Though she spends the bulk of her time writing and shooting pictures for The El Dorado Times, photography is also a hobby for Editor Julie Anderson. And that pastime has garnered her recognition from Mead Street Gallery in Wichita, where she’s been named the most recent Featured Artist.

He may very well be the greatest musician you’ve never heard of.

His name is Aaron Sidwell and he’s been writing songs since he was 12 years old and he wants to be the next American Idol.

But he missed that boat.

Twice.

Butler Community College students will be hoofing it to the tony tunes of 60 years of Broadway hits this weekend. The dance department’s final show of the year, entitled “Steppin’ Out,” will feature numbers from “West Side Story,” “Rent,” “Fosse,” “Hair,” “Tarzan” and “Grease.”

If one is the loneliest number, perhaps William Inge could be called a singular playwright for his ability to convey the depths of human longing for connection.

This week, Butler Community College is staging one of the Kansas writer’s best-known shows, “Bus Stop,” directed by Bob Peterson.

The Coutts Memorial Museum of Art is unveiling its newest exhibit, “The County Life...the art of Maleta Forsberg.”

“Music is an outburst of the soul,” English composer Frederick Delius once said.

If that’s the case, El Dorado Middle School’s stage will be filled with soul Saturday evening when the ARC of Butler County’s Circle of Friends presents a variety show entitled Outburst.

Imagine you’re being asked to compile a list of actors you’d like to see in a Hollywood movie.

Now imagine you’ve written the movie and the people asking for your input are producers.

For some, this is a geeked-out dream come true. For others, this might seem a silly notion. For Leon resident Robin Gomez, this is reality.

The El Dorado Community Concert Association is kicking off its membership drive for the 2008-09 season.

With roughly 3 1/2 weeks to pull something together, the El Dorado High School theatre department is nearly ready to present its spring production.

The high school is staging a trio of one-act plays, “The Actor’s Nightmare,” “Serial Killer Barbie,” and “Caution: Politricks.” The shows are loosely tied together by what director Drew Pakalski calls two of “the funniest things” to see on stage: death and politics.

H. Richard Kuhns, M.D., has been capturing images with his camera for some time.
Now he is sharing them with the public through Time Light Images Photographic Art Gallery, the gallery and frame studio he and his wife, Tamsel, opened on Main Street.

“It’s gotta be twice as big! You’re pirates and you’re tough guys! Stick your chest out!”

It’s Tuesday afternoon and that’s Valerie Mack giving enthusiastic advice to members of the Butler Community College Chamber Singers in preparation for this weekend’s vocal music concert.

Before Tuesday, Justin Rayburn had never heard an ounce of Shakespeare.
A fourth grader from Hamilton Elementary, Rayburn joined a packed theatre of kids who were likely being introduced to the famed playwright's material for the first time.

Youth of Butler County will have the opportunity to see their artwork hanging in a museum this month.

Children and adults learned a little more about their state during the Kansas Day Birthday Bash held at the Butler County History Center Saturday.