Kansas Senate proposes $1 million cut to arts funding, and arts advocates are asking for help
The future of the Kansas Arts Commission is in doubt as Kansas legislators negotiate over the state budget.
Busting moves: An expanded Wicked City Roller Derby skates into a new season
Wichita's roller derby league has grown to more than 40 skaters. For the first time in more than 15 years, Wicked City will field two home teams.
Mixed-media style: 'The Future is Fashion' at Envision Arts Gallery
The exhibition of fashion-inspired artworks and wearable pieces is on view at the Envision Arts Gallery and Community Engagement Center through May 30.
Small-town subversion: 'Book of Days' at Wichita Community Theatre
The College Hill theater delivers a strong production of Lanford Wilson’s powerful play, on stage through Sunday.
'Creepy, spooky, and downright terrifying': Joe Worley releases second horror comic anthology
"Death Itself, Vol. 2" includes work by Worley and fellow Wichita artists Dustin Parker and Suspicious Glaze. It's on sale later this month.
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.
How Trish Dool creates her avant garde hair designs
The award-winning stylist looks for inspiration everywhere and spends endless hours in her studio listening to '80s new wave and exploring hair as a material.
Form follows material: ceramics by David Long at Bethel College
The ceramicist and educator presents 54 works in "Untethered," an exhibition that reflects a career spent exploring the nature of clay. It's on view at the Robert W. Regier Gallery through March 14.
Wichita State celebrates 50 years of its student playwriting competition with bloody 'The Angel of Death'
The national competition has developed shows by young playwrights for half a century. This year's winner is on stage this week.
Wichita’s improv scene is booming: ‘We’re pretty serious about our funny’
Say What?!, Flying Pig Improv, First Draft and Parking Lot Sushi each offer audiences regular, one-of-a-kind performances.
A new statewide network seeks to boost Kansas government support for arts organizations
Kansas ranks 47th in state funding for the arts. The Kansas Arts Network wants to change that.
Beyond pixels: Friends University’s 'Analog & Alternative' bridges photography’s past and future
The exhibition includes a wide range of photographic processes, including cyanotype, Polaroid, and film developed in coffee. It's on view at the Riney Fine Arts Gallery through March 29.
'The Bridges of Madison County' fizzles at the Forum Theatre
Despite a strong production, the musical is less romantic fantasy than it is cliched commentary on Midwestern existence. Performances continue through March 2.
Meadowlark Press enters its 11th year of publishing voices from the Great Plains
To celebrate, Skyler Lovelace reviews poetry volumes by Tyler Robert Sheldon, Olive L. Sullivan, and Laura Lee Washburn from the small press' back catalog.
Landscapes and memory shimmer in selections from Barton Community College art collection
The college's new president and his wife curated "Executive Collection," on view at the Shafer Art Gallery in Great Bend, Kansas, through March 1.
‘Avian Migrations’ bridges technological, organic modes of expression
The Advanced Learning Library centerpiece is an interactive sculpture controlled passively by its patrons.
A joyful celebration of Wichita drag artists: Lydia Humphreys at CityArts
At a fraught moment for drag artists, Humphreys' exhibition celebrates the creativity and self-determination inherent in drag. It's on view through February 23.
'Proving Up' puts Opera Kansas on new music’s frontier
Missy Mazzoli’s haunting chamber opera arrives at Old Cowtown Museum in March.