A graceful goodbye for Symphony in the Flint Hills
The organization orchestrated its final pop-up party on the prairie this summer.
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'Staggerwing' soars again, honoring Kansas aviators in flight and feeling
Opera Kansas’ updated production, which recently concluded a three-show run in McPherson and Wichita, showcases the lives and achievements of Wichita’s pioneering aviation heroines.
Museum on the move
Wichita State’s Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology is hosting one last student-curated exhibit in its longtime home.
Singing 'Ode to Joy' during days of disaster
The Wichita Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 this Saturday with a community chorus of more than 130 singers. For one chorus member, its famous anthem is a challenge to these discordant times.
Overview effect: a juried exhibition at the Midwest Center for Photography demonstrates the diversity of the field
A selection of photos by 31 artists from around the world is on view at the Riverside gallery — and online — through March 28.
‘Avian Migrations’ bridges technological, organic modes of expression
The Advanced Learning Library centerpiece is an interactive sculpture controlled passively by its patrons.
'Proving Up' puts Opera Kansas on new music’s frontier
Missy Mazzoli’s haunting chamber opera arrives at Old Cowtown Museum in March.
Music On Site brings more than 100 singers to Kansas for ‘opera camp’
Though it has a growing reputation in the opera world, the winter festival remains a hidden gem in its home state. Over the next week, the organization offers free performances of classic and new works in Wichita, Hesston, Newton and McPherson.
In its 80th season, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra brings on a ‘musical diplomat’ as its new leader
Timothy Storhoff is weeks into his tenure as the new executive director of the WSO, an organization he calls a ‘musical engine’ for the city.