Randolph Community Church Fall Supper
2025-10-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Randolph Community Church, 105 E Garrison St, Randolph, Kansas

Randolph Lions Club Soup Supper
2025-11-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Randolph VFW, 110 W Randolph St, Randolph, KS
Everyone is welcome at the Soup Supper to benefit the Randolph Lions Club. A variety of soups, desserts, and relishes will be served, and a free will donation will be accepted. The proceeds will benefit Blue Valley scholarships and various community service projects.

45th Annual Buttons And Bows
2025-11-09 08:30 - 15:30 | National Guard Armory, 721 Levee Dr, Manhattan
It’s a Manhattan Holiday Tradition!
Over 100 vendors from Manhattan, surrounding towns, & neighboring states that sell handcrafted/homemade goods will be set up.
Admission is $2 cash or by visiting the Facebook event to pre-purchase tickets. Admission also gives you a chance at one of 2 quilts made, and donated, by MCS grandparents. Stop and write your name and number down at the quilt raffle table and consider purchasing extra chances for these beautiful handmade pieces.
Our Bake Sale is always a hit; supplied by MCS parents & our local parish women’s groups. Pies, cookies, cupcakes, breads, & more will be found at the sale.
Food trucks this year are The Outpouring coffee truck, Conchis Cuisine, Big Dave’s Smoked Turkey Legs, & Ma & Pa’s Kettle Corn. Come hungry!
This event is always so much fun for the community!
This is the largest fundraiser for Manhattan Catholic Schools PTO. Here are some items purchased from Buttons ‘n Bows sales:

School and Classroom Improvements
Student Activities
Family and Community Events
Teacher Appreciation
Computer Software

McCain Performance Series-Straight No Chaser Holiday Road
2025-11-09 19:30 - 21:30
If the phrase “male a cappella group” conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses… think again. Straight No Chaser (SNC) are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch. They have emerged as a phenomenon with a massive fanbase and a long list of accomplishments including 2 RIAA Gold Certified albums, over 1.5 million concert tickets sold, over 1 billion streams on Pandora, and over 2 million albums sold worldwide. Straight No Chaser is the real deal, the captivating sound of nine unadulterated human voices coming together to make extraordinary music that is moving people in a fundamental sense… and with a sense of humor.

McCain Performance Series-Soweto Gospel Choir "Peace"
2025-11-14 19:30 - 21:30
With their concert entitled “PEACE,” the multi-Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR return to North America to perform a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some classics. The inspirational concert will also feature the spirited music of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen and more!

McCain Performance Series-The Barricade Boys
2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:30
The Barricade Boys Broadway Party! Get ready to have your socks knocked off and your heart racing with The Barricade Boys! Direct from London, these four dazzling performers are taking the world by storm with their electrifying show that will have you tapping your feet, belting out your favorite tunes, and grinning from ear to ear. From the heart-wrenching emotion of Les Misérables to the toe-tapping harmonies of the Jersey Boys, The Barricade Boys will take you on a musical journey like no other. Throw in a mix of the greatest pop, rock, swing, and Motown hits of all time, and The Barricade Boys create the ultimate Broadway party musical mashup!
But it’s not just about the music — these four superstar performers will also share hilarious and inspiring stories from their time on stage touring the world and also in some of the biggest shows in London’s West End, including Wicked, Billy Elliot, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Techincolor Dreamcoat and more. So get ready for a night you’ll never forget, filled with jaw-dropping vocals, sensational dance moves, and more fun than you can shake a stick at. Don’t wait — grab your tickets now and get ready for the ultimate ‘Broadway Party’ with The Barricade Boys!

McCain Performance Series-Celtic Women:Christmas Story Tour 2025
2025-12-05 19:30 - 21:30
Celebrate the holiday season with the celestial voices of Grammy-nominated multi-platinum Irish singing sensation Celtic Woman.
This is a wonderful opportunity to hear Celtic Woman’s angelic harmonies with the thrilling live sound of a full symphony orchestra in an intimate concert setting.The show features the all-female ensemble’s favourite Yuletide songs: O Holy Night, Little Drummer Boy, Carol of the Bells & more, along with Celtic Woman classics and some Irish tunes with a Christmas twist.

“This performance will enthral audiences of all ages” – The Washington Post
“All in all, Celtic Woman with the NSO provided a fun and terrific evening of music and sent the audience out in the right frame of mind to enjoy the holidays.” – Broadway World

So, take your seat, and prepare for an enchanting evening filled with holiday cheer.
Celtic Woman is the most successful all-female group in Irish history, with a legacy of 12 Billboard number ones, 10 million album sales & over 3 billion online streams to date. In 2024, Celtic Woman celebrated an incredible 20 years.

