Willie Nelson in Concert | Topeka Performing Arts Center Thursday, March 7th at 7:30pm Tickets go on sale Friday, January 25th at 10am | $77.00, $47.00, $37.00 Ticketmaster.com, charge-by-phone 1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster locations and the TPAC Box Office (January 22, 2013) The Topeka Performing Arts Center (TPAC) presents country legend, Willie Nelson, on Thursday, March 7th [...]

Chris Aytes was having a great weekend. Having come through 2012 with a large amount of success with his band, Chris Aytes & the Good Ambition (including a new CD), and wrapping up the year with the fifth installment of LOUDsoftLOUD to a standing room only at the Blue Planet Cafe, he was now acting [...]

Love, Sex & the IRS | On stage through February 9 Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy | 3028 SW 8th | 785-357-5211 For tickets and more information, please visit the TCT website. A farce about the IRS is pretty appropriate in this humble reviewer’s opinion. What will people do to keep from giving their money [...]

“They put one of yours in the hospital. You put one of theirs in the morgue. That’s the Chicago way.” Sound advice to Eliot Ness, then played by Kevin Costner in the movie, “The Untouchables.” Now if a movie about Prohibition is not a good introduction to the pairing of pizza and beer, what is? [...]

“Where’s The Ghost? The Trials and Tribulations of Ghost Hunting!” By Cathy Ramirez Book signing | Jan. 24, 5-7p | 3 Flower’s Metaphysical Treasures, 733 S Kansas Avenue Ghoulies and ghosties are not all that go bump in the night. Sometimes it’s a drunken ghost tour participant. Cathy Ramirez, owner of Ghost Tours of Kansas [...]

Jam4Dan is a now Topeka’s only three-day music event which kicks off Friday January 18th and runs through Saturday January 19th and Sunday January 20th. Celebrating at the The Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Ave, Topeka KS, see the schedule below for times. Admission is $5 per day. A specially priced three-Day VIP Package (including [...]

Elizabeth Lumpkin, a lifelong foodie and travel enthusiast, is a 20-year Topeka transplant. She is the founder and owner of Boss Hawg’s Barbeque & Catering Co. Co-written by Jack Bailey Remember when you were a kid and milk tasted really, really, really good? It was cold and icy and fresh…and it went so well with [...]

Round Two. Local Letters. Since the first round of letters in the last issue, my quest became looking around for the next letters. After a few comments though, I realized this may be more difficult than expected so there might be a few clues buried here. For those of you just tuning in, the challenge [...]

2012 is flying by faster that we can stockpile champagne! seveneightfive is going to help you plan your New Year’s Eve to welcome 2013 properly. Whether your style is easing into the New Year with some chill music and cold martinis, celebrating con familia and dancing to Tejano, crying into your Jack while listening to [...]