The Topeka Zoo is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There are so many different animals to see!
Now open this summer is a seasonal saving sharks exhibit and lorikeet aviary. Become a Friends of the Topeka Zoo member today, which includes free admission for one full year, discounts inside the zoo, and reciprocal discounted rates at other zoos.
The Topeka Zoo is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There are many animals to see like elephants, giraffes, lions. Now open this summer is a seasonal saving sharks exhibit and lorikeet aviary. Become a Friends of the Topeka Zoo member today, which includes free admission for one full year, discounts inside the zoo, and reciprocal discounted rates at other zoos and aquariums around the country.
For more information, please visit: topekazoo.org(link is external).
Enter to win a bag of coffee beans from local coffee shop and roasterie Z's Divine Espresso.
Just follow the link and you'll get a chance to win locally roasted beans to start your morning. Z's has locations in Lawrence on 23rd street and on 31st and Iowa. They are currently serving customers via their drive-thru windows, which are available at both locations.
Here's a fabulous collection of the rare and the famous, film themes from the golden age of cinema, the '50's and '60's - Ealing comedies (The Rebel, I'm Alright Jack), kitchen sink cinema (A Kind of Loving, a Taste of Honey) and Hollywood hits. This has the thunderous theme to the Diana Dors film Passport to Shame, the party scene from the fabulous Experiment in Terror, and some of the biggest names in soundtrack history - John Barry, Henry Mancini, John Dankworth and Ron Grainer.
The Haden Triplets, daughters of great jazz bassist Charlie Haden, bring their haunting harmonies to songs by their grandfather Carl Haden from the Haden Family country band, along with classics like Wayfaring Stranger and I'll Fly Away.
The Indonesian piano prodigy, Joey Alexander, is now 16 and demonstrates his growing maturity into a major jazz artist on his new CD, which is mostly a trio outing with longtime Brad Mehldau bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Kendrick Scott, plus guest appearances by Anne Drummond on flute and percussionist Luisito Quintero.
Listen to any popular British recording of the late 1950s and ’60s and the chances are you will be listening to the voices of The Mike Sammes Singers. This two-disc anthology comprises four long out of print albums; The first two historic Mike Sammes Singers long-players, The Melody Moves (1959) and Let’s Get Away from It All (1962), complimented by the Singers’ exciting collaborations with the skilled arranger, conductor, composer Johnny Gregory, Channel West (TV Western Themes) and The Avengers and Other TV Themes.
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