Empty Bowls Project
Local artists are busy creating hand-made bowls to fill with soup for the 2019 Empty Bowls Project. Proceeds go to the Winfield Community Food Pantry.
Bowls are $15 for one or $25 for two.
When:Monday, November 11, 2019 5:30 PM thru 07:30 PM
Where:Community Center at Baden Square
700 Gary St.
Winfield, KS 67156
Winfield Isle of Lights Set-Up Day
We need help setting up the Christmas light displays for the Winfield Isle of Lights! Bundle up, grab your work gloves, and join us at the park to make this wonderful community display happen! Sign up for a shift using the link below.
When:Tuesday, November 12, 2019 8:00 AM thru 05:00 PM
Where:Island Park
200 N. Main St.
Winfield, KS 67156
Bunco Night
Presented by Soroptimists of Winfield. Join us for a night of food, fun, and prizes! Cost to attend is $20. Sweet Treat Silent Auction & Cash Bar. Contact any Soroptimist member for more information.
When:Friday, November 15, 2019 6:00 PM thru 09:00 PM
Where:American Legion Post #10
115 W. 10th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
For More Info:Roxann Taylor
620.262.7873
WRC Family Fun Night
Please join the Winfield Recreation Commission for a night of good family fun! Enjoy inflatables, photo booth, prizes, games, concessions, race cars, and drawings!
Sponsored by WRC, Coca-Cola, & Winfield Arts & Humanities Council.
When:Friday, November 15, 2019 6:30 PM thru 08:30 PM
Where:Winfield Recreation Commission
Joe Thornton Gym
624 College St.
Winfield, KS 67156
BEST Holiday Open House
Come downtown to kick off the holiday season! Enjoy hot cider while visiting Santa Claus and participating in a cookie walk at the chamber from 10:00 AM - NOON! Broken Spoke Clydesdales will be giving carriage rides down Main Street for FREE from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM!
Participating BEST businesses will have refreshments, have sign-ups for in-store giveaways, and will start giving stamps to shoppers that wish to fill out a stamp card to be entered into two grand prize drawings of $100 in Holiday Bucks!
Participating businesses include:
1025 The River (sign-up box & stamp at Winfield Chamber)
Bloomer Botanicals
Community National Bank & Trust
Cowley CourierTraveler
Cutting Edge Custom Tees
Eagle Nest Inc.
The Emporium
Ginny's Gifts
Graves Drug
Grit & Glitter
Home on the Range
The Junk Generation
KWLS Radio (sign up box & stamp at the chamber)
RCB Bank
Snappy Chicks Boutique
Sonic Drive-In
Timber Creek Floral
Trunk N Treasures
Walmart
When:Saturday, November 16, 2019 10:00 AM thru 02:00 PM
Where:Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce & participating BEST businesses
123 E. 9th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Be a part of our very first lighting of our brand-new 18-foot Christmas tree! Let's gather around the tree and sing Christmas carols, drink hot cocoa, and enjoy community fellowship! More details to come.
When:Saturday, November 16, 2019 6:00 PM thru 07:00 PM
Where:Entrance to Island Park
Parking lot across from Winfield Aquatic Center
200 N. Main St.
Winfield Isle of Lights
Extraordinary Christmas light display throughout Island Park. New displays added yearly. Horse & Carriage rides available Fridays and Saturdays. Free, but donations are greatly appreciated
When:from Sunday, November 17, 2019 6:00 PM
thru Monday, December 30, 2019 10:00 PM
Where:Island Park
North Main Street
Winfield, KS 67156
Jingle Bell Junction Craft Show
Last Saturday in November at Winfield Fairgrounds. 9am to 4pm. Come on down and take care of all your holiday shopping in one spot! Festive and fun, it is perfect for finishing up your holiday shopping list! Kid-Friendly and free admission. You can find us at the Winfield Fairgrounds under the grandstands. We have over 80 booths in three buildings!
When:Saturday, November 30, 2019 9:00 AM thru 04:00 PM
Where:Winfield Fairgrounds
1105 W. 9th Avenue
Winfield, KS 67156
SC Theater Department presents "Eagerheart"
A unique tradition of the Campus Players is the annual production of the Christmas morality play, Eagerheart. In 1933, President Kirk asked Miss Graham to direct some Christmas play for the final chapel before Christmas vacation. She remembered a morality play in which she had appeared while in high school about the turn of the century (i.e., circa 1900). In her files she found her script of Eagerhert by A.M. Buckton.
Copies were made and the play was produced. Dr Kirk was so pleased that he asked for a repeat performance the next year. The play has been performed every year since at the final chapel before Christmas. Recently, the show has grown such that it is given as a gift to the Southwestern community and performed four times.
Traditionally, all of the roles are taken by Campus Players. Two senior girls and two faculty or staff members are chosen by the members of Campus Players to play the role of the Honored Maiden, or Mary. The women are selected based on their contributions to campus life and their personifications of the Christian values of Eagerheart. The identity of the Honored Maiden is never revealed until the adoration tableau at
the end of the play.
