Wichita Life Dinner Club

Our first dinner club was a huge success earlier this month! Dozens and dozens of people had dinner with strangers new friends and then met up at Wichita Brewing Company after to meet everyone else!

So, what is this?

Making new friends as an adult can be weirdly tough. We’re making it easier.

Here’s how it works:

🍽️ Take a quick quiz about your personality, interests, and food preferences.

✨ Get matched with five other Wichitans who fit your style (think food preferences, budget, life stage).

📍Your table of six meets for dinner on Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30PM - the exact restaurant is revealed that morning.

🥂 After dinner, all groups are invited to a casual after-meetup to keep the conversation going.

👉 Take the quiz & grab your seat ›

If you’ve been wanting to meet new people in town, this might be the easiest (and most fun) way to do it.

Holiday Shopping

Christmas is coming up in 29 days. Black Friday is in 2.

It’s time to pick up gifts for your loved ones (or yourself).

If you’re reading this, you likely love Wichita and love to support local. Here is a guide from a few years back with a lot of great options from the best areas of town to shop to food and restaurants and much more. Take a look and let us know what it is missing and we will give it a refresher.

Today we want to focus on giving experiences.

Experience Gifting

A lot of these are gift cards / certificates or passes to experience a class, attraction or activity!

I’m a human so I know I will miss something (or a lot), but let me know and I’ll get it added to a blog you can refer back to!

Attractions & Museums

• Tanganyika - offers 15 experiences to connect with rare and endangered species! Check out their Black Friday deal here - 1000 S Hawkins Ln, Goddard, KS 67052

• Sedgwick County Zoo - 5555 W Zoo Blvd, Wichita, KS 67212

• Botanica - 701 Amidon St, Wichita, KS 67203

• Exploration Place - If you have ever considered getting a membership (or giving one), now is the time with their Black Friday sale- 300 N McLean Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203

• Kansas Aviation Museum - 3350 George Washington Blvd, Wichita, KS 67210

• Cowtown - 1865 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203

• Museum of World Treasures - 835 E 1st St N, Wichita, KS 67202

Performing Arts & Concerts

• Music Theatre Wichita - 2026 season includes Hello, Dolly!, Elf - The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Miserables - Century II

• Flying Pig Improv - Use gift certificates like cash to see shows or take classes! - 3203 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67218

• Mosley St. Melodrama - 234 N Mosley St, Wichita, KS 67202

• Roxy’s - Now offering "Flex Tickets" this year, flexible tickets good for any show in current season - 412 1/2 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202

• Broadway Wichita - upcoming shows include Water for Elepahnts, Hades Town, The Music Man, Clue, Stomp - Century II

• Park City Arena - 8151 N Hartman Arena Dr, Park City, KS 67147

• Wave - 650 E. 2nd Street, Wichita, KS 67202

• INTRUST Bank Arena - 500 E Waterman St, Wichita, KS 67202 - Cyber Week Deals have started for Dinsey on Ice and Monster Jam!

• The Cotillion - 11120 W Kellogg Dr, Wichita, KS 67209

Classes

• Paint with Alpacas at Lazy Moon Ranch - includes an indoor option of Painting With Babydolls (sheep) during the colder months - 11296 SW 104th Terrace Augusta, KS 67010

• Paint Classes like Paint the Towne - 1625 S Rock Rd #135 or 7011 W Central Ave #127

• You're Fired! Ceramics - 301 W Central Ave Suite 110, Andover

• Various classes put on by the City of Wichita

• Mark Arts Classes - 1307 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS 67206

• Finishing School for Modern Women - 2025 Events and classes are coming up!

• Lola Candle Making Experience - 1029 W Douglas Ave Suite 101, Wichita, KS 67211

Activities

• Trampoline parks like Urban Air - 8545 West Irving Street. Wichita, Kansas 67209 or Aviate - 2668 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67226

• Chicken N Pickle - 1240 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67206

• TapNPaddles - 4956 E 35th St

• The Arcade - 906 E 3rd St N, Wichita, KS 67202

• Escape Room at Entrap Games, The Room, or World of Escapes

• Top Golf - 2976 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67226

• Ice Skating - 505 W Maple St, Wichita, KS 67213

• Rock Climbing at Bliss - 11114 E 28th St N, Wichita, KS 67226

• Dance Classes

• Let’s Go Build - 2684 N Greenwich Rd Suite 500, Wichita, KS 67206

• Riverside Music Together - 1103 Jefferson, Wichita, KS 67203

• Music, singing, or acting classes

• Rent out AMC or catch a show at Boulevard Theatres

• Glassblowing at Infinity Art Glass, Karg Art Glass, or Gonzo Glassworks

Spa Day

• Bloom Aesthetics – Aesthetics – 4618 E Central Ave # 110, Wichita, KS 67208

• Poise Aesthetics - Aesthetics - 2216 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67214

• Beau Monde - Spa - East & West

• SWTHZ - 2000 N Rock Rd, Suite 160 - Black Friday deal - 4 sessions for $99

• Bohemia Healing Spa – Spa – 611 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67213

