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2012 Wichita River Festival schedule

June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

Check out the fun planned for all ages in this year’s Wichita River Festival.

Longtime fan favorite Rick Springfield among Riverfest performers

By Denise Neil, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

Casual fans of Rick Springfield might think that the pop star left his career back in the 1980s, somewhere between “Jessie’s Girl” and his starring role as Dr. Noah Drake on the soap opera “General Hospital.”

What’s new on the River Festival food front

By Denise Neil, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

Wichita River Festival foods: They come. They go. They move all over the place.

Exhibit offers white tigers, camel rides, parakeets

By Matt Riedl, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

A new Wichita River Festival exhibit will feature white tigers west of Century II, 225 W. Douglas. The traveling exhibit from Chicago also will offer camel rides and a parakeet aviary in the same area.

‘Water Wagon’ to offer tours of Arkansas River

By Matt Riedl, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

New at this year’s Wichita River Festival, the Wichita Wagonmasters will host tours of the Arkansas River on their new “Water Wagon” boat Saturday through June 9.

Defending champ McGown ready to try River Run repeat times two

By TONY ADAME, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

There’s this thing that happens to an athlete when he or she talks about their career coming to a close.

Riverfest’s traveling White Tiger Discovery exhibit has new owner since its Chicago shutdown

By Fred Mann, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

The White Tiger Discovery exhibit that will be on display at the Wichita River Festival starting Friday is under new ownership since it was shut down in Chicago in January when its previous owner was found to have violated federal animal welfare laws.

River Run evolves along with the sport

By TONY ADAME, The Wichita Eagle | June 8 at 3:45 p.m.

In 1980, his first year as director of the River Run, Clark Ensz estimates he needed around 120 people at the finish line to clock times and tally the results from the 2,800 competitors that ran that day.

Some fountains are off-limits during Riverfest

By RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | May 29 at 6:33 p.m.

Come to the Wichita River Festival and have fun. Just make sure that fun doesn’t include getting in the water features, officials warn.

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