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Marilyn Monroe Movies Showing at the Orpheum this Summer

This summer, reserve a few Sunday afternoons for Marilyn Monroe movies at the Wichita Orpheum. The Orpheum’s 2012 Summer Film Series is already underway with Marilyn movies showing as 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Tickets are only $5, or $4 for students and military. Here are the upcoming screenings for a Summer with Marilyn: June 17 […]

FREE Kid’s Day Ham Radio Demonstration at Exploration Place

The Wichita Amateur Radio Club will be set up in the main lobby of Exploration Place on Saturday, June 15, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kids can learn about ham radios, go live on the air, and talk to experienced radio operators. It’s free and open to the public. The Star Wars exhibit […]

FREE St. Francis Street Celebration in Downtown Wichita

Centennial Plaza and Rotary Time Tower in downtown Wichita

St. Francis Street in downtown Wichita – the portion from Douglas to 2nd – has been under construction to transform the street, turning it into a two-way, widening the sidewalks, adding angled parking, new lights, benches, and decorative pavers and trees. There is a new parking lot and Centennial Plaza has been graced with the […]

Dads Get in FREE at Lake Afton Public Observatory

Tonight and tomorrow night (Friday and Saturday, June 14-15, 2012), fathers and grandfathers get free admission with a paying child admission to the Lake Afton Public Observatory. The program for this weekend is Messier Album. Here’s the description from the observatory’s website: Bring Dad to the Observatory for the program: Messier Album. Dad (or Granddad) […]

FREE Wingnuts Tickets for Father’s Day and Free Baseball Clinic

Wichita Wingnuts

Dads get a free baseball clinic and the whole family can get free Wingnuts tickets for Father’s Day this weekend in Wichita. (See below for how to get your free Wingnuts tickets.) The baseball clinic, open to dads and kids, is from 10 a.m. to noon. You’ll get instruction on the fundamentals of baseball from […]

Dads Get in FREE at Tanganyika

Tanganyika giraffe running at sunset

Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard is giving dads free admission on Father’s Day, June 18, 2017. The general rule with these types of offers is that there needs to be one other paid admission. Regular general admission at Tanganyika Wildlife Park is $19.99 for adults and $14.99 for kids 3-11, plus tax. However, an all-access […]

FREE Summer Concerts in the Park

The Kansas Acoustic Arts Association and the Wichita Blues Society have teamed up this year to present free Summer Concerts in the Park. Every other Saturday in June and July, bring a lawn chair or blanket, maybe a picnic lunch, and enjoy free acoustic performances from some very talented Wichita musicians from 11 a.m. to […]