The Jayhawk Theater is a historic, cave-like structure encapsulated in a space between the Jayhawk Tower and the modern-day Upstage Gallery in downtown Topeka. In its heyday, it was host to legendary performers like Bob Hope and George Burns, Vaudeville shows, a million goose bump-inducing cinematic moments, on-stage wartime marriages and lots of necking in [...]

That novel has been rattling around your brain for years, and your inner Emily Dickinson has been screaming to be let out. You’ve wanted to show your writing to people for some time, but your friends don’t understand poetry and your grandma thinks your grocery lists are all masterpieces. Where do you get quality feedback [...]

Back in March of this year, Topeka was riding high on the “Google, Kansas” wave.   Internet powerhouse Google was looking for a city to test their new broadband initiative and the organization Think Big Topeka asked the city’s residents to petition the internet giant.   Thousands of Topekans took the up challenge and helped to gain [...]

Last month, the Topeka Performing Arts Center announced their Fall Season. For the Topekans who follow this sort of thing, the lineup elicited both excitement and indifference. With only one TPAC performance under my belt, “Sesame Street Live,” I am not one to judge the theater’s programming. But I will say, my two-year-old went gaga [...]

Cowboy Indian Bear, Haii Usagi and Paint Hands are set to play at the Boobie Trap Bar  Saturday, July 24, 9 pm and it’s shaping up to be one of the most anticipated shows in recent memory. Why? Because the bands are made up of such cool people, that’s why. AND their music captures all [...]

It’s high time for a different sound in Topeka. That’s the idea behind the new underground dance music night, “Resistance,” set to kick off Thursday, July 22 at the Boobie Trap. Local DJ’s, Hip-hop and electronic artists will be converging at the Trap Thursday nights, along with an audience base that isn’t used to this [...]

Anthony Bush, chief photographer at the Topeka Capital-Journal, is stepping away from his photojournalism gig for a Saturday morning to lead a group of photographers in capturing artful photographs in downtown Topeka. The free event is part of the Worldwide Photo Walk, an international contest that has 829 walks in the works so far and [...]

A fondly remembered player in the Topeka arts community, Micah Rolfs, who passed away January 23, 2010, is the namesake for an uplifting ReThink Topeka event, “Micah’s Kite Flight,” which is open for all Topekans to join, 4 – 7 p.m., June 26, at MacLennan Park, near the Governor’s residence, in Topeka. The event will [...]

The following is a “found poem” by George Paris, local poet, who was inspired to rearrange and re-imagine some words he found in our current issue of seveneightfive. George Paris has a book signing event for his new book of poems, “A Distant Home,” this Saturday from 3-5 at the Blackbird Cafe and Bistro in [...]

“Lantern Light” is a steel sculpture that is aesthetically provocative at its most basic, with an encapsulating form that suggests, in its very title, an unseen beacon. The sculpture is now an integral part of the landscape at Washburn University, one of the myriad pieces of artwork that provide moments of reflection amidst a bustling [...]