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Some of the offerings at Chutney's Indian Diner and Bar, 918 Massachusetts St. Pictured are the Tandoori Chicken Bites appetizer (in back), Chicken Tikka Masala (center) and Dal (right), a vegetarian dish made with lentils. Entrees come with naan, rice and a choice of five chutneys.
Kansas University Professor Emeritus Ted Johnson prepares to lead his Stop Day walking tour of the KU campus in May 2012.
Theatre Lawrence's production of "Shout!" in 2010 at it building at 1501 New Hampshire St. The location, a former church, had to be repurposed into a theater space after it was purchased in 1984, and the group had its first production there in January 1985. Theatre Lawrence is expected to move into its newly constructed home in June.
Inductees into the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame for 2013 are, from left, Karen Georgeson, standing in for her late father, Bob Georgeson, a longtime Lawrence banker who died in 2010.; Dolph C. Simons Jr., longtime editor of the Lawrence Journal-World and chairman of its parent company, The World Company; Chuck Magerl, who founded Free State Brewery in 1989; and Sherry Schaub, who came to Lawrence in 1977 to oversee the construction of a pet food plant for Quaker Oats.
Free State first baseman Whitney Rothwell fields a grounder against Shawnee Mission East on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at FSHS.
A crane lifts a 60,000-pound concrete beam for the new Lawrence Public Library parking garage last month, as pieces of the building were precast and assembled on the job site.
Sheng-Xue-Xie, Lawrence, tries on a gown from the Hun Dynasty. The gown was one of many exhibits at First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway, as Small World celebrated its 45th anniversary Thursday with international foods and costumes.
Eudora resident Eugene Westerhouse, 85, along with nine volunteers, build a wheelchair ramp at a home in Eudora. Most men Westerhouse’s age would be using the ramps, but for the last 35 years, he’s helped build over 300 of them.
Eudora resident Eugene “Westie” Westerhouse, 85, volunteers to build wheelchair ramps for those who need them as part of his Kingdom Builders crew, which is based out of the Eudora United Methodist Church. “I’m retired, and this is all that I have to do,” Westie says.
Tyghe Nielsen, a former Kansas University swim team member, gives Ansley Ross, 6, of Overland Park, a ride at the Drown Out Cancer Swim-A-Thon held on Saturday at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center. Nielsen organized the event to raise money for the KU Cancer Center and the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. Three years ago, Nielsen was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer with metastasis to his liver, a cancer with only an 8 percent chance to be alive five years after a diagnosis.
Current and former Kansas University scholarship hall residents Mary Emerson, Keeleigh Smith, Katie Kutsko and Erin Christianson stand next to a portrait of benefactress Elizabeth Miller Watkins that hangs in the KU chancellor’s residence, where Watkins used to live.
From left, Jerry and Jane Wohletz, roll back a cover they use to keep their strawberries from frosting at Wohletz Farm Fresh Strawberries, 1831 North 1100 Road southeast of Lawrence. Jerry and Jane, who own and operate the farm, expect berry-picking to be in full swing around May 20.
Mary Metz has been honored as volunteer of the year at Willow Domestic Violence Center. Metz shares her experience to help other abuse victims.
Kansas University third baseman Jordan Dreiling stretches for a ground ball against Baker University on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Hoglund Ballpark. KU won, 7-1.
From left, Eleanor Woodyard and Mary Doveto, executive director of Theatre Lawrence, tour the construction of Theatre Lawrence's new building, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.
An original massive piece of walnut holds up beams that crisscross the newly renovated Cider Gallery at 810 Pennsylvania St. The building features an art gallery and event space on the first floor, an "Entrepreneur Office Hub" upstairs and an adjacent outdoor event space, which is still under construction.
Kim Weinberger, left, and Mara Summers are partners in the new Cider Gallery, at 810 Pennsylvania St. in Lawrence's Warehouse Arts District. The Cider Gallery — which doubles as an event space — is a sister gallery to Weinberger Fine Art in Kansas City, Mo. Highlighting the inaugural show will be work by Hunt Slonem, including this painting from his Lincoln series and "Peace Plan," at right.
A 4,000-square-foot cider vinegar factory built in the 1890s at 810 Pennsylvania St. has been renovated and will celebrate its grand opening Friday. The new Cider Gallery features an art gallery and event space — including this bar made with reclaimed wood from the nearby Poehler Lofts building — on the first floor, an "Entrepreneur Office Hub" upstairs and an adjacent outdoor event space, which is still under construction.
Dawn Villarreal-Nutt rests in a Lawrence Memorial Hospital bed as her husband, Gene Nutt, sits by her bedside. Dawn is recovering from colon cancer after suddenly and unexpectedly finding out she had the disease, while the couple was days away from getting health insurance. A friend, Crystle Dennison, has started a online fundraiser for her to help pay for Dawn's medical bills.
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