The LUX is set on developing a unique sense of community and place in Downtown Wichita while keeping true to the building's original 1950s character. It's modern, Downtown living—in a city that is in the midst of a great revitalization! Join us.
City living possesses an energy, a buzz. Out your window there's amazing architecture - rich in history. You can walk to grab a bite to eat or go see a concert. You CAN have urban living in Wichita when you live at The LUX. Go on. Find your new home Downtown.
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Residents of The LUX have the convenience of never leaving the building for stellar coffee and noms. Adelitas Coffee Co is located on the first floor of The LUX. It’s your pit stop before work, for a bite to eat or perhaps between episodes of your favorite show.
See what else we have to offerEvita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s meteoric rise to sainthood. Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the Tony-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, as wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Peron, the most powerful woman in Latin America, before her death from cancer at age 33.
Well-known numbers from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical masterpiece include “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Oh What a Circus,” “Buenos Aires” and “Another Suitcase in Another Hall.”
A melodrama by Tom Frye.
The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits on display at Botanica August 4 - October 25.
The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits displays the carpology collection of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh like never before. Photographer Levon Biss painstakingly examined 3,500 historical specimens to select just 115 for inclusion, highlighting those with the most striking evolutionary adaptations and stories. Many of the specimens date back to the early 19th Century and were collected by the pioneering botanists of their time, including those on the Challenger Expedition in 1872. Throughout history, scientists have used herbaria to help them interpret the diversity of plants and fungi. Crops, poisonous plants, garden plants, medicinal plants, tiny herbs, giant rainforest trees —all kinds of plants and fungi are represented. Herbaria act as ‘libraries’ of plant material and are crucial in helping us to determine which plants grow where and how we can differentiate them. The images presented by Levon allow the audience to appreciate and study these tiny specimens in levels of detail normally only available with the use of microscopes. Using his photo stacking techniques and bespoke camera system, Levon is able to capture unprecedented levels of detail from specimens far too small to view with the naked eye providing us with an insight into an unseen world
The Process
The specimens within this exhibition vary widely in size, ranging from fruits the size of a football, down to tiny seeds just millimeters long. The vast majority of the specimens on display are from the smaller end of this spectrum and therefore required a specific photographic technique called ‘photo stacking’ to capture the level of detail and clarity shown in the photographs. One of the inherent problems with high magnification photography is that it produces a ‘shallow depth of field.’ This means there is very little in focus within the image at any one time. To overcome this, Levon attaches his camera to an electronic rail that he can automate to move forward in tiny increments as low as a few microns between pictures. This creates a large stack of images that are then blended together, retaining only the areas that are sharp to produce a final photograph that is fully focused from front to back. The smaller the specimen, the more magnification is required and therefore a larger stack of pictures are needed to create the final photograph. The smallest images within this exhibition will have been made from hundreds of individual photographs, but it is not uncommon for Levon combine thousands of images to create a single photograph, a process that can take several weeks.
The Hidden Beauty of Seeds and Fruits: The botanical photography of Levon Biss from the collection of The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. This exhibition is organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Tickets on sale June 1st!
This two day, indoor/outdoor festival held at the Wichita Boathouse will feature all styles and aspects of yoga with classes, workshops, and activities for every kind of yogi taught by teachers from all over the surrounding area! 24 classes to choose from! Our indoor Festival Marketplace will be full of local merchants, artisans, and vendors so be prepared to shop!
Friday evening will feature a social mocktail/cocktail hour followed by a glow-in-the-dark yoga class!
Saturday will include stages and activity centers showcasing a large selection of classes and workshops such as flow yoga, meditation, paddleboard yoga, aerial yoga, tribal dance, pilates, Soundbath, Yin Yoga, pranayama, myofascial release and much more! Multiple ticket options available
Wichitans desired to be modern since the City’s beginning in 1870. The Modern era had been evolving for a century at that time and it would take another 100 years before Wichita achieved a “modern” look. World War II (1939-1945) greatly disrupted development in design.
Over the next two decades, postwar prosperity propelled design of the modern era to its zenith. By that time, Wichita’s modernization was most apparent in its new urban 1969 skyline, which remains in place today.
In the 1950s and 1960s, modern design from architecture to fashions and furnishings became familiar as people followed popular trends replacing old with new. Visual art and advertising led the way for the modern look - which by the 1960s, people referred to as “Mod.” This new look coincided with changes as society became more pluralistic and increasingly aware of its diversity. The post-war baby boom gave rise to a prominent youth culture creating new markets. New technology improving the ability to travel and share information led to wide acceptance of modern style.
This modern sensibility cast a popular and unifying mindset. This era featured non-representational abstract design to create engaging effects rather than portray objects or scenes. The effects were both dazzling and confusing, challenging everyone’s perception of reality. Our visual world was forever changed.
(This exhibition follows (and is directly patterned after) the Museum’s previous exhibit Art Deco on the Plains. It takes the timeline forward to explore modern design experienced locally in the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition is a feature of the Lois Kay Walls Local Visual Art History Series.)
On view through 2025 in the Slawson Gallery, 4th floor.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S Main
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