The brand new artists-in-residence at the Lawrence Arts Center were focused on an unimaginative but necessary task Monday: filling out W-4 forms on their first day on the job. Sculptor Ashlyn Pope and printmaker Dayon Royster had just arrived at the center at 940 New Hampshire St., where they will be spending the coming 12 months creating new pieces of art, as well as teaching classes for the Lawrence ...
Like a politician, David Nottingham walked through the Douglas County Fair pavilion during the swine show Wednesday night and said hello to everyone he passed. Nottingham is not running for office but is certainly a familiar face to 4-H’ers and their families around the livestock barns after 40 years of serving as a veterinarian at the fair. Along with veterinarian Michelle Colgan Hall, Nottingham checked in ...
Starting next week, the Tuesday version of the Lawrence Farmers' Market will be in South Park instead of at the Vermont Street parking garage. For the past three years, the Tuesday afternoon market has been in the lower level of the parking garage adjacent to the Lawrence Public Library. But Brian McInerney, marketing director with the farmers market, said he hoped the new location would help the market ...
Heavy rainfall prompted closures of several area trails on Thursday, and a local grocery store also briefly shut down because of issues related to the storm. The trail connecting Burcham Park, 200 Indiana St., and Constant Park, 230 W. Sixth St., is currently closed because of flooding along the banks of the Kansas River, said Derek Rogers, director of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. A portion of ...
The longtime host of a monthly poetry event for artists of color will pass the mic to two new leaders this weekend. Jameelah Jones will host her last Mic Supremacy event from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Raven Book Store, 6 E. Seventh St. “Jameelah is moving away, so this is her retirement from the event,” said Danny Caine, owner of the Raven. Jones, who is moving to Georgia, said she's glad the ...
Updated at 6:25 p.m. Thursday Lawrence and Ottawa were in the bullseye of heavy thunderstorms, bringing around 8 inches of rain to the area southwest of Lawrence through Thursday morning and necessitating multiple water rescues. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical was called to rescue nine people from homes around the Lone Star Lake area between 7:20 and 11 a.m. Thursday, and it had to rescue three ...