Kay Boydston stopped at Heartland Meat Market in west Lawrence Thursday for slices of smoked turkey breast. “This is really fresh,” said Boydston, as she watched Bryan Harpel, the store’s manager and butcher, cut up the turkey. “One time I brought my granddaughter here with me, and we ate the turkey before we got home,” Boydston said. “Everyone at home was disappointed.” Often when she shops at ...
A bond of friendship between two men has grown into a podcast with the two discussing everything from stress and anxiety to men’s relationships. The Kensington Corner is a podcast created by Jeff Thompson, 32, and Tom Angel, 31, who are both nontraditional students majoring in pre-medicine at the University of Kansas. Last fall semester, they started meeting for coffee and having discussions about life and ...
Underrepresented groups of people in Lawrence should become more visible through an exhibit that will open Saturday at the Murphy-Bromelsick House in Hobbs Park. The exhibit, organized by members of the Eastside People’s Intercultural Center, or Epicenter, “Untold Stories: Douglas County Social Movements from 1968 to 2018,” has a companion piece, the “People’s History of East Lawrence Walking ...
String instrument enthusiasts from around the state will converge on Lawrence this weekend for the 39th annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships. The event officially begins at noon Sunday at South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St. Scheduled throughout the afternoon are fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar contests, as well as four free concerts from regional musicians. There will also be food trucks at ...
Within days of moving to Lawrence, Bob Danon is heading off on a 300-mile sea kayaking trip along the jagged coast of Crete. At 74, Danon will be kayaking alone, about seven or eight hours a day. This will be his seventh sea kayaking trip to Crete and his third solo trip to raise dollars for charity. For this trip, Danon plans to raise money for the Shriners Hospitals for Children. The hospitals, with 22 ...
A leafy treehouse, complete with a tire swing, is the latest playhouse designed and built by local students to help raise money for Douglas County Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA. The playhouse, which is currently parked roadside at The Merc Co-op, 910 Iowa St., was created by high school students enrolled in Charlie Lauts' design-build class at Lawrence's College and Career Center. The project was ...