A restaurant’s sprawling, colorful garden used to bloom where an apartment complex and parking lot now sit in East Lawrence — a fact that wasn’t lost on developer Tony Krsnich, who has paid tribute to that garden by commissioning a pair of enormous painted flowers to adorn the complex’s brick exterior. Krsnich, who has revitalized the Warehouse Arts District, is putting finishing touches on the $11.8 ...
Hundreds of people rallied Saturday in Lawrence in support of reproductive rights. The event, one of hundreds that took place across the U.S. this weekend, began in Watson Park with a series of speakers, including various legal experts and state politicians, and ended with a march up and down Massachusetts Street, where “My body, my choice!” and other chants reverberated. The event came in the wake of a ...
As the highly anticipated prequel to “The Sopranos” is set to be released on Friday, millions of fans have been reacquainting themselves with the HBO series, which ended its celebrated run 14 years ago. Not Rose Foster. No need. The Lawrence grandma can recap all 86 episodes of her favorite TV show with ease, plus recount various stories about particular scenes and riff on theories about the show’s ...
Two Lawrence nonprofits dedicated to helping area families have joined forces to make sure all members of the family — including the four-legged ones — are properly cared for. Over the weekend, the Lawrence Humane Society teamed with Just Food to vaccinate and microchip the pets of dozens of food pantry customers free of charge. People experiencing food insecurity and who are having to make choices between ...
Updated at 5:22 p.m. Monday Burdett Loomis, a longtime political science professor at the University of Kansas and a well-known supporter of local arts, has died. He was 76. Loomis, who had retired from KU, died Saturday at his home in Lawrence after recently being diagnosed with cancer. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod, in a message to the KU community Monday, said Loomis, known as "Bird," stood "among the giants ...
Autumn Schierling tells how everyone in kindergarten — “the whole entire class, except my three friends” — laughed at her on the first day of school. “I cried,” she says, but her tone is matter of fact, like someone talking about ancient history. “It was after you dropped me off,” she says to her mom across the table. Her mom, Lindsay Revenew, nods, knowing this story and that it’s not the ...