Wichita crochet artist Tamara Gonzales is using brightly colored yarn to "dress up" a collection of bronze sculptures installed along Douglas in downtown Wichita. Some trees are also getting the crochet treatment. read more >>

Renderings are turning into real life at a long-vacant downtown Wichita building being transformed into luxury apartments and coworking space. read more >>

It’s like all the Wichita organizations picked the same weekend for their big events. Good luck deciding this weekend between Open Streets, Autumn & Art, Kansas Railfest and a couple of Hispanic Heritage Month events, which are all going on at the same time. Here’s a rundown of the many big events scheduled outdoors in Wichita this weekend: read more >>

In just a few years, a $300-million biomedical campus is expected to rise in place of nondescript parking lots near Broadway and William streets and a neighboring city transit center destined for replacement. read more >>

For the first time since construction of Riverfront Stadium was completed in 2020, the downtown ballpark will host a concert. Tribute bands for Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam will be taking the stage on Sunday, Oct. 8 for a “90’s Rock at the Park” experience, the Wichita Wind Surge announced on Wednesday morning. read more >>

The new agreement for mixed-use commercial development with the Overland Park-based EPC Real Estate still includes plans for an eight-story, 155-room hotel from the New York City-based Dream Hotel Group. read more >>

A buyer has purchased two prominent Delano properties along West Douglas and plans to redevelop them. read more >>

On Tuesday, the Wichita City Council will consider a last-minute agenda item that’s a memorandum of understanding between the city, the University of Kansas Medical Center and Wichita State University for the new Wichita Biomedical Center in downtown. read more >>

Big changes could be coming to Exploration Place in the next three years, including an amphitheater and an outdoor playscape and education center, as well as indoor renovations at the science museum. read more >>

Crews are working on the building on West Douglas in Delano that once housed a dance studio. Soon, it will be home to a new daiquiri and dessert bar. read more >>

Parker McCollum will headline a show on Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena. read more >>

Exploration Place parkrun is a free, weekly 5K that is open to walkers, runners, volunteers, spectators and even leashed dogs accompanied by their owners. It starts at 8 a.m. outside Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd. read more >>

This long Fourth of July weekend, Wichitans will have more ways to celebrate than just fireworks. With parades, concerts, pool parties and more, there is no shortage of events and activities to mark the holiday. read more >>

Wendy Mayes, who has worked in interior remodeling and design for around 30 years, is moving Wendy Mayes Design to 519 E. Douglas at Eaton Place. read more >>

John Michael has had a 30-year career in restaurants and hospitality at over 20 establishments across the globe — yet he's poised to build a legacy in Wichita, Kan. read more >>

Last year’s Asian Night Market drew unexpectedly big crowds so organizers decided to move this year’s to a larger venue. read more >>

An education collaborative with ties to Koch Industries will soon have a high-profile home in downtown Wichita. read more >>

The National, a downtown mixed-use development with luxury apartments, coworking space and more, is one of several high-profile projects throughout Wichita set to deliver new rental units in 2023. read more >>

The Hopping Gnome will close its old taproom on Douglas on April 30, and open up in the new one around the corner on Victor on May 2. read more >>

Adam Anderson designed this year’s River Festival logo and button. The artwork was unveiled during an event at Emprise Bank Monday. This year will mark the 51st year of the Wichita River Festival. read more >>

The Wichita Riverfest staff is ready to share the musical lineup for the 2023 festival, which will fill downtown Wichita with food, fun and music from June 2 to 10. read more >>

Justin McClure Creative is growing in clients, capabilities and team members. Now, the Wichita-based creative agency has a new headquarters at 420 S. Commerce that founder Justin McClure says fits the company's upward trajectory. read more >>

Chris Carlson is moving the Wichita office of the national Galloway & Co. architecture firm to the ArenaPointe building at the southeast corner of Emporia and Waterman. read more >>

Grow, the plant shop and bar in downtown Wichita, has just added coffee to its list of offerings, and the owner hopes people will now flock to the shop in the morning. read more >>

Dave Jewett is opening in the former District Taqueria called Forge ICT at 917 E. Douglas. read more >>

Old Town Square has a new dining option that will please fans of Japanese and Korean fare. read more >>

Brant Dumford and Anna Kate Tillison have teamed to launch the Colony, a new co-working space at 659 N. Market in downtown Wichita. read more >>

The transformation of a long-vacant piece of downtown Wichita's skyline is making notable progress — and is on track to have residents moving in within a few months. read more >>

A new master plan approved by the city in February recommends converting several downtown Wichita streets from one way to two way, including Topeka, Main, English and Market. read more >>

The Hudson St. Francis project has been several years in the making. It recently hosted a grand opening and is starting to book events. read more >>

Cargill's North American protein business, headquartered in Wichita, has donated $500,000 to support the relocation of the Kansas African American Museum. read more >>

Former KSN-TV anchor Emily Younger has left television to start a new role as the new public relations manager at the Greater Wichita Partnership, the region's economic development organization. read more >>

City crews will begin replacing the remaining grass in downtown Wichita’s Naftzger Park with artificial turf next week. read more >>

A new plan unveiled Tuesday to the Wichita City Council calls for investing $55 million in the iconic blue-domed Century II building. Other downtown buildings are also in the plan. read more >>

Plans for a new downtown child-care center took a major step forward this week with the demolition of a building to clear the site for construction to start likely early next year. read more >>

Newton-based artist and art therapist Ellamonique Baccus was commissioned to create artwork for the redesigned Chester I. Lewis Reflection Square in downtown Wichita. Baccus did extensive research on the life of Chester Lewis to create artwork depicting his civil rights work. read more>>

