Out & About with The SHOUT: Smoky Hill River Festival
What started as a Salina street fair has evolved into a four-day party that featuring some 120 artists.
July 10, 2026
MTW’s ‘Elf, the Musical’ brings cheer — and snowmaggedon — to the stage
Music Theatre Wichita takes an ambitious swing on this tech-dense musical, with mixed results.
July 09, 2026
‘Rose’s, Rings, and Ruins’ ushers in new S.T.A.R.S. Community Theater in Mulvane
The new theater troupe, founded by cousins for ‘actors, volunteers, and theater lovers of all experience levels,’ opens its first show the last weekend in July.
July 08, 2026
A Wichita guitar legend gets time in the studio
Musician and teacher Craig Owens has been around for years. Thanks to a former student, he now has a studio album to show for it.
July 07, 2026
Photos: 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱'𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Wichita's Black bookstore has moved from downtown to northeast Wichita.
July 06, 2026
How Wichita's 'Passiflora Sorma' was reborn
The 2003 sculpture by Tim Berg, Chris Frank, and Ed Langston was an inexpensive project that initially lasted 15 years.
July 05, 2026
Tribal Roots debuts new 'beat bus'
The Wichita arts collective is well known for their EDM warehouse events. Now they're taking their show on the road.
July 02, 2026
A new play explores grief, KU basketball & groundbreaking medical research
The world premiere of ‘Unghosting the Chromosome’ will take place in Lawrence July 10-12.
July 01, 2026
The Wichita Music Census is underway
An anonymous survey asks members of Wichita's music scene what the local music economy needs.
June 28, 2026