Friday, July 26 • 10th Anniversary Party & Summer Reading Last Bash, 5-11 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Free indoors/outdoors community event including dance and music performances, silent art auction, photo booth, mini golf and lawn games, movie screening and free ...
The Kansas Arts Commission awarded just under $160,000 in grant funding Tuesday to 12 local groups in Douglas County, including Theatre Lawrence and Busker Festival. Lt. Gov. and Secretary of Commerce David Toland awarded a total of $1,295,450 in funding to 108 recipients in 48 counties across ...
Friday, July 19 • Cinema a Go Go: “Attack of the Crab Monsters” (1956) and “Swamp Women” (1956), doors 6:30 p.m., show 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Tickets $12.50 at the door. • Summer Youth Theatre Junior Play: “Alice in Wonderland,” 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts ...
A 100-foot dragon in the Flint Hills is likely to turn a lot of heads this summer, but for the Lawrence artist who made it, the fiery creature is much more than a roadside attraction. "It's a perfect meeting of East and West," Hong Zhang says of the massive hay-bale installation — and of ...
FRIDAY, JULY 12 • Summer Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks priced at $2 or less. Enter at Kentucky Street side of library. The library has been taking in an unprecedented number of donations of books, DVDs and CDs for this ...
NEW YORK — Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries "Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken": performing for incarcerated women and recording the concert for a live album. The singer-songwriter grew up in Leavenworth, Kansas — an area home to a well-known federal ...