Seniors on the Go will hold its regular monthly meeting at 1: 30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 at Linwood Senior Center. Events list in bold are activities that SOTG members plan to attend.
SENIOR DAYS/COFFEE CONNECTIONS
Jul 1 – We
10:30 am – Senior Wednesday: @ Wichita Art Museum – $2
1:30 pm – Senior Wednesday: Paleontology of a Tylosaur called ‘Smoky’@ Museum of World Treasures – $4+ tax
Jul 6 – Mo
9 am – Coffee Connection: Lifetime Volunteer @ Sedgwick County Zoo – Free
Jul 8 – We
10 am – Senior Wednesday: Monkey See, Monkey Do @ Sedgwick County Zoo – Free
1:30 pm – Senior Wednesday: The Rediscovery of Etzanoa @ Advanced Learning Library – Free
Jul 9 – Th
10 am – Senior Thursday: @ Kansas Aviation Museum – Free
10 am – Empowered Seniors: The Untold Connection Between Food, Energy, and Aging Well @ Botanica – Free
Jul 15 – We
10 to 11:30 am – Senior Wednesday: Ulrich Collection Bingo @ Ulrich Museum of Art WSU – Free
Jul 16 Th
9 am – Coffee with the Curator: Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary @ Museum of World Treasures – Free
Jul 22 – We
10 am – Senior Wednesday: Crime in 1800’s Sedgwick County @ Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum – $2 non-members, Free for members
1:30 pm – Senior Wednesday: @ Mid-America All-Indian Museum – $2
Jul 29 – We
1:30 pm – Senior Wednesday: @ Old Cowtown Museum – $3
THEATRE SHOWS/CONCERTS
Jul 2 Th
7:30 to 9:30 pm – Summer Concert Series: King Cabbage Brass Band and fireworks @ Bradley Fair on the Plaza – Free
Jul 3 Fr
12 pm – Bloomfield Carillon Concert Series: Jule Ann Troutman @ Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum – Free
Jul 16 to 18
7 to 9:30 pm Th-Sa; 2 pm Sa – Christian Performance Theatre: Frozen the Broadway Musical @ Trinity Academy, 12345 E 21st St N – $15
*SOTG going July 18
8 pm (Jul 16-18); 7 pm (Jul 19) – Guild Hall Players: The Sound of Music @ St James Episcopal Church – $12
*SOTG going July 19
Jul 16 to 26
8 pm (Thurs-Sat), 2 pm (Sun) – Puffs @ Wichita Community Theatre – $18 seniors
*SOTG going July 26
Jul 17 Fr
6 to 8 pm – WAM Nights: Music in the Great Hall @ Wichita Art Museum – Free
OTHER LECTURES & Authors
Jul 3 Fr
10:15 am – Sugar Avoiders Club: How Water Helps Blood Sugar @ Linwood – Free
Jul 10 Fr
10 am to 12 pm – Local Author Meet & Greet: Dawn Feltrop @ Derby Public Library – Free
Jul 11-12 Sa-Su
2 pm – McIlwaine Speaker Series: Stearman Centennial @ Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum – Free
Jul 12 Su
2 pm – Local Author Meet & Greet: Debbie Gassert @ Derby Public Library – Free
Jul 18 Sa
12 pm – Local Author Meet & Greet: Jennifer Bloom @ Derby Public Library – Free
Jul 24 Fr
10:15 am – “How much is that Dolly in the window?” – see doll collection and share stories @ Linwood – Free
Aug 1 Sa
10 am – Local Author Meet & Greet: T. C. Havlok @ Derby Public Library – Free
OTHER EVENTS
Tuesdays in July
9 am to 8:30 pm – $10 admission at Sedgwick County Zoo
Jul 1 to 5
10 am start – Generations of Wichita Christmas in July @ Generations of Wichita, 604 S Tyler Rd
Jul 2 Th
7:30 pm – We the People USA 250th Celebration at Historic Union Station, 701 E Douglas Ave – Free
Jul 3 to 5
9 to 11 am – Tribute to Veterans Walking Tour @ Maple Grove Cemetery, 1000 N Hillside – $17.76
Jul 4 Sa
10 am to 5 pm – Celebrate America @ Old Cowtown Museum – $13 seniors; $5 members
9:30 pm (start) – Fireworks in Derby @ High Park – Free
6 pm (food vendors start); 9:30 pm (fireworks) – Red, White & Boom, Wichita’s biggest fireworks show @ Hyatt Lawn
Jul 6 Mo
10 am to 5 pm – Celebrate America: Temperance March on saloon, gunfight, mini-melodramas, medicine show, more @ Old Cowtown Museum – $13 seniors
Jul 7, 14, 21, 28 Tu
9 am to 8:30 pm – Twilight Tuesdays @ Sedgwick County Zoo – $10 admission (July only)
Jul 9 Th
2 to 4 pm – Brats & Cornhole Tournament @ Downtown Center – $7
Jul 14 Tu
9 to 11 am – Zoo Trip with Linwood @ Sedgwick County Zoo – $10 (carpool event), lunch at Braum’s
12:30 pm – Elsie Allen Art Tour at Allen House @ Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen House Museum, 255 N Roosevelt – $22
Jul 16 Th
