# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Kaw Mission Councils 2026 Westward Exapnsion Lecture Series: "Sod & Stubble" Movie
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 15 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The March 15th Kaw mission Council Westward Expansion Lecture Series will be "Sod & Stubble" movie. The program will be held at 2 p.m. at the Council Grove High School Auditorium, located at 129 Hockaday Street. The Auditorium is on the south side of the High School.
 After the movie screening, Ken Spurgeon, writer and director of the movie,  will provide insight on the making of the film. Spurgeon is an Assistant Professor of History at Friends University. He has spent over 20 years teaching at the High School and College level.  
Mr. Spurgeon is the author of “A Kansas Soldier at War:  The Civil War Lives and Letters of Christian and Elise Dubach Isely,” published by The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2013.
From 2004 until 2018, he was the Executive Director of Lone Chimney Films, Inc., a not-for-profit documentary film company dedicated to films about the Midwest. He has written or co-written and directed four documentaries. The last two films (Home on the Range and The Road to Valhalla) have earned the Western Heritage Award (Wrangler) at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 2018 and 2015. The previous three films have also aired on various PBS stations throughout the Midwest. 
He recently served as the writer and director for the film Sod and Stubble based on the classic tale by the same name written by John Ise with Von Rothenberger. Sod and Stubble will be released on March 28, 2025.


The friends of Kaw Heritage will provide refreshments after the program. The Kaw Mission Councils 2026 Westward Expansion Lecture Series "Sod & Stubble" movie is sponsored the Kansas Historical Society, Friends of Kaw Heritage, Trembly, Young, Nystrom, Hylton, and Area Foundations, and trusts. The City of Council Grove. A $3 suggested donation will be collected. For more information contact 620-307-2754 or mark.brooks@ks.gov
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/council-grove/kaw-mission-councils-2026-westward-exapnsion-lecture-series-sod-and-stubble-movie/200029762800138
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Council Grove
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Council Grove High School Auditorium, 129 Hockaday Street, Council Grove, Kansas 66846
- **lat**: 38.6599
- **long**: -96.48961
- **full address**: Council Grove High School Auditorium, 129 Hockaday Street, Council Grove, Kansas 66846, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Kaw Mission Councils 2026 Westward Exapnsion Lecture Series: "Sod & Stubble" Movie being held?
  - **A:** Kaw Mission Councils 2026 Westward Exapnsion Lecture Series: "Sod & Stubble" Movie takes place on Sun, 15 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 15 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Council Grove High School Auditorium, 129 Hockaday Street, Council Grove, Kansas 66846, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Kaw Mission Councils 2026 Westward Exapnsion Lecture Series: "Sod & Stubble" Movie?
  - **A:** Kaw Mission Councils 2026 Westward Exapnsion Lecture Series: "Sod & Stubble" Movie is organized by Kaw Mission and Last Chance Store Museums.

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