Events and Exhibits

For more information about these events, please contact the hosting organization. All events are free unless otherwise noted. 

Wichita: The Magic City and A Wichita Cottage
Ongoing
Hours and admissions information is available at Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum's website.
In "My Ántonia" Jim Burden vividly describes the vastness of the prairie and the "atmosphere of comfort and security in my grandfather's house." You are invited to tour the Historical Museum's "Magic City" exhibit to visualize the novel's prairie setting, then visit the "Wichita Cottage" exhibit to sense the refuge and refinement of a Victorian home.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main, (316) 265-9314

Book Discussion
Tuesday, Nov. 18
12:45-1:45 p.m.
Join Westlink's 3rd Tuesday Book Discussion Group for a discussion of Willa Cather's "My Ántonia." No registration required.
Wichita Public Library - Westlink Branch Library, 8515 Bekemeyer, (316) 337-9456

Book Discussion
Thursday, Nov. 20
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Join Evergreen's 3rd Thursday Book Discussion Group for a discussion of Willa Cather's "My Ántonia." No registration required.
Wichita Public Library - Evergreen Branch Library, 2601 N. Arkansas, (316) 303-8181

The Plains Landscape of "My Ántonia"
Sunday, Sept. 28 - Sunday, Dec. 14
Hours and admissions information is available at Wichita Art Museum's website.
Items from the Wichita Art Museum's permanent collection, such as N.C. Wyeth's The Homesteader (seen upper left) and prints by Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry, will be on display in the River Lobby. A gallery talk will be held on Nov. 5 as part of the Senior Wednesday series. 
Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd, (316) 268-4921

Building from the Earth: Photographs of Sod Houses and Other Sod Buildings
Wednesday, Oct. 1 - Monday, Dec. 1
Open Mondays through Fridays, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WSU's Special Collections and University Archives is home to the Sod House Photograph Collection, over 200 photographs and postcards of sod houses, churches, post offices, schools and other buildings. See highlights from this collection and artifacts relating to sod buildings. Free.
Wichita State University, Special Collections and University Archives, Ablah Library, 1845 Fairmount, (316) 978-3590

"My Ántonia" - A Luminary Walk Through Her Story
Friday, Nov. 28
Saturday, Nov. 29
Friday, Dec. 12
Saturday, Dec. 13
5:30-8:00 p.m.
Each night hundreds of candles will illuminate the path and electric lights will outline vignettes that illustrate Antonia’s life on the prairie: Mrs. Shimerda's cow, warm and snug under the buffalo robe, prairie grasses in winter, and more. Nov. 28 & 29: Enjoy supper in Willa Cather’s kitchen with Readers’ Theater in the Visitor Center (plus $5.99 for soup supper in Willa Cather’s kitchen, ages 4 and under free). Dec. 12 & 13: There'll be homemade goodies along the path and Christmas carols in the winter air.
$5 adults, $3 college students, $2.50 for children (ages 4 and under are free)
Dyck Aboreteum of the Plains, 177 W. Hickory St., Hesston, (620) 327-8127

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