When Richardson Hall burned in 1950, the scripts were destroyed. For Christmas of that year, a platform was built in the Music Hall auditorium for the performance but no one could find a script. Finally, Miss Graham, who had directed the play for seventeen years, wrote out the script from memory. Later a copy was found in an anthology of Christmas plays and Miss Graham's memory proved excellent.
All of the traditional costumes and properties were also burned. Contributions came from everywhere. The now-defunct Leneans, a campus religious drama group, contributed Biblical costumes that had been stored in Miss Dielmann's garage. Mrs. Visonhaler, wife of the Professor of Romance Languages, donated her antique gravy boat to be made into Eagerheart's lamp. The music department rearranged Bach chorales for the musical accompaniment. The wrought-iron candelabra salvaged from the fire became a traditional part of the set decoration, and has been used every year since.
Elements of the original production are still used in the productions of today. Much of the set design, props and blocking has remained the same since the original 1933 production. Helen Graham made some of the costumes used in the currently produced shows after the 1950 fire destroyed the originals. The play has been produced almost every year since 1933. Some years during World War II were skipped when there were not enough men to fill all the roles. In 1953 the city gas supply was shut off and it was too cold to have school so the students were dismissed a day early, before the play was given. In 1960 Amahl and the Night Visitor was presented instead.
Eagerheart has become a part of Campus Players. Even the technical elements have adopted names such as "Eagerprops" and "Eagerlights." A line from the play, "Hail, friend, how goes it with the eternal quest?", has become the official greeting of the organization since these words came in a Christmas telegram from a former "King of Wisdom" just before he was killed in World War II. The quote is also on the Campus Player Rock.... More >><< Less
When:Wednesday, December 4, 2019 11:00 AM thru 01:00 PM
Where:Helen Graham Little Theater
Southwestern College
100 College St.
Winfield, KS 67156
WCT presents "The Almost True Tale of Hansel & Gretel"
Show dates are December 5th, 6th, 7th at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on December 8th.
Tickets are $10 per person at the door or can be purchased online using the link below.
When:Thursday, December 5, 2019 7:30 PM thru 09:30 PM
Where:Winfield Community Theater
Meyer Hall
Baden Square
1500 E. 8th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
Winfield Senior Living Holiday Bake Sale
Proceeds go to resident/staff Christmas and STAR Team
When:Friday, December 6, 2019 9:00 AM thru 04:00 PM
Where:Winfield Senior Living
Front Lobby
1320 Wheat Rd.
Winfield, KS 67156
WCT presents "The Almost True Tale of Hansel & Gretel"
Show dates are December 5th, 6th, 7th at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on December 8th.
Tickets are $10 per person at the door or can be purchased online using the link below.
When:Friday, December 6, 2019 7:30 PM
Where:Winfield Community Theater
Meyer Hall
Baden Square
1500 E. 8th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
CCHS Breakfast with Santa
Hosted by the Cowley County Humane Society.
Biscuits & Gravy or Breakfast Casserole plus drinks ($5.00 suggested donation)
Bring your camera for a photo with Santa (8:30-10:00 AM, $2.00 suggested donation)
Build a gingerbread house
Meet some of our adoptable dogs
Visit our Doggie Boutique
Crafts for the kids
When:Saturday, December 7, 2019 8:00 AM thru 11:00 AM
Where:American Legion Post #10
115 W. 10th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
WCT presents "The Almost True Tale of Hansel & Gretel"
Show dates are December 5th, 6th, 7th at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on December 8th.
Tickets are $10 per person at the door or can be purchased online using the link below.
When:Saturday, December 7, 2019 7:30 PM
Where:Winfield Community Theater
Meyer Hall
Baden Square
1500 E. 8th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
SKS & A Capella Choir presents "Winterfest"
For performance information, please contact SC Performing Arts
When:Sunday, December 8, 2019 3:00 PM thru 04:00 PM
Where:Richardson Performing Arts Center
Christy Administration Building
Southwestern College
100 College St.
Winfield, KS 67156
SC Theater Department presents "Eagerheart"
A unique tradition of the Campus Players is the annual production of the Christmas morality play, Eagerheart. In 1933, President Kirk asked Miss Graham to direct some Christmas play for the final chapel before Christmas vacation. She remembered a morality play in which she had appeared while in high school about the turn of the century (i.e., circa 1900). In her files she found her script of Eagerhert by A.M. Buckton.
Copies were made and the play was produced. Dr Kirk was so pleased that he asked for a repeat performance the next year. The play has been performed every year since at the final chapel before Christmas. Recently, the show has grown such that it is given as a gift to the Southwestern community and performed four times.
Traditionally, all of the roles are taken by Campus Players. Two senior girls and two faculty or staff members are chosen by the members of Campus Players to play the role of the Honored Maiden, or Mary. The women are selected based on their contributions to campus life and their personifications of the Christian values of Eagerheart. The identity of the Honored Maiden is never revealed until the adoration tableau at
the end of the play.
