Seniors On The Go will hold its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 at Linwood Senior Center. Events that SOTG members plan to attend are boldfaced.
SENIOR DAYS/COFFEE CONNECTIONS
Sep 10 – Th
10 am – Senior Thursday: @ Kansas Aviation Museum – Free
10 am – Empowered Seniors: The Untold Influences of Pop Culture: Shaping Modern Views on Aging @ Botanica – Free
Sep 17 Th
9 am – Coffee with the Curator: The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In @ Museum of World Treasures – Free
THEATRE SHOWS/CONCERTS
Sep 6 Su
2 pm – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest @ Wichita Community Theatre – $18
Sep 6 & 12
7 pm – Shakespeare in the Park: The Tempest @ Exploration Place, Wichita Foundation Amphitheater – Free
Sep 7 Mo
6 pm – Live from the Whistle Stop – live music, monthly fundraiser @ Bartlett Arboretum, $75 donation
Sep 10 to Oct 4
8 pm TFS; 2 pm Su – Million Dollar Quartet @ The Forum Theatre – $45
Sep 11 to Oct 4
2 pm – Office Party @ Kechi Playhouse – $14 (Fri-Sat), $12 (Sun) NOTE: SOTG attending Sep 27 Su
Sep 27 Su
7:30 pm – Lady A @ Orpheum – $85.85 – $322.10
Oct 4 Su
3 pm – Fate, Fury and Beethoven’s Fifth with Wichita Symphony Orchestra @ Century II Concert Hall – Tickets start at $29
OTHER LECTURES
Sep 5 Sa
2 to 4 pm – Curator’s Corner: Wichita’s Earliest First Responders @ Old Cowtown Museum – $15. $5/members
Sep 10 Th
6 to 8 pm – Cocktails & Conversations: How to Look at Contemporary Art @ Ulrich Museum of Art – $10
Sep 18 Fr
6 to 8 pm – WAM Night: Armstrong Photography Lecture: David Hornback @ Wichita Art Museum – Free
OTHER EVENTS
Sep 5 to 6
Kansas Doll Show – classes, contests, shopping, dolly bingo, giveaways, more @ Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Wichita Airport – Tickets at door
Sep 5, 12, 19
8 am – Grape Harvest @ Grace Hill Winery, 6310 S Grace Hill Rd, Whitewater, KS – $12 (lunch, wine, sunglasses, more)
Sep 8 Tu
6 to 10 pm – All-Center Baseball @ Equity Bank Park – $15 – NOTE: Only the first 20 can go.
Sep 10 Th
1 to 3 pm – “TV Dinners & Old TV Shows” @ Linwood Senior Center
Sep 10 to 13
8 am to 7 pm – Flora Kansas: Fall Native Plant Days @ Dyck Arboretum, 177 W Hickory, Hesston
Sep 11 Fr
6:30 pm – WAM Nights: Dancing Docent in the Galleries @ Wichita Art Museum – Free
Sep 11 to 13
Fr 6-9 pm; Sa 10 am to 7 pm; Su 10 am to 5 pm – Autumn Art @ Bradley Fair – Free
Sep 12 Sa
9 am – Coffee & Dirt: “Birds of Riverside and the Plants They Love to Eat” with Dr. Nolan, from Hutchinson Community College @ Riverside Community Garden, 802 Amidon – Free
1 to 4 pm – Empty Bowls Wichita: Community Build-a-Bowl & Paint-a-Bowl @ WSU Henrion Hall – limited to 100 participants
2 to 9 pm – Wichita KS Intertribal Warrior Society Powwow @ Old Cowtown Museum – Free
6 pm to midnight – Zoobilee @ Sedgwick County Zoo – $175 (early bird tickets)
Sep 17 to 18 Th/Fr
8 am to 3:30 pm daily – 2026 Downtown Garage Sale @ Downtown Senior Center
Sep 18 – 19 Fr/Sa
10 am – Kustomville USA Car Show – cars, music, painting, pinstriping @ The Cotillion – Tickets at gate
Sep 19 Sa
12 pm – Local Author Meet/Greet: Haley Helm @ Derby Library – Free
2 to 4 pm – Farm Encounters: 19th Century Machinery and Tools @ Old Cowtown Museum – $5/members; $15/nonmembers
Sep 22 Tu
2 to 4 pm – All-Center Birthday Bash @ Downtown Senior Center
6 to 7:30 pm – Artist Workshop: Introduction to the Art of Storytelling with Kate Compton @ Polk/Wilson Gallery, Ulrich Museum of Art, WSU
Sep 25 Fr
1 to 3 pm – The Orchard Art Gala @ Orchard Park Senior Center
6 to 10 pm – Drone Show @ Exploration Place with Linwood Senior Center
6 to 8 pm – WAM Nights: Drop-In Artmaking and Music by David Lord @ Wichita Art Museum – Free
