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Good morning, Wichita!

In honor of St. Paddy's Day, here is a toast to you my loyal readers:

May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future. 🍻

In today's Wichita Life Update:

St. Patrick's Day
King of Pollen
Broadway in Wichita

Let's get to it!

- Landon Huslig

St. Patrick’s Day

You don’t have to be Irish to celebrate this weekend and have a green beer.

Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day for those unaware and Wichita knows how to celebrate. Here are just a few options to choose from.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Head down to Delano on Saturday for the St. Paddy Day street party that starts at 10am.

The parade itself starts at noon and will span McLean Blvd to Walnut Street running west down Douglas.

Wagon O’Masters Paddy Party: Over at Naftzger Park from 9am to 5pm on Saturday is the Paddy Party at the park. Over 5000 people showed up last year at the inaugural event which consists of good food (like bangers and mash) and much more.

Pub Crawl: Between 4 and 6pm on Saturday, check in at Emerson Biggins for the official Lucky’s St. Patrick’s Day bar crawl that runs until Midnight.

15th Annual St. Patrick’s 5K run/walk: Run off all the bangers and mash on Sunday at 8am at the Old Cowtown Museum.

There are plenty of other parties all over town at places like The Shamrock, Brickyard, and more.

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BUSINESS

Opening

Sam’s Southern Eatery (new owners) - 2706 N Amidon Avenue (former DeFazio’s space) - Now Open
Sharetea - 8027 E Peachtree Lane - Soft Opening 3/13 - 3/15
Leaf Teahouse - 9414 W Central Ave - Grand Opening 3/16
Chiang Mai Thai - 626 S Andover Rd (former Sakana Japanese Cuisine) - Opening this spring
Snick’s Cat Cafe (yes a cat cafe) - Shops at Tallgrass near 21st and Rock - Opening this summer

CIVIL

How dangerous are the roads in Wichita?

More dangerous than Johnson County.

It’s a joke that Wichita drivers don’t know how to drive. I agree they aren’t great, but Texas is much worse imo.

That being said..here are the intersections with the the most crashes last year:

Kellogg Drive and South Rock Road, with 99 crashes.
Kellogg Drive and South Seneca Street, with 81 crashes.
Kellogg Drive and South Broadway Avenue, with 45 crashes.
East 21st Street and North Woodlawn Boulevard, with 36 crashes.
West 29th Street and North Maize Road, with 36 crashes.

TOGETHER WITH THE WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY & THE BIG READ

This Saturday is the kickoff for the 2024 NEA Big Read: Wichita.

What does that mean?

The Big Read program encourages residents to read a common book and participate in programs and events held around Wichita over a six-week timeframe.

This year’s book is There There by Tommy Orange.

This New York Times bestseller grapples with the complex history of Native Americans with an inheritance of profound spirituality – and with a plague of addiction, abuse, and suicide. It follows 12 characters finding their way toward participating in the Big Oakland Powwow.

Two Key Programs for this year include:

March 28th: “An Urban Indigenous History of Wichita”
April 19: “Wichitalks Big Read Edition”

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LOCAL

Allergy Capital of the US

If you’re anything like me, you are on the struggle bus when it comes to allergies right now.

This is the worst it has been for me in as long as I can remember, but you and I aren’t alone.

For the 2nd consecutive year, Wichita is the king of allergies and took home the triple crown for tree, grass, and weed pollen scores.

Broadway in Wichita

Wichita is blessed with a great local and traveling performance arts scene.

Broadway in Wichita is a big part of that.

Take a look at what is coming up:

On Your Feet - 3/15 - 3/17, 2024
Mean Girls - 4/19 - 4/21, 2024
Chicago - 12/20 - 12/22, 2024
Pretty Woman - 1/3 - 1/5, 2025
The Book of Mormon - 2/14 - 2/16, 2025
Beetlejuice - 4/2 - 4/6, 2025
The Cher Show - 4/25 - 4/27, 2025

Is medical marijuana coming to Kansas?

Sam Jones and Kansas Natural Remedies are behind a potential bill that could bring legal medical marijuana to Kansas.

19 of the 20 investors in the 4 year old company are Wichitans.

Biking in Wichita

More and more people are biking around Wichita.

Some for recreation. Some just to get around.

WAMPO performed an annual bike and pedestrian count and saw the jump.

Mad about Reading Book Drive

Now through the end of the month, bring your new and gently used books to:

St. Paul Catholic Student Center
Pennant Coffee
Coffee Daze

to benefit the students at Gordon Parks Academy!

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ICT EXTRA

Bird Watching

You may spot a rare gray-crowned rosy finch in the Wichita area.

Table Tennis Tournament

Ping pong. Table Tennis.

No matter what you call it, a Major League Table Tennis tournament is coming to Koch Arena April 5 - 7.

Get $50 to Spend at Ashley

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Botanica

Congrats to our Botanica gardens on placing 5th in USA Today’s 10BEST Botanical Gardens!

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