Events Search and Views Navigation
March 2020
Sunflower Singers
Sunflower Singers will be performing songs of unity and peace in multiple pop-up locations throughout Emporia to start 2020. Please join us for our gallery performance to hear us sing and learn more about inclusion within the community. Our performance will also coincide with the release of Emporia Arts Council's Spring Art class booklets; learn more about the many opportunities to get involved in creating and supporting the arts while attending a choir performance!
Find out more »Babes On Bikes/GCA&S Re-Intro to Bikes & New Rider Orientation
It's time to start riding again. So many of us have found our way off the bike in the last few years- work, health, LIFE- so let's get back on them! Are you brand new to riding bikes? This is for you too! On this night we will: - Introduce you to the rules of the road - Show you how to check your bike before each ride with the wonderful Melanie! - Show you VERY basic bike maintenance you…
Find out more »
Over the Rainbow and Down the Street: Exploring the World of Children’s Literature
ESU Special Collections and Archives presents the exhibit Over the Rainbow and Down the Street: Exploring the World of Children’s Literature. Children’s literature takes readers on journeys that can lead them to magical lands, faraway countries, or the streets of their own neighborhoods. Visitors can explore this wide world through a variety of books from archival and circulating collections and learn more about the process of creating a book, the awards given to outstanding authors and illustrators, and the stories…
Find out more »Emporia Friends of the Zoo RoundUp Auction
A fun evening that supports your local Zoo! The Emporia Friends of the Zoo are a support organization for the David Traylor Zoo of Emporia. EFOZ helps support the Zoo's mission of conservation and education at the Zoo as well as outreach into 6 counties in our area. The RoundUp Auction will be held on March 6 at the Lyon County Fairgrounds Anderson Building beginning at 6pm. Come enjoy great food catered by Lonesome Dove's Cowboy Catering, music by Jane…
Find out more »Kansas Miss Amazing
Kansas Miss Amazing provides opportunities for girls and women with disabilities to build confidence and self-esteem in a supportive environment. Seem them shine in Emporia on March 7th at Emporia High School.
Find out more »Emporia Lions Club Biscuit & Gravy Breakfast
Buy your tickets from Emporia Lions Club members $6 in ADVANCE $7 at the door Biscuits & gravy - all you can eat Link sausage Fruit cup Juice or coffee The Emporia Lions Club is a volunteer service organization dedicated to serving people and protecting the eyesight of the world's under-served community. We have a 1-hour meeting, held every other Wednesday, from 12:00 to 1:00., typically held at ESU. If you would like to join our organization, please contact Bob…
Find out more »Emporia Farmers Market
Indoor Winter Markets are held on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 10am-12pm, November-April at Waters True Value, 2727 W Hwy 50, Emporia
Find out more »Darryl Worley
Thanks to the support of a generous patron, we are excited to announce Darryl Worley! The rich, reedy tones and all-American, blue-collar themes in his #1 hits “I Miss My Friend,” “Awful, Beautiful Life” and “Have You Forgotten?” are reminders of the down-to-Earth, Haggard-like Darryl Worley you always knew. The island vibes and blue-eyed soul in new songs “It’s Good To Be Me,” “Lay It On Me” and “Lonely Alone” suggest there’s another, almost-funky, version of Worley that’s been kept…
Find out more »Spring Break
It's Spring Break for Emporia Public Schools, Flint Hills Technical College and Emporia State University!
Find out more »