The Wichita City Council will vote Tuesday on a concept plan for redesigning downtown streets that calls for converting several one-way roads to two-way and reducing the number of lanes on other two-way streets. read more >>

A new task force aimed at addressing the number of people experiencing homelessness in downtown Wichita met for the first time earlier this month, and now we know who is involved. read more >>

A rower on the river, a runner crossing the finish line and a guitar flowing into fireworks in the sky all are part of the poster design. read more >>

Pickrell CEO and board chair Trent Sebits said an office near the city's core fits the company's history and the passions of his grandfather, Carl Sebits — who co-founded Pickrell Drilling with Lloyd Pickrell and Cecil Burton in 1948. read more >>

Orangetheory Fitness' third Wichita location is set to open downtown this spring. read more >>

David Jewett said he plans to open "Forge," a "casual steak joint" with an emphasis on craft cocktails, in February at 917 E. Douglas, the former home of District Taqueria. read more >>

Wichita has seen a lot of office movement around the metro area, and downtown remains a high-interest area given the recent momentum and its proximity to dining, shops and entertainment. read more >>

The Hyatt plans to use the space to expand meeting rooms and banquet facilities. The $217,440 purchasing agreement for the 14,496-square-foot parcel will go into effect unless another developer makes a better offer on the land in the next 30 days. read more >>

Located inside the old Henry's department store building at Broadway and William, the National Institute of Culinary and Hospitality Education will have five culinary lab kitchens, including one pastry kitchen, a banquet kitchen, a chocolate room, two classrooms, a student lounge and a conference room. read more >>

If you’re a remote worker who moves around, you may want to consider Wichita as one of your stops. A new report lists Wichita as one of the best cities for digital nomads. read more >>

A splash of orange is on the verge of coming to the city's core.The owners of two Orangetheory Fitness franchise locations in Wichita have selected downtown for their third studio. read more >>

“There’s just so much cool stuff happening downtown,” Idbeis said. “I really just wanted to support Wichita by putting another local business downtown and making sure we keep Wichita’s economy strong by keeping our money local.” read more >>

King of Freight is looking to hire another 200 to 300 workers in the next six months. Sooner rather than later, owner Mike Ricklefs said the company will be out of room in the former Gander Mountain building at WaterWalk. read more >>

This fall, the downtown core welcomed the opening of the Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, which brings a medical school to Wichita while renovating five downtown buildings. read more >>

Jason Gregory joined a Q&A with the Wichita Business Journal to talk about the project and whether downtown has the infrastructure to support it. read more >>

An increasing number of once-vacant buildings downtown are now slated for new uses. Yet, several pieces of notable real estate still sit unused, or at least mostly unused, within Wichita's downtown core. We share seven prominent vacant structures that are ripe for potential redevelopment. read more >>

WSU Tech’s The Niche, which will include a culinary program as well as a ramen restaurant and public food hall, is getting closer to complete in downtown Wichita. read more >>

As businesses wrap their arms around what the new world of work looks like, Wichita's office market is seeing added signs of life, according to multiple people in local property management and real estate. read more >>

A group of Delano business people are starting the Delano Paddy Day Parade in March. read more >>

From new offices, luxury apartments and educational uses — several recently announced development projects will soon help reshape the downtown Wichita skyline. read more >>

Some of Wichita’s most anticipated annual events are on the calendar this weekend, including ICT Bloktoberfest, Holiday Galleria and the Great Plains Renaissance Festival. read more>>

One of Wichita's most prominent nonprofit organizations will trade one downtown home for another. The Wichita Community Foundation announced Thursday plans to move from the Epic Center to Broadway Autopark by early next year. read more >>

Efforts to transform a downtown Wichita alleyway into a destination for interactive, sensory art experiences has been recognized with a national award for urban placemaking. read more >>

Wichita artist Kirsten Shannon has been preparing her signature large-scale works for a pop-up art show at the Ice House just east of Union Station in downtown Wichita. read more >>

Kingdom Investment I, LLC, the new owner of the former Sterling building in downtown Wichita, plans to rename the property the Kingdom Building. As part of a multi-million dollar renovation, the ownership aims to turn the space into a multi-use building with apartments, retail and shared workspace. read more >>

Here’s a look at some entertainment options available as September transitions into October: read more>>

Starting next week: Doo-Dah Diner — the downtown restaurant that’s been a popular breakfast and lunch restaurant for a decade — will be adding weeknight dinner hours. And The Belmont, the trendy College Hill restaurant open since 2020 at 3555 E. Douglas, will be adding lunch. read more >>

Mid-States Fitness Equipment is on the move — but it's not going far. The residential and commercial health and fitness equipment business will relocate to 507 S. St. Francis later this year, said Craig Bally, Mid-States Fitness owner. read more >>

Rodriguez, who said he’s long wanted to get into the bar business, has just taken over the recently vacated Headz & Tailz space at 301 N. Washington and is in the process of converting it into a new Mexican restaurant and tequila bar that will offer live entertainment geared toward the Hispanic community on the weekends. read more >>

The Kansas African American Museum will soon have a new home. read more >>

The city's renovation of the downtown Chester I. Lewis Reflection Park is reaching its final stages — but not without some final finishing touches. read more >>

A years-long effort to open a downtown osteopathic medical school will culminate Monday when 91 students begin classes. read more >>

He put on a “soft opening” for friends and family over the weekend, and sometime in the next couple of days, Arnulfo Garcia will open his new Old Town Square restaurant — Bocatto: Eatery and Pasta — to the public. read more >>

Main Street Living, LLC announced Thursday its purchase of the 150 N. Main property and plans to turn the vacant 10-story building into a mixed-use facility with luxury apartments and a "fashionable co-working space. read more >>

