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April Final Fridays Preview: Invisible Hand gallery features renowned photographer
By Margie Carr
April 25, 2013
This month’s Final Friday reminds us of the talented folk drawn to, and cultivated from, the Lawrence community.
Lawrence couple create home for poetry in tree at their home
By Margie Carr
April 14, 2013
There are poetry posts, poetry poles and even poetry boxes, but Lawrence may be the only place in America that has a “Poet Tree” — a maple tree in the front yard of Joe and Vicki Douglas’ home at 2804 Oxford Road. By Margie Carr
A community in stitches
By Margie Carr
April 7, 2013
Artists need vision — and local artist, quilter, historian and teacher Marla Jackson has big ones.
March Final Fridays Preview: Arts madness
By Margie Carr
March 28, 2013
The art in this month’s Lawrence Final Fridays covers the gamut, from a photographer who documents stalwart items from the history of the heartland to a forward-looking artist known for ephemeral set designs in Hollywood. By Margie Carr
February Final Friday Preview: Percolator exhibit features small versions of world’s largest things
By Margie Carr
February 17, 2013
If you like art to tell you about where we’ve been as a society or where we are going, you won’t want to miss this month’s Final Friday. By Margie Carr
Life lessons
Artist teaches incarcerated youths to help them get positive attention
By Margie Carr
February 16, 2013
Every Friday for the past 15 years, artist Laura Ramberg has been teaching art to people convicted of some very serious crimes: Battery. Breaking and entering. Drug use. And none of her students are older than 17. By Margie Carr
January Final Fridays Preview: Percolator exhibit feels the love
By Margie Carr
January 20, 2013
“When you put creative people together, amazing stuff happens,” Eric Kirkendall says.
Lawrence Locales: Some spooked by downtown fire station
By Margie Carr
October 22, 2012
Firefighters are known for their courage and tolerance. They pretty much have to have both if they’re going to risk their lives to keep others safe — and live so closely with co-workers while doing it. They also tend to be fairly level-headed. If you’re looking for a place where people talk about spirits and otherworldly phenomena, you wouldn’t expect a fire station to be the place. All of which makes the occurrences at Lawrence Fire Station No. 1, 746 Kentucky St., even more unusual.
Children’s book ‘The Pillow Fairy’ helps parents solve problem
Story gives kids incentive to sleep in their own beds
By Margie Carr
October 15, 2012
Local resident, educator and now published author Marcia Riley is sharing one of her parenting secrets in her new book, “The Pillow Fairy” (self published at CreateSpace, 2012), the story of how she got her two sons to go to sleep in their very own beds.
September Final Fridays preview: An old muffler shop turns to a new space for artists
By Margie Carr
September 27, 2012
If you’re going to have a thriving arts community, you need more than talented people and spacious galleries, you need studio space.

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