Community Calendar

STONEY LARUE
All Ages
Support acts subject to change.
Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line. A limited number of table reservations are available by calling 316-722-4201 or in person at The Cotillion. Coat check is open during events to check your coats, hats, merch and more. Coat check is located next to merch by the front doors. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.

Throw away any preconceived notions you might have about country singers — especially ones from Texas — because Stoney LaRue smashes them all. Over a nearly 20-year career, the Lone Star-born and Oklahoma-raised LaRue has transformed himself into an unlikely Renaissance man. He is a deft songwriter, informed traveler and self-aware philosopher, a troubadour who converses just as easily about Indian yogis and gurus as he does about Texas barbecue and dance halls. LaRue highlights all facets of his complex persona on the inspiring new album Onward.

The title itself is reflective of his outlook on life — if LaRue has a mantra these days, it’s “keep moving forward.” His first album since 2015’s Us Time, Onward captures the husky-voiced singer looking not only ahead, but inward. This is a man unflinchingly shining a light into some dark, uncomfortable corners of his psyche and bettering himself in the process.

“You want to test your bones and see where they break,” he says, dropping one of the many bon mots that pepper his conversation. “This record is wading through all the mud and storms to hopefully come out on the other side with a wisdom that you didn’t have before. It’s a brighter way to look at things.”

The Clayworks presents the captivating artistry of Dottie Evans, featured artist for May 2025, showcasing in the Midtown Gallery. Hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00am- 3:00pm.

Be enchanted by a diverse collection of art quilts, modern designs, and timeless traditional quilts, spanning intimate wall hangings to stunning bed sized masterpieces.

Your visit also supports The Clayworks, a vital part of Disability Supports' commitment to elevating care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Join us every Saturday for Storytime Saturdays at Watermark Books & Café! Designed for children ages 2-6, this engaging weekly event features the reading of two carefully selected books, followed by a fun, hands-on activity. Watermark’s Children’s Coordinator, Kassandra, curates seasonal and holiday-themed stories to create an enriching experience for young readers and their families.

Join us at Watermark Books & Cafe for story time! Author Julie Mosiman & Illustrator Ellen Youngman will be reading their new hardcover picture book Safari Shenanigans. Book signing and activities to follow!

Raeann’s Fancy Footwork Dance & Gymnastics is proud to present their 31st Annual Spring Recital “Dare To Dream.”

Become familiar with the process of printing to the Library's Prusa printers. Call (316) 261-8500, or visit www.wichitalibrary.org to register.

America’s largest interactive comedy murder dinner theatre show is now playing! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.

Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show.

America’s largest interactive comedy murder dinner theatre show is now playing! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.

Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show.

Kaboom! When the town of Beanville is blown to Smithereens, the poor Bean children were far afield gathering mud pies with their tenderfoot teacher, Chuck Stake.
The newly orphaned “Beans” are invited by Cornelia Meal and her lovely niece, Sweet Onion, to nearby Cornbread Flats to stay at their hotel and chili parlor.
Meanwhile, local banker and all around bad guy Con Carne and his henchpeople, Sal Sa and Hal Apenio, are trying to “con” their way to Corny’s secret chili ingredient in order to win a lucrative canned good contract.
Hilarity ensues as Chuck Stake (in disguise) and western "high-tech" Sheriff Honey put their sleuthing skills together to discover what Con Carne is up to.
Punning their way to a surprise conclusion, these flavorful characters, with a little help from a witty narrator, cook up a storm of laughter from your audience! And by the way, where is Smithereens?!

Eli Davidson as NARRATOR
Cole Haeska as CHARLES STAKE
Janet Davis as CORNELIA Q MEAL
Holland Kiser as SWEET ONION
Jack Phillips as COLONEL KOBB
Hanson Long as CONRAD CARNE
Nathan Betzen as HAL APENIO
Angela West as SAL SA
Todd Reifschneider as SHERIFF HENRY HONEY
Braden Labrue-Layman as DEPUTY BUD DERRED
Glenn Williams as MEL HORNALLEY
Alyssa Goerzen as MJ BEAN
Lili Jimenez as GARBANZO BEAN
Caleb West as GREEN BEAN
Sage Teubner-McElroy as VANILLA BEAN
Tegan Neth as COCO BEAN
Celeste Harley as STRING BEAN
Peter Henning as COFFEE BEAN

Tickets only
$15 Adult
$7 Children
With a Pay What You Can Mother's Day Special!
https://empirehouseplayers.com
empirehouseplayers.ludus.com

7pm Friday and Saturday
2pm Sundays
Doors open 30 minutes before

Parking is in the WEST lot, 1/4 mile down from the main entrance Fri & Sat. Parking in standard Old Cowtown Museum Visitor Center parking on Sunday.

Your Stage, Your Spotlight: Four Nights, One Incredible Vibe.

Join Music Theatre Wichita for Musical Mondays in May! Every Monday night, celebrate Music Theatre Wichita’s upcoming 2025 season with an open mic and musical showcase featuring themes from each production. Bring your sheet music and share your talent, or simply enjoy a night of music.

Lineup:

May 6th: Waitress/Sara Bareilles Night
May 13th: Crazy For You/Gershwin Night
May 20th: Newsies/Disney Night
May 27th: A Grand Night For Singing/Rodgers and Hammerstein Night

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.

The Clayworks presents the captivating artistry of Dottie Evans, featured artist for May 2025, showcasing in the Midtown Gallery. Hours are Monday-Saturday 10:00am- 3:00pm.

Be enchanted by a diverse collection of art quilts, modern designs, and timeless traditional quilts, spanning intimate wall hangings to stunning bed sized masterpieces.

Your visit also supports The Clayworks, a vital part of Disability Supports' commitment to elevating care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Wichitans desired to be modern since the City’s beginning in 1870. The Modern era had been evolving for a century at that time and it would take another 100 years before Wichita achieved a “modern” look. World War II (1939-1945) greatly disrupted development in design.

Over the next two decades, postwar prosperity propelled design of the modern era to its zenith. By that time, Wichita’s modernization was most apparent in its new urban 1969 skyline, which remains in place today.

In the 1950s and 1960s, modern design from architecture to fashions and furnishings became familiar as people followed popular trends replacing old with new. Visual art and advertising led the way for the modern look - which by the 1960s, people referred to as “Mod.” This new look coincided with changes as society became more pluralistic and increasingly aware of its diversity. The post-war baby boom gave rise to a prominent youth culture creating new markets. New technology improving the ability to travel and share information led to wide acceptance of modern style.

This modern sensibility cast a popular and unifying mindset. This era featured non-representational abstract design to create engaging effects rather than portray objects or scenes. The effects were both dazzling and confusing, challenging everyone’s perception of reality. Our visual world was forever changed.

(This exhibition follows (and is directly patterned after) the Museum’s previous exhibit Art Deco on the Plains. It takes the timeline forward to explore modern design experienced locally in the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition is a feature of the Lois Kay Walls Local Visual Art History Series.)

On view through 2025 in the Slawson Gallery, 4th floor.

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

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S Main

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