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Downtown Events Oct 11-17
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DOWNTOWN SPOTLIGHT

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Prairie Fire Marathon

Join is for an exciting event on October 14, 2012. Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K, and fun runs! Event starts at 8 AM Sunday, October 14.

The Prairie Fire Wichita Marathon is committed to promoting health, wellness and fellowship amongst runners, joggers and walkers from all walks of life. We believe in the positive impact a marathon can have on its community.Registration ends at midnight, Thursday, October 11.


Fit for Lifexpo
 
Location: Century II - Exhibition Hall - 225 W. Douglas
 
Fit for Lifexpo (part of the Prairie Fire Marathon), presented by Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. You'll find lots of resources about fitness, sports, nutrition, health, wellness, medical technology and senior living. It's the place for all of your Health Matters! This event is free and open to the public.
SHOWS

The Bel Aire Witch Project
The Bel Aire Witch Project

 

Location: Modsley Street Melodrama - 234 N. Mosley

Contact Phone: 316-263-0222

 

Tabitha, Sabrina (the Vamp), and Glinda (the Heroine) are all working to make The Bel Aire Witch Project a one-stop shop for your witchy needs during the Halloween Season. For more info click on desired date above.

Imagination Movers
Imagination Movers Live
 
Location: Orpheum Theater - 200 N. Broadway

 

On the Rock-O-Matic Tour, the guys will be playing all their favorite songs from their wildly popular TV series as well as debuting new material from their brand-new "Rock-O-Matic" CD/DVD.

OTHER EVENTS

Holiday Galleria
Holiday Galleria
 

Junior League of Wichita's upscale shopping event features more than 120 regional and national merchants. The ninth-annual Holiday Galleria: A Day of Shopping, A Year of Giving will be held by Junior League of Wichita who partners with the community to combat child abuse through awareness, prevention and intervention. More information

 
Premier Party
Advance ticket required ($50)
 
Holiday Galleria
General Admission - $8
 
Girls Night Out
Advance ticket ($12) or $15 at the door

Holiday Galleria
General Admission - $8
 
Brunch & Fashion Show
Advance Ticket required ($40)
http://www.mrdiggswichita.com/
Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co. Shopping Event

 

Location: Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co. - 600 E. 1st St. North

Contact Name: Annette Shankle    
Email: [email protected]

 

When you visit a person's home for the first time and see a piece or two of their furnishings that stand out, you may sense an energy in that home's environment. Those are the type of furnishings that Mr. Diggs Dwelling & Co. will be hunting down and offering during their events. For more information, click on the desired date above.

Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy

 

Location: INTRUST Bank Arena - 500 E. Waterman

Contact Phone: 316-755-7328

 

Larry the Cable Guy is a multiplatinum recording artist, Grammy nominee, Billboard award winner and one of the top comedians in the country. 

Farmers Market
Old Town Farmers Market

 

Location: 1st & Mosley

 

Saturday is the final day of the 2012 season.  The Old Town Farmers' Market (OTFM), a growers market, is an exciting and bountiful place to buy your fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, eggs and plants. When you shop at the OTFM, you get the freshest, most delicious foods available from the growers themselves!

2nd Sat.
Second Saturday

  

Location: Various Venues

 

We know you never need a reason to shop, but we're giving you a big one! Every 2nd Saturday of the month you are invited to flex your local power shopping muscle (and save money!)in the shops along Douglas. More info

ArtAID
ArtAID - Hollywood Lights
 
Location: Century II - Convention Hall - 225 W. Douglas

 

Hollywood Lights is presented by Positive Directions, Inc. ArtAID features an extravagent, over-the-top fashion show with performers on high-flying power stilts, a movie-themed runway show packed with Marilyn Monroes and Disney princesses, and the potential for airborne models. For more information call 263-2214.

Wichita - Sedgwick Co. Historical Museum
"Bootlegging in Wichita" by Pat O'Connor

 

Location: Wichita - Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S. Main 

Contact Phone: 316-265-9314

 

This talk will explore Joshua Yearout's research into bootlegging in Wichita in the 1920s and 1930s, published in his book "Wichita Jazz and Vice Between the World Wars."  

Futuristic Fashion
Models and Images: Futuristic Fashion

 

Location: Orpheum Theatre - 200 N. Broadway

 

A touch of New York in Wichita! Fashion at its best, presented by Models and Images; a showcase of local fashions and up and coming local and national models.

2012 Annual Wichita Career Fair
 
Location: Century II - Exhibition Hall - 225 W. Douglas

Contact Phone: 943-8951

 

"Wichita Career Day" will serve approximately 3,800 8th grade students by providing them with exposure to a variety of career opportunities in various occupation fields utilizing the Kansas Career Pipeline skills assessment.

