Thursday, February 5
Roxy's Downtown

Your favorite girls are back for their ninth season! Join Tom, Scott, Kyle, Monte and Christine for all new episodes of The Golden Girls where zaniness abounds and you never know what might happen on stage.

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Thursday, February 5
Exploration Place

Ready to flip your perspective? Step into a world where nothing is quite what it seems. Shapes shift, rooms stretch, pictures move and your eyes play tricks you won’t believe. Illusions blends mind-bending visuals, surprising interactives and surreal moments that will have you wondering – can you really trust your eyes?

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Thursday, February 5
Exploration Place

In collaboration with The Kansas African American Museum for the fifth year, Exploration Place will be featuring a large-scale outdoor exhibit during Black History Month. Each night during February, Exploration Place will honor African American scientists and STEM leaders by projecting giant portraits onto the side of its iconic island building. The display will be freely viewable from the path along the Arkansas River. Visitors also may take in the display from inside Exploration Place on Thursday nights, when the museum is open until 8 p.m. Admission is not required to view the display from the Exploration Place promenade.

Changing weekly throughout the month, the display will honor Wichitans’ contributions to Black history:

• Week 1: Harold Miller is a U.S. Navy veteran who in 1970 became the first African American to serve as an air traffic controller in the Wichita tower. Eventually, he was promoted to supervisor in the central region.
• Week 2: Charyl McAfee-Duncan is a licensed architect who is a committed mentor to girls interested in STEAM and an advocate of public art programs. McAfee-Duncan is the first African American woman Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in Dallas and the second in the state of Texas. Charyl, her sister Cheryl and their father Charles F. McAfee are the only known father-daughters and sister sibling fellows in the history of the AIA.
• Week 3: Dr. Donald Jackson was a World War II Tuskegee airman who trained on the B-25 bomber. He later became a veterinarian. In 1957 he opened his own practice, becoming one of the few African Americans to own a business in Wichita. Dr. Jackson cared for animals at his All Pets Clinic until his retirement in 2001.
• Week 4: Col George Boyd served for nearly three decades in the U.S. Air Force, first in World War II and later in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He served as an all-weather jet fighter radar intercept officer, squadron commander and combat management engineer. Eventually, he served as the commander of the Kansas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

Find out more ways to celebrate Black History Month in Wichita. 

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Thursday, February 5
Exploration Place

Whether your visit includes exploring the exhibits or catching a show on its own, the Dome theater is a Wichita attraction not to be missed!

Immerse yourself under the soaring 60-foot screen with a 360-degree view and booming surround sound in the largest dome theater in Kansas. Experience first hand why the magnitude of an immersive cinematic journey, developed specifically for the curved complexities of a dome screen, can’t be replicated in a traditional theater setting. The only question is… where do you want the Dome to take you?

 

Contact Erin Manning at (316) 660-0600 or erin.manning@exploration.org
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Thursday, February 5
GROW Plant Bar

Every Thursday come plant & Sip!

$2 OFF our signature Cocktails & Mocktails. 

BYOP-Bring your Own Pot, purchase a plant from us & Pot it for FREE at our Plant bar. (Soil only) 

Contact Heather Giesen at (316) 869-7474 or heather@growgiesenplantshop.com
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