Few K-State legends loom as large as Bill Snyder. While his story has been told countless times in books, newspapers and even a documentary, the autobiography “Bill Snyder: My Football Life and the Rest of the Story” is an opportunity for Snyder to tell the story himself.
I don’t know about you, but for me there is nothing like opening up a brand-new book for the first time. Not just a new book to me, but one that has barely been read before and has that hot of the presses shiny cover and the new book smell. I still prefer print books for this very reason; th…
“Is there anything to do in Kansas?”
New location, more stuff.
Even as a kid, Jeremy Ricci liked to make people laugh.
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The fourth “Ghostbusters” movie, “After Life,” brings in Paul Rudd, Olivia “13” Wilde, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, and J.K. Simmons to hold the cinematic fort until the late introduction of cast members from the first couple of movies. That should be enough.
If you have a sore foot, you don’t want your doctor to treat you for a headache. If you have a stomachache, you don’t want your doctor to put a cast on your hand.
With Thanksgiving coming up and the pandemic still affecting our family gatherings, I’ve started thinking about my plans. My partner and I decided that we’ll have a small dinner for us and our toddler and maybe video chat our families throughout the day. I don’t want to do the “traditional” …
Manhattan High School thespians displayed their talents on stage without masks for the first time in a year Thursday evening.
Confession: I am 36 years old, and I am a TikTok user.
A lifelong Little Apple resident didn’t fall far from her family tree as she embraces the spirit of community service in her own life.
You might not have been aware of it, but this past weekend our Little Apple’s Art Center Acting Company participated in a really big project. When I say big, I mean a hearty band of our local troupers in the MAC’s Grosh Performance Hall joined over 2,500 other live stage groups across all fi…
The organizers of the annual Buttons and Bows craft fair on Saturday said they’re happy the event was able to return after a year off due to the pandemic.
If you want to read about wild adventures with fireflies, narwhals, vampire squids, corpse flowers, dragon fruits, dancing frogs, axolotls and other astonishing denizens of this earth, then pick up a copy of Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s “World of Wonders.”
Miriam “Mimi” Keith will celebrate her 100th birthday on Nov. 14.
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November is Native American Heritage Month, a month dedicated to the history and current culture of the Indigenous peoples of this country. A great way to learn more about Indigenous cultures is to read books by and about Indigenous peoples. If you are participating in the Manhattan Public L…
In mid-August 1989, after Mike Matson was arrested for DUI, and later was back in his red Camaro, the author contemplated the journey that had brought him to this point. A news story came on mentioning it was the 12th anniversary of Elvis’ death and Matson recalled where he was on that exact…
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The “Lord of the Rings” movies, the Harry Potter movies, and the “Star Wars” movies were so commercially successful that Hollywood found the money to try, once again, to turn Frank Herbert’s fantasy and science fiction novel “Dune” into a movie series.
Troy Auman tries to help people of all ages find more confidence not only in their bodies but in all parts of their lives.
ReadMHK is Manhattan Public Library’s community-wide reading program. November’s theme, books by Native authors, was inspired by American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. What began in the early 1900s as an attempt to get a day of recognition, became a weeklong celebration in the mid…
Charles Dickens, in the pantheon of English writers, is in lofty company, often having his name mentioned in the same breath as William Shakespeare. Everyone who knows anything about English literature (so about 15% of the U.S. population) at least knows his name. The references, tributes to…
In our modern society of today, it’s important to have various kinds of networks. But what if we could have a network of networks?
Leighton Ann Philpott was born Oct. 04, 2021 to Aaron and Rawley Philpott of Manhattan.
The new “Halloween” series movie, “Halloween Kills,” is a weaker next-of-kin to the 2018 picture “Halloween.” There may not be any numbers in the titles of these films, but “Halloween” was the 12th movie about mad slasher Michael Myers and his abiding target, Jamie Lee Curtis.
The Mercury has put together a list of stories related to the 2021 election.
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Heather Hnizdil’s first business venture has been cleared for take off.
The new Addams Family movie, imaginatively titled “2,” is the animated successor to a 2019 film. Lots of people like the Addams Family, a nuclear unit of Gothic supernaturals and their familiars. We’ve liked them since they appeared in cartoons in magazines including the New Yorker.
The Riley County Historical Society, in response to a suggestion by Dave Baker, the director of the Douglass Center, offers this historical information about Manhattan’s early South Side.
Death isn’t a topic that typically goes along with humor. However, there are a number of books that could be categorized as both. In fact, there’s a not insubstantial number of books that use humor to challenge the social conversation around death and funerals. If that seems interesting, her…
As its subtitle indicates, “A Grip of Time: When Prison Is Your Life” is a book about prison life. “Grip of Time” is slang for being in prison, as in “doing time.” The author, Lauren Kessler, has written at least 10 works of narrative nonfiction. I first encountered her work in her award-win…
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If you know Campus Barbershop at 1206 Moro St., there’s a chance you’ve sat in Dylan Roberts’ chair.
Is creativity is contagious? A Manhattan Arts Center exhibit explores how people who share a creative space motivate and inspire each other.
If you ask me, one of the best things about living in Manhattan is the excellent selection of local restaurants. For a long time, I rarely went to a chain; I was probably a bit of a snob about it. It’s great to find a perch at cozy, busy spots like Taco Lucha, Coco Bolo’s or Bourbon and Bake…
The airline pilot happened to be in Amsterdam but he had a question. He sent a text to a friend and asked, “When is the world’s fair?” The friend texted the dates in his reply.
Mac Phrommany said the “universe conspired in my favor” when he got his dream teaching job.
Some of the recent James Bond, 007 movies have been so strong that the movie-going public looked forward with enthusiasm to the release of “No Time to Die.” Some of that anticipation is attributable to the virus lock-down related postponements of the film’s release.
Several years back (beginning with the Colin Firth “Pride and Prejudice” era), I was obsessed with all things Jane Austen. I read all the books, all the biographies and spinoffs, and watched all the movies. I think I burnt myself out a bit. When I picked up “The Jane Austen Society” by Natal…
“Figure out where north, south, east and west are before you go in,” says Shawn Stolworthy, whose company, based in Firth, Idaho, designs and builds corn mazes across the United States and Canada. Basic directional awareness can help you find your way through tortuous, branching paths even w…
The Manhattan Arts Center’s 2021-22 season of live theater opened Friday with a presentation of John Bishop’s 1987 somewhat satiric, mostly slapstick, flagrant-disdain-for-credibility farce, “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.” Final week shows Oct. 8-10.
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The nation’s breadbasket produces more than wheat, and two area residents is using his grapes to honor the land that grew it.
Longtime rhythm and bluesman Boz Skaggs and his band put on a good show at K-State’s McCain Auditorium last Thursday. It was a good show of skilled performances of decent songs. Good. But let’s not get too happy about it.
Some of us achieve our dreams. Some are just scraping by.
“You don’t know jack.”
Told with refreshing candor and exceptional detail, Jerri Garretson’s topical account of her life growing up in Manhattan from 1948 to 1964 presents vivid and entertaining verbal images of not only her own life, but the times in which she lived.
As the sidewalk’s decorations change from discarded fireworks wrappings and grass clippings to yellowed leaves and cracked walnut husks, I begin to reflect on the year behind me. Yes, there are still about 100 days left in 2021 — some hope for our “to read” list — but we can also begin to ev…
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