Pulitzer Prize winning-author Louise Erdrich said it was her first job pulling sugar beets that inspired her to write her new novel “The Mighty Red.” As she worked in the fertile soil of the Red River Valley as a teenager, she could see change was coming. “It changed from a place where ...
Friday, Oct. 11 • Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Use Kentucky Street garage entrance. Books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks priced $2 and less. Continues through the weekend. • Free State Story Slam: “Minimum Wage,” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts ...
Friday, Oct. 4 • First Friday Coffee and Coworking at LPL, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, Meeting Room A, 707 Vermont St. Remote workers and entrepreneurs meet for networking, collaboration or just a change of scenery. Coffee provided. No registration needed. • Lecture: ...
The poet laureate of the United States will be in Salina for a free event later this month. Ada Limón will provide a free poetry reading and participate in other public events on Oct. 17 in Salina. Among the poetry pieces Limón will read is “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.” The ...
Michael Coffey has been wanting to film a thriller in Lawrence for the past seven years — ever since he conceived of the screenplay for “One Eye Open.” He found the perfect setting right away: the Ludington-Thacher House — that mid-19th century brick mansion that turns everyone’s ...
Journalist Wright Thompson grew up 23 miles from the site where Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi in 1955, yet Thompson never learned much of the crime until he left to attend college out of state. Now, Thompson has written a book about how much is still unknown about the murder of Till ...