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Browsing Month »September, 2010«

original battle of the bands →  September 18, 2010

Downtown Topeka is the place to be Saturday night if you like your music heavy, original . . . and conveniently located. Two great venues are hosting some great bands; all within walking distance from each other, so you have the opportunity to attend both without the hassle of jumping back in the car and [...]

the thacher gets a due date →  September 17, 2010

After refinishing and reupholstering chairs, dodging the dust and tools of construction crews, and enduring days of latte training at the PT’s warehouse (this part was actually kind of scrumptious), the staff of the Blue Planet are teetering at the tops of ladders to paint “a ridiculous amount of square footage,” as Sarah Carson describes [...]

art popping up downtown →  September 16, 2010

Premiering at Top City Thursdays tonight, in the vacant storefront at 8th and Kansas Avenues, the Chords & Oil arts collective will be debuting their newest art installation, POP UP TOP. POP UP TOP seeks to breathe new life into vacant storefronts of Downtown Topeka. Vacant storefronts that have long sat empty are transformed into [...]

the world’s greatest party – this weekend →  September 15, 2010

Carnivale, your passport to the world’s greatest party – Rio de Janeiro. Cirque Le Masque – September 18th at 7:30PM TPAC The gravity-defying performers of Cirque Le Masque brings an entirely new dimension to circus arts. The world’s best acrobats perform acts of super human strength, dazzling with quick reflexes and impeccable timing. The show begins [...]