More than 20 musical groups will take the stage for free concerts around the city at this weekend's Lawrence Field Day Fest. The annual music festival, now in its eighth year, runs from Thursday through Saturday and will include 24 bands. Fally Afani, the festival organizer and editor of the website I Heart Local Music, said it was important to keep the concerts open to everyone in the community. "For this ...
When Veronica Decker arrived on Massachusetts Street at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, a line of shoppers had already formed at Urban Outfitters. By 8:30 a.m. she had taken a load of purchases to her car and was back on the street looking for more bargains at the 60th Annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale. Decker was happy with her discoveries, including a $50 pair of shoes for $5. But Decker, a Lawrence school teacher, ...
Half a century after the Apollo 11 launch and moon landing, that week in the summer of 1969 is still a time when people can recall just where they were and how they felt as history unfolded. As people around the world muse on humanity's bold quarter-million-mile space journey and the awe-inspiring first steps of Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, the Journal-World spoke to a former ...
EUDORA - A group of children seated on the floor of the Eudora Public Library reminded Gov.Laura Kelly how a library had been her salvation as a young mother. Kelly arrived at the library at 14 E. Ninth St., Tuesday morning for a ceremonial signing of legislation that authorizes the Eudora City Commission and Eudora Township Board of Trustees to pass a joint resolution creating the Eudora Community Library ...
The Explore Lawrence Visitor Center opened Monday in its new location at 812 Massachusetts St., and people immediately started coming through the door. They weren’t necessarily out-of-town visitors searching for restaurant suggestions, but they were interested in the new location. One person wanted to become a volunteer at the center. Another requested the guidelines for submitting art to be displayed on the ...
Amy Schmidt-Cowardin was unpacking boxes last week and pricing new inventory at Eccentricity in preparation for Thursday’s sidewalk sale — a beloved downtown Lawrence celebration now in its 60th year. “Everything in the store will be up to 70% off,” said Schmidt-Cowardin, the manager of the shop at 716 Massachusetts St. "All our KU wear will be marked $5, $10 or $15. We have new items from our sister ...