The Heartland Men’s Chorus will perform a program entitled And Justice For All on Friday, May 7 at 7:30 pm at Grace Cathedral, 701 SW 8th Ave.  Joe Nadeau, Artistic Director, will conduct the 100 voices of the chorus in this special  program of music and narration centered on Martin Luther King Jr.’s statement that “Injustice anywhere [...]

It’s a musical. And a murder mystery. And a comedy. And it’s ending this weekend, so if you’re hoping to catch Curtains at the Topeka Civic Theatre, you’ll want to head out sooner rather than later. Curtains centers on an acting company in Boston, set in the late 1950s, performing what is perhaps the world’s hokiest [...]

The 1st  Rethink Topeka Exhibition and Art Walk will occur in the city’s downtown on Saturday April 17th, 2010 from 1 – 6 pm. Local businesses and storefronts will serve as venues for the display and performance of  Topeka-based artwork created by over 100 regional artists.  A large array of original artwork about Topeka will [...]

Check out Patrick Lentz this Saturday, March 27th @ Sharkey's Tiki Bar and Grill

On the day that Sam Billen’s mother lost her 3-year battle with breast cancer, Sam played the piano to comfort her as she passed from this world. That very day, he composed the piano tune, “Death of a Saint,” the first of ten piano pieces that helped Sam to funnel his feelings of grief and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Watch “Porubsky’s – Transcendent Deli” on KTWU Saturday, March 13th at 10 p.m. The film “Porubsky’s – Transcendent Deli” follows Matt Porubsky on his journey to discover the history and appeal of the business his grandparents began over sixty years ago. Through the years, CW Porubsky’s Deli and Tavern has survived fires and floods, has [...]

by Dennis Etzel, Jr. “What dark thing have you done to me?” becomes a mantra in Rachel Zucker’s poem “What Dark Thing.” As this experimental poem explores how women feel captured by both marketplace and cultural position, its disjointedness reflects this capture as damaging. In Museum of Accidents (Wave Books), Zucker writes her lyrical poems in [...]