Community Calendar

The Prairie Museum of Art in Colby is preparing for its annual "Soup to Go" fundraiser. This year, we have a couple of new soup options available. Call (785-460-4590) or email (info@prairiemuseum.org) the museum by Tuesday, February 3rd, to order, and pick up your soup after 10:30 on February 6th. Choices (all $10 per quart) are:
• Chili
• Chicken Green Chili
• Vegetable Beef
• Taco
• Chicken Noodle
• Ham and Bean
• Pumpkin

Thank you for supporting your local museum!

The Prairie Museum of Art in Colby is preparing for its annual "Soup to Go" fundraiser. This year, we have a couple of new soup options available. Call (785-460-4590) or email (info@prairiemuseum.org) the museum by Tuesday, February 3rd, to order, and pick up your soup after 10:30 on February 6th. Choices (all $10 per quart) are:
• Chili
• Chicken Green Chili
• Vegetable Beef
• Taco
• Chicken Noodle
• Ham and Bean
• Pumpkin

Thank you for supporting your local museum!

Soup To Go pick-up day! Collect your soup at the museum today!

DHDC is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a dino-sized addition! As part of our “Year of the Dino” celebration, we’re excited to welcome Dinosaurs in Motion — an interactive exhibit featuring 14 fully interactive life-sized, moving dinosaur sculptures. Through art and engineering, guests will explore how dinosaurs moved by learning about their skeletal structures. Catch it on the floor from February 15 to May 10, 2026!

Exhibit produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Inc.

One of the most beloved folk duos returns to the High Plains for a SUNDAY MATINEE performance at Chalice Abbey. SPREAD THE WORD!
ABOUT THE BAND: Mesmerizing folk duo Ordinary Elephant has spent the better part of the last decade on a never-ending tour that’s earned married couple Crystal and Pete Damore widespread critical acclaim and made fans of luminaries like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier. In 2017, the pair took home the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year on the strength of their breakout album, Before I Go, and two years later, they returned with the similarly lauded Honest, which the Associated Press hailed as “one of the best Americana albums of the year.”

The band’s new stripped-down, self-titled album, Ordinary Elephant, is the purest distillation of their sound yet, showcasing the arresting power of the couple’s gorgeous harmonies and intricate fretwork. The songs are timeless, rooted in rich, character-driven storytelling, and the performances are similarly transportive, fueled by delicately intertwined banjo, guitar, and octave mandolin. Though the songs were born out of a period of deep uncertainty, the record itself is a work of profound self-assurance, one delivered by a duo whose personal and professional lives embody the limitless possibility of honest, organic collaboration. Press play on Ordinary Elephant and you’ll hear more than just a husband and wife; you’ll hear the sound of sincerity and commitment, of patience and gratitude, of learning to let go of expectation and revel in the simple beauty of the moment.

Norma Pipkin is a native of Ellis County, KS. Norma’s parents and grandparents spoke the German dialect and continued the customs of their ancestors, which influenced her interest in language and culture. She is a retired French and German teacher and has been involved as a lifetime member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR). In 2002, she completed a Master's degree in English as a second language at Fort Hays State University. As part of the completion of the degree, she developed a Volga German woman based on her great, great-grandmother. She has presented this throughout the years locally and also at AHSGR conventions.

Join us at February's Food For Thought for Norma's presentation, “History of Volga German”!