“Songs from Ireland,” an evening of music at Liberty Hall, is an invitation for the audience — and even participating musicians themselves — to learn more about Irish artists. Nick Carswell is one of the organizers of the event and a member of Carswell & Hope, the main band. Other musicians performing during the evening will be backed by Carswell & Hope and have been asked to research songs by ...
Douglas County is one of eight finalists for a national prize that rewards communities for their health initiatives. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize honors communities advancing health, opportunity and equity. Winning communities receive a $25,000 cash prize and a national platform to share their stories. This is the first year that Douglas County has made it to the final round, ...
Theatre Lawrence is hosting a free event Wednesday night that will include Holocaust survivor stories and a discussion of tolerance in what it calls today’s “climate of fear.” The special event is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the theater, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive. It's in conjunction with the theater’s production of “Yours, Anne,” a musical adaptation of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl.” ...
Grammy-winning bluegrass band The Travelin’ McCourys will headline the inaugural Kaw River Roots Festival in August in Lawrence. Organizers on Monday announced 24 participating bands and artists for the two-day festival, Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29. Mike Hannah, one of the co-organizers of the festival along with Lawrence music venue owner Mike Logan, told the Journal-World in January that he ...
Danny Caine was eating a five-piece spicy chicken tender meal at the Popeyes on Iowa Street when genius struck. It was February of 2018 and Caine, owner of The Raven Book Store in downtown Lawrence, was alone in a corner booth with his combo meal, a good book and the setting sun. “As I was just being overcome by the end of this book and by the chicken tenders, you know, it’s like a poem happened,” he ...
After 42 years of conducting Zen practice in a variety of locations across Lawrence, the Kansas Zen Center has found a permanent home. The organization, which teaches and practices Korean Buddhism as an affiliate of the Kwan Um School of Zen, had to turn people away at their last location, which was not easily accessible for people with disabilities. “Occasionally somebody would say, ‘I’m in a walker. ...