Boldfaced events are ones that Seniors on the Go members plan the attend.
Seniors On The Go – Aug 5 @ 1:30 p.m. monthly meeting at Linwood Senior Center.
SENIOR DAYS/COFFEE CONNECTIONS
Aug 3 – Mo (first Monday)
9 am – Coffee Connection: “Trains” @ Sedgwick County Zoo – Free
Aug 13 – Th (second Thursday)
10 am – Senior Thursday: @ Kansas Aviation Museum – Free
10 am – Empowered Seniors: “The Untold Stories of Wichita” @ Botanica – Free
Aug 20 Th (third Thursday)
9:30 am – Coffee with the Curator: @ Museum of World Treasures – $4+
THEATRE SHOWS/CONCERTS
Aug 15 Sa
8 to 10 pm – Music and Movies: “Fleetwood Mac’s The River” outdoor movie screening @ Advanced Learning Library – Free
Aug 21 – Fr
6 to 8 pm – Live Music by David Lord @ Wichita Art Museum – Free
Sep 3 to 13
7:30 pm (Thurs-Sat), 2 pm (Sun) – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest @ Wichita Community Theatre – $18 seniors
*Sep 6 – SOTG going
OTHER LECTURES
Aug 6 Th
6:30 to 7:30 pm – Anthony Arno, the host of the Route 66 Podcast, will provide a historical look at America’s Main Street over the past 100 years @ Westlink Branch Library – Free
Aug 22 Sa
2:30 to 3:30 pm – Kansas Music History with Derrick Doty: what it’s like to be a Kansas musician @ Westlink Branch Library – Free
OTHER EVENTS
Aug 1 Sa
10 am – Local Author Meet/Greet: T. C. Havlok
Aug 2 – Sa
2 to 4 pm – Summer Film Series: “Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women” @ Wichita Art Museum – Free
Aug 8 Sa
9 am – Coffee & Dirt: Herb Drying Activity @ Riverside Community Garden, 802 Amidon – Free
1 to 3 pm – Local Author Day Expo @ Advanced Learning Library – Free
6 to 10 pm – Wichita Water Lantern Festival @ OJ Watson Park, 3022 S McLean Blvd. – $38-$58
Aug 10 Mo
12:30 to 2:30 pm – Grazing in the Grass Salad Fest @ Linwood Senior Center – bring a salad or pay $5
Aug 13 to 14
10 am (Aug 13), 5 pm (Aug 14) – 8th Annual Veterans Art Show @ Robert J Dole VA Medical Center
Aug 15 Sa
1 to 2 pm – “Preserving Family History Through Recipes” @ Advanced Learning Library – Free
Aug 16 Su
1 to 5 pm – Free Picnic Day @ Fulton Valley Farms, 5079 SW Fulton Rd, Towanda
Aug 21 Fr
1 to 3 pm – Ice Cream Social @ Orchard Park Senior Center – $5
AUG 28 Fr
5 to 8:30 pm – 4 – center event 55+ SENIOR CARNIVAL & FUN NIGHT @ Linwood S $10
Aug 29 to 30
10 am to 6 pm – ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expro Year 10.0 @ Century II Convention & Exhibition Hall – $22.60
Sep 8 Tu
6 to 10 pm – All-Center Baseball @ Equity Bank Park – $15
ONGOING EVENTS
Exploration Place – Dome Theater
(Free if member; $18, online discounted 65+ $13)
Kansas: An Immersive Experience – 12:30 pm
The Stellars – 11:45 am
Laser Shows – 1:15 pm
Secrets From a Forest – 10:15 am, 2 pm, 4:15 pm
Wild Asia – 11 am, 2:45 pm
FOODIES/EATING WITH FRIENDS
Aug 7 Fr
9:30 am – First Friday Coffee with DSC @ Braum’s, 201 N Seneca St
Aug 12 We
11 am – Linny Llama’s Eating Around the World with Linwood @ Picasso’s Pizzeria, 621 W Douglas
Aug 13 Th
9 to 10:30 am – Egg-cellent Breakfast Club with Orchard Park @ Jimmys Egg, 3801 N Ridge Rd
Aug 17 Mo
1 pm – Lunch Bunch Social Club with DSC @ Delano Diner, 1220 W Douglas Ave
Aug 19 We
1 to 2:30 pm – Free Pie Day with Orchard Park @ Village Inn, 7020 W Central Ave
Aug 27 Th
11 am to 1 pm – Good Grub Lunch Club with Orchard Park @ Red Lobster, 555 S West St
OUT OF AREA EVENTS/FESTIVALS
Aug 15 Sa
10 am to 1 pm – Dog Days of Summer: dog event with dog-friendly vendors, food trucks, splash pools, music, dog contests @ Shawnee Town 1929 Museum, 11501 W 57th St, Shawnee – Free
Aug 20 to 23
6 to 11 pm (Aug 20), 8 am to 10 pm (Aug 21) , 8 am to 10 pm (Aug 22) – Mulvane Old Settlers Days with carnival, quilt show, horse shows, rodeo, horseshoe and cornhole tournaments
Aug 22 Sa
6 am to dusk – Yoder Heritage Day: pancake & sausage feed, draft horse plowing, vendors, music, parade, buggy & pony races, horse fun show, quilt drawing, fireworks @ downtown Yoder
Sep 5 to 6
11 am to 4 pm – HorseThief Great American Kite Festival with giant kites, kiteboarding demonstrations, world’s largest kite @ HorseThief Reservoir, 19009 Ks-158, Jetmore, KS
BOOKCLUBS
Aug 4 Tu
11 am – First Tuesday Evergreen Book Discussion: The House of Cross by James Patterson @ Evergreen Community Center & Library – (first Tuesday monthly)
7 pm – Hauntingly Good Reads Book Club: Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel @ Derby Public Library – Free
Sep 1 – TBD
Aug 6 Th
6:30 pm – First Thursday Evergreen Book Discussion: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon @ Evergreen Community Center & Library – (first Thursday monthly)
Aug 8 Sa
4 pm – MOWT Book Club: @ Museum of World Treasures – $4/members, $5 non-members
Aug 12 We
1 pm – Rockwell WE ROCK Book Discussion Group: Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith @ Rockwell Branch Library
Aug 11 Tu
11 am – Prairie Moon Book Club: @ Downtown Senior Center (second Tuesday)
Aug 18 Tu
1 to 2:30 pm – Third Tuesday Book Discussion: Book available for pick up June 21 @ Westlink Branch Library (third Tuesdays)
Aug 20 Th
10:30 am – WINWOOD Book Club: Snow Flower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See @ Linwood Senior Center (third Thursday)
Sep 16 Th – The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Aug 27 Th
5:30 to 7:30 pm – Botanica Book Club: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren – @ Botanica – $10/members, $20 non-members per session (last Thursday monthly)
Aug 31 Mo
1 pm – Rockwell’s Mystery Book Club Discussion: Death of an honest Man by M C Beaton @ Rockwell Branch Library
Starla Criser helped start Seniors On The Go. Contact her at starlacriser@gmail.com.
