The rockets' red, white and blue glare
On America's 250th birthday, Kansas skies will fill with sound and light from backyard enthusiasts chasing ever-bigger booms – and from professional operations, like Wichita's Victory Pyrotechnics.
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In Music Theatre Wichita's 'Hello Dolly!' a matchmaking widow makes her own bid for happiness
The production is a 'postcard of an America that never existed,' but it's a delightful place to visit nonetheless.
'The Art of Benching' makes the case for taking a closer look at train graffiti
Have you ever waited on a train? Not for a ride, but to analyze the art as it passes? In an exhibition at the Great Plains Transportation Museum, photographer Darnel Marley schools us on a practice called 'benching.'
WSO's approaching season pairs notable contemporaries with classic icons
The 2026-27 Wichita Symphony Orchestra lineup includes works from luminaries as diverse as Beethoven, Tina Turner, Mozart, John Williams, and Nickel Creek's Chris Thile.
Heavy hitters on an overflowing stage: Wichita Symphony Orchestra and Chorus present Verdi's Requiem
Maestro Daniel Hege and WSO chorus master Ryan Beeken led a sizable group of musicians in a memorable performance.
An imagined West: Wichita Grand Opera's 'La Fanciulla del West'
A sensation faded into semi-obscurity, Giacomo Puccini’s 1910 opera is on stage at Century II.
Century II’s iconic shape compromises the arts it's meant to showcase. Wichita performers reflect on what could be next.
Supporters of a new performing arts center, deflated after the failed sales tax vote, say that public-private dollars are crucial in achieving that dream.
An unexpected double-header: Valentine's Day weekend at the Wichita Symphony
Concerts 'Voyage to Vienna: Haydn & Brahms' and 'Tango Caliente' featured earnest, focused playing and arresting performances.
'It's always been about a love of stories': Jesse Koza on opera, 'Dido and Aeneas'
Koza directs Opera Kansas' upcoming production of one of the oldest English-language operas.