City of Pittsburg

SEK Humane Society 47th Annual Chili Dinner
2024-02-11 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Please join us for our 47th Annual Chili Dinner on Super Bowl Sunday from 11:00AM – 3:00 pm on Sunday, February 11th.

NEW EVENT ACTIVITY: BINGO BASH!
Starting at 1PM, we will have 10 rounds of bingo for the public to participate in to win prizes! Bingo is open to all ages, $10 for 10 rounds, participants may purchase additional bingo cards if they wish for an additional $1 per card.

Indoor dining has returned as well as our live entertainment acts during the event. In preparation, we have already gotten ahold of 350 lbs of meat to make over 500 lbs of homemade chili from scratch!

We will have ONE drive-thru lane that will be accepting cash, check, or card where drivers will pay on-site. Just head on over to the Memorial Auditorium and approach from the North side of Pine (we will have posted signage for the drive-thru lane).

Paper production ranks 3rd for the most energy & greenhouse-intensive in the manufacturing industry. To help combat this, THERE ARE NO TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT!! It’s first come, first serve.
**There is a chance that we sell out early like in previous years so make sure to show up early and keep an eye on our Facebook page as we’ll be updating the public on the amount of chili available throughout the day**

We are offering a $8.00 dinner meal that includes a bowl of chili, dessert, crackers, and drink. We are also offering our famous quarts of chili as well for $15, the perfect item to bring back to your Superbowl Party!

As always, 100% of the proceeds from this event will go towards the animals at the SEK Humane Society to help purchase medications, vaccines, special dog training sessions, pet toys, treats, and so much more.

This event is our largest fundraiser each year and this could not happen without our 50+volunteers. If you are interested in helping, please contact our Director (Jasmine Kyle) at: jkylesekhs@yahoo.com.

Zumba Class
2024-02-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-14 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-19 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-21 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-26 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Lincoln Center
Ditch The Workout & Join The Party!
This class is a fusion of Latin and International music and dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system! The routines feature aerobic/fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body with easy to follow dance steps!
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Mondays & Wednesdays
February 5th – 28th
Lincoln Center, 710 W. 9th
$15.00 A Month OR $5.00 Drop In
Registration:
620.231.8310 | 710 W 9th St.

City Commission Meeting
2024-02-13 17:30, 2024-02-27 17:30 | Beard-Shanks Law Enforcement Center courtroom
The Pittsburg City Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm, inside the Beard-Shanks Law Enforcement Center courtroom. For more information, contact City Clerk Tammy Nagel at (620) 230-5532.
Commission meetings are broadcast live on Cox channel 6, Craw-Kan channel 406, and on the city’s YouTube channel: www.pittks.org/YouTube. Members of the public are encouraged to watch remotely or attend in-person.
For meeting minutes and agendas, visit pittks.org/city-government/city-commission.

Memorial Auditorium Advisory Board Meeting
2024-02-14 16:00 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
The Memorial Auditorium Advisory Board will hold its regular meeting at Memorial Auditorium. This board meets every other month on the second Wednesday at 4:00 pm. Contact Darcie Shultz at (620) 231-7827.

Library Board of Trustees Meeting
2024-02-14 16:30 | Pittsburg Public Library, 308 N Walnut St, Pittsburg, 66762, United States
The Library Board of Trustees will hold its monthly meeting in-person in the library meeting room. Meetings are typically held on the second Wednesday of each month at 4:30 pm. For more information, contact Bev Clarkson at (620) 231-8100.

Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting
2024-02-15 17:30 | City Hall, 201 W. 4th St, Pittsburg, Kansas, 66762
The Sustainability Advisory Committee will hold its regularly-scheduled monthly meeting at City Hall. The committee typically meets every second Wednesday of the month at 5:30 pm. Contact Jay Byers at (620) 230-5685.

2024 Snowball
2024-02-17 08:00 - 17:00
The 2024 Adult Snowball Tournament is February 17th!
$125 – Entry Fee
Mixed – 7/3
PPRD/USSSA Rules
$10 HR Bands – 3 Max
Double Elimination
Register now: 620-231-8310

Dad & Daughter Date Night
2024-02-17 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Dive the Under the Sea with us at this year’s Dad & Daughter Date Night Dance! Fathers, Grandfathers, Uncles or family friends bring the young ladies in your life out to enjoy an evening of crafts, dancing, meal, and fun!
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED DUE TO LIMITED SUPPLIES!

Limited Registration & Space filling up quickly!

