Spencer Museum film series honors director

The Spencer Museum of Art will continue its summer film series on three consecutive Thursdays — July 17, 24 and 31 — paying homage to director Douglas Sirk.

On July 17 and 24, the museum will screen Sirk’s films “All That Heaven Allows” and “Imitation of Life” respectively, both of which provided the inspiration for Todd Haynes’ Oscar-nominated 2002 film “Far From Heaven,” which the museum will screen on July 31.

All movies screen at 7 p.m., and admission is free. For more information, call the museum at 864-7500.

LHS student attends Colorado art seminar

Kevin Warren, a Lawrence High School student, was awarded a full-tuition, room-and-board scholarship to participate in the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation 2003 Summer Seminar Program in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Warren attended Session I of the seminar, from June 8-21, the first of three two-week sessions. The program is designed as an art institute, offering intensive visual art programs for gifted high school juniors, with artists as the primary instructors.

The program aims to help students develop a portfolio, discuss careers in art, artists’ issues and commitments to art.

KANU tallies awards for ‘Right Between Ears’

Kansas Public Radio’s popular sketch comedy series “Right Between the Ears” was awarded gold and silver medals at the 2003 New York Festivals on June 26 in New York City. The entire cast was awarded a gold world medal for best local comedy/humor personality, and the show received a silver world medal for best writing.

The New York Festivals, now in its 46th year, honors excellence in communications media. “Right Between the Ears” has previously won gold medals at the festival, and in 1993, when known as “The Imagination Workshop,” took home the festival’s grand prize.