Apr 17 Wednesday
The Wichita Jazz Festival is back for its 52nd year! Join us April 16-20 as we welcome jazz greats Mike Steinel, Rosana Eckert, Stanley Jordan, Melissa Aldana and The Tierney Sutton Band. A 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival Pass will get you access to all shows.
Tuesday, April 16 - Mike Steinel Quintet with Rosana Eckert
7pm | Wichita Art Museum
Wednesday, April 17 - Mike Steinel & Rosana Eckert with the Delano Jazz Orchestra
Thursday, April 18 - An Evening of Guitar with Stanley Jordan
Friday, April 19 - Melissa Aldana with WSU Jazz Arts 1 and the Mid-Kansas Jazz Band
7:30pm | WSU Miller Concert Hall
Saturday, April 20 - The Tierney Sutton Band
7:30pm | Orpheum Theatre
Apr 18 Thursday
Latinos represent 19% of the United States population and have an economic output of $2.8 trillion with nearly 5 million businesses registered as Latino-owned across the country – generating more than $800 billion in revenue, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
This spring, The Journal is highlighting the opportunities, challenges and leadership required to start and operate businesses through a special reporting project on Latino entrepreneurship.We hope you’ll read the stories and help us celebrate the launch of this edition of The Journal by attending an engaging evening of festivities to include:a documentary screening featuring firsthand accounts of Latino entrepreneurs such as Miguel Santana-Morales and Elisa Santana-Rosaleslive music by the Wichita-based salsa band Tumbáodancing performance from Baila WichitaBe sure to wear comfy shoes because you’ll even get a free salsa dancing lesson from Baila Wichita.Want to see a sneak peek of the film? You can watch the trailer online!Register today!Registrants will receive a copy of the vibrant magazine featuring the special reporting on Latino entrepreneurship. This event is free and open to the public, but if you are able, consider a $10 donation to cover printing costs and keep our community offerings accessible.
Apr 19 Friday
Wichitalks is an eclectic and insightful event series featuring lightning-fast, 5-minute talks with 20 slides auto-progressing every 15 seconds. We bring together passionate individuals and an active audience for an evening of diverse presentations. For this special NEA Big Read Edition of Wichitalks in partnership with KMUW and the Wichita Public Library, we invited presentations pertaining to the concept of generational identity to coincide with the themes in this year's NEA Big Read: Wichita book There There by Tommy Orange.
Apr 20 Saturday
Pine Valley Christian Church is hosting the fundraiser for Camp Sunflower. The camp believes that all young people deserve and need supportive and affirming communities. That’s what the camp does by holding camps and retreats for LGBTQIA+ middle and high school youth. You can show your support for Camp Sunflower by attending the spaghetti supper! You can dine-in or carry-out. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are also available. Suggested donation is $15 ($7.50 for ages 10 and under) including dessert and beverage. Live music, Silent Auction, and a Raffle. Come for a GREAT cause and fun evening!
Apr 24 Wednesday
KMUW's monthly book club features selections made by KMUW staff. For April, we're reading James by Percival Everett.
We'll meet at KMUW for a group discussion over dinner from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24. Dinner is provided by Public, guests are invited to bring a beverage to share with the group.
Apr 27 Saturday
The annual Ark River Clean-Up is an event sponsored by Cargill Cares, the Kansas Alliance for Wetlands & Streams, the City of Wichita, the Evergy GreenTeam, INTRUST Bank, and numerous other partners.The GROUP REGISTRATION feature is back! If you are coordinating a office group, scouts, students, or just a bunch of friends, you can set up a group and provide your team with a registration code.While supplies last, volunteers will receive an eco-friendly event t-shirt and a free lunch. Gloves and trash bags will be provided.Enjoy the cookout beginning at 11:30 am with TNT burgers supplied by Cargill and grilled by the Wichita Wagon Masters
ShowerUp: Mobile Showers And Personal Care ShowerUp serves those experiencing homelessness and anyone in need by providing mobile showers, hygiene resources, and personal care. It’s our goal to Shower Grace, Hope, and Love with everyone.
Calling all architects! Join us each month for open building time. Bring your creativity and freestyle, or draw a challenge card and try to build something new.
Learn from Wichita State School of Digital Arts student and faculty artists who partnered with the Ulrich to develop the virtual and augmented reality components for spring 2024 exhibition, Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Refreshments at 10 a.m., with the programing starting at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Grab a bite to eat or a cup of coffee for this online lunch-time virtual chat, open-access session with Bonita Gooch, Editor-in-Chief of The Community Voice. Friday, July 7, 12:00pm-1:00pmWe'll talk about community issues, ideas for stories, your likes or dislikes about the paper or anything else.It's our chance to hear from our readers. We care what you think! We'll share what we know!! This event happens on the first Friday of each month, just register and on the Thursday before the event we will email you the link to join in the webinar.
This introductory class will focus on how to use Wix to design a simple website for your small business. We'll cover the basics to familiarize yourself with the program and help to get you started in creating your site. Call 261-8500 to register.
