Add the 3/50 Project to the list of excellent Minnesota exports – right between the Coen brothers and Schell beer. The brainchild of Cinda Baxter, a retail consultant from Minneapolis, the outline is simple: Pick three locally-owned places you’d miss if they disappeared. Spend $50 per month between those three places. And that’s it. It’s [...]

It’s not a glitch in the matrix!  If you’ve been picking up on small and subtle changes around your favorite coffee shop, you’re privy to the changes that signify the transition from Lola’s Cafe Espresso to The Blackbird Espresso Bar and Bistro. You may have already noticed the fresh coat of paint, the new light [...]

Join us, and hundreds of Topekans, every First Friday of the month for the ArtWalk. Area galleries are open from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. showcasing their latest art show.  Many offer small appetizers, desserts and drinks – making the experience a night on the town with art.  First Friday is brought to us by ArtsConnect [...]

‘Mariachi Estrella’ film, panel and live music event March 20 at Washburn University In the 1970s, seven women from the church choir of Our Lady of Guadalupe joined together to form one of the first all female mariachi bands in the country. Teresa Cuevas, Connie Alcala, Isabel Gonzalez, Rachel Galvan Sangalang, Dolores Galvan, Dolores Carmona [...]

Google, Kansas, Think Big Topeka. Despite all the hoopla, (which is fantastic) we keep finding that some people may not fully grasp the whole concept. So, the editors of seveneightfive have stepped away from the clamor of the bandwagon for a few moments to bring you a list of five things to know about the Google Fiber Experiment.

Husband and wife due present thought-provoking art Hyphen-ated, an exhibit featuring internationally shown Topeka artists Larry Peters and Barbara Waterman-Peters, opens March 5 in the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, a popular stop during Topeka’s First Fridays Artwalk. Featuring artwork with a psychological point of view, this exhibit examines life’s difficulties and depicts somber topics, including [...]

Topeka Bar Wars, sponsored by seveneightfive magazine, was started in 2008. Bar Wars is a local competition that takes bar employees and their regulars and has them compete as a team of 12 against other bars in a variety of events and games that you would regularly find at a bar. Money raised is donated [...]