Mad props: Meet the unsung heroes behind the scenes in Wichita theaters
Prop artists work to create the visual magic of theater. Teri Mott visited with seven of them and heard their stories.
April 17, 2026News
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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.
April 16, 2026
Cooperative press opens with 'Movable Monument'
Wichita author Sarah Green tells a Kansas story of public art, taste, craft, history, and civic pride. It's the first release from Rock Paper Feather Press.
April 14, 2026
How the most die-hard marching band members spend their offseason
ICT Winds performs on the new Sunflower Indoor Performing Arts Association circuit. The group competes in the winter guard world championships later this month.
April 01, 2026
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.
March 28, 2026
Ballet Wichita springs forward, presenting civil rights history in ‘Breaking Barriers’
The dance company's spring concert features two original works. One honors the participants in Wichita's 1958 Dockum Drug Store sit-in, a key moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
March 24, 2026
The game’s afoot! Will the detective crack the mystery of … 'Hamlet'?
The Guild Hall Players present the Shakespearean tragedy as a Gilded Age mystery to unravel.
March 10, 2026
Bill Andrews and the forgiving nature of woodworking
"If you mess something up, you can usually fix it, even if you have to change the size of what you're doing."
March 08, 2026
Roundup: News & opinion about the Wichita's proposed 1% sales tax
Wichita voters will have the opportunity to vote on the proposal in a special election on Tuesday, March 3.
March 01, 2026