Flint Hills Discovery Center – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com The Flint Hills Real Rock Mon, 05 May 2025 18:54:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/1015krock.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/krock-fb-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Flint Hills Discovery Center – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com 32 32 43031150 Flint Hills celebrated with return of annual festival https://1015krock.com/flint-hills-celebrated-with-return-of-annual-festival/ Mon, 05 May 2025 18:54:19 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=435414

The history and ecology of the Flint Hills region was on full display Saturday at the Flint Hills Festival in Manhattan.

“Flint Hills Festival is our one day of the year in which we bring everyone together to celebrate the Flint Hills Region,” said Stephen Bridenstine, director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center. “The food, the music, the culture, the heritage. We kind of do it all.”

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Keyan Duntz, 5, draws his face on a mirror while making a monoprint at the Museum of Art and Light booth Saturday during the Flint Hills Festival at Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan. Below, a train ride zips past the old depot.
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Lora McDonald performs during Saturday’s Flint Hills Festival at Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan. She opened up a day of musical entertainment on the plaza’s patio.
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A dinosaur-costumed individual offers fist bumps to people waiting in line at food trucks Saturday during the Flint Hills Festival at Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan. The Flint Hills Discovery Center during the event was promoting its next temporary exhibit “Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies,” which opens May 24.
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A train ride zips past the Union Pacific Train Depot, Saturday, during the Flint Hills Festival in Manhattan.
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Andy Connolly, from Kansas Geological Survey on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, watches as young visitors see the various rocks and fossils on display at the booth Saturday during the Flint Hills Festival at Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan.
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Families play with foam blocks Saturday during the Flint Hills Festival at Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan.
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Riley County Historical Museum director Katharine Hensler shows Quinn Trobough, 6, how to use a laundry wringer Saturday during the Flint Hills Festival at Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan.
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]]> 241966 Carl, Mary Ice named FHDC Foundation’s Friends of the Flint Hills https://1015krock.com/carl-mary-ice-named-fhdc-foundations-friends-of-the-flint-hills/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:47:57 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=432940

Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation officials on Wednesday announced they will recognize Carl Ice and Mary Ice at their annual spring event on April 11.

The award has gone annually to an individual, couple, non-governmental organization or public institution to honor “significant time, effort and resources devoted to the cause of conserving the Flint Hills of Kansas and northern Oklahoma,” according to officials.

“It’s an honor to introduce and recognize our 2025 Friend of the Flint Hills,” FHDC Foundation president Lyle Butler said in a written statement. “Kansans Carl and Mary Ice have demonstrated in many ways their love for the Flint Hills by not only owning and preserving a part of the prairie but in their support of the Flint Hills Discovery Center to help future generations understand the history and vital role our tall grass prairie continues to play.”

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