Join us for a showing of the documentary The Poetry Lounge. This film allows viewers to learn the fundamentals of writing and performing ‘spoken word' poetry from some of the most accomplished poets of the movement. Space is limited, and tickets are first-come, first-served.
Wed, Apr 17, 6-8:30 pm Finishing School for Modern Women ClassEmpowering Empaths with Co-Teachers Jill Miller and Cynthia KillianMarina Point Office Park, 1999 N. Amidon, #222, Register at https:// bit.ly/Empath424Open to the public. Everyone is welcome.Are you empathic, easily absorbing the emotions and feelings of others? Keeping your own energy as positive and upbeat as possible will help you attract more positivity into your life. In this interactive workshop, you will discover what it means to be an empath, how to build boundaries to deal with incoming energy, and tools to strengthen your inner light and create resilience.Registration fees for Finishing School for Modern Women classes are $40 at the door or, in advance, $35 for Badass Women Members. Become a card-carrying member at https://bit.ly/badassmember. About the Speakers:Cynthia Killian: a professional psychic-medium, channeler, and astrologer. Leader of classes, seminars, teleseminars, and interactive facebook chats to help assist others awaken their own spiritual & psychic potential. Author of newsletter “Cosmic Newsletter” free on www.cynthiakillion.com.Jill D. MillerJill D. Miller is passionate about helping people grow – professionally and personally. Award-winning book author, business development consultant, corporate trainer, Headmistress of the Finishing School for Modern Women, Wichita State University adjunct professor, Board Member of Camp Innovation Destination, Inc., and Wichita Professional Communicators.
Day 2 of the 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival welcomes back Mike Steinel and Rosana Eckert joined by the Delano Jazz Orchestra.
Jazz trumpeter Mike Steinel and jazz vocalist Rosana Eckert will join the stage with the Delano Jazz Orchestra, an 18 member jazz big band featuring some of Wichita’s finest jazz musicians. Get ready for an evening of jazz big band classics as well as contemporary compositions.
The Wichita Jazz Festival is back for its 52nd year! Join us April 16-20 as we welcome the biggest names in jazz to the stage and celebrate the history and legacy of jazz music! Visit www.wichitajazzfestival.com to view the musical lineup and purchase the 2024 Festival Pass to see all the amazing shows or buy single tickets.
Do you feel like there's more to your Mac or MacBook than you know? We'll explore the latest features of Apple's macOS and give you a few of our favorite tips. In this class, an emphasis will be on several built-in Mac apps. Call 261-8500 to register.
In conjunction with Urban Canvas: Exploring Muralism in Wichita, join artist, designer and community organizer Armando Minjarez for a panel discussion with local muralists about the triumphs and challenges of mural making in Wichita. Reception at 5:30, with the program starting at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Family and friends are invited to a free public event to celebrate the new roof’s completion at Century II! A panel of Modernist architecture experts will speak during this event, and there will be cookies and refreshments. RSVP prior to the event.
The keynote speaker is “Mr. Modernism” George Smart from North Carolina. He is one of the few to be bestowed an Honorary AIA by the American Institute of Architects. George Smart is CEO and founder of USModernist®, the world's largest nonprofit educational archive dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and promotion of Modernist residential design. A passionate advocate for Modernism, George is one of the nation's leaders in raising awareness preserving this important architectural movement.
Many of the rights secured by Native Americans were won through the efforts of activist groups in the 20th century, such as the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. Today, this activism has evolved into a variety of movements from the protests at Standing Rock to the grassroots movement for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, which tries to bring awareness to violence against indigenous women in the United States and Canada. In addition to traditional activism, many Native Americans today are sharing their voice in other ways such as native authors sharing stories about the experience of Native Americans in the modern world, like in Tommy Orange’s novel There There, contemporary native artists blending tradition with ideological themes such as environmental protection, fighting indigenous stereotypes, poverty in tribal communities, etc. and Natives taking on roles in government, health care, education and more to enact change in the very institutions that have historically been closed to them. In this informal panel discussion, Laura Razo, Urban Indian Program Coordinator at Hunter Health, will lead a discussion with D’Arlyn Bell (Cherokee), Taiomah Rutledge (Ojibwe, Meskwaki and Dakota), and Clifford Stone, Jr. (Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Cherokee) where they will share their thoughts and experiences on Native American activism, why it has been so important to tribal communities, and the various ways they have used their voice or helped amplify other Native voices to bring awareness to injustices done to indigenous peoples as well as highlight and support the achievements of Native people in their communities.
Watermark Books & Café will host bestselling author and former Kansan Sara Paretsky on Thursday, April 18th at 6 pm. Sara Paretsky is the best-selling author of the V.I. Warshawski detective series. She will be here to celebrate the release of his latest addition to the series Pay Dirt. Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller. V.I.’s survival depends on keeping one step ahead of players in a game she never intended to play, before the clock runs down. Sara will be here to discuss the book, do a Q&A with the audience, and do a book signing.