John Waters says the COVID-19 pandemic has been terrifying, but also boring, and he’d rather make it terrifying and funny. Waters will bring his one-man show — described as a fast-moving, comic monologue about his career, movies, fashion, crime and the urge to startle — to Lawrence as ...
Those who want to see what this year’s Sundance Film Festival has to offer need look no further than downtown Lawrence. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., was selected as one of seven independently owned art house cinemas across the U.S. to be a satellite screening partner for the 2022 ...
As part of programming for the ongoing "Ghosts of Segregation" exhibit at the Lawrence Arts Center, bestselling author Clint Smith will be in Lawrence to talk about his book “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.” Smith is a poet, scholar and a ...
A community Día de los Muertos celebration will include Mexican folkloric dancing, stories, food and an ofrenda where attendees can offer a remembrance of their deceased loved ones. The University of Kansas Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will host the free event Monday from ...
A drive-thru "Reverse Halloween Parade" that features superheroes will take place Saturday. The City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is co-sponsoring the event with a local cosplayer group, Just Us League, for the second year in a row as a way for families to safely celebrate ...
Another screening will soon take place for a local documentary about the Mexican American community of La Yarda that existed for more than 30 years in East Lawrence. Local filmmakers Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre and Marlo Angell have created a 15-minute documentary, “Searching for La Yarda,” ...