While Wichita's housing market remains especially tight, the city has seen a boom in luxury apartments over the last decade, according to a recent study. read more >>

The 2020 Census data released last year lends a picture to how and where Wichita's population is growing. read more 

Six local businesses worked with Wichita artists, architects and more for about five months to build outdoor expansions of their businesses. This Friday, the public gets to enjoy them at the Front Porch Project launch party. read more >>

One of the most visible projects has been the Kansas Health Science Center in downtown Wichita. read more >>

The city has renewed efforts to develop a new downtown parking and multimodal plan with the rehiring of Walker Consultants, an Indianapolis consulting firm. read more >>

Andrew Merchant, Prime Capital's Wichita market managing director, said after two years of looking for the right office space while working primarily remotely, the 2,000 square-foot location near Union Station checked the right boxes. read more >>

The mixed-use commercial development planned to the east of Riverfront Stadium has lured an eight-story, 155-room hotel from the New York City-based Dream Hotel Group — its first in Wichita. read more>>

If an evening kayak trip down the Arkansas River sounds like fun, the city of Wichita has a tour for you. read more >>

Just five months after opening their Bradley Fair restaurant — First Mile Kitchen at 2141 N. Bradley Fair Parkway — Nick Korbee and wife Amanda Luginbill are ready to open their second restaurant. read more >>

A unique new business that’s part trendy plant shop, part bar will open next week in Wichita, and its owner is preparing for big crowds. read more >>

A full slate of events is lined up to celebrate Juneteenth in Wichita. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration that honors the ending of slavery in the United States. read more >>

Like many other events in Wichita that were put on pause once the pandemic hit, Fidelity Bank has not put on its weekday downtown farmers market in three years. read more >>

Nearly every corner of the new GROW Giesen Plant Shop will be "Instagrammable," said the store's owner, Heather Giesen. read more >>

The Wichita Riverfest on Saturday night drew one of the biggest crowds it’s had in years when country legend Willie Nelson took the stage at Kennedy Plaza. read more >>

If you missed the drone light show that drew big crowds to Exploration Place on Saturday and Sunday nights, don’t worry: We have a video recap for you. read more >>

Some of the festival’s recurring events will begin later on Monday. Wagonmasters river tours and Kids Corner start at 5 p.m. and the Carnival starts at 6 p.m. read more >>

It’s that time of the year again, when the Downtown Wichita streets are filled with fair food, booths, live performances and more. RiverFest Wichita has been a Wichita favorite for the last 50 years. read more >>

If you’ve recently driven past the Old Mill Tasty Shop — the classic Wichita restaurant at 604 E. Douglas that’s turning 90 this year — you would have noticed crews out front busy at work on a structure that looks like a new patio. read more >>

"When I give a presentation, the No. 1 question is, 'When is Wichita going to get a grocery store?'" said Jason Gregory, who is executive director of Downtown Wichita, an affiliate of the Greater Wichita Partnership. read more >>

It’s Memorial Day weekend, and those not headed out of town or to the lake will be looking for things to do in town. They’ll find museum exhibits, concerts and fun outdoor activities. read more >>

Saturday’s Asian Night Market, scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. at Naftzger Park, 601 E. Douglas, will feature 24 vendors, and most of them will be selling Asian food. read more >>

Smith worked with the nonprofit’s board to create a five-year strategic plan to transform Exploration Place’s 20-acre campus, which extends on a long, thin site from the Keeper of the Plains bridge to the First Street bridge. read more >>

The Fidelity Bank Rise Car Park is a tangible reminder that the organization is committed to being a pillar of downtown Wichita and the city in general for decades to come. read more >>

Formerly called Occidental Plaza, the three-story building at the northeast corner of Main and 2^nd is a landmark in Wichita’s history, built in 1873 and recognized for its black-and-white exterior and window shutters. read more >>

iHeartMedia Inc. took over 2,650 square feet of the district's second floor office space earlier this year. It's a sign of momentum for the area that points to larger office market trends. read more >>

Although she’s a Wichita native, Vanessa Whiteside likes to treat outings in her hometown as if she were on a trip to an out-of-town destination: looking for new things, asking her server what they like to eat from the menu, talking to business owners and more. read more >>

Dancing since he was 3 years old and performing since fourth grade, Keaton Mohr was bitten by the theater bug in his first performance, which was in Wichita Children’s Theatre’s “Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” read more >>

The Riverview Building has three new tenants — demonstrating what one real estate veteran sees as growing momentum for Wichita's office leasing market. read more >>

Whether you like theater or you prefer block parties, Wichita has you covered this weekend. Here’s a list of fun things to do around town: read more >>

The Meritrust Center continues to fill up. On Wednesday, Meritrust Credit Union announced that Hunter Health will move administration offices to the fifth floor of the center in downtown Wichita. read more >>

Wichita's Ambassador Hotel has been named a AAA Four Diamond hotel for the ninth straight year. read more >>

The lineup of fun events in Wichita this weekend and next week is rather diverse and includes bull riding, concerts, a dance party and a Civil War reenactment. Here are some of the events Wichitans in need of fun can choose from: read more >>

The Wichita City Council on Tuesday approved pumping nearly $10 million in additional public incentives into its minor league baseball stadium district, including a tax-funded parking garage and tax breaks on two office buildings for developers. read more >>

Wichitans who remember the Metro Grill sandwich cart from Town East Square — and all the amazing sandwiches it used to serve — have reason to celebrate today. The restaurant is making a comeback. read more >>

Wichita is poised to pump an additional $14.6 million into its Riverfront Stadium district, including a new parking garage, tax breaks for the Wind Surge owners’ private development company, Arkansas River improvements and a federal-funded skybridge over McLean Boulevard. read more >>

