It’s springtime, and time to rewire your driving brain, using this simple fact: it’s safer for everyone when cyclists ride on the street. This is where drivers are looking for moving traffic, and how pedestrians can use the sidewalk safely. Considering this and pushing aside irritation at having to share the roads, drivers can save [...]

Do you support local business? Do you like nice people? Do you eat food? We bet you answered ‘yes’ to all three, so we have a tip for you: go to The Topeka Natural Food Co-op at 503 SW Washburn. You’ll find an impressive variety of natural and organic foods in a small store, with [...]

Local artist and art teacher Michael Mize has been named the 2013 Aaron Douglas Art Fair’s Featured Artist, Chair Michael Allen announced today.   “Instead of using traditional materials alone to create his pieces, Michael uses acrylic paint, modeling paste, bubble wrap, foam pads, drywall tape and tissue paper to create highly textured images. The [...]

Topeka High School is a rare treasure sitting in the heart of the city. If you were so lucky to have attended THS, you are aware of how stunning the building’s features are. The school boasts three floors of classrooms, a gothic library, an ornate cafeteria and so much more. Citizens of Topeka can appreciate [...]

Hot trends as well as wardrobe must-haves will be on the runway and up for bid at the American Cancer Society’s ninth annual Couture for Cancer, a shopping, social and charity event. 2013 spring fashion is going back to the basics, but Couture for Cancer will be everything but basic! Shop for bold stripes, black [...]

The Juice Garden Location: 5618 SW 29th, Barrington Village Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-3:30pm, Saturday 8:00am-2:00pm Raw Vegan: Excludes all food of animal origin, as well as food cooked at temperatures above 118 degrees. A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts, grains, legumes, seeds, plant oils, herbs, and fresh juices. There are few places [...]

The Exceptions and Kerry Livgren will be inducted into the KS Music Hall of Fame on March 2, 2013. The Exceptions have “played music people want to hear” for nearly fifty years and their place in music history will be secured on March 2 when the Kansas Music Hall of Fame holds its annual induction [...]

It’s February, it’s cold and that New Year’s resolution to eat healthy got tossed to the wayside weeks ago. All you want to do is sit around with a cozy blanket while something comforting simmers on the stove to warm you up! What better timing to perfect your chili recipe and get it entered into [...]

Energy. Strength. Power. These words describe what the women in the Topeka music scene possess. In this issue of seveneightfive, we chose to highlight a handful of women who create a powerhouse in our beloved city. These are women from all different backgrounds and are various ages but manage to transcend any specific genre of [...]

Topeka native Gary Jackson’s poem cycle Missing You, Metropolis won the prestigious Cave Canem Poetry award for poetry in 2009. Now his poems will come to life on stage at Washburn University through a collaboration of Washburn faculty members Tom Averill, Israel Wasserstein, Eric McHenry and Penny Weiner. Weiner directs the world premiere, which opens [...]