Lushious Lucy puts on her skates—black quads, old-school—before a Capital City Crushers practice at Sk8away. Her striped socks come up to her knees, underneath a pair of heavy-duty kneepads that look able to withstand a pretty serious beating, and probably already have. Roller derby is tough work, after all. “I never really was an athlete [...]

“movie mania” is a film blog by Nick Leach to be updated each Friday with new flicks for weekend movie-goers. Trust this guy’s opinion. He sees A LOT of movies. Robin Hood – Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow and Mark Strong Ridley Scott is telling yet another tale of Robin Hood.  This time [...]

The Topeka Public Library is a gem in our community that brings quality programs to Topekans every day.  One of our favorite events is the addition of the Monday Farmer’s Market.  A perfect alternative for people who work on Saturday, the market is smaller than the Saturday Farmer’s Market, but has the same high-quality products [...]

This is the eighth post of a blog by Matt Porubsky called “satisfactual,” which will be updated weekly, discussing odds and ends about Topeka history and culture, with a little opinion thrown in for good measure. It was my first time at Uncle Bo’s last night. My wife Leah and the general manager of Uncle [...]