February 17th
3:00PM OR 6:30PM

Memorial Auditorium | 503 N Pine
Lower Level
All Ages Welcomed!
$30.00 Per Couple | $15.00 Per Additional Attendee
RSVP by February 2nd

Registration:
620.231.8310
710 W 9th St

Dad & Daughter Date Night Dance
2024-02-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Dive Under the Sea with us at this year’s Dad & Daughter Date Night Dance! Fathers, Grandfathers, Uncles or family friends bring the young ladies in your life out to enjoy an evening of crafts, dancing, meal, and fun!
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED DUE TO LIMITED SUPPLIES!
Limited Registration & Space filling up quickly!
February 17th
3:00PM OR 6:30PM
Memorial Auditorium | 503 N Pine
Lower Level
All Ages Welcomed!
$30.00 Per Couple | $15.00 Per Additional Attendee
RSVP by February 2nd
Registration:
620.231.8310
710 W 9th St

Travel the World Dad & Daughter Date Night
2024-02-18 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Travel the world with us at this year’s Dad & Daughter Date Night! Fathers, Grandfathers, Uncles or family friends bring the young ladies in your life out to enjoy a preplanned evening of fun!
PRE-REGISTRAITON IS REQUIRED DUE TO LIMITED SUPPLIES!
Limited Registration & Space is filling up quickly!
February 18, 2023
3:00 PM OR 6:30 PM
Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine
$25 Per Couple | $10 Per Additional Attendee
RSVP by February 3rd
Registration:
620.231.8310
710 W. 9th St.

Camp Now & Then
2024-02-19 07:30 - 17:30, 2024-02-23 07:30 - 17:30
Camp Now & Then is a fun opportunity for kids to play games, create crafts, and make new friends for those sporadic days when kids are not in school during the year!
7:30am – 5:30pm
Ages 5 – 12
Lincoln Center | 710 W 9th St.
$20.00 Per Day Per Child
2023 – 2024 Out of School Dates
February 19 & 23
No Camp February 16.
March 11 – 15 & 29
April 1
To Register: Call 620.231.8310 or come to our office at Lincoln Center at 710 W 9th St. Pittsburg, KS
For More Information
620.231.8310 | 710 W 9th St

Downtown Advisory Board Meeting
2024-02-19 11:30 - 13:00
The Downtown Advisory Board will have their regularly-scheduled monthly meeting on the third Monday of the month. Meeting locations listed below. For more information, contact Community Development Specialist Sarah Runyon at 620-230-5637, sarah.runyon@pittks.org.
February 19 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at TOAST
March 18 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Root Co-work Café
April 15 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Main Street Axe Co.
May 20 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – White Elephant Emporium
June 17 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – DVLP Meeting Room
July 15 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Arck Construction
August 19 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Miners + Monroe
September 16 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Drop the H
October 21 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Books & Burrow
November 18 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Fun Zone Depot
December 16 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Frisco Event Center

Four Oaks Mini Golf Ground Breaking
2024-02-27 14:30 - 15:00 | Four Oaks Sports Complex, 910 Memorial Dr., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
On Tuesday, February 27 at 2:30 pm the City of Pittsburg will break ground on a new mini golf facility at the Four Oaks Golf Course, 910 Memorial Drive, Pittsburg. The community is invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony.
City officials, key stakeholders, and donors will be in attendance to help celebrate and share details about the project. The brand-new mini golf facility is made possible through private donations and grant funding from the Skubitz Foundation, Pritchett Trust, and the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The new mini golf facility is expected to open by summer of 2024, weather permitting.

Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC)
2024-02-28 09:00 - 13:00 | Block 22, 4th and Broadway, Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
We are looking for the next young entrepreneur! If you’re a HS student at Pittsburg, St. Mary’s-Colgan, Frontenac, or Northeast keep reading.

The Goal: To expose students to entrepreneurship and build their interest in it, leading students to see building their own business as a viable career path and a way to better their community.

Participants will be evaluated on: Executive summary, Pitch, & Posterboard presentation.
The public is encouraged to attend the posterboard session located in the Block22 Conference Room (inside the Co-Work Cafe) from 9 am – 1 pm.

What: Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC)
When: February 28th
Where: Block22- 4th and Broadway
Cash prizes provided by CBW Bank:
1st Place- $1,000
2nd Place- $750
3rd Place- $500
Judge’s Choice- $250
People’s Choice- $250

YEC Sign up: https://goventuredash.com/competitions/469

USD 250 Elementary Art Show
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-31 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Art Gallery
The Beverly Corcoran Art Gallery, located inside Memorial Auditorium & Convention Center, features art exhibits from local artists and students. The art gallery is available for the public to enjoy, free of charge, whenever the Memorial Auditorium is open for evening and weekend meetings and performances.
2024 Schedule:
March: USD 250 Elementary Art Show
Aug: Little Balkin Days Photo Contest

