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Inside Out: 'Following Blackbear' at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum
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Inside Out: 'Following Blackbear' at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum

In the third annual Mid-America All Indian Museum invitational exhibition, seven area Native American artists encourage the viewer to look inward while challenging notions of strength, identity, class, and gender. It's on view through July 25.

Novelist Sarah Henning has built her career in community with other writers
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Novelist Sarah Henning has built her career in community with other writers

Her latest young adult novel "The Lies We Conjure" is a 2025 Kansas Notable Book.

Crazy for 'Crazy for You' at Music Theatre Wichita
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Crazy for 'Crazy for You' at Music Theatre Wichita

It’s not easy to choose one word to describe the dazzling dancing, infectious joy, and staging feasts of this Ken Ludwig reinvention of a boy-meets-girl Gershwin classic. But our reviewer eventually finds it.

A graceful goodbye for Symphony in the Flint Hills
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A graceful goodbye for Symphony in the Flint Hills

The organization orchestrated its final pop-up party on the prairie this summer.

C.J. Janovy on the necessity of activism: 'Not paying attention used to be a luxury'
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C.J. Janovy on the necessity of activism: 'Not paying attention used to be a luxury'

"The LGBTQ community needs to engage politically," the journalist and author said in a recent interview. Her 2018 book “No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas” has been re-released with a new introduction.

Black and white and red all over: 'Listening Devices' at the Ulrich Museum of Art
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Black and white and red all over: 'Listening Devices' at the Ulrich Museum of Art

The exhibition, which showcases black-and-white photography, is suffused in red light, evoking a darkroom.

Sweet and tart: 'Waitress' opens Music Theatre Wichita's season
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Sweet and tart: 'Waitress' opens Music Theatre Wichita's season

An everywoman story of a waitress who finds escape in pie-making provides strong singing, plentiful comedy, and dark reminders of the abuses many women face.

Unstable territories on earth and beyond: Susan Hiller, Hugo Zelada-Romero, and Terry Evans at the Salina Art Center

Unstable territories on earth and beyond: Susan Hiller, Hugo Zelada-Romero, and Terry Evans at the Salina Art Center

Summer exhibitions showcase UFO stories from far and near and photographs of what’s beneath our feet. “High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond” and "Tales of Dakota Sandstone" are on view through August 31.

Review: Somewhere Fest stayed true to its mission but never quite took off
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Review: Somewhere Fest stayed true to its mission but never quite took off

In its second year, the music festival and conference was “perfectly divisive” and occasionally thrilling.

A creative family tree: 'Art in the Family' at the Derby Public Library
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A creative family tree: 'Art in the Family' at the Derby Public Library

An exhibition organized by the Derby Arts Council includes work by members of 15 families.

The Wichita Wind Symphony brings innovation and energy to Wichita's classical music scene

The Wichita Wind Symphony brings innovation and energy to Wichita's classical music scene

The new-music ensemble’s third season of free concerts begins this Saturday.

A vision of Wichita as a ‘Somewhere’: Eclectic music and arts festival returns for second year
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A vision of Wichita as a ‘Somewhere’: Eclectic music and arts festival returns for second year

After debuting last year as Elsewhere Fest, the two-day festival and conference is back this weekend with a new name, fewer stages, same ambition.

'Staggerwing' soars again, honoring Kansas aviators in flight and feeling
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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.

‘Hobo codes’ public art tracks the past alongside the present
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‘Hobo codes’ public art tracks the past alongside the present

In downtown Wichita, Jeff Best's Hobo Code Railings is tucked beneath an underpass. The art piece celebrates past nomadic life but permanently sits in a place where homelessness is present.

In its 43rd season, Kechi Playhouse tempers passion with pragmatism
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In its 43rd season, Kechi Playhouse tempers passion with pragmatism

As a hedge against troublesome road construction, the theater will present five royalty-free productions this year. They include past favorites, an original script, and "Much Ado About Nothing."

Wichita Shakespeare Company kicks off its season with 'totally rad' production of 'Love's Labours Lost'
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Wichita Shakespeare Company kicks off its season with 'totally rad' production of 'Love's Labours Lost'

In its 26th year, the company presents two wildly different approaches to Shakespeare: An '80s undergraduate take on comedy "Love's Labours Lost" opens June 6, and a "no gimmicks" version of "Romeo and Juliet" is coming in September.

Music Theatre Wichita’s longest-serving employee celebrates 50 years of curtains
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Music Theatre Wichita’s longest-serving employee celebrates 50 years of curtains

Among (many) other contributions, Mary Sue Dymak helped build the production company’s robust theatrical rentals program.

Cultural/curatorial transmissions: “Bold Women” at the Spencer Museum of Art
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Cultural/curatorial transmissions: “Bold Women” at the Spencer Museum of Art

On the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, art across generations reveals the past as present. "Bold Women" is on view through July 6.

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