Keaton
& Company:
WWI, Dark Comedy, and Film
The 17th
Annual Buster Keaton Celebration
Sept 25-26, 2009, Iola, KS
Official Web Site
Two days of film and enlightenment
from
the era
of Buster Keaton and silent film comedy.
Last
updated 3/5/2009
Call for Entries
Buster Keaton Celebration Student Presentation Competition
Click for information
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
All activities are held at the Bowlus
Fine Arts Center in Iola, Kansas.
There are no fees.
[Keith Goering]
(goeringk@cox.net)
