Join us at the 2022 Arts Awards Thursday, October 13 in NOTO. YOUR OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE 2022 ARTY AWARDS What to expect when you're attending.... High-fives & enthusiastic applause. (And hugs. THE HUGS!)Gathering with your friends in beautiful Redbud Park on a perfect fall evening in the NOTO Arts & Entertainment District.Hook &...
New Black Owned Radio Station Brings the Culture to Top City
New R&B, Hip-Hop, and Throwbacks Station Launches For Topeka, Lawrence Audiences TOPEKA/LAWRENCE – The new number one radio station for R&B, Hip-Hop, and Throwbacks in Topeka and Lawrence launched earlier this month by playing 1,969 Beats In A Row, broadcasting at 96.9 KQRB-FM and streaming worldwide at 969TheBeat.com. The new...
It takes a village: Concert for a Child
Hear world-renown (and Topeka native) fingerstyle guitarist Andy McKee live in concert Friday, August 26 at Topeka Performing Arts Center. "Concert for a Child" is a benefit for Capper Foundation and this August marks the second year for the event. Building on last year, McKee will be joined with two...
Lunch with Anna p.s.
A warm Wednesday afternoon on the Wheel Barrow patio. We talked a while before I could get my audio recorder to work on my phone. I said I was fine sitting outside but was definitely starting to sweat and she’s sitting across from me cool as a cucumber. As an...
Olive Cafe
Anticipation is high and Topekans are salivating for a taste of Mediterranean; Olive Cafe will have it's soft opening the second week of July before officially opening their doors to the public. The restaurant will offer a variety of Mediterranean staples and is located at 935 S Kansas Ave (previously...
ABSOLUTE FISHING GUIDES
GIVE A MAN A FISH... TEACH A MAN TO FISH... Toby Leavendusky has a love of fishing, fun and family and in 2020 turned that love into a business: Absolute Fishing Guides. “Before officially becoming a guide I was at the lake whenever time would allow, taking friends and family...
A CHANT FOR THE CONTINENT
AUTHOR: Ignacio Carvajal Ignacio Carvajal is the author of Plegarias, winner of the Poetic Bridges contest by Casa Cultural de las Américas and the University of Houston in 2019. His poetry and translations have appeared, among others, in The Common, Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Infrarrealista Review,...
KINDRED VERSE: POEMS INSPIRED BY ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
AUTHOR: Julie Sellers This collection of beautiful, whimsical poems and photographs invites readers into the world of a young woman known across the world, Anne of Green Gables, of Prince Edward Island, Canada.The author reflects in her poems the magic of the Anne stories published by L.M. Montgomery in eight...
UNDERGROUND
IT'S BIGGER THAN MUSIC; IT'S RESTORATION Throughout the aggressively irritating pandemic, a lot of local businesses have unfortunately had to close shop. However, things have continued to be on the upswing for a certain artistic entrepreneur. Denton Kahler, 35, is the founder and CEO of Underground Instrument Repair, a company...
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN
THE LIFE + LEGACY OF BLAKE CAZIER seveneightfive contributor coordinator Kristen Shook The following article is a first person account of the short life of Blake Cazier and the foundation that formed by his family in the aftermath of his death. It is my belief and hope there are not...