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 offerA melodrama by Tom Frye.
n this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
Join us for BOOtanica! — a three-weekend fall festival filled with seasonal fun, spooky surprises, and family-friendly entertainment throughout the gardens.
From pumpkin carving and axe throwing to trick-or-treating and fall crafts, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Each weekend features hands-on activities hosted by local organizations, including:
Pumpkin Patch Palooza
Carving demonstrations & fall-themed crafts
Face painting & yard games
Stroll through 5,000+ blooming mums during Mum-mania, show off your creativity in the Scarecrow Decorating Competition, and experience the all-new Spooky Woodland Light Show. The Haunted Shakespeare Garden, brought to life with Flying Pig Improv, adds a theatrical twist nightly from 6–10PM, while shadow dancing in the Main Meadow sets a whimsical mood. Families can also cozy up for outdoor movie nights and grab bites from food trucks like Urban Skillet, Want Bierock, and Bar on Demand.
Weekend Highlights:
Saturday Showdowns @ 4:00PM | Grand Lawn Stage
Oct 11 – Spooky Pooch Parade
Oct 18 – Frightful Fashion Show
Oct 25 – Minute to Win It Contest
Register now for Saturday Showdowns + the Scarecrow Decorating Competition
Friday Night Entertainment | 5:00–10:00PM
Oct 10 – Western Dance Night (Line, Contra & Square Dancing)
Oct 17 – Flow Foundry (Aerial Acrobatics + Fire Dancers)
Oct 24 – DJ Carbon
🎶 Saturday Night Concerts | 2:00–10:00PM
Oct 11 – Across the Pond
Oct 18 – Banned Band
Oct 25 – Gypsy Outcast
Three weekends. Endless fall fun. Don’t miss BOOtanica!
Wichita’s Naftzger Park will be transformed into a Biergarten featuring live music, food, games, and of course – BIER!
It’s a party for everyone! There is tons to see and do for free! Local vendors will have food and drinks for sale. Our tap trucks will be loaded with an amazing selection of local, regional, and German beers.
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.
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