Hamlet, “Shakespeare’s most enduring play, most complicated play,” is the inaugural mainstage production of Wichita Center for the Performing Arts. The all-adult cast will perform Feb. 21-24.
Longtime Friends University Jazz Director Lisa Hittle is retiring, but not before she puts on one more installment of the Jazz Festival she founded, featuring a headlining concert by The Four Freshmen.
Final Friday is always a popular cultural event in Wichita. Now a host of artists and gallery owners want to switch the art gallery crawl to First Fridays, similar to what is done in Kansas City and elsewhere.
Music Theatre Wichita and the Wichita Symphony, who two years ago teamed up for a performance of ‘Carousel,’ now will collaborate on a production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical ‘South Pacific.’
Local artist and painter Charlotte Martin has been hired as CityArts’ new artistic director. Its previous director Emily Brookover McMillin left in December for a job with Downtown Wichita.
Bill Goffrier’s “Authenti-City” series of oil paintings depicting Wichita buildings, houses and other scenes is up at CityArts through March. Goffrier, formerly of The Embarrassment and Big Dipper, is becoming well-known for his art.
Broadway in Wichita’s Cinderella musical is still a nostalgic fairy tale, but with more fleshed-out characters who offer reasons for why they do what they do.
Lyle Lovett was set to perform with Kansas City Symphony on Sunday night, but they moved the show to the afternoon because of the Chiefs-Patriots AFC Championship Game. Other events were not able to reschedule.
Roxy’s opens its season with a look at challenging issues teenagers face in the comedy “Dog Sees God.” The R-rated play is loosely based on Peanuts characters.
Wichita philanthropist Colby Sandlian has established the Colby Sandlian — WAM Art Access Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation, which will ensure free admission days at the Wichita Art Museum will continue.
Highlights from the year on Wichita’s arts and entertainment beat, including new events, artwork, music, and movie news that was all popular with the Wichita Eagle.
A list of gallery openings for December 2018’s Final Friday, a monthly event that draws art lovers and people seeking free things to do out to Wichita galleries for art show openings.
An art class at Wichita State University has created “wulips,” artificial tulips made out of chicken wire, that will be planted in various locations across campus.
Tulsa artists Daniel Gulick and Anthony Carrera transformed a wall outside The Workroom, a Wichita gift store, with a mural sponsored by TOMS Shoes that urges an end to gun violence.
When it came time for the Wichita Symphony to select the first full-length movie score the orchestra would perform in concert, the answer was as clear as ruby red slippers on a yellow brick road.
A mural painted on the Beachner Grain Elevator, as part of the ongoing Horizontes Project, was just named the largest mural in the world by a single artist.
Wichita Grand Opera will put on a show featuring favorites by Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, including songs from “Cats,” “Phantom,” “Evita” and more.
Five different groups will be putting on “The Nutcracker” in Wichita this year, and all of them are different from what we’ve seen before. Here’s a guide to help you choose which one to attend this Christmas.
Glass artist Rollin Karg at 74 is still at work turning out glass art after nearly 35 years. Karg's work will be on display at the upcoming Karg Art Glass annual exhibition and show November 9th.
