January 28, 2018

Hookers Show and Tell. All "hookers" and collectors are invited for an afternoon of showing, telling, and visiting.

February 17, 2018

The first in a series of poetry events at Volland. Sandra Beasley and Traci Brimhall will read, followed by an Open Mic. All poets are welcome!

March 10, 2018

Featured speakers Cynthia Barnett and Jeff Davidson will tell the story of Water - in Kansas and around the world.

Spring 2018

Everyone talks about the weather. An artist, a poet, scientists, authors, and a watershed specialist will approach weather from different points of view in a series of "weather events." Join your friends at Volland to talk about the weather.

April 8, 2018

The second in a series of poetry events at Volland is focused on Kansas weather. Not only is our weather some of the most dramatic in the world, but our relationship to weather shapes how we see ourselves.

April 15, 2018

What will the changing climate mean for the Flint Hills? The tallgrass? How will it affect the lives and livelihoods of FlintHills ranchers?

April 22, 2018

Featured speakers Judith Schwartz and Walter Jehne will discuss "The New Science of Weather" and how the way the treat the land has an impact on the kind of weather we experience.

May-June 2018

Water is vital. An artist, curator, scientist, poet, and geologist will present varying perspectives on water in a series of "Water events" during May and June. Join your friends at Volland for conversations about this resource of critical importance to all of us.

May 12, 2018

Penner said, “We will take the audience on a picture journey throughout the state sharing road trip ideas and telling stories about our adventures. From restaurant suggestions to art, architecture, history, geography and more.“

May 19, 2018

Water, water, everywhere... Water is complicated in Kansas. There are lots of "water" groups. Heidi is working with a fair number of them, including farmers on Rattlesnake Creek and the Corps of Engineers on the Kansas River. Hear her stories.

May 20, 2018

Aileen June Wang, curator at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University, will discuss the art of Lynn Benson.

June 2, 2018

Mary Pinard returns to Volland for a residency in June. A Reading and a special event with Mary at a private Flint Hills ranch. Photo by Stephan Anderson-Story, 2017.

June 24, 2018

The conversation about Water continues. Rex Buchanan will highlight how water issues today define much about Kansans in the future, just as it always has.

August 5, 2018

Combining a unique blend of songs, historical facts, and pictures, Jeff Davidson helps us celebrate a "sense of place" in the Flint Hills.

August 26, 2018

Dr. Joyce Thierer, professor at Emporia State University, presents a first-person narrative of Mary Fix, one of the first pioneers to arrive in Volland. Mary was Joyce’s great-great grandmother. Photo by Dave Leiker.

September 8, 2018

Flint Hills residents and fans:  you are invited to bring family histories and photographs, sketch books, artwork, poetry, writings – whatever says “Flint Hills” to you. Open house 12-4pm. Conversation at 2pm.

September - November 2018

Fall 2018 Cellar Tours are sold out, but please join our newsletter list. You will be the first to know about Future Tour Schedules.

September 22, 2018

Kevin Rabas combines music and poetry and is bringing his drums to Volland – Join us for the fun – His performance will be followed by an Open Mic. All poets are welcome!

September 30, 2018

Rob is a scientist who understands not only the ecology of the Flint Hills but the beauty as well.  Rob will enlighten us about the science of the Flint Hills and will bring Heather Miller, an accomplished songstress, to join him in entertaining us with music.

October 14, 2018

Cindy Hoedel will read a word portrait of the Flint Hills. Closing reception for Shawn Skabelund's "Encircling Vastness." Opening Reception for a new installation by Skabelund: "Binding the Earth to Sky."