Emily Christensen
@schmemily.bsky.social
Arts writer in Kansas. Co-founder of the SHOUT, Wichita's dedicated arts & culture news source: shoutwichita.com
CV: National Critics Institute fellow & Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing grantee, journalist-in-residence @ Wichita Art Museum, typo queen
CV: National Critics Institute fellow & Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing grantee, journalist-in-residence @ Wichita Art Museum, typo queen
From my First Friday wanderings in Wichita last week: at Envision Arts Gallery, works by artists who are blind or visually impaired from the Los Angeles and Anaheim Braille Institutes.
Angelica Fuentes, "Crazy Love;" Savannah Gayle, "Abstract is Hard;" Lynette Basford, "Circling Around."
Angelica Fuentes, "Crazy Love;" Savannah Gayle, "Abstract is Hard;" Lynette Basford, "Circling Around."
August 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
From my First Friday wanderings in Wichita last week: at Envision Arts Gallery, works by artists who are blind or visually impaired from the Los Angeles and Anaheim Braille Institutes.
Angelica Fuentes, "Crazy Love;" Savannah Gayle, "Abstract is Hard;" Lynette Basford, "Circling Around."
Angelica Fuentes, "Crazy Love;" Savannah Gayle, "Abstract is Hard;" Lynette Basford, "Circling Around."
Caramelized onions brunch, round 2
March 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Caramelized onions brunch, round 2
Cut to this easy, indulgent weekend brunch 💁
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Cut to this easy, indulgent weekend brunch 💁
Here’s a @davidjchavez.bsky.social -style post to announce I’m at The Forum Theatre’s production of “Bridges of Madison County.”
February 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Here’s a @davidjchavez.bsky.social -style post to announce I’m at The Forum Theatre’s production of “Bridges of Madison County.”
Went on a jaunt to Lindsborg today to watch a Raymer Society auction at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery. One of the most entertaining experiences I’ve had lately.
February 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Went on a jaunt to Lindsborg today to watch a Raymer Society auction at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery. One of the most entertaining experiences I’ve had lately.
The best Valentine’s Day gift I’ve ever bestowed on my partner is passing along this compliment from the bartender at Harry’s.
February 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The best Valentine’s Day gift I’ve ever bestowed on my partner is passing along this compliment from the bartender at Harry’s.
About to make my public access TV debut ✨
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
About to make my public access TV debut ✨
🧵: I meant to attend the opening of "Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven" at the Wichita Art Museum last night, but instead got wrapped up in a conversation with a dear friend and didn't drop in until 20 minutes before closing. I was the very last visitor & it wound up being the perfect experience.
January 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🧵: I meant to attend the opening of "Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven" at the Wichita Art Museum last night, but instead got wrapped up in a conversation with a dear friend and didn't drop in until 20 minutes before closing. I was the very last visitor & it wound up being the perfect experience.
It struck me around the third Twilight movie that Bella is the embodiment of the 1995 dating guide “The Rules”:
“Be a ‘Creature Unlike Any Other’” (#1)
“Let Him Take the Lead” (#17)
“Be Honest but Mysterious” (#20)
Bella is totally a Rules Girl, even if she does rush into immortality.
“Be a ‘Creature Unlike Any Other’” (#1)
“Let Him Take the Lead” (#17)
“Be Honest but Mysterious” (#20)
Bella is totally a Rules Girl, even if she does rush into immortality.
January 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It struck me around the third Twilight movie that Bella is the embodiment of the 1995 dating guide “The Rules”:
“Be a ‘Creature Unlike Any Other’” (#1)
“Let Him Take the Lead” (#17)
“Be Honest but Mysterious” (#20)
Bella is totally a Rules Girl, even if she does rush into immortality.
“Be a ‘Creature Unlike Any Other’” (#1)
“Let Him Take the Lead” (#17)
“Be Honest but Mysterious” (#20)
Bella is totally a Rules Girl, even if she does rush into immortality.
I supremed the zested oranges to have with breakfast & because I watched the Martha doc I used a big knife.
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I supremed the zested oranges to have with breakfast & because I watched the Martha doc I used a big knife.
Left on Read is located off Gallery Alley, across the street from Naftzger Park, in the 600 block of East Douglas Avenue.
November 22, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Left on Read is located off Gallery Alley, across the street from Naftzger Park, in the 600 block of East Douglas Avenue.
Can’t wait to browse more.
November 22, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Can’t wait to browse more.
Left on Read, Wichita’s newest bookstore, celebrated with a ribbon cutting this morning. The store, which largely sells books by Black authors, will have its soft opening tomorrow from noon-4 p.m. during the Black Business Tour.
November 22, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Left on Read, Wichita’s newest bookstore, celebrated with a ribbon cutting this morning. The store, which largely sells books by Black authors, will have its soft opening tomorrow from noon-4 p.m. during the Black Business Tour.
Bartleby is a master of paw placement
November 21, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Bartleby is a master of paw placement
Lunchtime reading: Finished Trishelle Jeffery’s “Best Breasts in the West,” a graphic memoir that began as a printmaking graduate thesis show at Wichita State. Recommend for fans of Alison Bechdel. Now available from Fieldmouse Press.
November 20, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Lunchtime reading: Finished Trishelle Jeffery’s “Best Breasts in the West,” a graphic memoir that began as a printmaking graduate thesis show at Wichita State. Recommend for fans of Alison Bechdel. Now available from Fieldmouse Press.
Took this photo from my passenger-side window while sitting at the light at Grove and Central in Wichita at about 4 p.m. today. Sometimes I need the crazy Kansas light to remind me how much I love living here.
November 19, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Took this photo from my passenger-side window while sitting at the light at Grove and Central in Wichita at about 4 p.m. today. Sometimes I need the crazy Kansas light to remind me how much I love living here.
I’ve been waffling about my subscriptions to NYT & WaPo, but finally decided to access these resources with my library card & divert some of the savings to local news media.
I declined the opportunity of full NYT digital access for $1/week, but WaPo got me with a $29/yr annual offer.
I declined the opportunity of full NYT digital access for $1/week, but WaPo got me with a $29/yr annual offer.
November 18, 2024 at 11:53 AM
I’ve been waffling about my subscriptions to NYT & WaPo, but finally decided to access these resources with my library card & divert some of the savings to local news media.
I declined the opportunity of full NYT digital access for $1/week, but WaPo got me with a $29/yr annual offer.
I declined the opportunity of full NYT digital access for $1/week, but WaPo got me with a $29/yr annual offer.
No doubt Stand Together grantees are doing some of this work, but its organization also includes Americans for Prosperity. Including this quote in an article like this one is one of the strongest piece of evidence that the Koch network rebrand has been a success.
November 18, 2024 at 12:54 AM
No doubt Stand Together grantees are doing some of this work, but its organization also includes Americans for Prosperity. Including this quote in an article like this one is one of the strongest piece of evidence that the Koch network rebrand has been a success.
Seeing the Guerilla Girls at the Wichita Art Museum was just what I needed this week
November 15, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Seeing the Guerilla Girls at the Wichita Art Museum was just what I needed this week