Arts and Entertainment

Patrick Stewart, legendary actor of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ fame, dies at 86

Patrick Stewart, the classically trained actor who added Shakespearean gravitas to the "Star Trek" and "X-Men" franchises, has died. He was 86. Stewart died Wednesday in Los Angeles, following "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, spokesperson Kelly ...

Go, See, Do: Trick-or-treating, Blintz Brunch, performances and more

Friday, October 30 Annual Halloween Costume Contest, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 1313 Mockingbird Lane, 1027 Massachusetts St. Halloween Movie Night, 5-9 p.m., Art Emergency, 721 E. Ninth St. Family-friendly Halloween art, early 1900s silent scary movies. Free admission. Final Friday Art Walk ...

Go, See, Do: KU homecoming, Halloween happenings and other events

Friday, October 23 Jayhawk Homecoming Lecture for Community Impact, 3:30-5 p.m., Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Ave. Free and open to the public. “Curious George: The Golden Meatball,” 7 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive; ticket information at lied.ku.edu. ...

Theatre Lawrence’s ‘LIZZIE’ puts a Riot Grrrl edge on infamous ax murders

If the infamous Borden murders happened today, they’d likely be solved in about 15 minutes. DNA, blood splatter, doorbell cameras, geofencing — all the crime-fighting evidence that wasn’t available to detectives in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts — would coalesce quickly into a tidy ...