| Good morning, Wichita! | You may be wondering why we didn’t send an email on Friday, we were in the second happiest place on earth, Disney World! | The first happiest is obviously Wichita. | Let's get to it! | - Landon Huslig | | NEWS | Monopoly: Wichita | | Wichita has plenty versions of “local” monopoly games like Wichita-opoly and Shocker-opoly. | Now we’re getting an official Monopoly game from Hasbro as it was announced last Wednesday at Exploration Place. | They want to make sure Wichita is accurately represented and they want our help to make that happen. | What places do you think should be on the board? Submit your ideas to wichita@toptrumps.com | It will debut in Fall of 2025. | | WICHITA LIFE JOB BOARD | | 2025 is a new year. It could also be a year of big changes. | Like getting a new job from the Wichita Life Job Board. | Or growing your team by posting on the Wichita Life Job Board. | (you can get 50% off your job postings right now with code 50OFF). | Reach thousands of engaged locals and find the perfect fit for your team, all while saving big. Don’t miss this chance to start the new year with the right hire. | |
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| | LOCAL BUSINESS | Opening | | Anniversary | | Lunar New Year | Reverie Coffee Roasters is bringing in the Lunar New Year with a special event featuring music, artwork, a live dance performance, and the debut of a limited-release coffee. | The vibrant traditions of the Lunar New Year will be on display from 11:30 a.m. to noon on January 22 at Reverie’s main location (2202 E. Douglas). | Coffee Daze is also celebrating and these drinks look absolutely incredible. | | Hope Academy | Hope Academy is a Christian school that caters to low income kids. | The goal is for a Rich Education anyone can afford. | Zoning Change | | The former Dillons at Central and Oliver has just been chilling since 2008. | The Wichita City Council just voted to change the zoning for 4.5 acres on that corner to create a development called ”Oliver Square”. Keep an eye out for more details. |
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| | STARTUP | Movement Musick | | Movement Musick is a 501(c)4 nonprofit with a goal to empower music industry professionals while driving positive social change. | This includes the freshly renamed Somewhere Fest (formerly Elsewhere Fest - more on this later) Music Festival. | Chase Koch is a big driver behind Movement Musick amongst other non-profits, as they purchased 13 properties over a two square-block area of downtown Wichita to develop this program. |
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| | | | LOCAL | U.S. Figure Skating Championships | | The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is here and run through Sunday! | Keep an eye out for more details soon, but get your tickets today so you don’t miss out! | MLK Jr Day | Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day. Here are a few events happening today: | ARISE 9th Annual Awards and Scholarship Breakfast- 7:30am at RSC on WSU Campus ARISE - Worship Celebration at WSU Hughes Metro Complex at Noon with ticketed Luncheon from 2-4pm Popup Exhibition through 1/21 at Ulrich Museum on WSU Campus
| The parade was cancelled due to the poor weather this weekend. Botanica is also closed today. | Somewhere Fest | | Elsewhere Fest last year was AWESOME. It brought so many people downtown for one heckuva weekend. 12,000 people showed up downtown for the inaugural event. | Now it is named Somewhere Fest and will take place June 13 - 14. | 2025 lineup will be announced soon, but after Steve Aoki & Killer Mike last year, I can only imagine how good it’ll be this year! | Fresh Flights | Wichita is getting more and more flights. This time to Minneapolis and Atlanta this summer through Delta Air Lines. | Local Author | Congrats to Laurie Dove, out of the Wichita-area, who landed a book deal for her book Mask of the Deer Woman that is released tomorrow! Book signing on Thursday at 6pm at Watermark Books! | Kelsey Grammer | Kelsey Grammer is known for Cheers and Frasier. | Towards the end of this month he will be spending several days in Wichita to promote his new partnership with Wichita Brewing Company. |
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| | LIVE MUSIC | | Don't see your concert or show here? | |
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| | | | That's it for today! | If you enjoyed today, share this email with someone who you would smack in Monopoly: Wichita. | Thanks! | - Landon | | Advertise |
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