Manhattan Broadcasting Company

McCain Performance Series-Chicago The Musical
2022-10-31 00:30 - 03:00 (America/Chicago)
After 25 years, CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one show stopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.
No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy®, and thousands of standing ovations. As we celebrate our 25th anniversary — you’ve got to come see why the name on everyone’s lips is still…CHICAGO.
Some material may not be suitable for children under 13.
Tickets: https://mccain.k-state.edu/tickets/.

McCain Performance Series-Susan Werner
2022-11-05 00:30 - 03:00
After writing 12 albums of songs in styles ranging from folk/rock to Tin Pan Alley to gospel, country and chamber music, what might a woman deemed by National Public Radio as “The Empress of the Unexpected” try next? And as audiences will testify, Werner’s been knocking it out of the park – or concert hall – all around the U.S. for over 20 years. Renowned as a crafty songwriter and charismatic performer, her songs have been recorded by Tom Jones and Michael Feinstein, Broadway stars Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole, and countless other individuals and ensembles.
Tickets: https://mccain.k-state.edu/tickets/.

42nd Annual Buttons and Bows
2022-11-12 14:30 - 21:30
Over 100 vendors from Manhattan and surrounding towns selling handcrafted/homemade goods. At least 34 of those 100+ vendors are new to the event! Coming from Grain Valley, MO, Wichita, Overland Park, many surrounding towns. Admission is $2 cash for 5 yrs and older and that also gets you an entry for the quilt raffle donated by a MCS family. (Dana Roy) So stop and write your name and number down on the quilt raffle table. Our Bake sale is always a hit and will have lots of goodies supplied by MCS parents. (no food trucks this year). We will also have a NEW “Vendor Showcase” raffle with an entry of $1 (or 6 for $5). These were donated goods from our generous vendors to help our schools fundraising needs!
This event is always so much fun for the community and we are hearing a lot of excitement that it’s back at the armory this year!
This is the PTO’s largest fundraiser. Here are some items purchased from Buttons‘n Bows sales:

Islamic Center of Manhattan Open House
2022-11-12 16:00 - 21:00
The Center is hosting an Open House this Saturday from 10am-3pm. Feel free to stop by to learn more!

Young Trustees 5th Annual Chili Cook-off
2022-11-12 17:00 - 2022-11-13 03:00
We’re back in the parking lot at Rockin K’s! 1880 Kimball Avenue. Come try over 25 different chili recipes/samples while watching the away Kansas State @ Baylor game on a 15 ft. jumbotron outside of Rockin K’s. All proceeds and prize money are donated to non-profits in the Manhattan area. In 2021, over $17,000 was given away to over 30 different non-profit organizations. There is something for every age, so grab your family or friends and head down for some fun!
ALL CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND DO NOT REQUIRE A TICKET TO THE EVENT. CHILDREN ALSO GET A FREE MEAL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

Randolph Lions Soup Supper
2022-11-12 23:00 - 2022-11-13 01:00
Come out this Saturday for a selection of tasty soups to warm your belly! The Randolph Lions Soup Supper from 5pm-7pm to benefit scholarships and community activities.

Thanksgiving Community Dinner
2022-11-24 21:30 - 23:30
The IDDPMI Casa de Dios Church in Junction City is hosting a free Thanksgiving Dinner for members of the community. The dinner will be held on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, from 3:30-5:30pm. Hispanic and traditional dishes will be served, both dine-in and carry-out. The event is free to all. The church is located at 424 N Jefferson Street in Junction City.

