ARTS

Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is home for the Flint Hills region’s cultural achievements. Called “The Beach” by locals, this campus museum displays collections by Kansas natives such as John Steuart Curry and photography by Kansas native, Jim Richardson. Most exhibits illustrate traditional and contemporary artwork that capture the essence of Midwest life.

SNW Gallery & Custom Frames located downtown is the state’s oldest commercial gallery, featuring paintings, sculptures and jewelry by Kansas artists.

Manhattan Arts Center on Poyntz Avenue, where dramatic theater and musical productions abound, featuring local talent for spring and fall productions. You’ll soak up local art exhibits and live music at this Manhattan treasure.

McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University hosts an annual performance series featuring major performers and critically acclaimed stage productions. Landon Lectures at McCain showcase notable newsmakers and political leaders.

Week in and week out, Manhattan comes alive with music, art, and culture. At MHKmusicscene.com, you’ll find the latest “Manhappenings” in our local restaurants, speakeasies, bars, pubs, and hotel lounges.

The Hat in Aggieville is one of Manhattan’s best concert venues. Featuring several national touring acts, check out thehatksu.com for upcoming shows!

Tag yourself and your friends at any of Manhattan’s growing number of murals. From the Ruth Bader Ginsburg mural on Fourth Street to the “I Love You Little Apple” mural on Moro Street, Manhattan’s mural madness offers splashes of color and imagery to stir your imagination and connect with our community through art.

This mural started Manhattan’s mural movement by Incite MHK in 2019. Created by the Brazilian mural Bicicleta Sem Freio, the mural occupies an entire wall, overlooking the AJ’s Pizzeria patio. It is an awe-inspiring work depicting a young woman reading and writing.

At one point the tallgrass prairie was a massive ecosystem, stretching from Mexico to Canada, full of flora and fauna. As time went on, and humans developed, the land was plowed leaving the last remaining tallgrass prairie in all North America in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This mural is located south of The Chef Café on Fourth Street and was created by artist Joe Renda Jr.

Celebrating the heartbeat of our community, Carr, Kerr & Co. have captured what makes Manhattan unique with this mural. Filled with iconic experiences found only in Manhattan, complete with our trademark, The Little Apple®, this mural is guaranteed to make you smile as you enjoy Manhappiness!

Located west of The Chef Café on Fourth Street, the Kitty Castle was completed by nationally known artist Nick “Sick” Fisher in 2021. Depicting a cat playing with a ball of yarn on a huge cat toy, the Kitty Castle is one of three murals in the alley, the others including ’Sup and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A common beloved pet is suspended in a landscape that once was a flourishing seaway. As water droplets fall onto the desolate land life grows from its soil. This gesture sets off a chain reaction and reminds us that we can make positive changes through the smallest acts. Located in the alley behind 11th & Moro St. Created by artist Kate Lynn Lewis.

One night back on June 25, 2017, after a local music festival orchestrated by Mauricio Caldera, he left his mark for all of us to enjoy. And we couldn’t agree more, “I love you little apple!”

The mural is located on the Charlson Wilson building at 111 N 4th St created by Louis Copt, assisted by ITRA Icons. It features a large corner fencepost of native limestone which depicts a Flint Hills evening during a prairie burn.

Manhattan features several pieces of art throughout town. See if you can find these 25 art murals located all around town. Don’t forget, these are the perfect spots for a selfie or a group picture! Be sure to use #VisitMHK and tag Visit Manhattan, Kansas.

Anotaçóes 301 Poyntz Ave

Invasive Species 1500 Poyntz Ave

O’Malley’s Alley 1210 Moro St

Batman 300 Poyntz Ave

I Know a Place 501 Poyntz Ave Harry Wareham: Past, Present, Future 114 S. 4th St

Manhattan Arts Center 1500 Poyntz Ave

Taco Lucha 1130 Moro St Ffigurati #199 706 N. 11th St

Axe to Grind 1220 Moro St Night Fires in Post Rock Country 300 Poyntz Ave

Seasons 1500 Poyntz Ave

A & H Farm 1374 Collins Ln

Spike Inside Manhattan Brewing Co. 406 Poyntz Ave

Flight of Catharsis 1600 Poyntz Ave

RBG 117 S. 4th St Beginning from an End 117 S. 4th St

SUP 114 S. 4th St

Ophelia Inside Brother’s Coffee Co. 1437 Anderson Ave Kitty Castle 114 S. 4th St

Rally Alley 1318 W. Laramie St

She Takes Her Time Alley at 11th & Moro

Public Hall 1205 Moro St

Sunset Zoo 2333 Oak St

Admission Required Midwest Dream Car Collection 3007 Anderson Ave Manhattan Running Co. 1129 Garden Way

K-State and the city of Manhattan may be neighbors on the map, but together they are more than a location.

Together, they are a community. You’ll find it at the Beach Museum, when a photography exhibit by a Kansas artist stops you in your tracks. You’ll feel it at McCain Auditorium, when you share a laugh with 1,000 fellow audience members during a national comedy tour.

Together, they are a feeling, as many voices swell the cry, “K-S-U WILDCATS!” while cheering on one of K-State’s Division 1 athletics teams. It’s that moment an impossibly perfect sunset takes your breath away while strolling the K-State Gardens.

Together, they are home.

Come see for yourself why there’s no place like K-State and the Little Apple.

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