Good morning, Wichita!

Rain rain go away, come again another day (that isn’t when there is a ton of fun stuff to go do).

Let’s get to it!

- Landon

p.s. If you live in Andover, have you checked out the new local (digital and physical) paper Andover311?

Busy Weekend Ahead

I won’t go into detail about all the stuff going on this weekend (we did that yesterday), but I did want to send a few reminders happening:

Somewhere Fest Downtown
Drone Light Festival
Downtown Chili Cookoff
Ringling Bros Circus
Fortune Fest at Somewhere Fest

Where are you headed? There’s a longer list below, but you already knew that.

Together with the Holiday Galleria

Holiday Galleria is back October 1–3 at Century II! Shop local, regional, and national merchants while supporting the Junior League of Wichita and its work in our community.

Oct. 1: A Very Merry Soiree Preview Party | $50
Oct. 2: Sleigh Girl Sleigh Girls’ Night Out | $30
Oct. 2–3: General Shopping | $10

Saturday includes a Grinch appearance, entertainment, and the best merchants!

Get your tickets and kick off the holiday season in style!

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LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

Bronze Edit - 4082 N Hoover Rd - Grand Opening 9/26
Patsy Jo’s Sewing Co - 230 N Mosley - Grand Opening 9/30 at 4pm
Final Draft - 1029 W Douglas Ave Ste 101 - Been open for a bit. And they carry our puzzles!
Chipotle (9th one in Wichita) - 13333 W Maple (in front of Dillons near Scooter’s) - Opening 9/29
Anthropologie - Bradley Fair - Coming Soon

Liquor License

Old Chicago is back baby…with the beer. After 19 days, they can now serve beer with their refreshed license. Spangles however will not be slinging margs quite yet.

Closing

Kusina Ni Cheska - 2516 E Central - Now Closed (but keeping food truck open)
Old Tokyo Steakhouse - 2861 W Taft St - Now Closed
Braum’s - 444 E Pawnee St - Closing on 10/4

NOT Closed

Bb.q Chicken - Towne East - NOT Closed (google is wrong)

ICT Restaurant Week

ICT Restaurant Week continues through tomorrow! Get out, eat local, and support Kansas suffering from food insecurity (1 in 6 Kansans do).

STARTUP

Blow Tissues

Some brand names become so synonymous with a category, the brand overshadows the product.

To be more specific, most people call any tissues a Kleenex.

What if I told you there was a local entrepreneur (David) taking on the giant Kleenex (Goliath)?

Ariel Westphal started Blow Tissues to do just that. It is a refillable tissue-box business that is exploding and trying to take on a giant.

What if we all rallied around Ariel to help her win? (the quality is incredible btw).

NONPROFIT

Impact on the Plains

United Way of the Plains awarded $105,000 to four local nonprofits during its annual Shark Tank-style Impact on the Plains competition. Masters and Mentors took first place with $40,000 plus the $5,000 People’s Choice Award, followed by LegacyWorks ($30,000), Breakthrough Episcopal Social Services ($20,000) and the Wichita Library Foundation ($10,000).

Do you live in Andover?

If you live in or around Andover, sign up for Andover311 today! The first printed paper in over 13 years is going out this weekend or just sign up for online alerts.

Click here to sign up for Andover specific news.

LOCAL

Tallgrass Film Festival

Tallgrass Film Festival is back October 15–18, bringing four days of independent film, filmmakers, parties and more to Wichita. The 24th annual festival will showcase 100+ films from around the world, making it one of Wichita’s signature arts events and the largest independent film festival in Kansas.

Check out the 2026 schedule and passes.

Ballet Wichita The Spirit Bride

Looking for something hauntingly beautiful this fall?

Ballet Wichita's The Spirit Bride is a brand-new contemporary ballet inspired by Giselle: a ghost story of love, betrayal, and forgiveness set on the one night the veil between the living and the dead grows thin. Drifting spirits, a moonlit lake, and a race against dawn make this the company's spooky fall centerpiece.

Co-created with Newman University, it runs two nights only, October 9 and 10 at 7:00 PM at the DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University.

Red Hat Society

Red hats, purple outfits and plenty of attitude are taking over Wichita Sept. 25–27 for the Red Hat Society’s “Thanks for the Memories” Funvention at the Holiday Inn East I-35. The weekend brings Red Hatters from across the region together for dancing, games, costume contests, shopping and plenty of fun and friendship.

2ŁØT

2ŁØT is a local band with one of our favorite local musicians Rudy Love Jr.

Their new album RE/SOLVE comes out today!

Arcane Industries

Arcane Industries is hosting an onsite job fair today (9/25) for those looking to build a career in Wichita. Job seekers can meet the team, learn about available positions and explore opportunities to join the growing company.

Forum Theatre

Wichita is underrated when it comes to the performing arts scene, and Forum Theatre is a great example. The fully professional, nonprofit theatre produces everything from musicals and comedies to dramas.

See what’s coming up at Forum Theatre.