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Album campaign launched with special incentive
By Nadia Imafidon
May 12, 2013
When Lawrence native Jordan Brown reflects on his experience in public schools, he sees a system that needs to better address educational needs of aspiring musicians. By Nadia Imafidon
Area bands excited to play star-packed Kanrocksas
By Melissa Treolo
May 12, 2013
A group of folk-rock musicians, brothers who make music on the fly and a few beautiful bodies will be among local and area talent taking the stage this summer at the Kanrocksas Music and Arts Festival.
2013 Summer Arts Guide
Sara Shepherd, Chance Dibben and John R. Phythyon Jr.
May 12, 2013
Winter is finally dead (we hope) and it’s time to shed some layers. As 100-degree temperatures approach, here’s a look at some notable upcoming summer entertainment in the area to help Lawrencians have fun in the sun or beat the heat inside. By Sara Shepherd, Chance Dibben and John R. Phythyon Jr.
KU Youth Chorus plans free performance
Staff reports
May 5, 2013
The Kansas University Youth Chorus will hold its final performance of the school year at 5 p.m. Thursday in room 328 of Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.
Art, crafts, music en plein air this weekend during Art in the Park
Staff reports
May 2, 2013
Art, crafts and live music will fill South Park this weekend during the 52nd annual Art in the Park event.
A big deal
Rapper Big Boi focuses on future, wants to break from the familiar
By Mike Krings
May 2, 2013
When you’re half of one of the biggest hip-hop acts of the last 20 years, scoring No. 1 hits and selling out tours, it could be easy to stick with the familiar formula. But Big Boi, half of Outkast, isn’t interested in that.
Music a spiritual practice for hip-hop group Zion I
By Nadia Imafidon
May 2, 2013
MC Zumbi, from hip hop duo Zion I, admits his expectations of unexplored Kansas are rather limited. “I know there will be some corn fields somewhere, right?”
Lied Center announces 20th anniversary season lineup
By Sara Shepherd
April 28, 2013
The Lied Center on Saturday announced its 20th anniversary season lineup, featuring an array of performers from acrobats to award-winning concert pianists, some new and some returning to Lawrence. By Sara Shepherd
KU’s Wakarusa Trio wins first at national music competition
By Meagan Thomas
April 28, 2013
Three Kansas University students started the fall semester as a chamber music group assigned for a class and are ending the spring semester as national champions.
Band of brothers: Fourth of July grows Midwest fan base
By Mike Krings
April 25, 2013
A lot of bands spit out the old cliché that the people they play with are like family. But the guys in Fourth of July mean it. By Mike Krings
Wind ensemble’s final season concert to feature premiere of ‘Ravenkind’
Staff reports
April 21, 2013
The Kansas University Wind Ensemble will perform its last concert of the 2012-13 season this week, with numbers including the premiere of a KU associate professor’s new work, “Ravenkind.”
Noted jazz vocalist to perform with prison singers in concert at Baker
Staff reports
April 21, 2013
Baker University’s annual Spring Choral Concert will feature jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany performing with the East Hill Singers, a chorus of minimum-security inmates from Lansing Correctional Facility.
Lied Center celebrates two decades of elevating performing arts
By Sara Shepherd
April 21, 2013
It’s been 20 years since the Lied Center of Kansas opened, catapulting the performing arts scene in Lawrence. Behind it all is a woman with a vision of providing future generations with opportunities she herself never had. By Sara Shepherd
Christina Hixson: The woman who ‘opened the door’ for the Lied Center
By Sara Shepherd
April 21, 2013
Christina Hixson isn’t afraid to admit she uses the dictionary when she does crossword puzzles. Her entire life, “self-educating” has served Hixson well. A poor tenant farmer’s daughter unable to afford college, she went on to bestow the $10 million gift that enabled the Lied Center, now celebrating its 20th anniversary at Kansas University. By Sara Shepherd
Josh Ritter shares his romantic pain on latest album
By Mark Potts
April 18, 2013
If you’ve ever been through a rough romantic breakup — and who hasn’t? — Josh Ritter feels your pain. Ritter, who will play Liberty Hall on Sunday night, is quick to say, “I didn’t want it to be a breakup record.” By Mark Potts

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