Lawrence revived its Veterans Day parade in 2017 after decades of going without, and organizers say the event has been an important way to ensure that veterans' contributions are not forgotten. Saturday's 11 a.m. parade along Massachusetts Street — featuring Lawton Nuss, retired Chief Justice of Kansas, as the grand marshal — will be hosted by the Lawrence Veterans Day Parade Association. That group, ...
A downtown Lawrence pop-up gallery opened Friday to celebrate — and offer for sale — the work of longtime local artist Louis Copt, who died this year at age 76. The gallery, at 812 Massachusetts St., includes a collection of prints and original works from Copt, who was known for his landscape paintings, murals and other art pieces. Copt's widow, Phyllis Copt, told the Journal-World that most of the ...
Taste of Lawrence returns Thursday, with a wider array of vendors and businesses attending the event than ever before. The Taste of Lawrence event has gone on for over 40 years, said Jared Martin, the director of events for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce which hosts the event, and its goal was to showcase local food and beverage operations while honoring educators in the city. “It’s a way for people to ...
A documentary about the rematriation of a sacred red rock from a park in downtown Lawrence to Indigenous land will be screened at the University of Kansas on Saturday, with hopes the showing keeps the story alive. The Spencer Museum of Art will host a free screening of the documentary “Return of the Sacred Red Rock” on Nov. 8 at the Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. The documentary ...
As Lawrence voters went to the polls on Election Day, the City Commission approved a few items as part of its consent agenda during a short meeting Tuesday night. The agenda for the meeting featured no items beyond a vote on the consent agenda — a group of items normally considered routine that can be approved in a single vote. One of the items passed in that agenda with a 4-0 vote — Commissioner Amber ...
This month, the Watkins Museum of History is celebrating its 50th year, but it comes at a time when federal changes threaten its very existence. Changes from the federal government have upended the museum’s operations. Steve Nowak, the museum’s executive director, said the museum has seen a drop in funds from federal sources of nearly 10%. At the same time, federal grant criteria have changed to be more ...