In-person, indoor theater performances are returning to Theatre Lawrence this weekend, and the organization is striving to do as much as it can to ensure a safe experience. When the community theater welcomes people inside for the opening of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” there will be ...
In a new one-woman show from the Lawrence Arts Center, actress and writer Victoria Taurean Smith tells the story of how she accepted her transgender identity. The show, “10,000,” will premiere virtually on Saturday and run through Nov. 15. The production is pre-recorded and is being called ...
Charles and Agatha are truly winning October, despite the circumstances. They’ve been sunbathing, wining and dining, camping out and playing in the leaves. One might even say they are living their best lives – if not for the fact that they are dead. Every Oct. 1, Lawrence resident Kelly ...
A soon-to-be-released collection of stories about Ladybird Diner doesn’t have a neat ending, according to the author and diner owner Meg Heriford, but the sales from the book will help the restaurant continue its story. “I say that the book is sort of the means to its own ending,” ...
Lawrence's largest movie theater, The Regal Southwind, will close at the end of the day Thursday with no estimated reopening date amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Regal Cinemas announced Monday that it is temporarily suspending operations at all of its 536 theaters nationwide, "in response ...
A Lawrence resident is one of six Chinese artists whose work is currently on display at the Royal Palace of Milan in Italy. Hong Zhang, who moved to America in 1996 and has been in Lawrence since 2004, created a piece called “Fall” for the exhibition at the Palazzo Reale Milano. It is ...
A short film featuring the mysterious and iconic East Lawrence Wishing Bench will premiere this week in the neighborhood that gave the film its story. The 12-minute film, which is simply titled "The Wishing Bench," is one of the final works of art in the Rebuilding East Ninth Street public ...
The artist of a life-size scratchboard whale and a "Moby-Dick" scholar will come together in a virtual conversation Friday night through the Lawrence Arts Center. Jos Sances' piece "Or, The Whale" currently occupies an entire wall of the art center's large gallery. In August, the Journal-World ...
A watercolor in the Lumberyard Arts Center depicts the center as Sandy Cardens envisioned it once it shed its former commercial purpose and became the home for the arts in Baldwin City. Cardens, a one-time art education student, moved to Baldwin City with her husband, J.T., in 1997. Her ...
Completely by chance, local videographer Marc Havener released a short film — a celebration of Lawrence’s resilience and interconnectedness throughout the pandemic — on the city’s birthday. After the film was released Friday morning, a commenter pointed out the serendipity. “How ...
Theatre Lawrence’s upcoming performance will be an outdoor, two-man show complete with social distancing. And while the show’s director says the elements of nature will pose the greatest challenges to the performance, it will also complement the play, which takes place largely outdoors, on ...
Former United States poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will speak online Wednesday night as part of the University of Kansas' Hall Center's humanities lecture series. Herrera, the first Mexican American to become poet laureate of the United States, held the position from 2015 to 2017. His work ...
A local librarian’s new book tells readers all about what it’s like working in a library — and in doing so, dispels all notions that librarians just sit and read books all day. “Contrary to popular belief, a librarian’s job isn’t always the quiet, easy, and stress-free paradise ...
A yearlong quilting project has resulted in a colorful, vulnerable glimpse into the weekly challenges of an artist’s life — from a need to rekindle her creative fire, to the COVID-19 pandemic, to facing the converging crises of the world. Each week for the past year, Perry artist Gina ...
A Lawrence native is returning home to serve as executive director of Americana Music Academy. Max Paley, a musician with a degree in nonprofit management, began his new role on Tuesday. As the leader of the nonprofit, Paley hopes to get more kids involved in music, raise the profile of folk ...
A 51-foot-long scratchboard whale is currently on display at the Lawrence Arts Center, and Gallery Director Ben Ahlvers said it’s “one of the more incredible works of art I’ve ever been able to see in person.” The giant piece, filled with images depicting the history of American ...
Lawrence writer Bogi Takács has won one of the science fiction world’s most prestigious awards. Takács was announced as one of the winners of a Hugo Award, which recognizes excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy, on Aug. 1. The Lawrence resident, originally from Hungary, ...
Much like other industries nationwide, the Douglas County arts and culture community has been slammed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But leaders of local nonprofit arts and culture organizations said that the most challenging part about the pandemic is the uncertainty. “The problem ...
The Lawrence Public Library has launched a free online streaming platform featuring the music of northeast Kansas artists, both past and present, called the Kaw Valley Jukebox. It’s meant to be an archive of music history in Lawrence, project manager Kevin Corcoran said, but it’s also ...
In Sarah Henning’s latest young adult fantasy, the Lawrence author inverts the trope of the damsel in distress. This time, it’s the princess rescuing her true love from the hands of captors. As her title indicates, “The Princess Will Save You.” Henning’s novel is inspired by the ...