At the age of 49, Jeff Matsui asked himself what he was passionate about. It’s a standard question to contemplate when making a career or life change, he said, and Matsui was in the middle of both.
He had just returned to the United States after living in Japan for 26 years, where he met his wife and worked as a manager at an IT company. When they moved back, Matsui decided to change his professional course ...
A support group for people who experience chronic pain has moved from LMH Health to The Windsor, an assisted living facility at 3220 Peterson Road.
Annie Ross, a certified peer specialist in Lawrence who runs the group, said the hospital could no longer house the group's meetings, and that since switching to The Windsor, the group has doubled in size. At LMH Health, the group consisted of about seven people. ...
Tenants to Homeowners on Friday unveiled two small homes, which the Lawrence nonprofit says will remain permanently affordable.
The homes, on 15th Street near Prairie Avenue, are both two-bedroom, two-level homes that are about 885 square feet, according to the general contractor. Tenants to Homeowners said these are the smallest homes the nonprofit has built so far.
“They are better than I imagined as far ...
This Valentine's Day, listeners can take in four decades worth of lovey-dovey tunes during "An Evening of Love Songs" at S&S Artisan Pub & Coffeehouse.
The Mary Conn Jazz Trio — Mary Conn (vocals), Tim O’Brien (upright bass) and Steven Bergdall (keyboard) — will perform songs such as “Scotch and Soda,” “Moondance” and “Cheek to Cheek” this Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. at S&S, 2228 ...
Thursday morning will be extremely cold, according to a meteorologist from the National Weather Service who says the wind chill will make the temperature feel like 10 to 15 degrees below zero.
It will likely be “the coldest air of the season we’ve seen so far,” said Kevin Skow with the National Weather Service office in Topeka.
Skow expects temperatures to rise to only the single digits by Thursday ...
In “The Vagina Monologues: Liberated Sisters,” on stage this week at the Lawrence Arts Center, director Sadie Barbee seeks to share the stories of women whose voices have been muted.
“One of my favorite lines in the show is, ‘We forget the vagina. What else would explain our lack of awe, our lack of wonder?’” she said. “And so for me that’s how people see not only the vagina itself but also ...
