Hip-hop dancers at a special performance of “The Runaway Orchestra” at the Lawrence Arts Center had a class of second graders grooving in their seats Thursday morning, but the Arts Center says the new show, which officially opens Friday night at 6 p.m., isn't just for youngsters.
Marlo Angell, director of new media at the arts center, said the 30-minute theatrical performance is for all ages and showcases ...
A group of musicians from across the state will join the likes of Melissa Etheridge, Pat Metheny and Martina McBride as they enter the Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
Dues-paying members of the Hall of Fame vote each year for the inductees, selecting those who have contributed significantly to the music industry.
“We induct people from the state of Kansas and greater Kansas City metropolitan area,” said Allen ...
A University of Kansas doctoral student who was forced to flee his country will share his story Wednesday night at the Lawrence Public Library.
The student, Samuel Dermas, began working on a second doctoral degree this semester at KU. He is originally from Eritrea, a country in east Africa bordering the Red Sea. Eritrea had been at war with Ethiopia, on its southern border, for 20 years until a peace treaty was ...
It was so important to a Lawrence woman to let migrant teens behind the fence of a detention center know someone cares about them that she drove for 24 hours to stand on a ladder and wave to them.
The woman, Bonnie Uffman, a semiretired licensed clinical psychotherapist, just returned from 10 days witnessing outside the Homestead Migrant Child Detention Facility next to the Homestead Air Reserve Base in South ...
For those who enjoy singing along to the car radio, it might be time to kick it up a notch and go public for a good cause.
Organizers of Lawrence Mic Drop 2019 are looking for 10 to 12 contestants to perform on the stage of Liberty Hall during the June 22 fundraiser for The Willow Domestic Violence Center.
This will be the third year for the fundraiser. Last year's event raised more than $30,000 for The ...
Hong Zhang was dropping off the last of her paintings Wednesday morning for Friday’s opening of “Journey to the West: works on paper by three Chinese sisters.”
“Now I can sleep tonight,” said Hong Zhang, one of the three sisters displaying their work in the show at the Fayman Gallery, 927 1/2 Massachusetts St.
The other two sisters — Hong Zhang’s twin, Bo Zhang, who lives in Chicago, and older ...
