Arts and Entertainment

Award-winning poet, essayist to deliver free downtown lecture as part of KU event

A best-selling poet and author who explores the meaning of joy will give a free lecture in downtown Lawrence next month as part of a University of Kansas event. Ross Gay, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, will give the Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16 at Liberty Hall ...

Upcoming events include holiday sales, theater, storytelling, food and more

Fall events continue with KU football, art exhibits, holiday sales, live theater, gardening, storytelling, an old-fashioned turkey dinner and much more. Friday • KU’s Department of Visual Art, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd., hosts “The Heart is a Fist: Works by artists from Haskell Indian Nations ...