This week in Wichita
Events in the Wichita area continue to be fluid. Check social media accounts or call the venue before going to verify the event is still happening. It’s also wise to check in advance so you can comply with the venue’s COVID safety measures. Here is what was planned as of Thursday morning.
Free: 2nd Saturday Artisan Market
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, The Workroom, 150 N. Cleveland
After three months of virtual markets, The Workroom is having its first in-person market of the season featuring local art, live music and food trucks. Two hour sets include Arbuckle & Long at 10 a.m., Rudy Love Jr. at noon and Lonesome Stranger at 2 p.m. Organizers are promoting a number of safety measures such as a reduction in vendors for more spacing, mandatory masks, asking attendees to not touch items without intent to purchase and encouraging electronic payment. They’re also posting a vendor list online so you can pre-shop for day-of pick up or final selections to minimize contact time.
Free: 4th annual Twisted Oz Motorcycle Swap Meet and Vintage Show
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum, 601 W. 7th in Augusta
The Sunflower Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America is organizing a vintage bike ride leaving from the Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum at 9 a.m. Friday, and on Saturday there’s an all-day antique bike show and swap meet in the museum’s parking lot. The events are free as is the museum, known for its collection of rare vintage bikes.
Free: Sporting KC watch party
7 p.m. Sunday at Chicken n Pickle, 1240 N. Greenwich
Major League Soccer is the first of North America’s major men’s professional sports leagues to return, and you can watch televised coverage of Sporting KC competing in the MLS is Back Tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida.
Chicken n Pickle is holding watch parties for the Sporting’s matches at its indoor/outdoor dining and entertainment complex. They’ll play three group stage matches for the chance to advance to the next stage. Matches are at 7 p.m. Sunday against Minnesota United, 7 p.m. July 17 versus Colorado Rapids and 8 a.m. July 22 against Real Salt Lake.
Free: All-ages virtual Creature Feature
11 a.m. Monday, virtual and at Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E. 29th St. N.
Each Monday in July the staff at Great Plains Nature Center is spotlighting a different wild topic appropriated for all ages. This week: moths. The 40-minute program is free and seating is limited at the indoor Coleman Auditorium; you can also watch on Facebook Live.
Retro-Monday at the drive-in
9:10 p.m. Monday at Starlite Drive-In, 3900 S. Hydraulic
This week’s cult classic screening at Starlite is a double feature of “Robocop” (extended director’s cut) and “The Terminator” showing on one of the drive-in’s two screens starting at sunset, around 9:10 p.m. Tickets are $7 ages 12 and older, $3 ages 3-12 or $14 per carload. Concessions and bathrooms are open and spaces are marked for social distancing.
Free: Virtual Coffee at the Cosmosphere: Apollo to Artemis
9 a.m. Thursday, virtual
Learn how the Apollo missions prepared NASA for the return to the moon through the Artemis space program in this virtual presentation by Cosmosphere volunteer and space podcaster John Mulnix. He’ll explore long-duration human spaceflight from the first United States space station to today’s International Space Station and discuss three commercially developed lunar landers supporting Artemis. The event is free and online only via the Cosmosphere’s Facebook page or on Zoom at cosmomeeting.org.
Premiere of “Keeper 150: A Wichita Sesquicentennial Celebration” documentary
7 p.m. Thursday on KPTS Channel 8
Wichita’s public broadcasting station, KPTS – Channel 8, is airing for the first time a documentary the station recently produced in partnership with Together Wichita, an alliance of businesses that organize community projects. The hour-long documentary tells the story of Together Wichita’s Keeper 150 project: the organization commissioned artists to transform 13 new 10-foot-tall fiberglass Keeper of the Plains replicas to honor Wichita’s 150th birthday. The sculptures will be installed in 12 different parks (plus one location yet to be announced) and will join nearly 30 other sculptures that make up Keepers on Parade. The documentary premieres at 7 p.m. July 16 with repeats at 8 p.m. July 23, 9 p.m. July 30 and 7 p.m. Aug. 6.
Free: Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal outdoor concert
7 p.m. Thursday at Island Park, 200 N. Main Street in Winfield
The fourth concert in Winfield’s six-event Duck Jam in the Park Concert Series features Jeremy Spring opening at 7 p.m. and Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal taking the stage at 8 p.m. Gates open for the free event at 6 p.m. and organizers ask that you bring your own chairs or blankets; food and drinks area also permitted. They are encouraging attendees to wear masks at the park entrance and exit as well as in bathrooms, and find a space for your core group to sit away from others. Hand washing stations are available throughout the concert area.
Free: Wichita Art Museum
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd.
The Wichita Art Museum was planning on throwing itself an indoor-outdoor 85th Bubbly Birthday Bash Saturday. That was canceled Wednesday afternoon as coronavirus numbers continued to climb and the county health officer limited most gatherings to 45 people if social distancing cannot be accomplished.
But the museum is still open on Saturday and, as always, admission is free. Visitors may still enjoy live piano music by Bob Wambold from 11 am to 1 pm in the S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall and the museum has invited the Snoasis food truck to park out front and sell shaved ice to visitors.