ELLY GRIMM

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David Burnham has performed in multiple shows such as “Wicked” and “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” among many others, and he will soon be bringing his talents back to Liberal.

Burnham will be performing Sunday, March 29 in Maskus Auditorium at Liberal High School as part of this year's Community Concerts of Liberal series. The show will start at 3 p.m., and tickets will be available at the door that day. As he tells it, his interest in musical theatre got sparked at an early age.

ELLY GRIMM

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Many pet owners, whether current or in the past, have probably wondered what would happen if we were able to truly communicate with our furry friends, and recently, the geniuses at Pixar decided to find that out with their newest release, “Hoppers.” The film follows Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda), an animal lover, whose mind is transferred into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with animals and save their habitat from destruction, inadvertently starting an uprising in doing so.

ELLY GRIMM

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The 2026 Broadway in Wichita season has gotten off to a great start so far and soon will be looking to extend that success.

The Broadway in Wichita season will be continuing with the Tony Award-winning "Hadestown," which will run March 20 (7:30 p.m.), March 21 (2 and 7:30 p.m.), and March 22 (1 p.m.), with all performances taking place at Century II Performing Arts Center at 225 W. Douglas Ave. in Wichita. The show tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice – Eurydice, a starving young girl, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her singer-songwriter lover Orpheus eventually comes to rescue her.

ELLY GRIMM

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and a new book seeks to tell the story of the man who inspired the holiday, St. Valentine.

The book, “The Legend of Valentine,” written by Sheldon Collins, follows the story of Valentine, a once fearsome warrior reborn from the brink of death, who sheds his violent past for a new destiny inspired by his blind lover, Agatha. Amidst the ruthless rule of a merciless emperor, Valentine undertakes a clandestine mission – uniting couples in secret ceremonies and defying imperial decrees that threaten to obliterate the Christian faith. As Valentine’s covert acts of defiance grow bolder, he challenges the tyrannical order, planting the seeds for a celebration of love that will echo.