McCain Performance Series-Cirque Dreams Holidaze
2022-11-29 01:30 - 04:00
CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE dazzles with a brilliant and whimsical family holiday spectacular. This annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an infusion of contemporary circus arts. As lights dim and the music swells, audiences will have visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads as a fantastical cast of holiday storybook characters come to life. Broadway World exclaims, “Lose yourself for 90 minutes and go back to those wonderful dreams you had as a kid.”
Featuring an ensemble of aerial circus acts, sleight-of-hand jugglers, fun-loving skippers, breath-catching acrobatics, and much more, the Dayton Daily News proclaims, “A new set of eyes should be added to my Christmas list…there’s no way the stunts I witnessed onstage actually happened as most of them aren’t humanly possible.”
Imaginative and fun for the whole family, CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE features a world-renowned cast of performers accompanied by an original music score including new twists on seasonal favorites such as “Deck the Halls,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. Singers, dancers, penguins, toy soldiers, and reindeer invoke the dreams behind a child’s eye on the most magical of nights. Amidst a backdrop of new sets, scenery, and storylines, this family-friendly production is sure to put a twinkle in your eye!
Tickets: https://mccain.k-state.edu/tickets/.

JC Little Theater-“1940’s Christmas Carol”
2022-12-02 01:30 - 04:00, 2022-12-03 01:30 - 04:00, 2022-12-04 01:30 - 04:00, 2022-12-04 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets: https://www.jcoperahouse.org/.

A Christmas Story – Columbian Theatre
2022-12-04 01:30 - 04:00, 2022-12-04 20:00 - 22:30, 2022-12-10 01:30 - 04:00, 2022-12-11 01:30 - 04:00, 2022-12-11 20:00 - 22:30
Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are brought to our stage. It was written for the stage by area resident and popular playwright, Philip Grecian. Brent Sigman is the director for this production.
Get your tickets now for this holiday classic!
Tickets: https://www.columbiantheatre.com/shows/detail/a-christmas-story.

McCain Performance Series-Flint Hills Children’s Choir Holiday Special
2022-12-12 01:00 - 03:30
Enjoy a festive evening with the Konza and Bluestem Choirs, with special guests from Bates Dance Studio and Little Apple Aerials. The evening will also feature Manhattan area string players and Grammy-winning vocal soloist Dr. Bryan Pinkall, Associate Professor of Music at Kansas State University.
The mission of the Flint Hills Children’s Choir is to provide excellence in choral music instruction and performance for children and to provide enrichment in the arts for Manhattan and surrounding communities. Based in Manhattan, Kansas, the Flint Hills Children’s Choir was founded in 2015 by long-time colleagues and friends, Janie Brokenicky and Janet Armstead. The first choir, comprised of 28 5th-9th grade singers, quickly expanded to two treble-voiced choirs (Bluestem and Konza) spanning grades 3-10. Students in the Choir currently represent the communities of Clay Center, Manhattan, Olsburg, Riley, St. George, Wamego, and Westmoreland. The choir has performed in notable venues such as Carnegie Hall and The Kauffman Center and has appeared with the Wichita Grand Opera, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Six Flags Choral
Music Festival, and traveled to Scotland in the summer of 2022.
Tickets: https://mccain.k-state.edu/tickets/.

McCain Performance Series-Larry McCray
2023-01-20 01:30 - 04:00
Over the past three decades of nonstop touring and recording, Larry has played and shared the stage with such blues and rock greats as BB King, Buddy Guy, Albert King, John Mayall, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Jonny Lang, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Albert Collins, and Joe Bonamassa. No stranger to the deep and endless world of the jam band universe either, Larry is beloved by and has performed with many of the greats in that world, including touring with The Allman Brothers Band, Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule, Phil Lesh, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, and countless others.
Tickets: https://mccain.k-state.edu/tickets/.

McCain Performance Series-Classic Albums Live performs Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
2023-01-27 01:30 - 04:00
Founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, Classic Albums Live takes the greatest albums and recreates them live on stage – note for note, cut for cut, using the best musicians. “Think of it as a recital,” says Martin, “these albums are historic and stand the test of time.” Forgoing costumes and impersonations, Classic Albums Live has found success in concentrating solely on the music. “We don’t dress up or wear any sort of costume. We just stand there and play. All of our energy is put into the music. We want the performance to sound exactly like the album,” says Martin. With 100+ shows a year across North America, Classic Albums Live has seen massive success in performing arts centers and theatres. “We created something that endures and connects. These albums are sacred to people. We deliver exactly what we promote – ‘note for note, cut for cut’ accuracy.
Tickets: https://mccain.k-state.edu/tickets/.

