FRIDAY, JULY 7 • Need to stock up on summertime reading and listening options? Come to the Summer Book Sale hosted by the Lawrence Public Library Friends & Foundation. All books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks are priced at $2 or less; see https://lplks.org/book-sales/ for categories and ...

A program that celebrates inclusivity in the performing arts — and in life — will present "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." next month at Theatre Lawrence. The Penguin Project, a musical production that casts young people with disabilities in all roles, will have two performances of the Disney ...

Lawrence will get its Independence Day party started early this year, and it will be in a new location. City officials have set July 3 as the date for the city’s fireworks show and it is moving to the Douglas County Fairgrounds. City officials were still finalizing details on Tuesday ...

Retired Theatre Lawrence founder Mary Doveton was nationally recognized recently for her lifetime achievement in community theater. Doveton, of Lawrence, received the Art Cole Lifetime of Leadership Award from the American Association of Community Theatre last week at the AACTFest 2023 ...

FRIDAY • Children and their families are invited this weekend to Landmark Activity Days at the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Dr., for fun summer activities, including games, crafts, scavenger hunts and more. Kids are invited to contribute their own art to the commemorative Bob ...

So many people wanted to be in “Something Rotten!” — Theatre Lawrence’s season finale — that an extra night of auditions had to be scheduled. That didn’t surprise Jamie Ulmer too much. After all, Ulmer, the theater’s new executive director, has been in show business for 25 ...