Yesterday, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance unveiled their Top Ten Cities for the Next Decade list, on which Topeka ranked tenth in the nation, but even more telling of the city’s success are some of the statistics they used to determine their rankings. Research conducted by Kiplinger and the Martin Prosperity Institute, ranked Topeka 17th in the [...]

Lushious Lucy puts on her skates—black quads, old-school—before a Capital City Crushers practice at Sk8away. Her striped socks come up to her knees, underneath a pair of heavy-duty kneepads that look able to withstand a pretty serious beating, and probably already have. Roller derby is tough work, after all. “I never really was an athlete [...]

The Topeka Public Library is a gem in our community that brings quality programs to Topekans every day.  One of our favorite events is the addition of the Monday Farmer’s Market.  A perfect alternative for people who work on Saturday, the market is smaller than the Saturday Farmer’s Market, but has the same high-quality products [...]

Heartland Visioning and Downtown Topeka, Inc. went before the Topeka City Council last Tuesday, May 11, to ask for funding for a plan to be developed to redo Kansas Avenue, creating a “serpentine” style street with more areas for public gathering and entertainment and a resulting environment more conducive to hanging out in our downtown. [...]

Tired of being assaulted by the loud, fluorescent signs of the Phelps family? Mark May 1st on your calendars; it’s the 3rd annual Million Fag March. Several years ago, organizer Chris Love was venting his frustration over the Phelps’ homophobic, obamaphobic, easterbunnyphobic, everythingphobic picketing fetish, when a lightbulb appeared over his head. “Someone should protest [...]

Change is on the horizon in Topeka. Change was in the slightly chilly air on North Kansas Avenue this morning in the shade of Bradley’s Corner Cafe during the NOTO Arts District press conference, where the who’s who of Topeka arts organizations and the Heartland Visioning cast rallied to support the newest Visioning project. It’s [...]

Heartland Healthy Neighborhood and Capital City Wellness dedicated “The Kansas Sunflowers” bike rack sculpture today at 9th & Kansas Avenue in front of Cumulus Broadcasting. The dedication culminated a design contest sponsored by Capital City Wellness.  Leslie Curley of Topeka was the winning designer.  “The sculpture doubles as an art piece and a bike rack,” [...]

Dick Vitale to speak at Washburn University College basketball analyst Dick Vitale will be speaking at 7 p.m. on April 28 in Lee Arena on the Washburn University campus as part of the Washburn Lecture Series. Vitale, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, began his career with ESPN during the 1979-80 [...]

We had been hearing wisps of conversation about the Globe Restaurant throughout town in recent months. It’s a moral dilemma for Topekans who love the inarguably delicious Indian food served there — after owner Amarpreet “Latti” Singh was charged with harboring illegal aliens and convicted last year, whether or not to return to an establishment [...]

  In light of a recent letter to the editor (scroll down to read), we’ve decided to re-post this story, which was originally published in the October 2009 issue of seveneightfive. If you live in Topeka, you’re aware of the recent litigation surrounding Globe Indian Cusine, a locally-owned restaurant on 10th & Quincy.  Back in [...]