WRITER: Sylas May

In the complex 'ecosystem' of city government, Lawrence's mayor asks sustainability advisers to look at the big picture

The City of Lawrence’s efforts to protect the environment have something in common with the environment itself: lots of parts that all depend on each other. There’s a clean energy ordinance that could change soon. There’s the city’s strategic plan, which will soon get an update. There are two new city commissioners, a sustainability department with just a $4,000 operating budget for this year, and ...

Local vendors can apply now for KU's new monthly on-campus market, Jayhawk Fridays

Next Friday on the University of Kansas campus, you might see what looks like a mini craft market near the bronze Jayhawk statues outside the Kansas Union. It’s called Jayhawk Fridays, and it’s a new way for small businesses to connect with students on campus. Program director Mikayla Leader with KU Memorial Unions said it will normally happen on the first Friday of each month, and if you’re a vendor of ...

Join 'the musicians and the artists and the collectors of crap' at the East Lawrence Yart Sale this weekend

In his decades of living in East Lawrence, Tony Peterson says, a lot has changed, but “the Yart Sale has always been one of the constants.” “I’m not even sure how long ago it started,” he says. It’s one of those ad-hoc, organic neighborhood things, part garage sale, part gallery, part “unofficial neighborhood party,” and never the same from one year to the next. This year’s is on Saturday ...

Some fire stations in Lawrence respond to fewer calls than others; a look at the data and whether it means anything for Station 6

As Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical prepares to add a new station in northwest Lawrence, Station 6, the department's stats show that its two existing stations on the west side are responding to fewer calls than some stations farther east. But that may not be an issue for Station 6, because LDCFM has said that what matters, and what Station 6 is trying to improve, is where the department can get to in four ...

Have fun with the senior Vintage Players (and a dummy diva) at Theatre Lawrence's 'Vintage Vaudeville Revived!'

“Where’s my pencil?” says Deb Madden at Tuesday’s rehearsal for Vintage Players, Theatre Lawrence’s senior theater program. She’s just come into the auditorium, running late and a little frazzled. “Do you have a pencil?” Director Bruce Douglas doesn’t have one. Nobody in the audience does. Oh, but wait – they’re in her hair! She pulls one out and offers it to him. “Would you like a ...

These designers want to capture Lawrence's World Cup moment in wearable public art

You yourself could be the canvas for the artwork that Tim Hossler and Lizzy Arnold are creating for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hossler, a University of Kansas design professor, and Arnold, the graphic designer for the KU School of Architecture and Design, are among the artists being featured in the City of Lawrence's soccer-themed Unmistakable Public Art Exhibition this summer. But rather than sculpting or ...