Langston Hughes has always been a part of playwright Darren Canady’s life, and now Canady is portraying him on stage in Theatre Lawrence’s latest production. Canady, who is also an associate professor at the University of Kansas, remembers reading Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of ...
The isolation of the coronavirus pandemic has meant few changes of scene for some, but creeping out in the night with a wagon full of props, one Lawrence resident changed that for her neighbors. The idea had come to Village Cooperative resident Jane Sharp in March, when the coronavirus ...
In lieu of an in-person performance, The Lawrence Arts Center will be releasing free excerpts of "The Nutcracker, A Kansas Ballet" that its young dancers and professional team filmed this fall. Hanan Misko, dance school director with the Lawrence Arts Center, said the point of the excerpts ...
Much like the World War II-era radio broadcasts on which it is based, Theatre Lawrence’s upcoming show will come right into the audience's homes — but in an online streaming format because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theater's performance of “The 1940’s Radio Hour” has already been ...
Ashley Davis and her band spent five months this spring and summer collaborating on an album — but they all worked on it from their own homes. “It was kind of like a conveyor belt process,” Davis said. One band member would send their part to another, and then the next member would add ...
Lawrence pianist Paulina Leisring hopes to change some people's minds about classical music with her recent album, which won a Latin Grammy Award last month. People who think of classical music as boring or inaccessible should give it a chance, Leisring said — especially now, because it can ...
Over 30 trees and 25 wreaths will be on display in Liberty Hall this year as part of the annual Festival of Trees fundraiser. The holiday decorations — which include sugar plum, Candyland, and Grinch-themed trees — will be on display Monday through Sunday both in-person and online. The ...
At the beginning of the year, when a longtime gallery owner moved his business to a new location on Massachusetts Street, he had plans for art shows, Final Friday exhibitions and more. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been hard for Mehrzad Alison to get his artists the attention he ...
We’ve all had a challenging, uncertain year, but there’s still some room for some holiday cheer. Mass. Street is going to be merry & bright as you pick up gifts curbside by colorful lights. And artists & makers are doing their share, but ...
Though Santa won’t need to be rescued from the top of Weaver’s Department Store this year, people will still have numerous opportunities to catch a glimpse of Old Saint Nick this holiday season. The first three Saturdays of December, Santa will make two appearances each day with local ...
As the leaders of Lawrence Ballet Theatre considered how they would have a show this fall, they came across two problems. First, they wouldn’t have the money to put on a show because they wouldn’t be able to have a full audience during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Second, they knew it ...
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 ...