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 ...
Creators of a new art project want to help people appreciate the beauty of Lawrence parks and green spaces — and even bring a bit of that beauty indoors. The Lawrence Public Library partnered with several organizations — Lawrence Magazine, the Kansas Land Trust and the Douglas County ...
The Lawrence Busker Festival, originally scheduled for Memorial Day weekend and then rescheduled to Labor Day weekend, has now been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Monday message on the Lawrence Busker Festival's Facebook page said that despite big plans for this year — the ...
A short documentary film by Lawrence High School students focusing on the life and resilience of dancer Alvin Ailey reached the national stage this week. Liliana Christensen and Zora Lotton-Barker, who will be seniors at LHS this coming fall, told the Journal-World Thursday they were excited ...
Sky Smeed and Ric Averill will take the stage Sunday for two drive-in concerts at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Smeed, a Lawrence-based Americana musician, will perform at 7:30 p.m. and Averill will perform a family friendly set of stories, songs and singalongs at 10 a.m. Smeed's show costs ...
Malcolm Smith’s first exposure to old-time mountain music was at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield. It was dance music, it was “hypnotic” and it ultimately became a lifelong love for Smith. Smith developed and expressed that love in the 35 years he spent in Lawrence, during which he ...
Singer Rufus Wainwright has played in Lawrence multiple times, but, according to his new single, “Lawrence, Kansas / Doesn’t really matter at all.” That’s right. In “You Ain’t Big,” a track from Wainwright's upcoming album, "Unfollow the Rules," Wainwright seemingly disses ...
The Lied Center has announced its 2020-2021 season, which will feature well-known acts such as Rosanne Cash, the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and America, who are on their 50th anniversary tour. In its Broadway Series, the season will include ...
The long-running East Ninth Street projects had been planning the unveiling of its 19 community art projects for Lawrence’s May Final Friday art walk event, but the coronavirus has delayed those plans. The artistic installations and performances that comprise the Rebuilding East Ninth ...
The Lawrence City Band concerts that usually take place every summer in South Park have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The city band has played its weekly summer concert series since the early days of the city, and band leaders said it was a hard decision to cancel the ...
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Thursday Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, Theatre Lawrence will stream the 1959 classic "House on Haunted Hill" in the east parking lot of the theater, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive. For $10 a car, residents can participate in the drive-in movie experience by tuning into ...
One of Lawrence's signature late summer events, the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event normally takes place the fourth weekend in August. This year, which would have been its 40th annual event, will be the first ...
Story updated at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday Kevin Willmott hopes his latest film with Spike Lee will help people understand the experience of black soldiers during the Vietnam War. The University of Kansas professor shared an Academy Award with Lee for their adapted screenplay of 2018’s ...
Want to earn the title of “Best Lawrence Film?” Local actor and playwright Will Averill has established a one-time only “24-Hour Stay-At-Home Shorts Film Festival.” It’s Averill’s first film festival, and he’s hoping it will give community members the opportunity to be creative ...
Two authors and a freelance journalist from Kansas were recognized by judges of some of the most prestigious writing awards in the country on Monday. Anne Boyer was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, while Ben Lerner was shortlisted as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for ...
The artists' names and concert dates have disappeared from the marquees of Lawrence’s iconic venues, replaced instead with messages related to the coronavirus pandemic. Though local shows could be able to return sooner, many national tours are postponing shows until next year, and some in ...
Lawrence’s Free State Festival is the latest local organization to cancel its summer event amid ongoing uncertainty related to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers announced Monday that the festival, which was last held in 2018, will not return until June 2021. This year's event had been ...
Though the Paper Plains Literary Festival — originally scheduled for this weekend — has been postponed until 2021, some participating authors will still discuss their works virtually in free sessions open to the public Friday through Sunday. Friday at 7 p.m., Grady Hendrix will discuss his ...