Just in time for the holidays, we’ve updated this article from last year. Topeka has some new shops and restaurants for your gift-giving pleasure, or a little sumpin-sumpin for yourself, so give it a read, hit the ATM, and pump some cash into the local economy! Did some people on your “naughty” list suddenly start [...]

Join the crew of seveneighfive designs (seveneightfive magazine, XYZ Topeka magazine and I DO magazine) for a night of merriment. Celebrating “some of our favorite things,” the party will be held at one of our favorite places, Serendipity at 820 N. Kansas Ave. in the North Topeka Arts District. Enjoy live music by Joey Desch [...]

…Or not, but just in case, save the date, Dec. 21 for these parties: (Keep checking back for updates!) Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant | The End is Near… Beer! | 37th & Kansas Ave. | Raise a Glass and Cheer the End of the World with “The End is Near… Beer” Boobie Trap | [...]

It’s the holiday season and what better way to celebrate than with friends, family, drinks, and live holiday music. Personally, I am a huge fan of holiday music, and also enjoy friends, family and drinks. If you have similar interests, you’re in luck. This Wednesday, December 12, 2012, Uncle Bo’s Blues Bar is giving you [...]

The brainchild of Chris Aytes (obviously of Chris Aytes & the Good Ambition), the LOUDsoftLOUD enterprise is winding up the year with a night of “Holiday Rock’n'Roll Classics,” on Friday, December 7 at the Blue Planet Cafe. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the music starts at 8:00 p.m. It is an all ages show [...]

A Christmas Story | On stage through December 23 Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy | 3028 SW 8th | 785-357-5211 For tickets and more information, please visit the TCT website. A Christmas Story was released in 1983 and became an instant classic. The leg lamp, the Red Ryder BB gun, the tongue stuck to the [...]

Magic—That’s what comes to mind whenever I think about any of the Cirque du Soleil shows. And being a huge fan of all things magical, I was super pumped when I found out that one of Cirque de Soleil’s signature productions, Dralion, was coming to the Kansas Expocentere. Like all of the amazing shows produced [...]

GENIE HOOKAH HOUSE | 4009 SW 21st Street | 408.5952 HOURS OF OPERATION | Sun – Thurs: 5p – 1a | Fri + Sat: 5p – 2a Must be 18-years-old A Hookah, also known as a waterpipe, is a single or multi-stemmed instrument for smoking flavored tobacco called Mu’assel. The smoke is passed through a [...]

If there is ever a time to think globally and act locally, this is it. According tothe World AIDS Day website, it is “held on December 1 each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people [...]

The NOTO Arts District is hosting Candlelight Christmas on Thursday, Nov. 29, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Beautiful hand-decorated luminaries will line the 800th and 900th blocks of NOTO, with many shops revealing specially decorated window displays. The Capitol Sound Barbershop Quartet will be caroling and jolly Mr. and Mrs. Winter have special treats to share [...]