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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.

Kevin Kinder June 10, 2025
'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.

Sam Jack June 07, 2025
‘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.

Stefania Lugli June 06, 2025
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."

Anne Welsbacher June 04, 2025
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.

Anne Welsbacher June 03, 2025
Turn back time at the McCormick School Museum's movie night
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Turn back time at the McCormick School Museum's movie night

The Wichita museum offers visitors an opportunity to kick back & watch a selection of vintage educational films.

Sam Jack May 29, 2025
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.

Emily Christensen May 27, 2025
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.

Leslie VonHolten May 24, 2025
'Just Willa': Like mother, like daughter
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'Just Willa': Like mother, like daughter

A new novel by Wichita native Helen Sheehy explores the lives of early 20th-century Kansas and Oklahoma farmers and ranchers. Technically fiction, “Just Willa” drips with the kinds of details that the best historians mine from deep research.

Anne Welsbacher May 13, 2025

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