Flint Hills’ simple beauty inspires Judith Mackey’s paintings for decades
After more than 40 years of painting the scenes and seasons of the Flint Hills, it’s probably safe to say that nobody has portrayed the area like Judith Mackey.
After more than 40 years of painting the scenes and seasons of the Flint Hills, it’s probably safe to say that nobody has portrayed the area like Judith Mackey.
Art will document art Friday night when documentary filmmakers capture the scene of the Final Friday fine art crawl. Students in the documentary class at CityArts will position cameras and microphones as they travel from art gallery to art gallery.
“The Full Monty,” said Forum Theatre director Rick Bumgardner, is more about the tease than actual nudity on stage — although his six actors, playing fledgling male strippers, ultimately will deliver the goods in a clever bit of split-second stagecraft.
Joann Ryan always wanted to see her block in Riverside put on an art show. Last fall, she organized one, to great success. On Saturday, neighbors in the 900 block of Porter Street once again will be showing off their creativity and artistic talent in the spring offering of the Porter Street Artists and Friends event.
During the early 20th century, Wichita was a hotbed for art – specifically for printmakers. Internationally renowned printmakers, sculptors and painters sent works to exhibitions here. Other printmakers moved to Wichita to work at the Western Lithograph Co.
Wearable art will be in vogue Friday night as the catwalk for Project RunAway expands to ambitious effect.
After 15 years of performing with “Stomp,” Andres Fernandez joked that he’s one of the old-timers – make that “seasoned veterans” – of the troupe that’s known for turning dance, percussion and comedy almost into contact sports.
It’s not easy to turn down “Shrek.” But bluesman Popa Chubby recently passed on the chance to play the lead in the Broadway version.
Not many recording artists can put out a 30-year retrospective CD at the ripe old age of 36.
Beginning Friday evening, Friends University is striking up the band — and the orchestra.
When you have two leads as personable and engaging as Erin Sherry and Vincent Teschel, then even an oh-so-familiar show like “Annie Get Your Gun” suddenly seems fresh and surprising again.
Just as the Wichita Symphony Orchestra prepares to present its final classics concert of the current season, it also is ramping up for its 70th classics season, which begins in October and will include flying acrobats, guest artists and Beethoven’s Ninth.
The Wichita Symphony Orchestra ends its classics season next weekend with popular works by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and Aaron Copland. Internationally renowned German pianist Markus Groh will perform a piano concerto written by his nation’s most famous composer, Beethoven.
It’s unusual these days to hear classical music at the Trey McIntyre Project headquarters – or to see dancers working on pointe shoes. You’re more likely to hear popular tunes from the best hip, esoteric contemporary songwriters and dancers in soft ballet shoes working McIntyre’s intricate moves.
Everybody on the Forum Theatre stage was singing Hello, Dolly. But what they clearly were meaning was Hello, Karla as in Wichitas own Broadway veteran Karla Burns Its so nice to have you back where you belong.
Times and sensibilities have changed since Irving Berlin’s classic “Annie Get Your Gun,” about frontier sharpshooter Annie Oakley, took Broadway by storm in 1946.
When Wichita’s Forum Theatre decided to revive the Broadway classic “Hello, Dolly!” for essentially a 50th anniversary production, director Rick Bumgardner said he couldn’t imagine anybody but Karla Burns as lovably meddlesome matchmaker Dolly Levi.
World-renowned opera star Samuel Ramey is helping future opera singers at Wichita State University perfect their talents. On Friday evening, he will show off his students’ work and sing in two numbers at a benefit concert.
A little bit of American history is on display at the Wichita Art Museum. Five quilts – three of which date to the Civil War era – begin a two-part exhibition from the museum’s permanent collection. The quilts feature historic patterns and were assembled using hand-piecing and hand-quilting.
Humor and heartbreak will tango with mischief and mayhem Saturday at Century II Concert Hall. The Wichita Grand Opera is set to stage Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” one of the most famed operatic works. It’s the first time the company will put on the amusing production. A seasoned cast of performers will bring to life colorful characters during the four-act opera.