Amelia Earhart had been missing nearly 10 years before Jeannine Wyatt was even born. Still, separated by time and space, Wyatt always felt a connection with her hometown heroine, a fellow tomboy who played along the same bluff high above the Missouri River some 50 years before. Across ...
The bloody conflicts between Lawrence abolitionists and their pro-slavery rivals that mark the city’s history will soon appear in a TV series. On Thursday, a crew from the PBS series "America from the Ground Up" will be filming around downtown Lawrence. The host and producer of the series, ...
Among other things, Kansas Repertory Theatre’s 2017 season explores the idea of family. In “Next to Normal,” the contemporary rock musical running through July 16 at the University of Kansas, we witness one grief-stricken mother’s struggles with bipolar disorder — and the toll her ...
The impact of the arts in Lawrence might be seen and heard in many ways, but a new study has determined a factor not always at the forefront: the economic impact. The study found that the nonprofit arts and culture industry in Lawrence and Douglas County generates $30.8 million annually for the ...
Despite scaled-back funding and an uncertain future, the main organizer behind last week’s Free State Film Festival said she’s happy with the turnout of this year’s smaller event. “I’d say we exceeded our expectations,” Marlo Angell, the festival’s artistic director, said of the ...
Seated Sunday afternoon just outside of Swarthout Recital Hall, Gunda Hiebert said she was near the local place to be. “This is one of the real hidden gems of Lawrence,” she said. “This is a big deal.”Hiebert was referring to the 2017 University of Kansas and International Institute for ...