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Welcome to the official unofficial Entertainment Season in our neighborhoods. Stafford County and neighboring counties always get busy this time of year with plays, musicals, dinners and other forms of entertainment so we’ve outlined some great events near by that will motivate, inspire and entertain you.
TIRED IRON SHOW
The Santa Fe Trail Center in Larned didn’t want the recent rain to deter this event, so it begins anew on Friday, Oct. 21 when they’ll be hosting free demonstrations. Saw milling starts at 9 a.m. to continue throughout the day. These logs will be used for the log cabin to be constructed on the museum’s grounds.
The Kids Corn Coin Hut starts at 12:30 p.m. with wheat threshing and corn shelling demos at 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively.
This is a great event for the little ones as well as the bigger ones.
The Center is 2 miles west of Larned on Hwy 156. Visit www.santafetrailcenter.org or call 620-285-2054 for more info
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE
PCC performing arts presents their production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Friday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m.
This theatrical musical review takes audiences through the 1950s with tunes such as “Poison Ivy”, “Charlie Brown”, “Yakety Yak”, “Stand by Me”, and 35 other songs. The production entails the 28 member cast of college students and community members.
The Saturday evening performance will be proceeded by a classic car show and dinner theater at the college - and the dinner will be in the likes of a 1950’s diner.
Show tickets are suggested donation of $4; dinner theater is $15 for adults, $10 for children and group reservations may be made. too. For more info or to reserve, call 620-450-2212.
THE STARS OF KANSAS
Talent and Kansas seem to go hand in and so proves Eric Monder in his presentation on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library.
A writer, documentary filmmaker and lecturer at Bethany College, Monder is a contributor to publications as The Hollywood Reporter and Film Journal International. He’s the founder of Emorac Academy, a film school and serves as a judge for the Kansas Film Commission’s Free State Traveling Picture Show.
Buster Keaton, Louise Brooks, Lois Smith, Dennis Hopper...all talented Kansans of the silver screen and Monder’s presentation will cover these actors rise from obscurity to fame and the unique “Kansas flavor” each brought to their profession.
Welcome to the official unofficial Entertainment Season in our neighborhoods. Stafford County and neighboring counties always get busy this time of year with plays, musicals, dinners and other forms of entertainment so we’ve outlined some great events near by that will motivate, inspire and entertain you.
TIRED IRON SHOW
The Santa Fe Trail Center in Larned didn’t want the recent rain to deter this event, so it begins anew on Friday, Oct. 21 when they’ll be hosting free demonstrations. Saw milling starts at 9 a.m. to continue throughout the day. These logs will be used for the log cabin to be constructed on the museum’s grounds.
The Kids Corn Coin Hut starts at 12:30 p.m. with wheat threshing and corn shelling demos at 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively.
This is a great event for the little ones as well as the bigger ones.
The Center is 2 miles west of Larned on Hwy 156. Visit www.santafetrailcenter.org or call 620-285-2054 for more info
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE
PCC performing arts presents their production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Friday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m.
This theatrical musical review takes audiences through the 1950s with tunes such as “Poison Ivy”, “Charlie Brown”, “Yakety Yak”, “Stand by Me”, and 35 other songs. The production entails the 28 member cast of college students and community members.
The Saturday evening performance will be proceeded by a classic car show and dinner theater at the college - and the dinner will be in the likes of a 1950’s diner.
Show tickets are suggested donation of $4; dinner theater is $15 for adults, $10 for children and group reservations may be made. too. For more info or to reserve, call 620-450-2212.
THE STARS OF KANSAS
Talent and Kansas seem to go hand in and so proves Eric Monder in his presentation on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library.
A writer, documentary filmmaker and lecturer at Bethany College, Monder is a contributor to publications as The Hollywood Reporter and Film Journal International. He’s the founder of Emorac Academy, a film school and serves as a judge for the Kansas Film Commission’s Free State Traveling Picture Show.
Buster Keaton, Louise Brooks, Lois Smith, Dennis Hopper...all talented Kansans of the silver screen and Monder’s presentation will cover these actors rise from obscurity to fame and the unique “Kansas flavor” each brought to their profession.
Presented by the Kansas Humanities Council with the Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library, you can get more information by calling 620-549-3227, email snyder@usd350.com or by visiting www.usd350.com/node/144
PELICAN PETE
PIG OUT
Elias Pelton is better known to us as Pelican Pete. He was a resident of Stafford, who lived a reclusive life on the banks of the salt marsh that is now the Quivira Wildlife Refuge. Stories and tales have been told of him and of his insights of philosophy, debating skills, scripture, mathematics and about his voracious appetite.
The Pelican Pete Pig Out is an annual celebration of the life of this colorful character and an opportunity to create awareness of the many programs offered by Quivira Wildlife Refuge and to generate funds for Stafford community projects.
Starting at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 5 will be dinner at the Stafford Senior Center with a menu of pulled pork, beans, cheesy potatoes and more - including drink and dessert.
Entertainment starts at 6:30 p.m. with the band “Crossing the Water” on stage at the Ritz Theater. Following will be the main program and perform with country western singing sensation direction from Nashville: Brent Ronen, with Chris Ronen and Dennis Teichman.
The program also features a film highlighting famous Kansas and a remembrance and tribute to Pelican Pete himself. Door prize drawings will wrap up the evening.
Advanced tickets are $20 until Oct. 31. Door tickets are $25. Tickets are available at American State Bank in St. John; Freunds Crafts and Flowers, Quivira Insurance, Farmers National Bank and the city offices in Stafford.
MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING
Matchmaking. An abundance of suitors. Chaos in the kitchen. A lady visitor with conviction and a cause. An officer and a gentleman.
These are all ingredients for a play within a play - Trial and Treachery - which will leave you laughingly entertained.
Saturday, Nov. 5 dinner theater at 6:30 p.m. $15; Sunday Nov. 6 dessert theater at 2 p.m. $8 at the Knights of Columbus in Larned.
Presented by the Post Players (originally known as the Fort Larned Post Players), who love of Kansas and Western History combined with their time, energy and talent, Much Ado About Everything is a tribute to the amateur theatricals of the 1860’s and keeping their memory as well as history alive and well.
Reservations are an absolute must for this unique theatrical experience. Reservation deadline is Oct. 31. Contact 620-804-6040 in Larned or 785-421-5513.
