Singer Rufus Wainwright has played in Lawrence multiple times, but, according to his new single, “Lawrence, Kansas / Doesn’t really matter at all.” That’s right. In “You Ain’t Big,” a track from Wainwright's upcoming album, "Unfollow the Rules," Wainwright seemingly disses Lawrence while lauding Topeka and Wichita. The song begins: “You ain’t big unless you’re big in Alabama Don’t know ...
When Kate Gonzalez, co-owner of Global Cafe, opens her restaurant back up, she’ll have to space out tables, pay additional staff members and hope that people will come. She’s not quite sure an increase in customers will come to pass. “We are suffering financially but also I don’t feel like opening the doors to the public is the solution for that,” Gonzalez said. Global Cafe, 820 Massachusetts, is ...
The most snakes Ramon Schmidt had seen at one time in his 80 years of living was two. On Tuesday, the west Lawrence resident saw and captured five. They were all nonvenomous black rat snakes, ranging in size from 51 inches to 65 inches. It’s unusual to see that many adult snakes of that species in the same area, University of Kansas herpetology curator Rafe Brown said. “There’s only one answer, ...
Esports leagues through city Parks and Recreation departments are on the rise, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the founder of the new esports league in Eudora. When the pandemic began, Jimmy Kegin, assistant director of Eudora Parks and Recreation, began a “virtual recreation center” for the city, with links to cooking projects, art projects and more. Then Kegin, a gamer himself, ...
Reading lists featuring books about racism and social justice have cropped up on the internet and social media following the killing of George Floyd, and two local bookstores said they have seen increased demand for these resources. Danny Caine, owner of The Raven Book Store, 6 E. Seventh St., said that books have been selling “at Christmas levels” since last week and that 50% to 75% of all orders have ...
Despite a large crowd of protesters in downtown Lawrence Sunday night, the leader of Douglas County's health department is not asking that all participants self-quarantine for two weeks. As the Journal-World reported, a crowd of potentially thousands of people gathered to protest the recent death of George Floyd, a black man, during an arrest in Minneapolis. Douglas County, which decided last week to follow ...