The city of Wichita has secured a $5 million grant that will fund riverfront improvements and a skybridge to support private development surrounding the downtown baseball stadium. read more >>

A select number of undergraduate health sciences students at Friends University will have the opportunity to get an accelerated path to medical school under a new partnership with the Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, the organizations announced Tuesday. read more >>

“Hamilton” is coming to Wichita. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s iconic musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton, told through hip-hop, jazz, R&B and showtunes, will land at the Century II concert hall for 16 performances June 6-18, 2023. read more >>

It’s First Friday in Wichita, meaning there’s lots of art to see. It’s also spring, so it’s time to start gazing at tulips. And that’s not even all there is to do in Wichita this weekend. Here’s a look at some of the fun things going on during the first weekend in April: read more >>

Just because Steve Martin co-wrote the music for “Bright Star,” which opens at Roxy’s Downtown next week, it doesn’t mean the show is full of wild-and-crazy-guy tunes. read more >>

Wichita’s two main farmers markets are opening for the season this weekend, and the directors of both say that their opening-day vendor counts will be at all-time highs. read more >>

Henry Winkler — the 76-year-old actor who the older generation knows as The Fonz from “Happy Days” and who younger people recognize from his role in Adam Sandler’s film “The Waterboy” — was in Wichita on Friday to speak to a convention, he told his admirers at Doo-Dah Diner. read more >>

GROW Giesen Plant Shop will open a new retail location at Fidelity Bank’s RISE Car Park in downtown Wichita — a spot that just this week grabbed international press attention. read more >>

Fidelity Bank’s new RISE Car Park at 320 S. Market is about to add a new tenant — a unique business with an “Instagram-able” vibe that is part trendy plant shop, part entertainment venue and part educational facility. read more >>

Plans to develop the mixed-use Riverfront Village in Wichita's Delano District took a major step forward earlier this month with the purchase of the Metropolitan Baptist Church property at the southwest corner of Douglas Avenue and McLean Boulevard. read more >>

Laham Development and Birds Eye Holdings have purchased the Metropolitan Baptist Church on west Douglas and plan to transform the property into a mixed-use development just north of Riverfront Stadium. read more >>

Starting Saturday, thousands of basketball fans are expected to pour into downtown Wichita as Intrust Bank Arena plays host to four NCAA women's teams vying for a shot in the Final Four. read more >>

Wichita is uniquely situated to help the NCAA redeem itself this March Madness, as the city is set to host the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds of the Division I NCAA women’s basketball tournament for the first time on March 26 and 28 at Intrust Bank Arena. read more >>

March Madness is returning to Wichita this week with the highest level of action the city has hosted, as the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds will be played at Intrust Bank Arena. read more >>

After having to cancel the 2020 Gridiron because of the pandemic, the original musical comedy show to benefit journalism scholarships returned last year with a hybrid live-online offering. That combination will be back this year, and the show is expanded to three nights — March 17-19 — from the previous two, at Roxy’s Downtown. read more >>

Intrust Bank Arena will have Disney characters on ice. Many of the local music venues will have comedy shows and concerts. And this weekend in Wichita will also hold all sorts of shopping opportunities. read more >>

Wichita has a rich history of Black entrepreneurs who helped build the city’s dining scene through its early years. read more >>

Fat Tuesday is less than a week away, and the school-night parties will be underway all over Wichita with lots of crawfish, oysters, hurricanes and beads. read more >>

Wichita Cheesecake Company is not — repeat — NOT The Cheesecake Factory. And although most Wichitans know that by now, Wichita Cheesecake Company owner Mark Daniels says that some still assume that it’s at least like The Cheesecake Factory and that it serves food as well as dessert. read more >>

We recently celebrated the 100th project in downtown Wichita since that adoption with 101 projects now completed. Those projects now are close to $1.5 billion dollars in investment in our downtown. read more >>

With both programs constructing two new state-of-the-art culinary schools — one in Andover and one in downtown Wichita — the area could see an influx of up to 800 new workers trained in the culinary arts and restaurant and hospitality management within the next few years. read more >>

The team also announced Tuesday that it would relocate its home games from the Kansas Star Casino to the Wichita Ice Center, according to a report from Wichita Story. read more >>

The chase is on as a mystery company considers building a new $4 billion, 3 million square-foot advanced manufacturing warehouse in either Kansas or Tulsa. read more>>

Here’s a list of some of the Valentine’s Day specials scheduled in restaurants around Wichita, and please note that while many are being offered on Monday — the actual Feb. 14 — some restaurants are starting their specials this weekend. read more>>

Here are some of the activities happening in Wichita over the first weekend of February 2022. read more>>

Getting “The Color Purple” on stage at Roxy’s Downtown has been a long time coming. The stage musical version of Alice Walker’s 1982 book and the accompanying 1985 movie was supposed to be staged a year ago but was delayed by COVID. It opens this weekend and continues through Feb. 27. read more>>

Wichita Festivals Inc., which puts on the annual Riverfest celebration downtown, has named Nancy Duling as its new president and CEO. read more >>

Wichita State baseball fans will be able to enjoy Riverfront Stadium, the city’s downtown ballpark, for the second year in a row. read more >>

When pharmacist-turned-developer Sudha Tokala went on a buying spree of downtown buildings a few years ago, almost everyone who heard about her had one question: “Who?” read more >>

Real estate developer Sudha Tokala developed the Innes Building at William and Broadway. The proposed Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine will take ownership of the building in January. read more >>

