Play calendar

today and saturday

Emma Creek Quilt Guild “Hands All Around” Quilt Show • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Carriage Factory Gallery • 128 E. Sixth St. • Newton. Admission is $3. More than 200 quilts and quilted items will be on display. Featured are a donation drawing quilt, door prizes, opportunity table, boutique items for sale, and a tea room selling lunch and dessert items. The suggested donation for a chance to win the bed-size quilt is $1 per ticket or $5 for six. Tickets may be obtained from any guild member or at Charlotte’s Sew Natural in Newton.

today, saturday and sunday

Tallgrass Film Festival • various downtown Wichita locations, including the Orpheum Theatre • 200 N. Broadway • Suite 102 • Wichita. Presented by the Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts. For a full listing of films and times, visit www.tallgrassfilmfest.com. Tickets are available individually or purchase an All-Access Pass for $150 to attend al festival events and enjoy VIP treatment.

sunday

Newton Mid Kansas Symphony Orchestra Fall Classics Concert • 4 p.m. • Memorial Hall at Bethel College • North Newton. Tickets for the Fall Classics Concert are $12/$10 advance for adults; $6/$5 advance for students; and free for children younger than 12 accompanied by an adult.Tickets are available at Ten Thousand Villages, 625 N. Main St. in Newton, and at the door the day of the concert.

oct. 31

Newton Zombie Walk • 5 p.m. • assemble at the Newton Activity Center parking lot • Newton. Each participant (zombie) should bring at least two canned goods of non-perishable food. The walk leaves at 6 p.m., heads down Fifth Street to Oak Street, ending up at the Historic Fox Theatre in downtown Newton for free pizza and viewing of “Shaun of the Dead” movie. For more information, call 283-0391,

nov. 13, 14

“Brigadoon” • 7:30 p.m. • Goessel High School • Goessel. The musical features a pair of hunting partners, Tom and Jeff, who become lost in the highlands of Scotland. They stumble upon the town of Brigadoon, which appears only for one day every 100 years. Tickets are available beginning Monday at Goessel High School.

area attractions

Harvey County Historical Museum, 203 E. Main St., Newton. Regular hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays or by appointment. Admission: $3 adults, $2 for youth ages 5 through 17, $10 family.

The Carriage Factory Gallery, 128 E. Sixth St. • Newton. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and by appointment only Sundays. Admission: free. Call 284-2749 for information.

Kauffman Museum, 27th and North Main streets in North Newton. Regular hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission: $3 adults, $1.50 for youth ages 6 through 16 years.

1877 Meeting House, East 12th and Logan streets, Newton. Free admission. Open on request. Call 284-2222.

It is an example of Protestant wood frame Gothic construction.

The Warkentin House, 211 E. First St. Hours through Aug. 30: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays. The home, built between 1886 and 1887, is an example of the Victorian period in American architecture and furnishings.

This Victorian house offers the visitor a glimpse into the way the Warkentins lived, since 80 percent of the original furnishings remain.

Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, 200 N. Poplar, Goessel. Admission: $3 for adults and $1.50 for children ages 7 through 12. Hours through September: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays, closed Mondays and major holidays. There are eight buildings to explore. Call (620) 367-8200 for more information.