Play calendar

today through sunday

25th Annual Chisholm Trail Festival • variety of locations in Newton. Events include Newton Idol, turtle races, historical bus tours, pie-eating contest, watermelon seed spitting contest, parade, hot dog-eating contest and Christian rock concert. Cost for the festival is a $4 button for adults and $2 button for children.

saturday and sunday

Old-Fashioned Barn Dance and Holiday Activities at the Preserve • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve • two miles north of Strong City on Kansas Highway 177. From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, watch the women of the ranch prepare the noon meal for hired hands. Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, visitors will be able to ride in the historic reproduction Bain farm wagon and listen to historic characters play live music and spin yarns and wool as they talk about holiday celebration plans. From 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, join in the historic games of an egg-toss, rope jumping contest, hoop and stick, tug-of-war and bucket brigade. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/tapr or call the preserve at (620) 273-8494.

july 9

Mark Erelli in concert • 7 to 9 p.m. • Ulrich Museum of Art • Wichita State University • 1845 Fairmount St. • Wichita. This is part of the Art for Your Ears Summer Music Series. Admission is free.

july 10

Keith Urban and Jason Aldean in concert • 7:30 p.m. • Kansas Coliseum • Park City. Tickets are $61, $51 and $20. Additional fees may apply.

aug. 14

Brenda Lee performing • 8 p.m. • The Orpheum • 200 N. Broadway Suite 102 • Wichita.

aug. 21

Earth, Wind and Fire, and Chicago in concert • 7:30 p.m. • Hartman Arena • 77th Street and Interstate 135 • Park City. Tickets are available at www.stage1tickets.com, at the box office and Park City Leeker’s.

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.