Lawrence's annual Mardi Gras parade — with its bead-clad participants and brass band — will return to downtown's sidewalks at noon Tuesday. The parade has been a staple in Lawrence since 2007, when a Louisiana family moved to town and started the tradition. Mike West and Katie Euliss ...
The public is invited to see the newly renovated Fire Station No. 1 and watch firefighters demonstrate “turning out” for a call this Saturday at an open house. The entire station will be open, allowing visitors to see all aspects of the $7.14 million renovation, including two additional ...
Thursday night at Liberty Hall, author Angelou Ezeilo will discuss her book, “Engage, Connect, Protect: Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders,” which seeks to dispel the myth that environmental issues are primarily of interest to wealthy white communities. Her work reveals why ...
A feel-good comedy musical will be making its world premiere in a Lawrence middle school this week. West Middle School will be the first school in the world to perform a junior version of the musical adaptation of “Sister Act,” according to Music Theatre International, the company which ...
This Valentine's Day, listeners can take in four decades worth of lovey-dovey tunes during "An Evening of Love Songs" at S&S Artisan Pub & Coffeehouse. The Mary Conn Jazz Trio — Mary Conn (vocals), Tim O’Brien (upright bass) and Steven Bergdall (keyboard) — will perform songs ...
In “The Vagina Monologues: Liberated Sisters,” on stage this week at the Lawrence Arts Center, director Sadie Barbee seeks to share the stories of women whose voices have been muted. “One of my favorite lines in the show is, ‘We forget the vagina. What else would explain our lack of ...
The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra has canceled a series of tour performances, including one at the Lied Center, because of visa issues. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services denied the symphony's work-visa petition, according to the Lied Center's website. Derek Kwan, executive ...
Five teenagers who were wrongly convicted of a rape that occurred in New York City’s Central Park were once known as the Central Park Five. Now they are often referred to as the “Exonerated Five,” and one of them will be speaking at the University of Kansas on Saturday night. “An ...
For the 11th year in a row, an antique motorcycle show is coming to the Douglas County Fairgrounds, and one of the organizers wants the public to know that youth are encouraged to attend. “The antique motorcycle enthusiasts are a bunch of gray-haired guys,” said John Webb, one of the chief ...
After a year's hiatus, Lawrence's Free State Festival will return this summer for a week of speakers, performances, film and art headlined by director John Waters, comedian Cameron Esposito and musician and filmmaker Boots Riley. The Lawrence Arts Center, which last held the annual arts and ...
Haskell Indian Nations University will host two prominent Native American writers this year, Haskell interim President Daniel Wildcat said Monday. Novelist Louise Erdrich and National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will appear in separate events this calendar year, one in March and the other in the ...
Richard Renner thinks he and his home at 408 Indiana St. are an ideal match for each other — and for Lawrence's Pinckney neighborhood. Renner owns the Vodvill Entertainment Company, a talent agency for variety acts, and organizes the quirky Busker Fest in downtown Lawrence every year. His ...
The winners of this year’s Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards wrote about the decline of bees and experiencing racism while growing up in Australia. Kate Lorenz, the events coordinator for the Lied Center, won the fiction writing contest for her short story "Beekeeping," and Tracey ...
Kaw Valley Comedy Night producer Cody Lindenberger says attendees will have to find out for themselves why he calls one of the comics at the event a “human tornado.” “If you saw his stand-up, you’d understand,” Lindenberger said of Kansas City-based comic Colby Cusick, who will be ...
A locally made film about immigration has won an award at the 2020 Borrego Springs Film Festival in Southern California. The film, “Strangers in Town,” co-directed by Lawrence resident Stephen Lerner and Reuben Aaronson of Los Angeles, won the People’s Choice Documentary award. Lerner ...
A NOTE FROM EDITOR CHAD LAWHORN: Lawrence seems to love restaurants. They’ve become a part of our identity, in some ways, and certainly a major part of our entertainment scene. With that in mind, we wanted to do something that gave readers a bit more of an extended look at Lawrence restaurant ...
This Q&A appeared in the Jan. 22, 2020, edition of the Journal-World's Crave food supplement. More from that section, including interviews with Lawrence restaurateurs, can be found here. Catalina Martin del Campo, manager of La Tropicana in North Lawrence, recently told the Journal-World ...
This Q&A appeared in the Jan. 22, 2020, edition of the Journal-World's Crave food supplement. More from that section, including interviews with Lawrence restaurateurs, can be found here. Michelle Yu, who owns Nagoya Japanese Cuisine with her husband, Vincent, spoke to the Journal-World ...
This Q&A appeared in the Jan. 22, 2020, edition of the Journal-World's Crave food supplement. More from that section, including interviews with Lawrence restaurateurs, can be found here. Greg Renck, owner of Terrebonne Cafe, recently sat down with the Journal-World to talk about ...
This Town Talk column appeared in the Jan. 22, 2020, edition of the Journal-World's Crave food supplement. More from that section, including interviews with Lawrence restaurateurs, can be found here. I’m definitely not a restaurant critic, and I’ve found it is dangerous to be a food ...