When visitors to the Lawrence Arts Center ride the elevator this weekend, they'll be entertained with a pop-up gallery inside.
Artist Matthew Lord, the mastermind behind the “Elevator Project,” plans to greet passengers as they enter the elevator car and will give a quick performance as it goes up or down. On display in the car will be some of Lord's woodcuts — of grain elevators, naturally.
“Most ...
Autumn officially arrived Monday in Lawrence, veiled in fog and cooler temperatures.
“It definitely feels like fall,” said Jenifer Prieto early Monday morning. Prieto is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Although the fall equinox signals the end of summer, this year it does not bring the end to summer temperatures. Prieto expects the daytime high temperatures through Sept. 30 ...
There was one question Vicki Weseman and her daughter Leah Wisdom needed to answer before they bought a house together in Lawrence.
“We had to decide: Could we live together?” Weseman said.
After giving the idea some thought, they agreed that if they found the right house they could do it. What they were searching for was one house with enough room so they could maintain separate spaces.
Weseman had been ...
Susan Rieger knows it’s impossible to change a person’s chronological age, but she believes it’s possible to slow down physical aging by practicing yoga.
Connecting mind, body and spirit is essential to a person’s well-being at any age, according to Rieger, who spends a lot of her time teaching gentle yoga classes to many seniors around Lawrence. Whether it's Yoga for Everybody or Chair Yoga at the ...
From local gyms to Lawrence Parks and Recreation, yoga classes abound around town, but one yoga teacher considers the occasional class just a taste of yoga.
“If you want a serious study of yoga, I recommend a studio," said Sharyn Harley, owner of OmTree Shala, 1405 Massachusetts St.
Here in Lawrence, each yoga studio offers something different for the seeker of the physical, mental and spiritual practices ...
For several years, the staff of the Watkins Museum of History has been working on the third-floor exhibits in the iconic red brick building at 1047 Massachusetts St.
In the large space, several of the exhibits are now completed and help tell the story of everyday life in Douglas County. Plus, thanks to a $145,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency that ...
