Tree in Bloom | Photo by Conan Fugit

Tulips | Photo by Melissa Schnieders

Gridiron, one of Wichita’s oldest and most hilarious stage shows, stars members of the local media singing (sort of), dancing (sort of) and spoofing the past year’s news and newsmakers.
Stars include Bonnie Bing of the Wichita Eagle, local funnyman Bucky Walters, Ted Woodward of KNSS, Bill Roy of the Wichita Business Journal and, most importantly, verb [ICT]’s own Steph Barnard. Several “mystery guests” also tend to pop up on stage each year.
Gridiron is put on by the Kansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and proceeds fund journalism …

Ominous Clouds | Photo by Cheryl Dumcum

Our parents hit their 30s during the peak of Reaganomics- they lived fast & spent big. Mine even had matching BMWs. It was the golden age of shopping malls, walking like an Egyptian and swiping your MasterCard.
But the world has changed- all these financial crises are, in part, due to a definition of success as outdated as The Bangles themselves. The ideal of working 30-plus years for a single company, building your 401k to retire at 65 with a nest-egg, has failed us as Americans. Big companies have taken our pensions (Enron) and our years …