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 ...