We sadly missed National Haiku Day on Wednesday, so here you go:
Wichita's heart beats,
Prairie winds whisper secrets,
History echoes.
p.s. Happy birthday to Alex and Karole!
In today's Wichita Life Update:
Riverfest & Elsewhere Festival Lineups
Derby Shores
City Jobs
Let's get to it!
- Landon Huslig
NEWS
Riverfest and Elsewhere Festival
Maybe the most well-known festival in all of Wichita is the Wichita Riverfest.
People come for the food, the music, all of the other activities, and the people watching.
This year Riverfest is May 31 - June 8 and the full concert lineup has been released which includes: Hunter Hayes, Digital Underground, Monterey Jack, Starship, Kool & The Gang, Tag Team, C&C Music Factory, Rudy Love, Foghat, Tequila Ridge and many more.
There are some bigger names at this festival including Killer Mike, Vince Staples, Lane 8, and Steve Aoki.
Think of this as year 1 of Wichita’s “SXSW” conference. For reference, 700 people showed up to the first SXSW back in 1987. I think we will have that beat.
TOGETHER WITH ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOSCIATES
Emergency rooms are never fun.
You never know what you will find, but luckily if you have break, strain, strain, dislocation or other injury, you don't have to go to the ER.
54 Craft & Co - Inside Holiday Inn at Rock and Kellogg (former Green Mill) - Opening this summer
Bennigan’s On the Fly (Ghost Kitchen) - 54 Craft & Co space mentioned above - Opening this summer
Connie’s Mexico Cafe
One of my favorite parts of Wichita is how supportive everyone is of each other, especially local businesses.
Connie’s Mexico Cafe is one of our favorite spots to eat. It is a family business with a lot of family involved.
Connie’s granddaughter Adele was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2019 and has been passionate about advocating for the amazing organization who has helped her with this incurable disease! She is doing a fundraiser for the National MS Society right now and the #WalkMS event is tomorrow 4/20!
I’d like to correct our Wednesday email that shared a statistic about Wichita being the #5 city in the country where trafficking originates. I read this years and years ago and I believe originated in an article back in ~2006-2008 time frame.
This is very outdated and the data itself is already hard to track as it is.
That being said, human trafficking is a big issue, but we need to be better about sharing statistics that don’t have reputable sources.
Baby Elephants
What is cuter than a baby elephant?
5 baby elephants!
There are currently 5 pregnant elephants at the Sedgwick County Zoo and the soon-to-be mamas are Simunye, Talia, Xolani, Arusi, and Zuberi. There must be something in the water.
Alexa - how long is the gestation period for an elephant?
Elephants are pregnant for 18-22 months and the first of these babies is expected in early Spring of 2025.
Fore the Cure
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