The story that was the focus of many a book club in the early 1990s will soon take the stage in Lawrence. “The Bridges of Madison County” — originally released as a novel in 1992 and as a film in 1995 — makes its way to Lawrence in musical form for the first time this weekend, said Mary Doveton, executive director of Theatre Lawrence. The musical adaptation of the story opened on Broadway in 2014. The ...
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence recently received three grants totaling almost $1.16 million in funding, which accounts for a third of the organization's annual revenue. The organization received $400,000 for its 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, which is funded by the Kansas State Department of Education; $400,000 for its Kidz Lit program, which is funded by the Kansas Department for ...
A connection made 20 years ago helped bring an award-winning film to the Free State Festival this week. Andrew Heckler, writer and director of the film “Burden,” met Laura Kirk — who is now a University of Kansas film lecturer and a festival advisory board member — when they both lived in New York City in the 1990s, he said. Shortly after Heckler’s film won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award ...
Author Michelle Tea has written several accounts of her own life, but recently, she has turned her attention to chronicling the history of the broader community of queer culture. Tea, the author of several memoirs and novels, will read selections from her newest book, “Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms,” at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., as part ...
James Marx lifted the sharp object with both arms behind his head before using the momentum of his body to throw it about 15 feet. The object, a light metal ax, made a "thwack" sound when it reached its destination, a wooden bullseye. “I’ve always had a fondness for dangerous things being thrown at wood,” said Marx, noting his experience in archery. “This just seems like a good time.” Marx and his ...
The mind behind a well-known Wyoming sheriff will soon come to town. Craig Johnson, the New York Times best-selling author of the Walt Longmire mystery series, will visit Lawrence as part of the Free State Festival, which kicks off on Monday and continues through Sept. 23. Johnson, 57, will read from his new book, “Depth of Winter,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Lawrence Arts Center. Admission is $30 and ...