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- Sexual healing: Dennis Dailey coaches couples with tough love at his intimacy workshop
- November 20, 2009
- “As I’ve said before, if I teach that class and nobody is upset, I’m probably screwing up somehow,” says Dennis Dailey about his Human Sexuality in Everyday Life class…
- Digital Canvas: East meets Midwest in Asian video exhibit, “Extra/Ordinary”
- November 12, 2009
- The newest exhibit at the Spencer is an exploration of Asian art that’s more YouTube than Louvre, examining the commonplace through video, a medium that has itself become commonplace…
- Korto Couture: “Project Runway” designer Korto Momolu brings her everyday chic to Lawrence
- November 5, 2009
- Korto Momolu’s personal background is as vibrant as one of the colorful outfits which nearly won her “Project Runway.”
- Hot scary messes: Last-minute Halloween costumes for the cheap and indecisive
- Last-minute Halloween costumes for the cheap and indecisive
- October 28, 2009
- If you haven’t assembled your Halloween costume yet, shame on you! Being poor or busy or distracted by swine flu or “balloon boy” or how awful the Chiefs have become are not viable excuses…
- Theater of the Absurd: Those People Improv take the art of being funny very seriously
- Those People Improv take the art of being funny very seriously
- October 22, 2009
- There’s always that risk of failure … That’s what makes improv more fun than something scripted, says Alex Nicols of Lawrence’s Those People improv troupe….
- Cheap thrills: Low-budget Lawrence filmmakers finish campy caper, ‘It Starts with Murder!’
- Low-budget Lawrence filmmakers finish campy caper, ‘It Starts with Murder!’
- October 15, 2009
- Take an Agatha Christie mystery, inject it with John Waters’ raunchy camp, bathe it all in primary colors and fake blood, and you’ve got something resembling the new film out of Lawrence, “It Starts with Murder!”
- Shootout at Dodge: Bleeding Kansas Dodgeball brings the pain in a hail of rubber balls
- Bleeding Kansas Dodgeball brings the pain in a hail of rubber balls
- October 8, 2009
- Dodgeball is dangerous. Sure, you might think it’s just a kid’s game alongside tiddlywinks or Red Rover — but don’t be fooled. The moment they set foot on the court, players are susceptible to being hurt or humiliated…
- Beauty and Brains: Zombie models shuffle down the runway at Fashion Monster
- Zombie models shuffle down the runway at Fashion Monster
- October 1, 2009
- Some fashion models have drawn comparisons to walking cadavers, and they’ve been accused of promoting eating disorders. The models at the upcoming Fashion Monster show will actually take those charges as compliments…
- Mod Men: Rev It Up show celebrates cult of the car, supports charity
- Rev It Up show celebrates cult of the car, supports charity
- September 23, 2009
- The culture of the American hot rod is a fuel-injected religion with devotees across the globe. In Lawrence this weekend, church will be in session at the Rev It Up car show and music festival…
- Meet the Tweeple
- Twestival breaks barrier between social media websites and real life
- September 9, 2009
- Judging solely by the sheer volume of silly variations on its name, Twitter has arrived as a full blown cultural force…
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