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COUNTERPOINT MUSIC, FILM & CONSERVATION FESTIVAL

  • Flint Hills Counterpoint Home Base 1660 E. 90th Peabody, Kansas 66866 (map)

Enjoy a day of music, film, art & conservation.

Tickets $15 (children under 12 free)

FILM PREMIERE, 7:30PM

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A documentary film by Cyan Meeks accompanied with original scores by composer Susan Mayo performed live by the Switchgrass Quartet chronicling a land reclamation project set within rural Marion County, Kansas.

Music All Day

  • 1-2PM, 4-5PM

    Folk duo with banjo, cello, and vocals.

  • 2-4PM

    Beloved 101 year old guitarist Bob and his nephew Steve charm and entertain with music from the big band era.

  • 2-3PM, 6-7PM

    Modern take on traditional music interspersed with folklore, storytelling, and history.

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  • 3-4PM, 5-6PM

    World Music with violin, cello, and guitar.

  • 4-5PM

    World Music Odyssey, an interactive journey through different cultures of the world using instruments from the Americas and Beyond.

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  • 5-7PM

    Chase County's own renowned string band performing original songs by wordsmith Annie Wilson.

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  • 7-7:30PM

    Improvisational string quartet.

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Artist Workshops

  • 1-6PM

    Demonstrations on simple natural dyes/inks from Kansas plants and basic paper-making techniques using recycled papers.

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  • 1-5PM

    From log to lumber with a chainsaw and mill guide. Demonstration of the building of the FHC platform stage from tree to stage.

  • 6-7PM

    Junkyard Orchestra Concert - have fun making instruments and music.

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Conservation & Artist Talks

  • 2-3PM

    Native plants and ecosystems.

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  • 3-4PM

    No-till, cover crops, and updating farm infrastructure for women and children operators.

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  • 4-5PM

    National Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)

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  • 5:30-6PM

    Installation artist.

  • 5-5:30PM

    Flint Hills Counterpoint, “Who we are.”

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Activities for Children

  • 1-7PM with Priscilla Howe

  • 1-7PM with Michelle Butts

  • 3:30-4PM, 5-5:30PM with Lem Sheppard

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This event is made possible by the gracious support of Humanities Kansas, and the New York Foundation of the Arts’ AWAW EAG program, and the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission.

GPS directions are not dependable to this location.

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GPS directions are not dependable to this location. 〰️

From Wichita/ Newton

  • Take 135 north to Newton.

  • Take Highway 50 (exit 33) east to Peabody. (It’s the 2nd exit in Newton, don’t miss it, it’s hard to turn around.)

  • Go about 15 miles to Peabody.

  • Continue 1 more mile past Peabody to Pawnee Rd. (The streets are in alphabetical order, Old Mill before, if you hit Quail Creek you’ve gone too far.) Look for the giant cicada!

  • Turn left or north on Pawnee. Go 2 miles to 90th St. (No street, sign, but the 2nd road after 50, after 80th, before 100th.)

  • Turn left or west on 90th. Go ¼ of a mile, we are the only house on the right or north side

From KC/ Emporia

  • Take Highway 50 west towards Florence.

  • Continue on 50 10 more miles to Pawnee road. (You will pass a big WildCreek Ranch sign on the right side about 2 miles before you get to Pawnee. The roads are alphabetical, Remington and Quail Creek are the two before Pawnee.) Look for the giant cicada!

  • Turn right or north on Pawnee go 2 miles and turn left or west on 90th. (No street sign, but the roads are every mile; it is the 2nd one you come to.)

  • Go ¼ mile and turn right or north in our driveway. (It is the only one on the north side.)

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