This summer was hellish for Ahmad Baset Azizi, a University of Kansas student who was working desperately to get his family out of Afghanistan as the Taliban overran the country.
But in the final week of August, his fear and anxiety gave way to relief and joy as he learned that his parents and three sisters had safely boarded a plane from Kabul to the United Arab Emirates — just a day before a suicide bomber ...
Mona Cliff says she was “kind of blown out of the water“ when she heard her art was selected to adorn a wall of the new $1.5 billion Kansas City airport, not just because the competition was so stiff — fewer than 2% of the 1,900 artists who applied were chosen — but also because the announcement “propelled” the already great year she was having professionally.
Earlier this year she was selected to ...
More than 100 animals at the Lawrence Humane Society were adopted Saturday and left the shelter for their new homes.
On Saturday, which was Clear the Shelter Day across the nation, all adoption fees were waived for dogs and cats.
In Lawrence, 102 animals were adopted, according to Elina Alterman, the shelter's development and communications director. That includes 47 dogs and 55 cats — the first time more ...
The two artists couldn’t be more different — he paints celebrity portraits; she paints abstract landscapes — and that’s why sharing a space has been such a breeze, says Patrick Schlotterback of his studio mate Maria Martin.
"It's perfect because it's so eclectic. She's completely abstract, and I love her work, and I'm more realistic, almost a Norman Rockwell type," Schlotterback says.
The two, along ...
Mixie, Miffy and Luna — and all their animal companions at the Lawrence Humane Society — are in for a life-changing surprise Saturday if all goes as planned.
That’s the day when the animal shelter hopes to match every animal in the building with a caring new human — at no cost to the human.
The event, known as Clear the Shelter Day, is in its seventh year locally, and it’s part of a national push to ...
Of the 1,900 artists from around the world who wanted to see their artwork adorn the new Kansas City airport, only 28 — fewer than 2% — have been selected, and Hong Zhang, of Lawrence, is among them.
“I’m happy to be in this diverse group,” said Zhang, noting not only the intensity of the competition but the opportunity to have her Kansas-inspired artwork seen by countless travelers at the ...
