March isn't just tourney time for college basketball — one local coffee shop and pub is expanding it to the art world, too. At Shaun and Sons Artisan Pub and Coffeehouse, 2228 Iowa St., a bracket of 64 paintings by local artists has been narrowed down over the month by a panel of judges. The art show, called “mARTch MADNESS,” got started a little earlier than the NCAA men's basketball tournament that ...
United Way of Douglas County is $300,000 below where it was last year at this time in its fundraising campaign, Peggy Johnson, United Way chairwoman, told an audience during the organization's annual meeting Tuesday night. While United Way will continue to collect donations through the coming months, Johnson said donations were at $1.028 million with a goal of raising $1.5 million. Johnson gave the update of ...
After a total makeover on the newest season of the Netflix series “Queer Eye,” Jess Guilbeaux continues to wait tables at Lawrence's Mad Greek restaurant, but with a fresh mindset. Guilbeaux spoke to the Journal-World about her new-found confidence in between serving customers Monday afternoon at the downtown eatery at 907 Massachusetts St. Season 3 of the show is based in Kansas City and features five ...
Boxes of Danny Caine’s first book of poetry are stored in a closet at the Raven Bookstore. The release date for “Continental Breakfast” isn’t until Tuesday, which has Caine, the store’s owner, delaying gratification just a few more days before his work goes on sale. “I'm so excited to have the launch party and get on the road for the tour. It's been a long six years working on this book, but I feel ...
Lawrence barber Shelby Browning knew there was snow in the forecast Wednesday for a drive through Colorado, but she didn’t know her family was traveling into what meteorologists were calling a "bomb cyclone" blizzard. Browning, who works at Lawrence's Downtown Barber Shop, was traveling with her husband, David Dullea, and two children Wednesday when their four-wheel-drive Kia Sorento became buried in snow for ...
Massachusetts Street will be awash in green for the St. Patrick’s Day parade Sunday as about 100 entries make their way through downtown and across the Kansas River bridge into North Lawrence. The parade heads out from South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St., at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, goes north through downtown and ends at the Flamingo Club, 501 N. Ninth St. in North Lawrence. Elaborate floats are always among the ...