McCain Performance Series-Storm Large
2023-02-06 01:30 - 04:00
Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows her around the world.
Storm made her debut as guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011, singing four sold-out concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Recent engagements include debuts with the Philly Pops, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Symphony, as well as return engagements with the Houston, Detroit, Toronto, and BBC Symphonies; the New York Pops; and the Louisville Orchestra, with whom she recorded the 2017 album All In. In the fall of 2014, Storm & Le Bonheur released a record designed to capture their sublime and subversive interpretations of the American Songbook. Entitled simply Le Bonheur, the recording is a collection of tortured and titillating love songs: beautiful, familiar, yet twisted … much like the lady herself.
Some material may not be suitable for children under 17.

Tickets: https://ksumccain.universitytickets.com/.

McCain Performance Series-Dragons and Mythical Beasts
2023-02-08 01:00 - 03:30
Calling all brave heroes! Enter into a magical world of myths and legends in this fantastical new interactive show for all the family.
Unveil a myriad of dark secrets and come face to face with some of the most magnificent monsters and terrifying beasts ever to walk the earth. Discover the colossal Stone Troll, the mysterious Indrik and Japanese Baku; the Tooth Fairy (not as sweet as you’d think), an adorable Unicorn and majestic Griffin. Take your place among legendary heroes, just don’t wake the Dragon…
From the creators of the West End smash hit Dinosaur World Live, who bring spectacular puppets to life, don’t miss this brand new spell-binding adventure,
live on stage!

Tickets: https://ksumccain.universitytickets.com/.

McCain Performance Series-Actors from the London Stage: Romeo and Juliet
2023-02-12 01:30 - 04:00
The passion of youthful love is never more vivid than in Romeo and Juliet, arguably Shakespeare’s most beloved and well-known work. Alternating between laugh-out-loud comedy, exuberant romance, and wrenching tragedy, Romeo and Juliet features Shakespeare’s greatest romantic pairing: a starcrossed duo whose passion careens into disaster.Populated with immortal characters, high drama, and Shakespeare’s most famed passages, Romeo and Juliet is as powerful as ever. The feud between two dynastic families is put to the ultimate test when Romeo, of the Montague family, and Juliet, of the Capulets, fall deeply into love. Prevented from marrying by their warring families yet unable to turn away from each other, the lovers embark on a dangerous plan to secretly wed, leading to unexpected yet devastating consequences.
Founded in 1975, Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) is one of the oldest touring Shakespeare theatre companies in the world. Housed and workshopped in the UK and based in the United States at Shakespeare at Notre Dame, this intensive residency program is truly one of a kind. The company presents residencies at approximately 16-18 universities per year. These one-week visits present students and faculty with an opportunity to experience a cross-disciplinary, in-depth, and dynamic set of workshops, further enhanced by performances of one of Shakespeare’s great masterpieces.
Tickets: https://ksumccain.universitytickets.com/.

McCain Performance Series-Lucy Loves Desi: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Sitcom
2023-02-14 01:30 - 04:00
Lucy Loves Desi: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom is the hilarious and true story behind one of America’s most beloved TV comedies. Lucille Ball paved the way for many of today’s top comediennes, while forcing Hollywood to begin dealing with the rising power and influence of women artists both on-screen and behind the scenes. Her iconic series, I Love Lucy, remains one of the most groundbreaking and influential shows in television history. Playwright Gregg Oppenheimer — son of I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer — spins this witty, fast-paced tale of Lucy and Desi’s battles with CBS over the pioneering ideas that changed the face of television forever.
Tickets: https://ksumccain.universitytickets.com/.

