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The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas has named its interim director to the permanent position. Giselle Anatol, professor of English,

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Warmest congratulations to Giselle Anatol for her new children’s book, Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold (Viking Books for Young Readers, December 2023) “a tall tale inspired by the life and works of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.” Illustrations by Raissa Figueroa.Description (Penguin Random House): Young Toni knows that her stories are going to…

On the new Disney+ series 'The Muppets Mayhem,' streaming May 10, Bill Barretta plays Dr. Teeth, frontman of the fictional Muppet band The Electric Mayhem. Barretta, a Yardley native, also voices and puppeteers characters like Pepe the King Prawn, Rowlf the Dog and the Swedish Chef, which Muppets creator Jim Henson originated.

From magic shows to open mics to museum exhibits, here's just a few fun events in the Valley to check out this weekend.

KU English scholar serving as interim leader

They’ve studied witches, vampires, zombies and ghost stories

They’ve studied witches, vampires, zombies and ghost stories

Crafts/activities for ages 4 & up, noon-2 pm, 6/26, Alicia Ashman, Goodman South Madison and Lakeview libraries.

Marie Watt 96MFA leads collaborative art projects influenced by her indigenous roots. Robin Cembalest ’82, an arts journalist and editorial consultant, was the longtime executive editor of ARTnews. Sam Gehrke Marie Watt ’96MFA, who creates art from cloth, invites others to sew along with her. “I like to say I set the table and I invite people to come,” she says. View full image Exhibiting over the last year in the Smithsonian, the Whitney, the Yale University Art Gallery, and sever...