Sep 25 to 27
Various times – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth @ Intrust Bank Arena – $31-$124
Sep 26 Sa
12 pm – Wagonmasters Downtown Chili Cookoff 2026 @ Douglas Ave – $5
1 to 3 pm – Powwow 101 – celebration and interactive workshop to understand powwow traditions and etiquette @ Mid-America All-Indian Museum
2 to 4 pm – Houseplants Galore: Info & Swap @ Westlink Branch Library
Oct 3 Sa
10 am to 4 pm – Kansas Humane Society’s Woofstock @ Sedgwick County Park – $15
12 pm – Local Author Meet/Greet: B.P. Lindsey @ Derby Library – Free
FOODIES/EATING WITH FRIENDS
Sept 4 Fr
9:30 am – First Friday Coffee with Downtown Senior Center @ Crispy Donut, 460 N West St
Sep 9 We
11 am – Linny Llama’s & Romeos with Linwood Senior Center @ Teppanyaki Grill & Sushi Buffet, 6701 W Kellog Dr
Sep 10 Th
9 to 10:30 am – Egg-Cellent Breakfast Club with Orchard Park @ Huddle House, 1735 W 21st St #200
Sep 15 Tu
10:30 – Coffee Chat @ Orchard Park
Sep 16 We
1 to 2:30 pm – Free Pie Day with Orchard Park @ Village Inn, 7020 W Central Ave
Sep 21 Mo
1 pm – Lunch Bunch Social Club with Downtown Senior Center @ T. J. Burger, 1003 W Douglas Ave
Sep 24 Th
11 am to 1 pm – Good Grub Lunch Club with Orchard Park @ Old Chicago, 2240 N Tyler
FESTIVALS
Sep 5 Sa
9 am to 5 pm – Midwest Monarch Fest @ Botanica – $10 senior
10 am – ICT Bee Fest – native plant and pollinator celebration, interact with bumblebees and butterflies, crafts, food, plant sells @ Mid-America All-Indian Museum – Free
Sep 12 Sa
11 am to 3 pm – Tea Fest Wichita – tea tastings, vendors, local artists, workshops @ Naftzger Park – Free
12 to 5 pm – Fiesta Hispana @ Exploration Place, Wichita Foundation Amphitheater – Free
Sep 13 Su
11 am to 3 pm – Orie’s Garlic Fest 2026 – vendors, food artisans, garlicky products, more @ Old Town Plaza and area nearby – Free
Sep 20 Su
12 to 5 pm – Open Streets ICT @ Douglas Ave from Bluff St to N Glenn
Sep 26 Sa
9 am to 4 pm – Kansas Railfest 2026 @ Great Plains Transportation Museum, 700 E Douglas Ave – $10
Sep 26 to 27 Sa/Su
10 am to 6 pm – Fall Great Plains Renaissance Festival @ Sedgwick County Park – $14/day (advance)
Oct 3 Sa
11 am to 11 pm – Nomar Fiesta @ Nomar International Market
Oct 3 to 4 Sa/Su
Sa 3 to 9 pm; Su 9 am to 9 pm – Vietnamese Fall Festival @ All Saint Church, 3205 E Grand St, Wichita – Free
BOOK CLUBS
Sep 1 Tu
11 am – First Tuesday Evergreen Book Discussion: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett @ Evergreen Community Center & Library
Sep 4 Fr
11:30 am – First Thursday Evergreen Book Discussion: Organizational meeting, no book to discuss @ Evergreen Community Center & Library
Sep 8 Tu
11 am – Second Tuesday Prairie Moon Book Club: A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell @ Downtown Senior Center
Sep 9 We
1 pm – Rockwell WE ROCK Book Discussion Group: Day the World Came to Twon: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede @ Rockwell Branch Library
Sep 11 Fr
9 to 11 am – Outside the Book Club: Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved
Yosemite by Dean King, Samantha Desz @ Great Plains Nature Center
Sep 12 Sa
3 pm – MOWT Book Club: A Rome of One’s Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon @ Museum of World Treasures – $4/members; $5+tax nonmembers
Sep 15 Tu
1 pm – Third Tuesday Book Discussion: Book available for pick up one month before program @ Westlink Branch Library
Sep 24 Th
5:30 pm – Book Club: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver @ Botanica – $10/members; $20/non-members (per session)
Sep 28 Mo
1 pm – Rockwell’s Mystery Book Club Discussion: Devouring by James R. Benn @ Rockwell Branch Library