50th Annual PSU Jazz Festival Concert
2024-03-01 19:30 - 22:00 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Tickets are on sale for a milestone moment in Pitt State history: the 50th Annual PSU Jazz Festival Concert featuring the Matt Catingub Big Band. Planned for 7:30 p.m. March 1 at Memorial Auditorium, it will wrap up a day-long festival aimed at student musicians.
The concert will kick off with the PSU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Professor Todd Hastings, before the headliner takes the stage.
Matt Catingub is considered one of the pioneers of the modern Big Band. The son of the great jazz vocalist and “Polynesia’s First Lady of Song,” Mavis Rivers, he is a proud Pacific Islander. In his early years, he performed with her around the world, including a 1983 performance for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
At age 17, he performed and presented his original big band compositions at the Monterey Jazz Festival, with that success catapulting him to a tour of Japan playing with jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones, and Ruth Brown.
Right out of high school, Catingub joined the big bands of Louie Bellson, who performed at Pitt State in the mid-1980s.
He was only 21 when he formed his first big band in Los Angeles and released his first recording, “My Mommy and Me,” which is recognized as one of the great break-out jazz recordings. It featured many of his hits that still resonate today, including “Blues and the Abscessed Tooth” and “Bopopularity,” and featured his mother.
He then released “Hi Tech Big Band,” one of the most innovative recordings of the genre, on which he performed all of the instruments, electronically recreating the sound of a big band while also introducing more big band classics like “The Umpire Strikes Back” and “Indian Riffs.”
His credits also include touring the world with the legendary Rosemary Clooney, and creating the music for the film “Goodnight and Good Luck,” which won a Grammy and allowed him the chance to work with jazz great Diane Reeves and writer-director George Clooney.
He has conducted, created, and performed with symphonic pop orchestras, including the Hawaii & Honolulu Symphony Pops, the Glendale Pops in L.A., and the Macon Pops near Atlanta, Georgia. With these entities he has conducted, performed, and orchestrated for artists like Al Jarreau, Diana Krall, Michael McDonald, and Kenny Loggins.
Last year marked the rebirth of the Matt Catingub Big Band, and the release “From Samoa to Sinatra,” celebrating the music of Frank Sinatra and Catingub’s mother, the first female artist Sinatra signed to his Reprise Records label in 1961.
Performing brand new arrangements and revisiting many of his hit originals, his band presents an exciting mix of old and new, including using technology to perform with “mom from the past” using tracks recorded while his mother was pregnant with him!
The concert will feature his longtime superstar drummer Steve Moretti and vocalist Michelle Amato.
Tickets
Tickets for the evening concert are $16 for adults and $10 for children, seniors, and military. Pitt State students are admitted free, and discounted tickets for PSU faculty and staff are available with valid Pitt State ID.
They may be purchased or picked up at the PSU Ticket Office in 137 Garfield Weede Building. They also may be purchased at 620-235-4796 or at pittstate.edu/tickets.
Purchase Tickets
Learn more about the PSU Music Department at pittstate.edu/music
About the Festival
The festival itself, meanwhile, has reached capacity, with more than 70 high school and middle school bands on tap to come to Pittsburg to perform and be judged.
Beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing throughout the day, student bands will take turns playing for a group of judges who are experienced educators and musicians.
Those performances will take place at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, 1711 S. Homer, and at Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine. They are open to the public at no charge.
The festival was started in 1974 by Professor of Music Russell Jones with just 14 bands. In 1978, he passed the baton to Professor Robert Kehle, who continued to grow it until his retirement in 2023. It’s now coordinated by a committee of music faculty with Kehle as a consultant.
“I’ve had the privilege of being part of the festival for 27 years and it’s a landmark cultural event for our area, the university, and the state of Kansas,” Hastings said. “Bob Kehle has done a wonderful job of turning the festival into a must-see event, inspiring countless students, educators, and professional musicians. It’s an incredibly exciting event that the students and the community look forward to each year.”

PSU International Showcase
2024-03-02 18:30 - 21:00 | Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, 1711 S. Homer, Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
Join the International Student Association as they host the International Showcase! This event will feature performances by students from a diverse list of countries in the Linda and Lee Scott Performance Hall, followed by cultural informational booths and a dessert reception in the lobby. Tickets for this event are $5 and will be sold online in advance as well as at the door.
Schedule:
6 p.m. – doors open
6:30 p.m. – performances begin
approximately 8 or 8:30 p.m. – cultural informational booths open and desserts are served
9 p.m. – event ends

Contact information
Brenda Hawkins
(620) 235-4680

PPRD Softball Adult League
2024-03-05 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-06 15:00 - 17:00
Mixed 7/3: Tuesday, March 5th – April 30th
Deadline February 20th

Mixed 5/5: Wednesday, March 6th – May 1st
Deadline February 21th

6-week league – $250 per team.
End of the season tournament following the last week of play.
Register by calling: 620-231-8310

Neighborhood Advisory Council Meeting
2024-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Memorial Auditorium, 503 N. Pine St., Pittsburg, KS, 66762, United States
The Neighborhood Advisory Council will host their monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at noon (12:00 pm) at Memorial Auditorium, 503 North Pine, Pittsburg, KS.
For more information about this event, contact Community Development Specialist Sarah Runyon at 620-230-5637, sarah.runyon@pittks.org.

Farmers Market Advisory Board Meeting
2024-03-08 14:00
The Farmers Market Advisory Board meets at 2:00 pm on the second Friday of each month. Meetings are held remotely via online conference call. Contact Josie Maples at (620) 231-8310 for meeting information.
