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 [...]

Lucky for me, pretty much everything that we feature in seveneightfive, I already love:  the community, local arts, eating, coffee, and shopping. I’m pretty much a stereotypical girl in that I can’t really catch a baseball (I tend to duck and cover), but I rock at marathon shopping trips. Like any American, I appreciate the [...]

A triple threat in Thunderbird Square demands attention when their forces of power combine to create an amazing monthly Wine Wednesday dinner.  Ice and Olives, a specialty and artisan store featuring unique goods and must-have cocktail party items has teamed up with Lakeside Wine and Spirits (conveniently located just to the north) to create a wine [...]

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 [...]

Every January hundreds of music lovers descend on the Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Avenue in downtown Topeka to enjoy a full weekend of live local music performed for the annual Jam4Dan. The event is held by the Dan Falley Memorial Fund and Scholarship Trustees to raise scholarship funds to give the youth of Topeka and [...]

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 [...]

Open mic jams almost every night! Whether it’s singing, playing an instrument, or in the case of an open mic night, reciting poetry or storytelling, check out the following weekly events and show the world, or at least Topeka, that you’ve got mad skills! Sunday: Abigail’s Bar & Grill | 3701 SW Plaza Dr. | [...]

PT’s at College Hill, 17th & Washburn (fondly known as the Flying Monkey, or just “The Monkey”) introduced its new cocktail menu to a select group of friends and loyal customers at a recent gathering. Already a mecca for coffee and craft beer lovers, seveneightfive invites those seeking out new liquor treatments to re-visit the [...]

The 2013 Young Professional Summit has been announced by Fast Forward Topeka and the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce.  It will be held on April 4, 2013 at the Ramada Convention Center at 420 SE Sixth Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.  According to a statement on the event website, “This is the premier young professionals event of the [...]