Manhattan PUBLISHED BY THE MANHATTAN CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
May 2017
Upcoming in June: National Festival of Breads 2017 Kansas wheat is an essential component for bread-baking, and Manhattan plays an essential role in the national competition to determine the most accomplished amateur bread recipe for 2017. The hearty aroma of bread and wafting barbecue flavors will filter all around Blue Earth Plaza during National Festival of Breads events on June 17. Read more inside on big June events in The Little Apple®.
TOURISM TOPICS
Flint Hills Festival caps five-week celebration The Flint Hills make an indelible mark on outdoor-loving visitors who make the stirring sightseeing venture beyond the city borders of Manhattan.You can view bison, deer, eagles and salamanders. So, too, does Flint Hills Discovery Center deliver in its endeavor to educate visitors on the once vast prairie and importance of preservation for the last remaining prairie grass stand in North America. The center’s five-year celebration in April started a five-week stretch of regional celebrations and thematic programs.
The pinnacle of the 35-day salute is highlighted by Flint Hills Festival on May 20 at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. On May 6, attend the Military Appreciation Day with free entry for active-duty military members, families, veterans and gold-star families. K-State students receive reduced admission with student ID during May 12-14, and the week of May 15 culminates with Flint Hills Festival, Saturday, May 20. This will be quite a gathering in the heart of the Flint Hills, in Manhattan. This family-friendly festival offers live music, food trucks, beer and wine and lots of children’s activities. Booths in Blue Earth Plaza outside the Flint Hills Discovery Center will offer connective experiences with the Flint Hills.Visitors will encounter a big increase in activities and vendors … a bigger, better Flint Hills Festival than ever. Tickets on sale now for the Flint Hills Festival. Also, check the Flint Hills Discovery Center website for an exciting, themed social media contest. Follow the website direction for interactive Facebook postings to win prizes. Prize giveaways include Country Stampede and Symphony in the Flint Hills tickets. For more information, visit Flinthillsdiscovery.org/FestFive.
Upcoming at the Flint Hills Discovery Center
• Design Zone takes visitors behind the scenes to see creative problem solvers use math and science to do amazing things in this rapidly-evolving world. Brain Teasers accompanies Design Zone as a complementary exhibit, and also delves into math and geometric conundrums. • Go See It! lecture, May 18: Kansas’ experience with unprecedented seismic activity is the next topic for this monthly lecture series. Rex Buchanan is the retired director of Kansas Geological Survey, and he explores details of the renewed Midwestern phenomena.
Mayor Usha Reddi, City Manager Ron Fehr, Bruce Snead, Bob Workman and Susan Adams celebrate the Flint Hills Discovery Center’s five-year anniversary. Photo Credit: Flint Hills Discovery Center