Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo exhibit opens in Kansas City
A Berger Arts Center show spotlights 50 black and white works by Manuel Alvarez Bravo including Frida Kahlo portraits and surrealist scenes from 1929 to 1949. The exhibit, titled Box of Visions, runs March 3 to June 2 with loans arranged by the Mexican Consulate, Bravo’s widow Colette Alvarez Arbastel, and Kathleen Collins of the Kansas City Art Institute.
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Black police officers sue Wichita for discrimination
Twenty one black officers filed a class action in U.S. District Court accusing the city and Police Chief Norman Williams of discriminatory treatment in assignments promotions pay and training. The suit seeks no monetary damages and cites racist cartoons uneven lunch breaks and unequal meeting attendance as examples while noting failures to enforce anti discrimination policies.
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Fossett Hitting Halfway in Global Flyer Record Attempt
Aviator Steve Fossett passed the halfway point of a closed circuit world flight in the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer. He aims to complete about 25 000 miles in roughly 79 hours, with Salina as the landing location within Friday morning to early afternoon.
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Nebraska Bostwick Irrigation District votes to sell water
The Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska voted 172 to 14 to sell its 2006 water allotment on the Republican River to Kansas for about 2.5 million dollars. The sale aims to reduce potential penalties for water-use violations, which some estimate could reach as high as 15 million. Passage depends on state lawmakers approving a new budget to fund payments to the irrigators.
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