As WSU Tech prepares to open its culinary school in the former Henry’s building in August, developer Sudha Tokala is proceeding with plans for a food hall and event center there as well. read more >>

Pharmacist-turned-developer Sudha Tokala is transforming several buildings in downtown Wichita, some which have been empty for decades. read more >>

A new art gallery that champions art accessibility and inclusion is opening on Douglas Avenue this weekend, with a grand opening celebration planned for Saturday. read more >>

Signs must be positive, because despite Covid-19's impact on the industry plans for at lease three new hotel projects are expected to take shape in Wichita in the new year. read more >>

Many hearty restaurateurs are planning to launch their ventures in 2022, and the list of expected openings for this year is already pretty long. read more >>

Jenni Warren and Ethan Crank are relatively young in their acting careers, but thanks to the new musical at Roxy’s Downtown, they are adding five new roles to their theatrical resumes. read more >>

Envision plans to expand on its mission of showcasing the creative talents of individuals who are blind and visually impaired with a new, open-to-the-public art gallery in Old Town. read more >>

Enter The Wichita Eagle’s annual list of things to look forward to in Wichita in the coming year. read more >>

Now that 2021 is nearly behind us, it’s time to start having some 2022-style fun. read more >>

Even with as much growth and development as there already has been in Delano, there’s much more to come. The biggest blank canvas to be developed is along the river. read more >>

Business and development have exploded in Delano in recent years with several more large projects planned in the future. read more >>

Ilean Krum and her mother, Ileana Krum, have opened a new retail store in downtown Wichita called Filigrana Artisans, a fair trade brand that sells clothing, accessories and decor made by artisans and makers around the globe. read more >>

Jeff Schauf and his chef/brother Rob Schauf were living in California when they decided they wanted to start a food truck. Eventually, they decided to do it in their home town. read more >>

Starting in January, a group of area creatives — ranging from a horticulturist to a college professor to a graphic artist — will help six downtown businesses develop outdoor expansions that will go beyond a typical patio as part of a new placemaking project called the Front Porch. read more >>

Looking for a little fun before the rush to Christmas officially starts? Here are some entertaining activities happening in and around Wichita over the third weekend in December: read more>>

Here are seven things to keep an eye on heading into the new year. read more >>

PAINTING PARTY Enroll the kids in a one-hour, in-person paint session at Paint the Towne to create Christmas- or winter-themed painting or opt to purchase discounted at-home kits featuring the same themes. read more >>

The Kansas Health Science Center - Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine has been granted permission to start recruiting students for its first classes. School officials announced Monday that their pre-accreditation status was approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. read more >>

Here’s a look at some of the events happening around Wichita during the second week of December. read more >>

Married couple Korbee and Luginbill say they are also planning a restaurant for the ground floor of Fidelity Bank’s new RISE Car Park at 320 N. Market. They’ll call it First Mile Cantine. read more >>

Startup technology company Knowledge as a Service Inc. (KaaS) has found its Wichita location in the Garvey Center downtown. read more >>

Jacob Clark is a classic case of a Wichita boomerang. Clark is a partner in Parallel Studios, which will double as a music recording studio and a photography studio. read more >>

A consulting firm hired by Visit Wichita says it’s time for the city to replace the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center with a new facility, even as the national convention industry remains mired in a COVID-19 funk. read more >>

While sitting on Santa’s lap is still a memory of Christmases pasts thanks to the pandemic, families have several opportunities to get photos with Santa — and even Mrs. Claus and reindeer —this year. Besides traditional photo opportunities, families can play games or enjoy a meal with Santa. Here’s a list of some of Santa’s engagements in the Wichita area: read more >>

What are the key qualities a company leader must have to be successful? I believe a successful leader must have integrity, character, the discipline to listen and the ability to cast and inspire a team around a vision. read more >>

The final touches are being put on a month-long transformation from turning the baseball field at Riverfront Stadium into a football field, ready to host the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference championship game. read more >>

The momentum for downtown Wichita took a pause when the global coronavirus pandemic all but shut the city down in March 2020. A year and a half later, the pressing question is whether Covid-19 has changed the outlook for downtown Wichita's continued progress. read more >>

Rick Bumgardner admits that a “Church Basement Ladies” musical isn’t something Roxy’s Downtown patrons might expect. The Christmas-themed installment, “Away in the Basement,” opens this week and continues through Dec. 19. It is the third of seven “Church Basement Ladies” musicals and serves as a prequel to the original. read more >>

Whether you need a little holiday spirit or a lot, several events are happening in the coming weeks in the Wichita area to help you become merry. The events range from extravagant light displays to live theater productions — including ones locally written — and from holiday concerts to long-running traditions. There are also opportunities to get creative with art and sweet treats. read more >>

Thanksgiving is drawing closer, and several annual events are returning to Wichita, some after a year off because of COVID-19. As usual, there will be plenty of art, music and fun to soak up in Wichita. Here are some of the options this weekend: read more >>

The proposed Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine is almost completed in the former Macy's building downtown. The college will occupy 116,000 feet on floors 1-4 and part of 5. read more >>

Thanks to a $75,000 National Endowment of the Arts Our Town grant, a new placemaking project called the Front Porch will bring together area creatives and six downtown Wichita businesses who will develop outdoor expansions of those businesses. read more >>

The high-profile storefront at the southeast corner of Douglas and Washington has been empty since The Aquarium, a local aquatic pet store, left the spot over the summer. But a new office tenant has moved in and brought an entirely new vibe to the space. read more >>

Originally constructed in 1925 for the Elks Club, the 75,000 square-foot building is near the northeast corner of 1st and Market, across the street from The Lux. read more >>

