Meeting to feature opera houses

The culture of historic Kansas opera houses, such as the opera house in Florence, will be featured at a meeting of the Fredric Remington Area Historical Society at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Remington High School in Whitewater.

Jane Rhoads, author of “Kansas Opera Houses, Actors and Community Events 1855-1925,” will talk about the importance of opera houses to cultural and social development of south central Kansas during the last half of the 19th century and early 20th century.