• Mark Kate and Company - Salon - 8112 W Central Ave, Wichita, KS 67212

• Enhanced by Thuy – Beauty Salon – 3595 N Webb Rd, Wichita, KS

• Eminence Esthetics – Holistic Skin Therapy

• Fresh Spa Market – Spa – 214 S Rock Rd Suite 101

• Various Manicure and/or Pedicure Locations

• Urban Routine Wellness – 132 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

• Whitening Bar – Teeth Whitening

Food & Drink

• Wine tastings at Grace Hill Winery or Wyldewood Cellars

• Viola’s Pantry Cooking Classes - 156 N Cleveland, Wichita, KS 67214

• The Kitchen Cooking Classes - 725 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

• Everyday by Elderslie - 2132 N Rock Rd Suite 102, Wichita, KS 67206

• Cooking Classes at Sur La Table - Bradley Fair

• Most local restaurants offer gift certificates or gift cards!

Get Clean and Organized

• Margaret McHenry Maids - Give the gift of a clean home

• Well Kept Space - a well kept space creates a well kept life

• 2U Auto - Mobile Auto Detailing

Staycation

• Hotel at Old Town - 830 E 1st St N, Wichita, KS 67202

• Ambassador - 104 S Broadway, Wichita, KS 67202

• Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview - 400 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

• Hyatt - 400 W Waterman St, Wichita, KS 67202

• Airbnbs

Other great local shopping or holiday guides include:

• Yours Truly

• Wichita Mom: Holiday & Christmas Events, Guide to Wichita Experience Gifts, Where to see Christmas Lights

• Wichita by EB Holiday Small Business guide

• Watermark Books

• Visit Wichita

• Choose Wichita

Small Business Saturday

When you think about Black Friday, you probably think of corporate, big box stores, Amazon deals, etc and you’re probably right.

That is why many communites rally around the day after Black Friday as “Small Business Saturday” to go shop locally in your community. Many places offer both Black Friday deals and now Small Business Saturday Deals.

Holidays in Delano

The Delano District in Wichita is embracing Holidays in Delano on Small Business Saturday and here are a few things you can look forward to. There are special events, special deals & discounts, and more.

Holidays in Delano — What’s Happening

Special Events
• Mrs. Bikers Claus — Collecting letters for Santa at the Alzheimer’s Association (11am–2pm)
• Ornament Painting — Free for kids 12 & under at The Health Connection (1–4pm)
• Photos with Santa — GRIT Studios (12–2pm). $5 cellphone photos, $15 professional
• Candle Making — Lola Candle Co., $25/person
• Gingerbread & Apron Decorating — All Things BBQ
• Carolers — Performances from Truesdell Middle School & Sunrise Christian Academy

Deals & Discounts (Highlights)

• All Things BBQ — Storewide holiday discounts
• Alzheimer’s Association — Purple sodas, games, Broncos tickets
• Bungalow 26 — Free gift with $40 purchase
• Chateau Gifts — 50% off storewide
• Exploration Place — 20% off memberships + purchase a brick for the new playspace
• Fartleks — Free 5k at Exploration Place (8am)
• GRIT Studios — Indoor Holiday Market (10am–4pm)
• Home2Suites — Free hot cocoa (while supplies last)
• ICT IV Hydration — $20 vitamin injections + skin event
• Rooted Hair Co. — Grand Opening festivities (10am–2pm)
• Rueben’s Mexican Grill — 20% off with a Delano receipt + $6 holiday drinks
• The Monarch — 15% off merch
• The UPS Store — $3 off shipping + 10% off prints
• Wichita Brewing Co. — Holiday cocktails
• Wichita Ice Center — Public skating 12–10pm

Prize Drawing

Scan a QR code at any participating business on 11/29 to enter. Prizes include:
Gift cards (Boats & Bikes, Bungalow 26, Hatman Jack’s, Sweet N Saucy, The Arcade, Flight 1868, Papa’s Ice Cream, La Galette, Monarch, Wichita Brewing Co.), Exploration Place All-Access Pass, Wichita Ice Center family pass, free hotel night at Home2 Suites, candle bundle, leather goods, facial, and more.

What do you want to see us go deep on in a future deep dive?

Let us know!

Quick Event Rundown

• Wild Lights | SCZ | Now Open!

• Holidaze | Mosley Street Melodrama | 11/14 - 12/21

• Somewhere in Winter | Downtown Wichita | 11/27 - 1/4/2026

• Holiday Night Market | The Workroom | 11/28

• Beauties & Beasts Paint & Sip | Chico’s Restaurant | 11/28

• ICT Artison Expo | Wichita Sports Forum | 11/29

• Small Business Saturday | The Workroom | 11/29

• Bliss Climbing & Fitness: 10 Year Throwdown | Bliss Climbing | 11/29

• Nate Bargatze | Intrust Bank Arena | 12/10 (rescheduled from September)