Drinkin’ Gourd dinner play revived by St Luke Church
The St Luke AME Church in Lawrence stages Keep Your Eye on the Drinkin’ Gourd a play about abolitionists and pro slavery conflict inspired by Bleeding Kansas. Local cast members include Kate Crews Dale Kovar and Aishah Holm with director Doug Weaver highlighting living history and revival of early 20th century church drama. Funds build a 100 year old building once attended by Langston Hughes.
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Birbiglia on stage and self deprecating humor
Self-deprecating comic Birbiglia discusses his Georgetown years and struggles to be the big man on campus. He describes his truthful style drawn from life, his CD DVD Two Drink Mike, and his rise to TV appearances and a growing fan base with coined terms and a personal blog My Secret Public Tout.
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Spring Bulbs Transform Lawns With Colorful Displays
Reed Dillon praises a crocus lawn in Greenwich Connecticut and shares how 12 000 crocuses cover 20 by 100 feet on a south facing slope. Daffodils hyacinths and tulips are described with planting and care tips and a bulb planting method using a heavy duty drill auger.
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Pruning Shrubs For A Better Spring Show
Gardeners learn pruning basics to prepare shrubs for spring. Distinguishing deciduous from evergreens, and spring flowering wood helps decide thinning or heading back. Remove inward twigs, cut to outward buds, and trim oldest canes on multi stemmed shrubs for renewed vigor.
Pruning guidance for shrubs and blooming trees by Bruce Chladny
Garden Calendar outlines growth patterns and rejuvenation pruning for multi stem shrubs and flowering trees. It lists shrubs suitable for heavy cutting to 3 to 5 inch stubs such as barberry red twig dogwood privet spirea forsythia and others and notes which plants bloom on old wood versus new wood with timing tips and contact info for Bruce Chladny KSRE Douglas County.
Collectible ribbons reflect Lincoln era mourning value
A faded 1865 mourning silk ribbon with Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address lines, featuring an American flag design, dates from 1865 and likely honors Lincoln after his assassination. In excellent condition it could fetch about 350 to 500 dollars as a historical keepsake.
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