perfect breasts.
Plastic surgery tends to attract students who get a thrill from completing difficult tasks. About 200 former engineers, accomplished artists and other professionals apply for two spots in KU Med's plastic surgery residency program every year, 80 to 90 percent of whom are exceptionally qualified, he says.
"It's a very competitive field to get into and a very competitive residency," he says. "But if it's your passion, and its what you really want, boy, there's just nothing better."
He warns potential medical students and plastic surgery patients that the real world isn't like Nip/Tuck, though.
"Unfortunately, it's not quite as glamorous," he says. "I would love to think that it is, but it's not, really."
// FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
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