Governor’s mansion closed for Brown events

Topeka — Cedar Crest, the governor’s official residence, will be closed to the public Monday because of events surrounding the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and dedication of the new national historic site at Monroe Elementary School.

Public tours of the mansion will resume May 24.

Under normal operations, private tours are conducted Monday mornings and Tuesdays. Public tours are from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays.

Community

LMH service to honor patients who have died

The Lawrence Memorial Hospital Palliative Care team will honor its former patients who have died in the last year with a memorial service.

“The memorial service is a way of expressing our continued care and support and to remind those who are in the grieving process that they are not alone,” said Angela Lowe, LMH chaplain. Palliative care patients have a terminal illness.

The memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Monday, in the LMH auditorium, 325 Maine. The service is open to friends and family members who have lost loved ones recently.

Music

Bands play park for Finals Week Fest

Between 200 and 300 people migrated Saturday to Burcham Park along the Kansas River to rock out at Finals Week Fest.

For $7, they bought almost 10 hours of live pop, punk, rock and experimental music from 16 touring and local bands at the park, Second and Indiana streets.

The show, aimed at KU students studying for finals this week, was organized by Daniel Nokes, a Lawrence concert promoter who often hosts concerts at his house. Friend Carlie Wagner, who collected money at the show, said six bands had approached Nokes about playing. Nokes couldn’t support them all at his house, so he booked the park and invited even more bands to play.

Ten local groups, such as This Building is Cursed, Kelpie and The Minus Story, shared the stage with six touring bands, including Words that Burn, Meth and Goats, and Wastoid.