McCain Performance Series-A Christmas Story: The Musical
2025-12-10 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award- winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” and the Academy Award- winning film “La La Land,” “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage!
Following a successful Broadway run garnering three 2013 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Joseph Robinette) and Best Original Score (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), along with six Drama Desk nominations, and two Outer Critics Circle nominations, “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” returns as a National Tour for yet another year!
Based on the perennial holiday movie favorite, “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” chronicles young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle (“You’ll shoot your eye out kid!”). An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish.

Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast
2026-01-10 08:00 - 10:00 | Randolph VFW, 110 W Randolph St, Randolph, KS
The Lions Club will be hosting a biscuits & gravy breakfast to benefit the BVHS scholarship program along with local community service projects. There will be a free will offering accepted.

McCain Performance Series-Hadestown
2026-01-15 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show, from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today…and always. HADESTOWN intertwines two mythic tales—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers and singers, HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

McCain Performance Series-The Choir of Man
2026-01-18 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
THE RUNAWAY INTERNATIONAL HIT IS COMING TO MANHATTAN! Known across the globe as “the ultimate-feel good show,” THE CHOIR OF MAN offers up 80 minutes of indisputable joy for all ages! It’s a party. It’s a concert. It’s the best pub “lock-in” you’ve ever been to. Featuring pop, classic rock, folk, Broadway and pub tunes, THE CHOIR OF MAN has something for everyone. A multi-talented cast of nine talented guys combines hair-raising harmonies, foot-stomping singalongs, world-class tap dance and poetic meditations on the power of community in this riotously enjoyable homage to that gathering place we all love so much: your local pub. With a real working bar on stage, come ready to drink in the action. Cheers!

McCain Performance Series-Classic Albums Live Performance Fleetwood Mac
2026-01-30 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
Do you remember listening to an entire album? The thrill of dropping the needle on the greatest music ever recorded? Classic Albums Live does. Classic Albums Live takes the greatest classic rock albums and recreates them live on stage — note for note, cut for cut. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours: The very first track of the album lets you know that heartache awaits. It’s not easy to fall apart, then sing about it, then have 25 million people buy it. It was therapy and it paid great. Classic Albums Live (CAL): This is a tough album for us to perform. The vocals are tricky. There’s nuance and layering and thunder and the guitars are orchestral. Plus, the vibe of the album — the feel – that’s hard to recreate. I wanted the band to move into an apartment together to prepare for this album, but that didn’t fly. So, we rehearsed our asses off and we got it. What’s cool about this record is that everyone knows all the words — even the ushers at the shows. So, when CAL hits the stage and plays this masterpiece, it is joyous. We love you when we’re playing.

Kansas Day Celebration-POSTPONED UNTIL JAN 31
2026-01-31 10:00 - 14:00 | Flint Hills Discovery Center
Celebrate the sunflower state as you participate in activities, stories, and educational opportunities. The Flint Hills Discovery Center is hosting their annual Kansas Day celebration. There will be Live animal ambassador encounters, state symbols coloring pages, Kansas stories, and you can even test your knowledge of our Sunflower State with a Kansas trivia contest. All activities are included with your regular Discovery Center admission.

NOTE: This event has been rescheduled from January 24 due to the potential for severe winter weather.

McCain Performance Series-Hedy! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr
2026-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr is a solo play celebrating Hedy Lamarr, the 1930s-1950s Hollywood star dubbed The Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Beyond her glamour, Lamarr was a brilliant inventor who, using knowledge from her marriage to an Austrian arms dealer, co-invented The Secret Communication System with George Antheil during WWII to improve torpedo accuracy. This Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology now powers cell phones, WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth.
Written and performed by Heather Massie, who portrays 36 characters, the play blends art and science, reflecting Massie’s astrophysics and theater background. Premiering Off-Broadway in 2016, it has toured globally, earning 31 awards and inspiring audiences, especially young women, to pursue science and technology. The play honors Lamarr as a role model for intelligence and innovation.

McCain Performance Series-Drum Tao
2026-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
DRUM TAO has captivated over 9 million global spectators with their extraordinary performances, blending powerful Wadaiko drums with the enchanting melodies of Japanese flutes and harps. This “Japanese Entertainment” redefines expectations for a new generation. Their acclaimed production, “MANGEKYO,” launched in Tokyo in 2017, became a hit among international tourists and has run in their exclusive theater from April 2019, coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics. In 2018, they performed at the “Japonism 2018” opening in Paris and alongside the Bolshoi Ballet for “Japan Year in Russia” in Moscow. Honored with awards like the “Outstanding Cultural Contribution” from Oita Prefecture, “Culture Creators Award” from Taketa City, and prestigious Japanese government accolades, DRUM TAO continues to shine on the world stage.

