Keaton
&
The Tragic Clowns
Harry Langdon, Raymond Griffith, Charley Chase
The 18th
Annual Buster Keaton Celebration
Sept 24-25, 2010, Iola, KS
Official Web Site
Two days of film and enlightenment
from
the era
of Buster Keaton and silent film comedy.
Last
updated 10//04/2009
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, -- seven miles east of Piqua --, hosts a
celebration
in Keaton's honor.
All activities are held at the
Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Iola, Kansas.
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
<>Link to Buster Keaton Museum in Piqua
Link to the Bowlus Fine
Arts Center
Link to Buster
Keaton: Comedian, Soldier, California Military Museum
All activities are held at the Bowlus
Fine Arts Center in Iola, Kansas.
There are no fees.
[Keith Goering]
(goeringk@cox.net)
