Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “Stories of Mexican Migration to Kansas,” Valerie Mendoza, Historian and Lecturer, Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesStories of Mexican Migration to Kansas explores how and why immigrants from Mexico came to Kansas. Different waves of immigration to various parts of the state from the early 20th […]
Book Signing: “The Spoils of Victory,” Daniel J. Markowitz
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJoin us as Daniel Markowitz reads from his book The Spoils of Victory, the story of "a battle-hardened German POW and a devout Mennonite woman discover the contours of forgiveness […]
“Deutsche Weihnachtslieder/German Hymn Sing” – Drs. William Eash, Merle Schlabaugh and Karen Schlabaugh, professors emeritus, Bethel College
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesJoin us on Sunday, November 30 at 3 PM as we sing traditional Christmas hymns accompanied by the Museum's historic Teschemacher organ and led by former Bethel professors Bill Eash, Merle […]
“Songs of Protest: A Sampling of Music that Defies and Dissents,” Holly Swartzendruber, professor of vocal music, Bethel College
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesFor millennia, people have utilized the arts to describe and comment on reality, as well as call for change. This lecture will examine the use of music as an expression […]
Postponed POSTPONED — Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-in,” Prisca Barnes, founder, Storytime Village
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesKauffman Museum at Bethel College will host Prisca Barnes for a presentation and discussion of “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In,” on February 8 at 3 pm in the Kauffman Museum auditorium. […]
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum – “Caught in the Middle Between Voices of Conscience and Voices of Patriotism,” Carolyn Zeisset, author
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesMore information to come. Stay tuned!
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum – “The Cost of Conscience: One Mennonite Family’s Experience in World War I,” Sara Judge Keckeisen, Kansas State Historical Society (retired)
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesWhen the United States entered World War I and instituted a military draft, and federal and state officialdom instituted heavy pressure to support the war effort, the homes, lives, and […]