Sep 16 Wednesday
Featured artist Carol Salm's watercolors and collages will be on display at the Carnegie Art Center until Sept. 19 so don't miss your chance to check out her work!
This southwest Kansas resident creates beautiful montages, greeting cards, calendars and journals. Much of her work is for sale at the gallery.
The Carnegie Art Center is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Join us for the opening of the Catrina Dress Exhibit at Arts in the Sunset at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4.
This FREE exhibition brings together a collection of Catrina dresses and costumes from the Adult and Kids Catrina Costume Contests featured during the past three years of the Día de Muertos Festival of Amarillo.
See up close the creativity, craftsmanship, and tradition behind some of the Catrinas that have taken the stage at the festival, from elaborate adult designs to imaginative creations worn by our youngest Catrinas.
The exhibit opens Friday, September 4 and will remain on display through Friday, October 9.
Come celebrate the artistry of La Catrina and revisit three years of Día de Muertos Festival memories.
Sep 17 Thursday
Calling all folks 50 and better! From NOON to 1PM CT, please come enjoy a hot, sit-down lunch while making new friends. This is a partnership with High Plains Food Bank, WT AmeriCorps, and the Mary E. Bivins Foundation. If you have questions, reach out to Kari at Warford Community Center: (806) 803-9785.
***THIS EVENT IS ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY — NOT WEEKENDS!***
The Dodge City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites the public to participate in "Bells Across America," a call to action to all patriots, at 3 p.m. (Central Time) on Constitution Day Thursday, Sept. 17.
This event honors the ongoing America 250 celebration.
Participants are encouraged to contact churches, schools, courthouses, fire houses, veterans' home and organizations, and city governments, requesting them to ring bells on Sept. 17. This should occur for one minute at 3 p.m. CT (Central Time) so that bells are heard simultaneously from coast to coast.
Constitution week extends from Sept. 17 to 23.
"The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written." -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Book lovers and bargain hunters are sure to be delighted by the twice monthly Friends of the Library book sale at the Dodge City Public Library on the first Saturday and third Thursday of the month.
Come and find some new-to-you books!
(Books are also available during regular library hours in the Book Nook located on the main floor.)
Are they folk? Bluegrass? Old-Time? All-at-once or neither? We are letting you be the judge of that! They are however one born and raised Okie boy and one Swedish girl, now Okie'fied by marriage.
The Lightfoot Family Band is originality, along with a massive love and respect for the people who were on the airwaves both on and off the Grand Ol’ Opry stage in the heyday of the 1940s and '50s. Not to mention an unconditional admiration for the people on the farms and from the hills who put their feelings and thoughts to music centuries ago.
You can join in the fun at the historic Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center, the old Harris Drugstore where Woody worked in the 1930's, in Pampa, TX. See you there!
Sep 18 Friday
Mark your calendars and bring the whole family for an unforgettable weekend of artistic discovery! FREE
Ignite your literary soul at our three-day celebration of creative writing and storytelling, hosted in partnership with CREATE Trinidad.
Vibe to live performances throughout the historic West Main Street.Explore unique, handcrafted masterpieces from talented local and regional artists across ceramics, glass, jewelry, photography, and more!