The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting an open house with information about upcoming skateboarding classes this fall from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Centennial Park, 700 Rockledge Road. The open house will introduce the new program and serve as an opportunity for ...
Grammy-winning musician Melissa Etheridge — with her distinctive voice and more than a dozen albums and decades of performing to back her up — will soon be coming to Lawrence. Etheridge will perform at Liberty Hall on Aug. 14 as part of the tour for her 2021 album "One Way Out." One of ...
An inclusive Lawrence comedy troupe wants to make space on stage for more diverse comedians, and will soon begin hosting regular comedy nights. Tragic Comedy — whose leaders think it may be the first queer/femme/(Person of Color)-led comedy group in Lawrence — was formed in late 2021 and ...
The City of Lawrence has received a $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to distribute to local nonprofit organizations. The grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan to help the arts and culture sector recover from the pandemic, and the NEA selected Lawrence as a ...
The Lawrence Arts Center will lead a two-year project to create an art installation about the La Yarda community in eastern Lawrence. The art installation, "Finding La Yarda," will be an “immersive art experience” that will recreate a room from La Yarda using film, sound, art and ...
The Lawrence Art Center’s student-led curatorial board will host an art-based block party Saturday. The free event, SNAP OUT!, is described as an “immersive, multi-dimensional community art block party.” The event will feature performances from local artists and musicians, as well as ...