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.
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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.
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.
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.
'Proving Up' puts Opera Kansas on new music’s frontier
Missy Mazzoli’s haunting chamber opera arrives at Old Cowtown Museum in March.
Wayne Gottstine is 'back in the fight'
The longtime Kansas musician has tackled cancer head-on, and he's tentatively planning to play shows for Split Lip Rayfield’s 30th anniversary. But 18 years after losing bandmate Kirk Rundstrom to the disease, he knows nothing is guaranteed.
The City of Wichita’s public art collection preserves 141 years of history — and it's still growing
More than 200 works in the collection — from 19th-century stone gargoyles to recently painted murals — can now be viewed online.