Slighty Feral Media: The Raccoon's Cabinet of Curiosities

The System Behind a Million-Dollar Fireworks Show | Pyrotechnics The System: Why a Million-Dollar Fireworks Show Begins with a Piece of Tape Behind the Scenes of the Million Dollar Fireworks Festival and America’s 250th Celebration in Frontenac, Kansas Backstage Pyrotechnics | Camptown Event Center | Frontenac, Kansas Written by: Alethea F. Mehdipour- Slightly Feral Media Most people who attended the Million Dollar Fireworks Festival – America's 250th Celebration Bash in Frontenac, Kansas will remember what happened after sunset. Nearly 10,000 cues, fireworks rose into the Kansas sky in perfect synchronization with music. Colors bloomed exactly when they were supposed to. Every shell appeared on cue. Every effect became part of a much larger story written across the night sky.

Brass on Mass: The Block Learned to Dance Together Brass On Mass 2026 Field Notes from Downtown Lawrence • Granada Theater • Massachusetts Street Brass on Mass transforms downtown Lawrence, Kansas into one of the city's largest celebrations of live music, brass bands, community vendors, local businesses, and public participation. Beginning at the historic Granada Theater and flowing onto Massachusetts Street, the annual event gathers musicians, families, artists, photographers, stagehands, and neighbors into a single shared habitat. This field note follows the raccoon's observations as a familiar workplace became a community gathering place, revealing that the strongest communities begin long before the first song. The Block Began to Breathe Brass on Mass transformed downtown Lawrence, Kansas into a celebration of live music, local businesses, community vendors, and public participation before the first band even took the stage. Arriving early, the raccoon discovered that healt...