The free festival, which will happen from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, always takes place inside Century II’s Convention and Exhibition Halls and features cultural performances, craft vendors and a Miss Wichita Asian Festival scholarship pageant. read more >>

Investing in Wichita's downtown core is almost always a risk, but the more people who do it, the easier it becomes for others. A panel of local developers and business leaders delivered that message Tuesday during the Wichita Business Journal's ICT Summit. read more >>

When it's finished, the park, located south of Douglas Avenue between Broadway and Market, will serve as an entryway into the Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine and is expected to continue to honor the life and legacy of its namesake, late local civil rights advocate Chester I. Lewis. read more >>

In the midst of the ongoing pandemic, Wichita’s beloved Tallgrass Film Festival returns for its 19th year in two waves. The first part of the festival will be in-person, with screenings, parties, workshops and more being held Wednesday, Oct. 20, through Oct. 24 at various venues throughout downtown Wichita. After that, the festival will move online for virtual screenings Oct. 24 through 29. read more >>

Wichita will be busy this weekend with country concerts, Halloween events and shopping opportunities. Here are some of the fun ways Wichitans can keep themselves entertained this weekend: read more >>

Kansas filmmakers and Kansas films are the center of attention at the first-ever Seldom Heard Film Festival, to be held Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Augusta Historic Theatre, 523 State St. in Augusta. The Tallgrass Film Festival will kick off its 19th year with a free family-friendly screening of “Shrek” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Naftzger Park, 601 E. Douglas. read more >>

With Arnold directing, “The Toxic Avenger” runs through Halloween at Roxy’s. The musical is a collaboration of Joe DiPietro and Bon Jovi keyboard player David Bryan, who followed “Avenger” with the Tony Award-winning “Memphis.” read more >>

A renovation has transformed a former Key Construction warehouse at 2nd Street and McLean Boulevard into a Class A, mixed-use building. read more >>

After a pared-down, socially distanced event for 2020, the Prairie Fire Marathon returns in full form on Sunday. Offering a marathon, half-marathon and 5K, this year’s event will also feature a new, non-competitive family 5K. read more >>

An extensive remodel turning Wichita's oldest commercial building into Class A apartments has finished, and property managers say it's already two-thirds of the way leased. read more >>

Wichita’s downtown baseball stadium will host its first football game next month. In coordination with the Wichita Wind Surge, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference announced Thursday afternoon that it will hold its playoff championship game at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 at Riverfront Stadium. read more >>

When Xclusive Event Services owners Crystal McDonald and her brother, Cody Lathrop, put on their first ICT Bloktoberfest in 2016, it was a little too popular. A crowd of 4,000 people crammed into the plaza on Union Station for the first-year block party, which included beer, wiener dog races and sausage samples. read more >>

Delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Meritrust Credit Union hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil its newly renovated downtown headquarters to a crowd of about 100 community leaders and partners on Monday. read more >>

After more than a year of disruption and delay because of the pandemic, new questions are being asked about the future of Wichita’s riverfront. read more >>

But there are lots of other activities happening in and around Wichita this weekend into next week that you might want to check out, including concerts, comedy, shopping opportunities and one of the first big shows at Intrust Bank Arena since COVID-19. read more >>

The second half of the split-in-two 2021 Wichita Riverfest launches Thursday in downtown Wichita, and the four-day fall installment will include most of the annual event’s marquee attractions — including the fireworks show, the food court and the headlining concerts. read more >>

If you’re interested in seeing the television personality read members of the local audience in person, you’re in luck. As of Thursday, about 80 tickets remained for Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and Caputo begins the roughly two-hour show at 7:30 p.m. read more >>

If you finish with the Wichita Wagonmasters Downtown Chili Cookoff and the Great Plains Renaissance & Scottish Festival and still have energy left, the first weekend of fall has plenty of ways for you to burn it off. read more >>

“There’s some new people, and we have a lot of the staples we’ve had year in and year out,” said Bill Ramsey, the “media wrangler” for the Wichita Wagonmasters. “I think there are just a lot of people who are super excited to be a part of something out in public again.” read more >>

Minor league postseason baseball is coming back to Wichita, as the Wind Surge wrapped up a regular-season championship in the Double-A Central on Sunday with a 10-6 victory over the Arkansas Travelers. read more >>

City officials have begun showing off the planned design of a downtown park being rebuilt as the entryway to Wichita’s new osteopathic medical school, while continuing to honor the legacy of civil rights luminary Chester I. Lewis. read more >>

Wichita will be full of art festivals and open streets this weekend, which will be packed with activities all over town. Here are some of your options if you’re looking for fun on the weekend of Sept. 17-19. read more >>

A division championship and spot in the Double-A Central playoffs will be on the line this week in the six-game series hosted by the Wichita Wind Surge against the Arkansas Travelers at Riverfront Stadium. read more >>

And as the nonprofit's programming to help end homelessness evolves, Nolte says Union Rescue Mission looked downtown to open a second facility. Now a renovation targeted to finish next summer will transform the building into a downtown shelter and programming site — what will be a $3 million investment. read more >>

Why did you want to focus on marketing? I would love to say that my journey has been planned and intentional, but it absolutely was not. During my decade of community development work at the Greater Wichita Partnership and Downtown Wichita, I’ve been fortunate to have vast opportunities to grow my skills in marketing, communications and public relations strategy. read more >>

After a year of new venues, changes to its longtime schedules, and a transition in artistic management, Music Theatre Wichita is keeping some of those concepts as it enters its 50th season. read more >>

You can shake off some of that back-to-school stress with several events planned for this weekend around the Wichita area. Among your choices: several live music events, a couple of new art shows, a food truck rally and even a night with the Harlem Globetrotters. read more >>

