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May Final Fridays Preview
By Margie Carr
May 30, 2013
This month’s Final Fridays not only offers wonderful art but also gives participants an opportunity to catch up on what people and companies are up to.
New exhibit strings together artwork of more than 70 artists
By Margie Carr
May 30, 2013
Ask a physicist about string theory and you get talk of particle theory, dark matter and quantum physics. Ask an artist about string theory and you will get something like what is currently on display in the front gallery of the Lawrence Arts Center.
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.

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