Emily Christensen

She was flattened by cognitive dissonance _______

I’ve begun observing a new tradition: rewatching “Heated Rivalry” every time I’m sick

I love this! We are hosting a New Year's Day gathering, the first of many in 2026, I hope. The pandemic + a falling-apart bathroom (renovated in early autumn of this year) both got us out of the habit.

I think I got a “wow” that may have been sincere

Me: Yes, [to answer your question] it is actually ***69*** songs. It was three whole CDs!

Them: 🤨

Have introduced two 20-somethings to The Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs” over the past week bc it’s important to educate the youth

Thus concludes my World Series commentary.

Obligatory note that Joe Carter is a Wichita State alum.

Finally looked into who Dax Shepard is. Crosby Braverman?! Huh.

Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

"Trump, who issued an executive order dictating new federal buildings be designed in classical and traditional styles."

Not surprised but I somehow completely missed this order signed on Aug. 28: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

How Trump’s ballroom will dwarf the White House Trump’s new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom would be almost as large as the rest of the complex.

Reading this & thinking about Bill Clinton's Lincoln Bedroom scandal, which now seems almost painfully quaint wapo.st/3WjyJv8

Maybe but it feels like a good sign that they took action instead of dismissing the story as "fake news."

Often I feel like I’m doing pretty well & then I consider how much tension I’m holding in my jaw

I always experience a bit of cognitive dissonance when I run across the work of this particular commentator because he has such a common Mennonite surname.

Recently a family member sarcastically referred to me as a "Zen master," which is hilarious if you have any sense of how anxious I am ... BUT I did let the driver of a car in front of me space out at a green light today for five seconds without honking

Thus concludes my dharma talk 💁‍♀️

Wichita Public Library to mark Banned Books Week with series of events Banned Books Week began in 1982 in response to the number of books being challenged in libraries and schools.

“I want [people] to walk away with an understanding of the kinds of books that are being banned and why that's just totally antithetical to democratic values and first amendment rights,” Steven Kelly, Adult Literacies Mgr, Wichita Public Library.

#BannedBooksWeek

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Same — and it seems like that experience is universal. Even the AbEx authority who curated the exhibition had not heard of 2-3 of the artists before embarking on the book project that led to the show.

Our editorial assistant and I worked for a couple hours yesterday sitting opposite the giant Helen Frankenthaler in the back gallery :)

It’s a lovely and rather overwhelming show — I’m trying to spend time with it as much as possible.

The U.S. Open has broken my heart a couple times already but OMG VENUS WILLIAMS 🥰🥹🥰🥺🥰🥹

What's the German word for the mixture of relief and joy you feel when closing all the browser tabs related to the research you were doing for the overdue freelance assignment you finally filed

Truly where would I be without the people who remind me I don't have to do everything

Editors: How do you explain the editor-writer relationship to folks new to the process? I'm exploring how to circumvent at least some of the defensiveness of writers who have never been edited before

Blue etterforms, gold crowns, and green hearts are superimposed on a pink and black background in Angelica Fuentes' "Crazy Love."

White squiggles crowd a bright pink color field, dotted with dustings of gold and blue in Savannah Gayle's "Abstract is Hard."

Lynette Basford's yarn sculpture Circling Around is composed of five circles made with stiffened off-white yarn that form an ethereal-looking cluster.

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."

Report from the Red Barn Studio Museum artist-in-residence program in Lindsborg, Kansas Kansas artist-in-residence programs offer creators the opportunity to spend quality time with their craft.

Our latest post is by Genevieve Waller, our visual arts editor & an incredible writer, editor, artist & friend.

She recently completed a residency in Lindsborg where she added to a body of work about prominent queer people from Kansas. www.shoutwichita.com/red-barn-stu...

Sometimes when I need s little boost I scroll back through the posts on our site and marvel at the work of our editors & contributors.

Next Up in NonDē News: Help Build a New Path for Indie Film — The Popcorn List: Pop Up Series Launches This Fall The Popcorn List: Pop Up Series is Coming to A Screen Near You

We just launched The Popcorn List: Pop Up Series and you can help us fuel this community-driven cinema project!! Coming to a screen near you. 🍿🍿🍿

I was so relieved to hear this! 🥳

I was impressed by the ambition of this exhibition, which reminded me of a show of/inspired by paño art that I saw at the Museum of Mexican Art this spring — and also of the work of Justin Favela, whose cartonería will soon be on view at Wichita State’s Ulrich Museum

This is how we do it: Giana Martinez's 'Chicana Diaries' With "sharp edges, cutesy excess, and unflinching sincerity," a Wichita tattoo artist brings a slice of East L.A. to Harvester Arts. The exhibition is on view through July 25.

@jeromiahtaylor.bsky.social came in clutch on this review of an exhibition on view for less than two weeks. A closing reception will take place 6-8 p.m. tomorrow at Harvester Arts. www.shoutwichita.com/giana-martin...

@kmuw.bsky.social (Wichita) met their goal of making up for the shortfall today ✅🥳

They have become a critical part of the media landscape here, so this is a huge relief.