Autumn Beerfest
Autumn Beerfest

Location: Oeno Wine Bar - 330 North Mead St

Contact Phone: 316-440-5000

 

Our Beer Fest will have a delicious appetizer buffet and twelve different Autumn beers for you to try. Advance reservations required. Call number above

CONCERTS

WSO
Classic Concerts: Tchaikoyksy's Fifth

Location: Century II - Concert Hall - 225 W. Douglas

 

Praised by The New York Times as a "remarkable talent," Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter performs Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto no. 1 in an ambitious opening program. Fliter's virtuosity will be showcased amidst Kodaly's fiery Dances of Galanta and the immortal Fifth Symphony by Tchaikovsky.

Morts Logo
Concerts at Mort's

Location: Mort's Martini & Cigar Bar

Contact Phone: 316-262-1785
 
Thursday, October 11   9pm - 1am
Fly by Night
 
Friday, October 12   9pm - 1am
The Substitutes
 
Saturday, October 13   9pm - 1am
The Substitutes
 
Tuesday, October 16
Reggie Littleton Trio
 
Wednesday, October 17
Dos Partytos
John Barleycorn
Concerts at John Barleycorn's

Location: John Barleycorn's Bar

Contact Phone: 316-613-3773
 
Friday, October 12
Cryout Reggae
 
Saturday, October 13
The Calm/ Matt and Josh
OTHER EVENT SOURCES

City Arts Events  

 

Location: 334 N. Mead

Phone: 316-462-2787


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Location: 223 S. Main

Phone: 316-267-1782

BRAVO
Bravos
Photo courtesy of Denise Neil, The Wichita Eagle

217 E. Douglas

 

Hours:

Mon - Fri

11:00am - 9:00pm

 

Sat - Sun

11:00am - 10:00pm

 

Bravos recently opened in the former Holyland Mediterranean Grill space at 217 E. Douglas. The owner, Kas Zendeli moved Bravos from Valley Center back downtown. He recently had opened Italian Bistro in Market Centre, which only lasted a few months.

 

Bravos includes pastas, pizzas, hot subs, chicken dishes and is a great place for an Italian meal in Downtown Wichita.

FROM WICHITA WITH LOVE T-SHIRT
From Wichita With Love T-shirt

Want to show your Wichita love? Buy one of the new From Wichita With Love t-shirts (being released THIS SATURDAY) at any of the following merchants in and around the downtown area:

 

The Anchor

1109 E. Douglas

 

Lucinda's

329 N. Mead

 

Lucky's Everyday

1217 E. Douglas

 

The Vagabond

614 W. Douglas

 

John Barleycorn's

608 E. Douglas

 

Kirby's Beer Store

3227 E. 17th St.

 

Shirts are $10 (less than $2 profit for shops selling them). Some shops are donating the money to charity. Go out and support Wichita!

ONLY 26 TICKETS LEFT! 
Kirk Humphreys, former Mayor of OKC, will be the keynote speaker for WDDC's 2012 Annual Lecture Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on November 14 at The LUX  
WDDC 2012 Luncheon
November 14, 2012
 
11:30am - 1:00pm
at The LUX (120 E. First St)
 

The WDDC is pleased to announce that Mayor Kirk Humphreys will be the speaker at this year's annual lecture event. 

 

We hope that you are able to join us for the luncheon on November 14; there is limited seating available so be sure to purchase your tickets in advance. 

  

More information on WDDC's 2012 Luncheon and Kirk Humphreys

 

Purchase tickets

 

In the News


"Bricktown leader to speak in Wichita on downtown renovation" Wichita Eagle

GARDEN GRILL CAFE
Garden Grill Cafe

300 N. Main in Occidental Plaza

 

Hours:

Mon

11:00am - 3:00pm

 

Tues

11:00am - 3:00pm

 

Wed - Thurs

11:00am - 3:00pm

and

5:00pm - 8:00pm

 

Fri

11:00am - 3:00pm

 

The Garden Grill Cafe is gourmet dining in downtown Wichita. Featuring healthy, delicious, vegan meals for all tastes, you'll enjoy incredible dishes from Chef Miguel Larcher.

 

Chef Miguel Larcher has spent years studying the art of vegetarian and vegan cuisine and is ready to share his incredible recipes with you! From the shores of the French Riviera to the fields of lavender, Larcher's recipes are original, innovative, fresh, healthy, and truly a taste of the Mediterranean. Savor the simple life as your travel across the world to experience a palate known only to French. Charm your senses as you appreciate nature's natural flavors.

 

Dishes include everything from Mediterranean pizza to Caribbean Sweet Avocado sandwich to green smoothies.

 

Plenty of parking is available between second and third street, accessible when driving north on Market St. 

 

More info

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