Editing Lucas, Kansas (section)

==Culture==

===Events===
Each year on the Saturday before [[Labor Day]] weekend, the city holds its annual community celebration, the Adams Apple Festival. It includes an art show, a [[fun run]], Scottish Highland Games, contests, and other entertainment. Other annual events include the Spook Parade, a children's costume contest held the Saturday before [[Halloween]], and Santa Claus Day, held the Saturday before [[Christmas]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Special Events in Lucas, Kansas | publisher = Lucas Area Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.skyways.org/towns/Lucas/events.html | accessdate = 2011-08-26}}</ref>

Since 1949, Lucas has hosted the K-18 Baseball state tournament. Named for [[K-18 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 18]], which runs through town, the league consists of players ages 13–16 throughout communities in western and central Kansas. The K-18 softball state tournament began in 2020.

===Points of interest===
In 1996, Kansas Governor [[Bill Graves]] named Lucas the "Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas" due to the number of sites in the community devoted to local [[folk art]]. The [[Garden of Eden, Lucas, Kansas|Garden of Eden]] is a permanent outdoor sculpture exhibit built between 1905 and 1927 by local sculptor [[Samuel P. Dinsmoor]]. The site consists of Dinsmoor's home, a "log cabin" constructed of carved limestone, more than 150 sculptures representing his interpretation of the [[Genesis creation narrative|Biblical creation]] and world history, and a mausoleum housing the remains of Dinsmoor and his first wife.<ref>{{cite web | last = Weiser | first = Kathy | title = The Garden of Eden in Lucas | work = Legends of Kansas | date = May 2010 | url = http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-lucas.html | accessdate = 2011-08-26}}</ref> Inspired by Dinsmoor, local resident Florence Deeble constructed a [[rock garden]] around her home, using rocks acquired during her travels to construct works representing places she visited.<ref>{{cite web | last = Stokes | first = Keith | title = Florence Deeble's Rock Garden | url = http://kansastravel.org/deeblerockgarden.htm | accessdate = 2011-08-26}}</ref> Since 2002, Deeble's house has served as a gallery called the Garden of Isis, exhibiting works made from recycled materials by visual artist Mri-Pilar.<ref>{{cite web | last = Stokes | first = Keith | title = Garden of Isis | url = http://kansastravel.org/isis.htm | accessdate = 2011-08-26}}</ref> The Grassroots Arts Center is a non-profit gallery located downtown which promotes and exhibits the work of Kansas folk artists.<ref>{{cite web | title = Our History | publisher = Grassroots Art Center | url = http://www.grassrootsart.net/AboutUs/OurHistory01.html | accessdate = 2011-08-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005063015/http://www.grassrootsart.net/AboutUs/OurHistory01.html | archive-date = 2011-10-05 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Other folk art sites in the city include late, porcelain artist, Eric Abraham's Flying Pig Studio & Gallery, The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Version of the World's Largest Things traveling museum, Bowl Plaza, Miller's park, Fork Art Park, historical mural and the World's Largest [[Plate (dishware)#Plates as collectibles|Travel Plate]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Attractions | publisher = Lucas Area Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.skyways.org/towns/Lucas/attractions.html | accessdate = 2011-08-26}}</ref>