KMUW Community Calendar

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Before podcasts, there was live radio! Join us for the Wichita Community Theatre performance of Agatha Christie's "The Case of the Careless Victim" as it was broadcast to living rooms on Feb. 22, 1945.

Children will develop literacy skills through active listening, singing, movement, and sharing a love of stories in a group setting. This event will not take place on 1/19 or 2/16. For ages 0-6.

Want to learn the basics of crochet? In this come-and-go program for ages 13 and up, staff will help get you started with making chains and single crochet as well as answer questions.

Children ages 2 and under will develop a love of learning as they sing, dance, and enjoy simple stories. Caregivers will learn tips to encourage their child's early learning development.

Children ages 2 and under will develop a love of learning as they sing, dance, and enjoy simple stories. Caregivers will also learn tips to encourage their child's early learning development.

Children ages 3-6 will develop literacy skills through active listening, singing, movement, and sharing a love of stories in a group setting.

It's never too early to start your child's love of learning! Music, rhymes, activities, and stories for caregivers and babies aged birth to 18 months.

The urge to create or possess a visual representation of a specific person – a portrait – is present throughout history. Portraits are created for many reasons: from sentimental to celebratory, for public or private viewing, as memorials, and as icons. .

Until the introduction of photography in the 1840s, portraits were rendered by artists in both two and three-dimensional mediums such as paintings and sculptures.

The Museum’s collection includes a variety of portraits, most of which depict local people. In this exhibition, we learn of portraiture and the people portrayed.

On view during regular Museum hours

March 2025 - March 2026

Tues-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat & Sun 1-5pm

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S Main

Located in the Musem's Lois Kay Walls Gallery - 3rd Floor

Since 1939, the Historical Museum has been actively collecting and preserving artifacts central to telling our local history’s stories. These artifacts are acquired in a number of ways, including purchases from local thrift shops.

Thrift Finds in the Museum Collection features objects fortunately discovered by Museum staff at local thrift stores. These items, no longer of use to their original owner, can help us to tell the story of our community.

The newest additions in the series include a 1973 leisure suit from Henry's Department Store and a circa 1955 Toni Todd sundress, both found locally at Goodwill (21st & Amidon).

Some notable finds still on view include designs by Halston and Victor Costa, a Nehru jacket retailed by Henry’s department store, and a 1950s Shocker Lounge bowling shirt.

Produced by the Museum, this exhibition was made possible through funding from Stev Overstreet, Alice Smith, the family of Kenneth E Gerhardt, and Goodwill Industries of Kansas

Children will develop literacy skills through active listening, singing, movement, and sharing a love of stories in a group setting. For ages 0-6.

Get started with Touch Typing: typing through muscle memory without using your eyesight to find the keys on a keyboard. Call (316) 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Since PayPal debuted over twenty years ago, person-to- person payments have become commonplace. In this lecture, you’ll learn about some of today’s most popular P2P payment services, including PayPal, Venmo, and CashApp. We’ll cover some of the basic functions of these services, how they compare, and tips for using them safely.

Register: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6n9s4sy

Gloria Farha Flenje Focht will present a talk about SCR 1611, a measure which will be on the ballot in August 2026 to change the selection of Kansas Supreme Court Judges to a direct election.