Rock The Plains
2025-08-08 - 2025-08-10
Live music returns to Tuttle Creek State Park!
Two incredible days of Country, Americana, and Red Dirt music are coming to Manhattan with Rock The Plains. The lineup includes Casey Donahew, The Randy Rogers Band, The Josh Abbott Band, Aaron Watson, Jenna Paulette, Pat Green, Kat Hasty, Adam Hood, Curtis Grimes, and lots more. The festival is scheduled for August 8th & 9th, with gate opening both days at 2pm. Vendors, a Food Court, and a whole lot more.
General admission tickets are available along with a VIP upgrade option which includes prime seating right by the stage, a special entrance and restrooms, and your parking is included. Plus, artists will be stopping by to visit.
Be sure to listen to B1047 for your chance to win tickets…and log on to https://b1047.com/ and register to win!

St Thomas More Garage Sale
2025-08-15 12:00 - 20:00
The St Thomas More Garage Sale is Friday August 15th from noon to 8 pm and Saturday August 16 from 8 am to noon. Donations are accepted 8 am to 8 pm Tuesday August 12, Wednesday August13 and Thursday August 14th. It is sponsored by the KofC Council 8488 and the St Thomas More Ladies.
Funds raised support the Knights of Columbus and St Thomas More Ladies programs. Payment is by cash or Credit Card. Items in unserviceable or poor condition will not be accepted.
For information contact Pete Sandoval at cpsandman@ gmail.com. Or Linda Wertzberger at lindawertz@cox.net.

Free Square Dance
2025-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Houston Street Ballroom, 427 Houston St, Manhattan, Kansas
There will be a Free Square Dance held at the Mosaic Church, located in the Houston Street Ballroom at 427 Houston St in Manhattan on August 28th at 7pm. All ages are welcome! Guest caller will be Dana Schirmer. Bring a snack to share! Sponsored by the Lone Wranglers Square Dance Club.

McCain Concert Series-Ben Folds w/Lindsey Kraft
2025-09-09 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, a holiday album, and numerous collaborative records.
He currently tours as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras.
A New York Times Best Selling author, Ben also composes new music for film, TV and theatre.
In 2022, he launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys For Kids,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically-disadvantaged households. He also advocates for improving public policies for the arts and arts education on the national level as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund.
Special Guest: Lindsey Kraft, a multi-faceted artist: actress, singer and composer.

3rd Annual Slug Run
2025-09-13 10:30 - 12:00
Gamma Omicron of Episilon Sigma Alpha is hosting a “slug” run to benefit the kids of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Saturday September 13th starting at 10:30am. The run is a .5 K…or less than 1000 steps. There will donuts from Hy-vee (for carb loading), Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Old Chicago pizza at the halfway point, and a nice cool drink at the finish line! Free face painting will also be available. Registration is just $25 and you can sign up at https://register.chronotrack.com/r/86928.
The event will be held at the St Thomas More parking lot at 2900 Kimball Avenue

McCain Performance Series-Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
2025-09-18 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Mississippi, Marty Stuart got his start in bluegrass legend Lester Flatts’ band at the tender age of 13, and by 21, he was recording and touring with Johnny Cash. Across 40-plus years as a solo artist, he has released more than 20 major label albums, scoring platinum sales, hit singles, and a host of honors including five Grammy wins and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Known for their honky-tonk and rockabilly edge, Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives– guitarist Kenny Vaughan, drummer Harry Stinson and bassist Chris Scruggs — are Musicians Hall of Fame inductees.
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives are offering a limited exclusive VIP event open to any ticket holder of this show. This event requires a separate ticket purchase and is available as an add-on event on the ticket order form. The cost of this event is $150 plus sales tax and applicable fees. This event does not include a seat to the show. The “Country Star” VIP package includes: admission to a private pre-show event featuring a two-song performance by Marty and the Superlatives, along with question and answer storytelling session with Marty and the band, one VIP laminate and lanyard, one special edition poster, and crowd-free merchandise shopping.