6 to 8 pm – Andover Artisan Faire @ Heritage Plaza (Yorktown and Kellogg) – Free
Jul 18 Sa
3 pm, 4 pm – Air Capital Bacon, Bourbon & Brews @ Park City Arena – $68 (3 pm); $40 (4 pm)
Jul 18-19 Sa-Su
11 am to 9 pm (Jul 18); 11 am to 4 pm (Jul 19) Wichita Flea Market @ Century II Exhibition Hall – $5.35
Jul 19 Su
1 to 5 pm – Wichita & Sedgwick County Birthday Party & Ice Cream Social @ Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum – Free
Jul 29 We
2 to 4 pm – Red, White & Blue Sweet Ice Cream Social @ Linwood – free
Jul 31 Fr
1 to 3 pm – the Great 250th American Trivia Party @ Orchard Park
ONGOING EVENTS
Exploration Place – Dome Theater
(Free if member; $18, online discounted 65+ $13)
Kansas: An Immersive Experience – 11:45 am
The Stellars – 11 am, 12:30 pm
Laser Shows – 2 pm, 4:15 pm
Legends of the Night Sky – 2:45 pm, 4:15 pm
Secrets From a Forest – 11 am, 12:30 pm, 1:15 pm
FOODIES/EATING WITH FRIENDS
Jul 3 Fr
9:30 am – First Friday Coffee with DSC @ Mokas Coffee & Eatery, 143 N McLean Blvd
Jul 8 We
11 am – Linny Llama’s Eating Around the World with Linwood @ B & C BBQ, 335 N Washington
Jul 16 Th
9 to 11 am – Egg-cellent Breakfast Club with Orchard Park @ IHOP, 526 S Ridge Rd
Jul 20 Mo
1 pm – Lunch Bunch Social Club with DSC @ The Monarch, 579 W Douglas Ave
Jul 21 Tu
10:30 am – Coffee Chat @ Orchard Park
Jul 22 We
1 to 2:30 pm – Free Pie Day with Orchard Park @ Village Inn, 7020 W Central Ave
Jul 30 Th
11 am to 1 pm – Good Grub Lunch Club with Orchard Park @ B&C Barbeque, 355 N Washington St
OUT OF AREA EVENTS/FESTIVALS
Jul 1 to 4
Wild West Festival: carnival @ Hays, KS – $45 (single night), $60 (three nights) https://wildwestfestival.com
10 am July 4 – Main Street Parade
10 pm July 4 – Fireworks
Jul 7 to 11
Kansas Wheat Festival: carnival, food trucks, parade, car show, beer garden, concerts, contests @ Wellington, KS
Jul 9 to 12
5 to 9 pm (Th), 4 to 9 pm (Fr), 12 to 9 pm (Sa), 12 to 6 pm (Su) – Bacon Bash: tastings, games, music, vendors @ KC Wine Co, 13875 S Gardner Rd, Olathe, KS – Free https://www.kcwineco.com/festivals/bacon-bash
Jul 17 to 19
3 pm Jul 17 start to 12 pm Jul 19 – The Dam Jam Music Festival: music and fun @ Winfield Fairgrounds, Winfield KS https://www.thedamjam.com
Jul 22 to 25
7:30 am to 9 pm – Kingman County Fair @ Kingman Expo Center, Kingman, KS
Jul 28 to 31
Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo @ Eisenhower Park Fairgrounds, Abilene, KS – $15 https://wildbillhickokrodeo.com
BOOKCLUBS
Jul 2 Th
6:30 pm – First Thursday Evergreen Book Discussion: The Dressmakers of London by Julia Kelly @ Evergreen Community Center & Library – (first Thursday monthly)
Jul 7 Tu
11 am – First Tuesday Evergreen Book Discussion: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt @ Evergreen Community Center & Library – (first Tuesday monthly)
7 pm – Hauntingly Good Reads Book Club: The Hike by Drew Magary @ Derby Public Library – Free
Jul 8 We
1 pm – Rockwell WE ROCK Book Discussion Group: Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel @ Rockwell Branch Library
Jul 10 Fr
9 to 11 am – Outside the Book Club @ Great Plains Nature Center; discussion and nature walk – Free
Jul 11 Sa
4 pm – MOWT Book Club: Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution by Joel Richard Paul @ Museum of World Treasures – $4/members, $5 non-members
Jul 14 Tu
11 am – Prairie Moon Book Club: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver @ Downtown Senior Center (second Tuesday)
Jul 16 Th
10:30 am – WINWOOD Book Club: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt @ Linwood Senior Center (third Thursday)
Jul 21 Tu
1 pm – Third Tuesday Book Discussion: Book available for pick up June 21 @ Westlink Branch Library (third Tuesdays)
Jul 27 Mo
1 pm – Rockwell’s Mystery Book Club Discussion: Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly @ Rockwell Branch Library
Jul 30 Th
5:30 to 7:30 pm – Botanica Book Club: The Overstory by Richard Powers; Activity: Flower Pressing & Bookmarks – @ Botanica – $10/members, $20 non-members per session (last Thursday monthly)
Starla Criser helped start Seniors on the Go. Contact her at starlacriser@gmail.com.