When Richardson Hall burned in 1950, the scripts were destroyed. For Christmas of that year, a platform was built in the Music Hall auditorium for the performance but no one could find a script. Finally, Miss Graham, who had directed the play for seventeen years, wrote out the script from memory. Later a copy was found in an anthology of Christmas plays and Miss Graham's memory proved excellent.
All of the traditional costumes and properties were also burned. Contributions came from everywhere. The now-defunct Leneans, a campus religious drama group, contributed Biblical costumes that had been stored in Miss Dielmann's garage. Mrs. Visonhaler, wife of the Professor of Romance Languages, donated her antique gravy boat to be made into Eagerheart's lamp. The music department rearranged Bach chorales for the musical accompaniment. The wrought-iron candelabra salvaged from the fire became a traditional part of the set decoration, and has been used every year since.
Elements of the original production are still used in the productions of today. Much of the set design, props and blocking has remained the same since the original 1933 production. Helen Graham made some of the costumes used in the currently produced shows after the 1950 fire destroyed the originals. The play has been produced almost every year since 1933. Some years during World War II were skipped when there were not enough men to fill all the roles. In 1953 the city gas supply was shut off and it was too cold to have school so the students were dismissed a day early, before the play was given. In 1960 Amahl and the Night Visitor was presented instead.
Eagerheart has become a part of Campus Players. Even the technical elements have adopted names such as "Eagerprops" and "Eagerlights." A line from the play, "Hail, friend, how goes it with the eternal quest?", has become the official greeting of the organization since these words came in a Christmas telegram from a former "King of Wisdom" just before he was killed in World War II. The quote is also on the Campus Player Rock.... More >><< Less
When:Sunday, December 8, 2019 6:00 PM thru 08:00 PM
Where:Helen Graham Little Theater
Southwestern College
100 College St.
Winfield, KS 67156
WCT presents "The Almost True Tale of Hansel & Gretel"
Show dates are December 5th, 6th, 7th at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on December 8th.
Tickets are $10 per person at the door or can be purchased online using the link below.
When:Sunday, December 8, 2019 7:30 PM
Where:Winfield Community Theater
Meyer Hall
Baden Square
1500 E. 8th Ave.
Winfield, KS 67156
13th Annual Christmas Jazz Concert
It's that time again! The 13th annual Christmas Jazz concert takes place at College Hill Coffee in Winfield on Friday, Dec. 13. A number of the area's finest musicians will be taking part in this longstanding local holiday tradition. The Student Loans are one of the most popular groups in the area. Originally the Southwestern College jazz combo, they have been bringing their swinging Sinatra-ish sounds to south central Kansas since 2010. The Scott Williams Quartet features Brad and Lane Turgeon. Trumpeter Brad Turgeon attended the Berklee College of music at the same time as pianist Scott Williams, but the two didn't meet until years later in Winfield. Lane Turgeon is a well known bassist on the Wichita scene, and works as an instrument repairman at one of the Wichita music stores. Wellington's The Lough Brothers, despite their youth, are experienced performers. They have appeared in Winfield many times. College Hill Coffee has a wide selection of delicious food and drinks, so you won't want to miss out. This is a well-attended event, so you will want to come early to get a good seat. Closed circuit TV will be provided, so everyone can get a good view of the
action. The music will start at 7 PM. College Hill Coffee is located at 403 Soward St in Winfield. Don't miss it!... More >><< Less
When:Friday, December 13, 2019 7:00 PM thru 09:00 PM
Where:College Hill Coffee
403 Soward St.
Winfield, KS 67156
The Edge PAC presents "The Nutcracker"
Join the Edge Performing Arts Centre as we celebrate the 17th year as the original producers of Cowley County’s annual Nutcracker!! It is our goal to provide an especially impressive show to commemorate this milestone performance!! The Edge staff is a group of highly trained, award-winning choreographers and instructors who are dedicated to bringing an upscale & classic Christmas ballet to the Cowley County area.
Doors open at 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Viking Voices perform half an hour before the ballet begins. Shows start at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The show is held at Southwestern College’s Richardson Performing Arts Center in Winfield, Kansas.
Adults: $10
Children under 12: $5
Tickets will be available at the following locations:
The Edge Performing Arts Studio
Cutting Edge Custom Tees
Winfield Chamber of Commerce
For Information, call: 620.229.9300, 620.222.5127 or 620.218.0620
When:Saturday, December 14, 2019 3:00 PM thru 05:00 PM
Where:Richardson Performing Arts Center
Southwestern College
100 College St.
Winfield, KS 67156
Marquee PAC present "A Christmas Music Showcase"
"A Christmas Music Showcase" - Harpiscord Music by Chance Alquest
Enjoy hot cocoa, coffee, and Christmas cookies before the Winfield Main Street Lighted Christmas Parade.
Admission is free but donations are gladly accepted.
When:Saturday, December 14, 2019 5:30 PM thru 06:30 PM
Where:Marquee Performing Arts Center
1007 Main St.
Winfield, KS 67156