Tellers of larger-than-life stories are invited to share their tall tales this weekend in Tonganoxie for a chance to win a spot in next spring's Kansas Storytelling Festival. Tonganoxie is one of three sites in the state that will hold preliminary tall tale competitions to determine who gets ...
Friday, Sept. 12 Movie screening: “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. See liberty-hall.com for ticket information. Lawrence Beer Co. Street Party, starting 3 p.m., live music starts 5 p.m., Pennsylvania St. between Eighth ...
When Kim Andrews was in high school, she learned for the first time about a literally explosive family story — one that she has been working to tell, on and off, for the past 30 years. Andrews, on a trip with her father to Topeka, met with a cousin who took them up to a farm site on Perry ...
Friday, Sept. 5 AUMI Jam, 4:30-6 p.m., Sound + Vision Studio, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. KU Inter-Arts presents musical improvisation with Adaptive Use Musical Instruments. Banff Mountain Film Festival, doors 6 p.m., showings 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. All ...
More than 800 people attended the Best of Lawrence Winners Bash celebration in downtown Lawrence on Sept. 3. The event unveiled the winners in categories ranging from restaurants to top employers to most outstanding school principals and many more. Many of the winners had their photos taken at ...
Ahead of the annual Art in the Park show in September, you can get a sneak peek at some of the participating artists' works at downtown Lawrence's Phoenix Gallery. The gallery at 825 Massachusetts St., will be hosting an Art in the Park Preview Show in its downstairs space, the Phoenix ...