Lawrence sits at the center of one of the larger barrel horse racing associations in the country, and it's easy to meet the riders and their horses at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. The National Barrel Horse Association Kansas District 01 (NBHA KS01) is spread across 11 counties in northeast ...
Friday, Nov. 8 • Free State Story Slam: “Wildest Dreams,” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. $10 suggested donation. Saturday, Nov. 9 • Lawrence Bird Alliance: Globe Prairie Area Field Trip, meet 8 a.m. north of U.S. Highway 56 on East 400 Road. See ...
Lawrence’s Veterans Day Parade is back for its seventh year, but this weekend’s event will have a slightly new look. The parade has changed its direction, and will start at South Park and head north on Massachusetts Street. The parade is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday in downtown Lawrence. ...
An outdoor Día de los Muertos event scheduled for Saturday in Lawrence has announced it is moving to a new indoor location due to predicted stormy weather this weekend. The community group Somos Lawrence, which is hosting the event in partnership with the Senior Resource Center for Douglas ...
Pulitzer Prize winning-author Louise Erdrich said it was her first job pulling sugar beets that inspired her to write her new novel “The Mighty Red.” As she worked in the fertile soil of the Red River Valley as a teenager, she could see change was coming. “It changed from a place where ...
Friday, Oct. 11 • Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Use Kentucky Street garage entrance. Books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks priced $2 and less. Continues through the weekend. • Free State Story Slam: “Minimum Wage,” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts ...