Annual Buster Keaton Celebration, Iola, KS

Buster Keaton & Will Rogers

The 16th Annual Buster Keaton Celebration
Sept 26-27, 2008, Iola, KS
Official Web Site

Will Rogers Picture

Call for Entries:

This 16th Buster Keaton Celebration announces its first annual Student Presentation Competition. The winner will join the respected film and cultural authorities as a presenter. A travel grant will be awarded.

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Buster Keaton & Will Rogers: Two American Comic Heroes
(Click here for essay)

Two days of film and enlightenment from the era of Buster Keaton and silent film comedy.

Last updated 2/23/2008

Funding provided by

The Kansas Humanities Council

The National Endowment for the Arts

The Kansas Arts Commission

with help from the Iola Tourism Fund, the Daniels Estate, the Clopton Family Trust, and private donations

Film comedian and director Buster Keaton was born in Piqua (Pick-way), Kansas, in 1895 while his parents were performing in a traveling medicine show. Each year Iola, KS, -- ten miles east of Piqua -- hosts a two-day celebration in Keaton's honor.

<>Link to Buster Keaton Museum in Piqua

Link to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center

Link to Carol Yoho's Keaton WebSite
(A great site--Includes Accomodations Information and Photos from the Past 10 Celebrations)

All activities are held at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola, Kansas.

There are no fees.

[Keith Goering] (goeringk@cox.net)