Workshop aimed at cancer survivors

“Living with Cancer,” a writing workshop, will help people living with cancer create stories, poems, letters and other expressions about their experience with the disease.

The workshop will be facilitated by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, a Lawrence writer and cancer survivor who has conducted writing workshops.

The workshop will be Wednesdays, Oct. 1 through Nov. 5, in Conference Room G at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine.

Patients and their family members are welcome to participate in this free workshop. For more information or to register, call the hospital’s Oncology Center at 840-2800.

LHS orchestra to play marathon concert

The Lawrence High School Orchestra wants to go to California, but it needs help getting there.

From noon to 10 p.m. today, orchestra members will play a marathon concert at the LHS auditorium. Donations are suggested.

Proceeds will help the orchestra travel to San Francisco in March 2004.

For more information, contact Rachel Dirks at rdirks@usd497.org.

Auditions to be held for EMU Theatre play

EMU Theatre is having auditions for its upcoming production of “And Much of Madness,” an original play created collaboratively from the works of Edgar Allen Poe.

EMU will perform the show during two or three weekends in early November.

Auditions will be from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 12th and Oread. Auditions will consist of a cold-reading portion and a short movement audition. Auditioners need not prepare materials ahead of time, but they might want to familiarize themselves with the works of Poe, particularly The Raven.

For more information, contact Todd Schwartz at impresario615@yahoo.com.

Workshop to teach stone carving basics

The Kansas Sculpture Research Center, a nonprofit organization, is sponsoring a workshop in basic and intermediate stonecarving.

The three-day workshop will include training sessions and carving time Friday through Oct. 5 at Myles Schacther’s rural Lawrence studio. Training sessions will cover approaching stone, hand-carving technique, power tool use, stone finishing and mounting, and stone types and selection.

Three professional sculpture/teachers will assist participants, who will be provided with a piece of clean Kansas limestone. Marble and alabaster are available as alternatives.

For more information or directions to the studio, call Schachter at 838-3885.

Lawrence photographers show work at bank

Lawrence artist Hobart Jackson is displaying color photographs at the Lawrence Bank’s downtown branch, 110 E. Ninth St.

His wife, Shakura Jackson, has work on view at Lawrence Bank’s west Lawrence branch, 3500 Clinton Parkway.

The exhibits run through the end of October. The Jacksons’ work also can be seen at Valley Lane Studios, 1335 Valley Lane, during the Lawrence Artwalk Oct. 25-26.

Community theater issues call for auditions

Lawrence Community Theatre will have auditions for the musical version of “A Wonderful Life” Oct. 7-8 at the theater, 1501 N.H.

Auditions for children ages 6-14 will be at 6:30 p.m.; auditions for other roles will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The musica, a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Sheldon Harnick and Grammy and Emmy Award winner Joe Raposo. It’s the story of George Bailey and his wonderful life in Bedford Falls, as well as Clarence the angel’s quest to earn his wings.

A large cast is needed with a variety of ages; several children’s roles are available. Those auditioning are asked to prepare a short song. An accompanist will be provided.

Perusal scripts may be checked out from the theater office with a deposit. The show is under the direction of Jeanne Chinn with musical direction by Mary Baker.

Performances are scheduled to begin Nov. 28.

Author, activist to share viewpoints

Author and activist Derrick Jensen will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Courtside Room in the Burge Union at Kansas University.

Jensen’s work explores ecological devastation, mass extinction, women’s rights, child abuse, racision, indigenous people’s rights, animal rights, anarchism, war and interspecies communication. His books are “A Language Older than Words,” “The Culture of Make Believe” and “Strangely Like War: Global Assault on Forests.”

Jensen’s other public events include a noon panel discussion during the Veggie Lunch Thursday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 12th and Oread.

At 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jensen will meet with area resistance groups at Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 13 W. 14th St. For more information on this event, call 865-1374.

Voice student to perform in Brown Bag series

Kansas University student tenor Hugo Vera will perform for Brown Bag Classics, the popular Wednesday lunchtime concerts, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

The performance, which will include works by Verdi, Barber, Mozart, Gershwin, Kern and others, is free and open to the public.

Vera, an El Paso, Texas, native, is a graduate teaching assistant in voice and choral music. He is director of the KU Men’s Glee Club and has performed extensively in both Europe and the United States. He has worked with conductors such as Julius Rudel, Stuart Robinson, David Effron, James Conlon and Seiji Ozawa.

