Book lovers can peruse tens of thousands of titles — all priced at less than $2 — at the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library's spring book sale. Sue Hopkins, a Friends of the Lawrence Public Library board member, said that more than 64,000 bookstore-quality books — everything from coffee-table art books to popular fiction — are for sale. Plus, there are more than 8,000 CDs, DVDs and audiobooks ...
Albert Bloch was an enigma to many people, including his grandson Scott, who has spent two decades unraveling the mystery of Bloch's life. Some answers are revealed in the documentary film “AB,” which are Albert Bloch's initials. Scott Bloch wrote and produced the film, which will be screened during this weekend’s Kansas City FilmFest International in Kansas City, Mo. An artist, poet and professor at the ...
The Lawrence Farmers’ Market will open its 43rd season Saturday with familiar vendors and some new faces selling a variety of products, from locally produced meat to vegan cinnamon buns. While it’s still early for a lot of fresh produce, plenty of greens will be available, according to Brian McInerney, the market manager. For those starting gardens, young vegetable plants will be available, along with ...
Some people were feeling a sting as they supported the Lawrence Public Library Tuesday. It’s National Library Week, and one of the events planned by the library was “Get Inked for the Library.” Jarod and Holly Hackney, owners of Standard Electric Tattooing, 19 W. Ninth St., scheduled the day to do the tattooing and planned to donate all the proceeds to the library. "We're doing this to draw attention to ...
Some people don’t hold back their feelings when they catch Tanya Green slipping a yellow parking ticket under the windshield wiper of their vehicle. As one of Lawrence’s parking patrol officers, Green has had some nasty words hurled at her while checking the meters around downtown. “Have you ever watched the show 'Parking Wars?'” Green asked, referring to reruns of a reality TV show about Philadelphia ...
In order to create the murals that will soon adorn the walls of three crisis rooms in LMH Health's emergency department, apprentice artists at Van Go Inc. had to take a crash course in calming. Before they could start painting, the 19 young workers with the arts-based social service agency had to meet with the hospital staff to learn about the people who would be seeing their work: patients who are experiencing ...