NEW YORK (AP) — Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for “Spring Awakening,” has died. He was 56. Sheik died Thursday night, according to a post on his Instagram page. “The world has a lost a singular talent, and deeply influential voice in ...
In 12 years of showing her pottery at Art in the Park, Melanie Harvey has some ideas of what the people want to see. They want the chicken band. They want the T. rex on the drums, or the cat on the bicycle – the “classic characters” she came up with, inspired by people she knows and ...
Friday, September 18 Lawrence Beer Co. Ninth Anniversary Street Party, 5 p.m., 800 block Pennsylvania St. Vendors, street games, food trucks and more. A Conversation with Nathalie Miebach, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Kansas Union Woodruff Auditorium, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Open to the public. Book ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. Hours after Sheeran posted on social media about ...
If you’ve never seen a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta like “The Pirates of Penzance,” director Jessica Franz-Martin thinks you probably picture something dry, stuffy and above all, British. “Right?” she said. “Like, ‘In the 1880s, they were all stodgy and they listened to this and ...
Friday, September 11 Dole Institute and KU School of Music: September 11 25th Anniversary Tribute Performance, 3-4 p.m., Hansen Hall, Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive. Music & Audio Sale: Opening Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. CDs, ...