The North Topeka Arts District, known as NOTO, is recognizing two anniversaries and the addition of a new business to the First Friday Art Walk, April 6, on the eve of opening the NOTO Saturday Market. The Eclective Showroom and Studios, 900 N. Kansas Ave., will celebrate their first anniversary on Friday. Beginning at 9:00 [...]

The Ortega brothers, Topeka natives, are hitting up the music and entertainment scene in the month of April, making this one family who are making things happen in the Top City. Roger Ortega, a Topeka native, has spent the last few years in New York pursuing his musical career and is on the brink of [...]

Warehouse 414, 414 SE 2nd Street, is celebrating the season with Spring Fling, featuring a show of twelve different artists, an art hunt, and the Youth’s Natural Perspectives exhibit curated by Liam Kampsen, curating his first show. Live music will be provided by the Marilyn Foree Trio, featuring vocalist Rhonda Lassiter, recognizing April as Jazz [...]

The March 1 issue of seveneightfive magazine featured an article by poetry editor Dennis Etzel, Jr., who wrote about the, “Art After Words,” exhibit at the Southwind Art Gallery, 3074 SW 29th Street. The show opened for the First Friday Art Walk on March 2 and features abstract art by Jennifer Rivera, shown with the [...]

Pastense | Celebrating 30 years of business in new location! Brookwood Shopping Center | 29th & Oakley Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11a-5p Phone: 785-233-7107 Enter the new location for Pastense at the right time of day, and you’ll see the sun cast a shadow of the shop logo on the wall. This was a surprising and pleasing [...]

Award-winning blues and soul vocalist Janiva Magness will celebrate the release of her new Alligator Records CD, STRONGER FOR IT, with a live performance at Uncle Bo’s in Topeka on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. (doors open 5:30-show starts at 6:00 -tickets $15.00) A charismatic artist known for her electrifying live shows, Magness is among the premier [...]

Soda Works Rusty Haggles Antiques 826 North Kansas Ave. | 817.0828 HOURS: Thursday + Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm Sunday: Noon – 4 pm In the mood for something sweet and fizzy? I recommend that you pay a visit to the NoTo Arts District on the weekend. You can find galleries, art studios, a [...]

Whether it’s clashing colors or pastel princesses, the place to get your dose of fashionista trends this spring is the American Cancer Society’s 8th annual Couture for Cancer, a shopping, social and charity event. The 2012 runway show will be filled with bright colors and glittery tops, but there will also be a place for [...]

Over one hundred craft beer varieties from 26 brewers across the nation filled the bellies of beer purveyors Saturday, March 3 at Abe & Jake’s landing in Lawrence, Kan. I became privy to the inaugural Kansas Craft Brewers Exposition from seveneightfive’s Mug Shot writer Kevin Reed, who planned to attend and take copious notes for [...]

If you’re a fan of the Great American Songbook, or just appreciate the standards from the thirties and forties, you are going to flip over the latest offering from Paul McCartney. The recently released Kisses On The Bottom is a brilliant and lovingly crafted homage to the post-War music of his parents’ generation. Sir Paul, who could sit [...]