Community Calendar

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!***

Join the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas and United Way of Dodge City for our next Learn @ Lunch: Building a Healthier Community Series, featuring Alissa Murphy, Director of Development with Jobs for America’s Graduates–Kansas (JAG-K).

Learn more about JAG-K and discover how local businesses can play a role in helping students build the skills, connections, and confidence they need for life after high school.

Lunch will be provided. Must RSVP by email uwayofdc@att.net or by calling 620-682-1122

This event takes place on the north end of the civic center, also known as the Dodge City School Administration Building.

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.

Get your Christmas shopping out of the way early this year at the 14th Annual American Legion Post 47 Fall Rummage Sale!

This will take place at the post from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.

LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS will be for sale. All proceeds benefit veterans programs.

This event is FREE, however visitors are encouraged to bring items to donate to benefit the residents of the Fort Dodge Soldiers Home pantry.

Items they need include: paper products, cleaning supplies and snacks. (No canned goods needed at this time)

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!***

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.

Get your Christmas shopping out of the way early this year at the 14th Annual American Legion Post 47 Fall Rummage Sale!
This will take place at the post from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.

LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS will be for sale. All proceeds benefit veterans programs.

This event is FREE, however visitors are encouraged to bring items to donate to benefit the residents of the Fort Dodge Soldiers Home pantry.

Items they need include: paper products, cleaning supplies and snacks. (No canned goods needed at this time)

The public is invited to a FREE celebration of recovery from drug and alcohol dependence Saturday, Oct. 10 at New Chance, Inc.

This annual Break the Cycle event has a Death to Dawn theme and begins at 3 p.m. with games and activities for the whole family, including a bouncy house, ring toss and face painting.
Special guest speakers will share their stories at 4 and 5:30 p.m.
A free meal and dinner will be served at 5 p.m.
A raffle/auction will be from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

New Chance, Inc., is a non-profit organization that has been helping folks recover from addition for more than 50 years.

Foghat is still going as strong as ever! Celebrate 51 years of “Slow Ride,” the timeless anthem that put them on the global map.

Their fanbase now spans generations. Whether you first heard “Slow Ride” blasting from your older brother’s stereo, playing on Guitar Hero III, in the movie Dazed & Confused or Top Gun: Maverick, the band’s infectious energy keeps pulling people in.

Boomers to Gen Z, everyone shows up for the party—and Foghat brings it every single night.

The legendary classic rock band Head East has long set the standard for authentic, full-vocal, goodtime rock harmonies that few bands can equal. Their high-energy shows are filled with superb vocals, flashy guitar work and memorable keyboard melodies that continue to rock audiences of all ages.

*Please remember United Wireless Arena has a clear-bag policy

The Kind House Ukraine Bakery in Amarillo, a special volunteer-run non-profit bakery located at 4715 S Western St., will play host to its annual community dinner to help raise funds for humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

The dinner will take place in the Vermillion Gallery at Arts in the Sunset from 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11. You will hear stories about what Ukrainians are facing right now and be a part of making a positive impact.

100% of the evening's proceeds will go directly toward coal, medicine, food and rescue operations. EVERY BITE SAVES A LIFE!

The bakery is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Soup and sandwiches for lunch are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Every loaf of sourdough bread, box of cinnamon rolls, and dozen custom cupcakes we sell goes directly toward humanitarian aid for families living through the war in Ukraine. You get something delicious. They get a lifeline.

RSVP to the Thank You Dinner by texting 806-220-8115