TKAAM owns 3,000 cultural artifacts and works of art, a collection valued at more than $1 million. A selection of the collection is on long-term display in the main gallery on the first floor and there’s also a temporary gallery space with new exhibitions every three to four months. read more >>

The old Scooter’s space at Douglas and Rock Island in downtown Wichita has a new tenant. Last week, Wichita Cheesecake Company completed its move to the space, which has been vacant since Scooter’s closed in the spring. read more >>

HFG Architecture is relocating its headquarters to the first floor of 330 N. Mead in Wichita’s Old Town Square. The firm, which specializes in planning and designing healthcare architecture, is uprooting from its longtime office space in the Hockaday Building on Mosley Street. read more >>

The school, called the National Institute of Culinary and Hospitality Education, is targeted to open in August 2022 in the old Henry's building at Broadway and William Street. read more >>

The new outdoor Chainlink Gallery Place in downtown Wichita is a place where art can be viewed and created, even if you’ve never wielded a paintbrush or spray can before. read more >>

Naftzger Park at 601 E. Douglas, the new downtown park that been filled with events all summer long, will be the site on Friday of a Family Movie and Game Night that will include a variety of yard games, food from Big B’s Beef food truck and a showing of the film “Raya and the Last Dragon.”  read more >>

A California-based aviation company plans to expand into Kansas with new Wichita operations, creating 75 aerospace jobs over the next five years, Governor Laura Kelly’s office announced Thursday. read more >>

Roxy’s Downtown is billing its latest production as “not your mother’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’” “We’ve gone a little bolder, brighter, more contemporary,” artistic director Rick Bumgardner said. read more >>

The 87th National Baseball Congress World Series is set to begin this week. The final eight teams will then advance to Wichita, where they will play at the brand-new Riverfront Stadium from Aug. 9-14. The championship game is slated for 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14. read more >>

Local artists will once again paint the town this summer with more of the splashy murals Wichitans have come to love. read more >>

When Meritrust Credit Union decided to relocate its headquarters to a central location in downtown Wichita, GLMV Architecture was selected as the designer for the project. read more >>

Where once there stood a coffee shop in downtown Wichita, there is now a four-story office building that has drawn hundreds of corporate workers to the city's core. read more >>

With its location in the heart of the city, the school will attract a new generation of Wichitans who will make this community even more vibrant in the coming years. read more >>

The film now returns home to Wichita for a special screening and party from 6 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 25, at Naftzger Park, 601 E. Douglas. read more >>

Now, 16 months later, the new Naftzger Park, which sits on roughly one acre on the 600 block of East Douglas, has become one of the city’s most popular hangout spots, and over the course of the summer, it’s been filled with activities almost every day and evening. read more >>

Wichitans can float on the river, celebrate Wichita’s birthday and honor Old West cowboys during a busy weekend of fun. Here’s what’s going on around town this weekend: read more >>

The Wichita Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-22 season will patch together remnants of the past year-and-a-half of dormancy while taking many of its pandemic-era innovations to the next level. read more >>

It’ll be a warm summer weekend in Wichita, and people looking for fun can find outdoor shopping and outdoor concerts at some of Wichita’s top entertainment venues. There are also a few fun indoor events to keep you busy through the week. read more >>

More than 100,000 small businesses nationally received grants from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, including plenty in Kansas and the Wichita area. read more >>

InSite Real Estate Group, a longtime Delano tenant, is expanding to occupy the entire building at the northwest corner of Douglas and Sycamore. read more >>

It’s another busy weekend in Wichita, which will be filled with events like Hartman Arena’s Air Capital Bacon, Bourbon & Brews festival and Botanica’s celebration of the 10th anniversary of its Downing Children’s Garden. read more >>

The latest evolution for one of Wichita's legacy commercial real estate firms involves a new name, a new location and a new broker on the team. "It's the same book, new chapter," Evan LaRue says. read more>>

Reuniting after 7½ years, the two leads and director of “Driving Miss Daisy” have found a world of changes. The three are together again this time at Roxy’s Downtown, which opens the Pulitzer Prize-winning play on Thursday. read more>>

Fourth of July weekend will, no doubt, be full of fireworks in Wichita. But if you’re looking for something to do before or after Sunday’s explosive fun, there are many things to choose from. Here’s a look at some of the things Wichitans can get out and do from Friday through July 8. read more >>

From musical celebrations to parades to concerts to a gathering of military airplanes, more than a dozen events to celebrate America’s 245th birthday are scheduled this weekend in Wichita and neighboring communities. read more>>

Jordan Wright wants to provide a different level of service as a property manager. "We're treating the clients as a relational partnership, where we're growing together. They're not just numbers," said Wright, who is director of operations and principal of a new local property management company. read more>>

Mort’s Martini Bar sailed through its first 20 years of business mostly hiccup free. Opened in 1996 in a old gas station building at the corner of First and Washington, the bar quickly gained a following of people who loved its big martini menu, its live music, its large patio, its free jalapeno-flavored popcorn and its location right in the heart of Wichita nightlife central. read more >>

When I first reported in late May that the Union Station kiosks were getting a new vendor selling bubble waffles, the No. 1 question people asked me was, “What’s a bubble waffle?” The new shop selling them — Sweet House, owned by Fnu Erico — opened on Monday. read more >>

A new placemaking initiative in Wichita funded by a national grant will help give a few downtown businesses a little more curb appeal. read more>>

The damage from a lightning strike and fire at the Crown Uptown Theatre last week — which caused the venue to have to evacuate its audience in the middle of a performance — is worse than originally thought. But another Wichita theater — the Orpheum at 200 N. Broadway — has come to the rescue- read more >>

