Before the kickoff whistle has even been blown, the Red Lyon bar is already at capacity, with dozens of people watching on a big-screen TV that has been moved outside onto the bar’s patio along Massachusetts Street. In the crowd, which has gathered to watch the U.S. vs. England game on Friday afternoon, there are U.S. soccer scarves draped around shoulders, a man with his face painted, and a woman with round ...
Lawrence school board leaders will soon consider a revised curriculum schedule and potential changes to high school course offerings. As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider adopting a revised curriculum review schedule and the high school course description book for next school year, “including course deletions, additions and changes,” according to the board’s meeting ...
As mouse king battles and waltzing flowers take over the stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this week, Lawrence resident Elise Pickert will be center stage among them, performing the role of Clara in "The Nutcracker" with the Kansas City Ballet. Her starring role on such a big stage comes seven years after Pickert, 14, first performed in "The Nutcracker" with the KC Ballet. Pickert, speaking from ...
Lawrence City Commissioner Amber Sellers has been selected for a position on the executive board of the National Black Caucus for the National League of Cities. Sellers was nominated and selected to the role of assistant secretary of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials as part of a meeting on Nov. 19, and will serve in that capacity for two years. Sellers said the Black caucus and the National ...
Lawrence is one of eight communities across the state to receive a grant to preserve community history from the 1970s, a decade that local historians say represented a transformative time in the city’s history. Humanities Kansas announced this week that eight nonprofit cultural organizations across the state would receive a total of $25,346 in grants to support projects that preserve and create access to ...
The executive director of Downtown Lawrence Inc. is stepping down after close to a decade of leading the nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of downtown. Sally Zogry said she would leave the organization at the end of January, enabling her to remain in her position through the busy holiday season and to help with the transition of the new director. Zogry, who has been with DLI for 9.5 years, said ...