Senior Wednesdays

Senior's Choice
Submit your suggestion for August's topic at the July session. Any requests about works and artists in Wichita Art Museum's collection are welcome. Director of Education Andrea Keppers will present an informative talk on the most popular suggestion.
Doors open at 10:00 a.m., program begins at 10:30 a.m.
Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd.
(316) 268-4921
$2 admission

Dams in Kansas with Kimberly Feldkamp
Learn about the dams on the rivers and lakes in Kansas.
1:30 p.m.
WATER Center, 101 E. Pawnee, in Herman Hill Park
(316) 337-9262
Free

Unbearable
We will have a great time learning about the bears of the world and of Sedgwick County Zoo!
10:00 a.m.
Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd.
(316) 266-8213
$4 programming fee

A (Brief!) History of Kansas on Screen
From movies ("The Wizard of Oz," "Gone with the Wind") to TV ("The Shield," "Survivor"), Kansas and Kansans have a long and varied history on the big and small screen.
1:30 p.m.
Wichita Public Library - Central Library, 223 S. Main St.
(316) 261-8500
Free

To be announced
Call for more information.
10:00 a.m.
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St.
(316) 978-3664
Free

Segregated Skies
The Kansas African American Museum's June program on the Tuskegee Airmen has been moved to July. Join us as we learn about these dedicated, determined young men who enlisted to become America's first black military airmen, at a time when there were many people who thought that black men lacked intelligence, skill, courage and patriotism.
1:30 p.m.
The Kansas African American Museum, 601 N. Water St.
(316) 262-7651
Free

8 Wonders of Kansas
An illustrated lecture and book-signing by author Marci Penner of the Kansas Sampler Foundation.
10:00 a.m.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main St.
(316) 265-9314
$2 programming fee

Club Mexico
Go behind the scenes of this famous forensic anthropological puzzle of human identification.
1:30 p.m.
Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd.
(316) 660-0600
$4 programming fee plus tax; admission to "CSI: The Experience" is an additional $5.50

Birds of Ecuador
Travel to Latin America with Bob Gress, Director of the Great Plains Nature Center, to learn about the colorful and fascinating bird fauna of Ecuador. Bob will also discuss the new book "Birds of Kansas," of which he is co-author.
10:00 a.m.
Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E. 29th St. N.
(316) 683-5499
Free

What Do You Mean By That?
Many of our colloquialisms come from the Victorian age. Come hear the phrases you say and the meaning behind them.
1:30 p.m.
Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 Museum Blvd.
(316) 350-3321
$2 programming fee