The owner of a downtown winery that opened just before the pandemic has just signed a lease that will allow her to expand her space at Wichita’s Union Station and give her the ability to double seat, extend hours and eventually add lunch. read more >>

Wichita's Groover Labs will host a networking event next week that will connect local entrepreneurs, investors and startups with experienced venture capitalists. read more >>

Wichita will be home this weekend to a new Riverside art festival, a big Juneteenth celebration at McAdams park, and a new Music Theatre Wichita show. But if those aren’t enough, there are several other fun events going on during Father’s Day weekend, which starts Friday, June 18. Here are some of them: read more >>

A sweet new business is opening in downtown Wichita on Saturday that will make it feel like Christmas all summer. Hunter and Thali Leichner are about to open a second location of their Candy Cones shaved ice business that they started in Haysville last summer. read more >>

Do you want a chance at free smoothies for a year? Lucky guests at each of the four renovated Smoothie King stores in Wichita and Derby will win the smoothie jackpot as part of grand reopening celebrations this weekend. read more >>

It’s going to be another fun summer weekend in Wichita with a new season of Shakespeare in the Park starting and a couple of fun food events happening around the area. Here are some of the other worthwhile events that people with children, art lovers and music fans in their lives can enjoy. read more >>

The Wichita Wind Surge are already becoming pretty familiar with walk-off wins at Riverfront Stadium. For the second straight night, the Wind Surge celebrated a walk-off in style. read more >>

With what they believe is their worst year behind them, south-central Kansas venues are getting back into the groove of summer concerts. read more >>

A design team hired by the coalition to re-imagine the east bank — a 55-acre site which stretches from Douglas Avenue to Kellogg, Main Street to the river — recommended in January 2020 a 10- to 15-year plan that involves 17 major capital projects. read more >>

A sweet new dessert business that specializes in a Hong Kong street treat called bubble waffles is coming to downtown Wichita. read more >>

How did you become involved in marketing and communications? I was initially interested in pursuing a career in journalism and was a writer for my high school newspaper. read more >>

There’s something very fishy with Exploration Place’s new summer exhibition. “Monster Fish: In Search of the Last River Giants” — an interactive traveling exhibition based on the popular Nat Geo WILD TV series “Monster Fish “ — opens Friday, May 28, and will be on display until Monday, Sept. 6, at Wichita’s science center. read more >>

It didn’t happen last year — thanks, COVID, — but Visit Wichita’s Wicked Brew Tour is returning for 2021, and it starts this weekend. The tour invites people to visit local coffee shops and breweries, order beverages, and collect at least 10 stamps on a special passport. read more >>

In partnership with the Wichita Wind Surge, the NBC announced on Monday afternoon that the championship week of the 2021 World Series will be played at Riverfront Stadium from August 9-14. read more >>

In a sign of the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Wichita has approved a long list of outdoor activities at the Brickyard and the WaterWalk for this year and next, including a four-day party during the women’s March Madness basketball tournament next year. read more >>

"Downtown is back," says Diana Gordon, president and chief development officer at The Orpheum, which is hosting its first event this month since the start of Covid-19. read more >>

The bottom of the ninth inning, the Wind Surge at the plate, the home crowd at Riverfront Stadium roaring, the stage was set for a fairy tale ending to the first major league-affiliated baseball game in Wichita since 2007. read more >>

Fourteen years and $75 million later, major league affiliated baseball is back in River City. The Wichita Wind Surge took the field Tuesday for a season opener in the new Riverfront Stadium in front of 7,908 enthusiastic, if somewhat cold, fans on a breezy 55-degree night. read more >>

The Wichita coffee shop at 102 N. St. Francis that Warren and Ann Tandoc opened in 2013 has been operating as a to-go business only during most of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now, the owners have decided they’ll keep it that way. read more >>

Wind Surge, a Triple-A affiliate team of the Miami Marlins, opens its first season of play in Wichita’s soon-to-be-named new baseball stadium on April 14, 2020. read more >>

Wichita will have another outdoor market to choose from this summer, and this one will be set up in the heart of downtown Wichita. read more >>

With the Wichita Wind Surge set to begin play at Riverfront Stadium this week, here is a quick guide for fans on what they need to know before they go to Wichita’s brand-new $75 million stadium this week. read more >>

Elizabeth Stevenson has some advice if you’re headed to an event during Riverfront Stadium’s debut season, which kicks off in earnest this Tuesday with the first homestand of the Wichita Wind Surge minor league baseball team. read more >>

With Fidelity Bank's existing office building only half-full as employees continue to work from home, bank president and CEO Aaron Bastian says plans to move forward with a new 10-story office tower are still on pause. read more >>

Four pitchers combined to strike out 14 hitters and deliver a shutout victory in the inaugural game for the Wichita Wind Surge, a 2-0 road win over the Springfield Cardinals. read more >>

A downtown Wichita barbecue restaurant has new owners, and they already run a restaurant nearby. read more >>

If you want to celebrate Taco Tuesday, shouldn’t you do it by attempting to eat the most ridiculously oversized taco in town?

Nortons Brewing Company, the brewery and restaurant at 125 N. St. Francis that over the weekend celebrated its third anniversary, has a pretty interesting item on its Taco Tuesday menu. read more >>

Now that 225 Sycamore is about 80% finished, Wichitans are getting their first taste of a new kind of Class A apartment product. read more >>

After two years in one of the kiosks in front of Union Station, the business is moving just west to where Scooter’s used to be in the former Grand Hotel space next to Cargill. read more>>

The ICT Summit, taking place at WSU Tech's National Institute of Culinary and Hospitality Education, explored the three phases of downtown: the past, the present, and a strategic vision for the future. Read more >>