Arts and Entertainment

Poet Nikki Giovanni to speak April 4 at KU

Poet Nikki Giovanni will deliver a lecture next week at the University of Kansas, KU announced Monday.Giovanni, called one of the most acclaimed poets to emerge from the Civil Rights Era and Black Arts Movement, will present “Poetry: A New Conversation” at 6 p.m. April 4 at Woodruff ...

Booker T. Jones to play at event in celebration of outgoing KU chancellor

The University of Kansas is throwing a bash to celebrate outgoing chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, KU has announced. The event — featuring a concert by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and soul music legend Booker T. Jones — is set for May 4 at the Lied Center. The event begins at 5 ...

Longtime local musician Arnie Johnson, on edge of retirement, looks back on career

Arnie Johnson has been and will always be “a country boy.” “My family was country from day one,” says Johnson, who was raised in a family of musicians, first in Salina, and then in Lawrence, where he’s lived since 1952. Now, at 76, his age has finally caught up with his “old country ...