McCain Performance Series-Red Hot Chilli Pipers
2026-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and show so hot, it carries its own health warning! It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.
It’s The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS — (NOT the Peppers!) — a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers — who have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless. The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.
Since they walked away with the top prize on the primetime TV talent show, “When Will I Be Famous” in the U.K. in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven’t stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes! Formed in 2002, The Chillis have fast become a global phenomenon, taking their signature ‘Bagrock’ sound to the masses with their unique fusion of rocked up Bagpipes and clever covers of popular songs from all genres. Their trademarked sound is a unique fusion of traditional pipe tunes — like “The Flowers of Scotland”, “The Hills of Argyll”, and “Amazing Grace” (done Chilli- style, of course!) — and contemporary anthems like Queen’s “We Will Rock You”, “Clocks” by Coldplay, “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol, “Let Me Entertain You” by Robbie Williams, and a fantastic rock medley of “Deep Purple”, “Smoke on the Water”, and AC/ DC’s “Thunderstruck”.

McCain Performance Series-Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
2026-03-28 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company was born in 1982 out of an 11-year collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane (1948–1988). During this time, they redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of American dance. The repertory of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is widely varied in its subject matter, visual imagery and stylistic approach to movement, voice and stagecraft and includes musically-driven works as well as works using a variety of texts. The company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent and is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance-theater world.
The company excels in community outreach and education, collaborating with U.S. university dance programs to reconstruct notable works for students. It offers intensive workshops for dancers and hosts discussion events to engage with ideas. The company will perform two classic pieces: “Continuous Replay,” originally choreographed by Zane in 1977 as “Hand Dance” and revised by Jones in 1991, featuring Kansas State University Dance Program students, and “D-Man in the Waters,” a vibrant Bill T. Jones work from 1989, closing the evening.

McCain Performance Series-Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
2026-04-19 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, that’s the one founded by George Hinchliffe and Kitty Lux, has already enjoyed touring in the United States many times. For those who have not yet encountered it, the essential point is that it is an original musical ensemble featuring only ukuleles of various sizes and registers, accompanied by just the natural voices of the performers.
Harsher critics have stated the opinion that the Ukulele Orchestra formed their repertoire based on any music considered inappropriate for the instrument, with a “shopping trolley dash through genres” and musical history. In Europe and America the Orchestra is best known for playing versions of famous rock songs and film themes, sometimes changing these so that the expectations of the audience are subverted. Sometimes a rock song will be changed into a jazz idiom, or sometimes several songs which are known from different genres are combined in one “soup of contrasts.”
The founding brief for the group was to have fun and “not to lose money.” Incredibly, throughout its thirty year career, the group has succeeded in both not losing money AND incidentally making millions of dollars. It has been seen worldwide by audiences including members of the British Royal Family and other crowned heads of Europe, at the Houses of Parliament in London, and by many millions of television and online viewers.

McCain Performance Series-360 ALLSTARS
2026-05-03 19:30 - 21:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
A non-stop energy packed urban circus complete with dancing, beat boxing, acrobatics, BMX biking and more, 360 ALL-STARS is a spectacular fusion of the extraordinary artistry that emerges from street culture. A phenomenal physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. Add to this a stunning live soundtrack delivered by award winning musicians, coupled with spectacular video projections, 360 ALLSTARS is as aurally exciting as it is visually astounding. A magnificent, colourful and astonishing expression of a generation that has reinvented the circus, 360 ALLSTARS is a revolutionary production that will leave you dizzy with excitement!

McCain Performance Series-Luca Stricagnoli
2026-05-14 18:30 - 19:30 | McCain Auditorium, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS
Luca Stricagnoli, a globally acclaimed acoustic guitarist, captivates audiences with music videos surpassing 100 million views. Using up to five guitars, modified capos, and innovative techniques, including his viral triple neck guitar, he delivers awe-inspiring performances. His dynamic stage presence and entertaining energy make every show unforgettable.
Luca’s concerts feature diverse, thrilling guitar performances — playing one to three-neck guitars, using feet or a kitchen knife, and blending rock, pop, soundtracks, and originals. With surprises, humor, and anecdotes, the show is engaging, never repetitive, and leaves audiences amazed.
This show will take place in The Loft (McCain Auditorium Lobby Floor 2).
