This page will be updated as more information comes in. Keep checking back! To submit your information, please email it directly to Rio by clicking here. Put on the green, take your vitamins, and get the cab company or designated driver on standby. St. Patrick’s Day parade and many parties will be held on Saturday [...]

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker will be performing for Last Minute Folk, this Saturday, March 23, 7:30 PM at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Topeka, 4775 SW 21st.  Sparky and Rhonda are renowned performers. They have appeared on PBS, NPR, and at many venues across the country. They are returning for their second visit to Topeka.   From their [...]

The Exceptions and Kerry Livgren will be inducted into the KS Music Hall of Fame on March 2, 2013. The Exceptions have “played music people want to hear” for nearly fifty years and their place in music history will be secured on March 2 when the Kansas Music Hall of Fame holds its annual induction [...]

It’s February, it’s cold and that New Year’s resolution to eat healthy got tossed to the wayside weeks ago. All you want to do is sit around with a cozy blanket while something comforting simmers on the stove to warm you up! What better timing to perfect your chili recipe and get it entered into [...]

Energy. Strength. Power. These words describe what the women in the Topeka music scene possess. In this issue of seveneightfive, we chose to highlight a handful of women who create a powerhouse in our beloved city. These are women from all different backgrounds and are various ages but manage to transcend any specific genre of [...]

The Ninth Annual Jam for Justice has expanded to two nights this year. Join them as they raise money and awareness to combat human trafficking in Kansas and beyond. The jams will be held from 7p to 1a on Friday and Saturday, February 22-23 at the Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Ave. A $5 suggested [...]

Topeka native Gary Jackson’s poem cycle Missing You, Metropolis won the prestigious Cave Canem Poetry award for poetry in 2009. Now his poems will come to life on stage at Washburn University through a collaboration of Washburn faculty members Tom Averill, Israel Wasserstein, Eric McHenry and Penny Weiner. Weiner directs the world premiere, which opens [...]

When To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) started the Washburn University Chapter last spring, only a handful of students attended the meetings. Now during weekly meetings, the group has quadrupled and has planned a variety of activities for the campus and the greater Topeka community. Most recently Kari Wold and Molly Walter, TWLOHA co-presidents [...]

Spread some local love this Valentine’s Day by selecting a locally-owned, locally operated restaurant for you romantic dinner. You’ll enjoy great selections with unique menu’s off the beaten path. We recommend reservations, and tell them seveneightfive sent you! The Le Flambeau dining club has been revitalized at the Ramada Inn, Downtown Topeka. Opening Valentine’s Day [...]

Bill Maher, the political commentator who set the boundaries of where funny political talk can go on American television now stretches those limits in an evening of hard-hitting, side-splitting stand up humor on Saturday, April 13, 8:00 p.m., at the Topeka Performing Arts Center. First on Politically Incorrect (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the [...]