The Union provides free sodas to go with lunch. For more information, call 864-3436.

KU junior wins theater scholarship

Jessica Brumm, a Kansas University junior from Baldwin, has been awarded the Hector and Frances Evans Lawrence Community Theatre College Scholarship for the 2002-2003 season.

The scholarship is awarded to a full-time student attending any two- or four-year university or college, pursuing a degree, who volunteers 100-plus hours at the theater during a given season. Brumm, an anthropology major, volunteered more than 160 hours at the theater last season.

The scholarship is donated by Michael and Marti Butell in memory of Marti’s parents, Hector Evans and Frances Creel, who met in a theater in 1935. They supported theater throughout their lives and encouraged their daughter’s love for the theater as well.

Marti and Michael Butell are active volunteers at Lawrence Community Theatre.

Lawrence Community Theatre recognizes volunteers

Three hundred sixty-five volunteers were honored this summer at the Lawrence Community Theatre’s Annual Charley Awards. The awards are named after Charley Oldfather and Charles Lown, who donated much of their time and talent to the theater.

Mary Ann Saunders was named volunteer of the year with 1,460 hours of service to the theater. Fifteen volunteers were honored with Charley shirts for their contributions of 350 hours or more. Certificates for 200 hours or more went to 13 volunteers.

Members of the Vintage Players were honored for their work with Deerfield School second-graders. More than 35 people were recognized for contributing 100 volunteer hours to the theater.

Area community college brings faculty’s ceramics to KU gallery

A special exhibition opening today at Kansas University’s Art and Design Gallery features ceramic works by Johnson County Community College faculty.

The exhibition, “Intersect,” will remain on view through Oct. 10. It is free and open to the public.

The show includes ceramic pieces by Laura Gascogne, Hoon Lee, Nick Haney and Paul Von Fange. The public is invited to meet the artists at a casual reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the gallery.

The Art and Design Gallery is on the third floor of the Art and Design Building on campus, at the northeast corner of 15th Street and Naismith Drive. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, call 864-4401.

Baker students prepare for capstone project

Baldwin — Senior theater students in Baker University’s theater program are preparing for their senior capstone project, “Boy Gets Girl” by Rebecca Gilman.

The show opens Friday and runs through Oct. 5 in Darby-Hope Theatre at Baker.

The senior capstone is the final project for theater majors and is meant to showcase the students’ overall knowledge and understanding of theater and production. Seniors featured are Jayme Sexton, Tulsa, Okla.; Emily Trimmell, McPherson; and Zach Lambert, Smith Center.

Lawrence resident Patrick Lattin will play the role of Howard Siegel.

Wichita storyteller opens children’s series

Topeka — Wichita Storyteller Jean Pouncil-Burton will kick off the 34th season of Performing Arts for Children with three shows Saturday at Washburn University’s Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre.

“Ms. Jean,” a Wichita public librarian for more than 30 years, has introduced children to folktales and African instruments while telling stories that often emphasize virtues. She uses djembe drums, sherkere and her voice to bring stories to life. The folktales, which feature several songs and fingerplays, often include moral themes such as respect, cooperation, honesty, responsibility and kindness.

Founder and president of The Griots: Keepers of the Stories, Pouncil-Burton is an artist-in-residence for the State of Kansas and was named Wichita’s “Official Storyteller” by former Mayor Bob Knight. She also leads The Junior Griots, a program to encourage reading among girls ages 5-14.

She will perform at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. An interpreter for the hearing-impaired will be available at the final performance.

Tickets are $3; group rates are available by calling (785) 246-1292 or (785) 266-5638.

KC Jazz Ambassadors take pub crawl downtown

Kansas City, Mo. — After a successful summer pub crawl in Westport, the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors are taking the Fall Crawl to the Downtown/Rivermarket area.

The Fall Crawl will be at 8 p.m. Thursday. Thirteen clubs will play host to 13 bands, with three trolleys toting people between clubs.

Cost is $10. Proceeds benefit the Jazz Ambassadors, a nonprofit organization.

For a full listing of participating clubs and bands, call Gina Speese at (816) 668-4462 or (816) 353-0168.

The event is sponsored by Hot 103 JAMZ and KKFI. The pub crawl is a fund-raiser for the Jazz Ambassadors and profits go to various jazz organizations.

Tickets can be purchased at the clubs or through TicketMaster at (816) 913-3330.