Today’s events
Social Media Workshop
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Signs of Life
Salsa Lessons for Beginners
7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church $40 - $60
Casbah Karaoke!
10:30 p.m., Burger Stand at the Casbah Free
- Fix-It Chick: Gutter repair
- May 20, 2013
- A leaky gutter, left unattended, can damage even the best foundation. Periodic checks of guttering, followed by the proper repair of any leaks, are an essential part of general home maintenance.
- Go-Getter: Book club
- May 20, 2013
- With summer approaching along with the free time and hot weather it brings with it, it’s the perfect time to join or even create your own book club. By Rebekka Schlichting
- Daytripper: We’re in the money
- May 20, 2013
- Whether you think that money can buy happiness or believe that money is the root of all evil, there’s no denying that the subject of money (and their love/hate relationship with it) has fascinated people from the time of Aristotle. If you’re one of these people, there are a couple of places not far from Lawrence that will “show you the money.”
- Masterful gardens
- Garden Tour to showcase spectacular landscapes in the area
- May 20, 2013
- Looking for ideas to spruce up your yard? Want to see some of the Lawrence area’s finest gardens? The upcoming Garden Tour, organized by the Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners, is the perfect opportunity to see the plants and practices that work best in this area. By Jennifer Smith
- The Fashion Column: Fashion in the streets
- May 20, 2013
- It’s about that time again for Kansas City’s annual fashion spectacle, also known as the West 18th Street Fashion Show.
- Double Take: Respect girlfriend’s wishes for space
- May 20, 2013
- How should a boyfriend handle a girlfriend who has stopped answering his texts and phone calls?
- Behind the Lens: Website helps teach photography basics
- May 19, 2013
- Camerasim.com explores the mechanics and functions of a digital single-lens camera in a unique way.
- Faith Forum: Who is your favorite lesser-known Bible character and why?
- May 18, 2013
- The Rev. David Rivers and the Rev. Marshall Lackrone answer.
- Off the Beaten Plate: Menudo at Tres Mexicanos
- May 16, 2013
- The Tres Mexicanos menu describes this simply as “Special Mexican Soup.” It’s so special, in fact, that you can only get it on weekends, and not many — if any? — other Mexican restaurants in town serve it. By Sara Shepherd
- The java experiment: Downtown resident opens Alchemy Coffee at 19th and Massachusetts
- May 16, 2013
- To see Benjamin Farmer at work is to know why he named his new coffee shop “Alchemy.” By Sara Shepherd
- Garden Calendar: Bees begin annual swarming
- May 16, 2013
- Over the next few weeks, honey bees will gradually become more active, and a swarm of them could end up in your yard.
- Film screening revisits former Lawrence photographer’s project, ‘Revealed’
- May 16, 2013
- In the seven years since its first subjects were photographed in Lawrence, Scott Indermaur’s “Revealed” project has developed a resume spanning multiple states and artistic media. The project will have a homecoming of sorts this weekend, with a film screening at Unity Church. By Sara Shepherd
- Beer and food — a hoppy couple
- Craft beer movement creates flavorful, complex brews that make food taste even better
- May 15, 2013
- The craft beer movement — being celebrated this week during American Craft Beer Week — is creating new, flavorful and multidimensional brews every day.
- Tune In Tonight: CNBC doesn’t stand out with ‘Crowd Rules’
- May 14, 2013
- Call me confused. I’m frequently stumped when a cable network deviates from its original purpose to pursue generic reality shows, readily available elsewhere. The newest CNBC offering is “Crowd Rules” (8 p.m.) a show so unabashedly unoriginal, it just might work. Imagine the set from “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” the music from “The Apprentice” and the general thrust of “Shark Tank” and you’re getting close.
- Double Take: And next teen co-author is…
- May 13, 2013
- We had a record nine applicants for this year’s Double Take contest, with three juniors and six seniors, one from Free State, four from Bishop Seabury Academy and four from Lawrence High.
- Fix-It Chick: Eliminate weeds with proven methods
- May 13, 2013
- Though it can be argued that weeds are not our enemy, uncontrolled fields of dandelion, chickweed, ground ivy or wild onions can unnerve even the most passive groundskeeper.
- Delicious/Nutritious: And the beet goes on
- May 13, 2013
- “The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through tomatoes an undercurrent of frivolity. Beets are deadly serious.” — Tom Robbins, “Jitterbug Perfume”
- Art on the go
- Free program draws kids, families to museum to create art projects
- May 13, 2013
- On a recent Saturday morning, the weather outside was disgusting, but it wasn’t enough to keep kids from filling the fourth floor gallery of the Spencer Art Museum. The draw? The museum’s weekend Art Cart.
- The Fashion Column: Unleash your inner flapper
- May 13, 2013
- Whether it is the bell bottoms from the 1970s or the edgy grunge trend of the 1990s, significant fashion periods in history have always been of interest to me.
- Faith Forum: Why does God allow events that kill innocent people, like the recent Texas fertilizer plant explosion and Boston bombings?
- May 11, 2013
- The Rev. Darrell Brazell and the Rev. Dr. Ira DeSpain answer.
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