This month, the Watkins Museum of History is celebrating its 50th year, but it comes at a time when federal changes threaten its very existence. Changes from the federal government have upended the museum’s operations. Steve Nowak, the museum’s executive director, said the museum has seen ...
Invasive species. Wild mushrooms. Plants that people might think of as weeds. It may seem “taboo or off-limits” at first to eat these things, said Amy Bousman of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, but guests might change their minds about them on Sunday when the department's Wild ...
Friday, Oct. 31 Library Trick-or-Treating, 4-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Costumes encouraged. Downtown Lawrence Trick-or-Treating, 5-8 p.m., Massachusetts St. Halloween at the Watkins, 5-8 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St. Trick-or-treating, ...
Several years ago, members of the University of Kansas’s Hall Center for the Humanities were brainstorming ways to share their research that were more interactive and engaging — not just long talks in stuffy lecture halls. Andrew Hodgson, the assistant director for the Hall Center, ...
If you were looking for someone to direct a Tony-Award winning musical comedy, Theresa Buchheister wouldn't be the obvious choice. Buchheister, a University of Kansas theater graduate, is not really a “musical theater person” and mostly worked in avant garde theater in New York City for ...
Friday, Oct. 24 KPR Live Day, daytime concerts at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.; Halloween concert at 7 p.m.; Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Costume contest, tricks and treats and more. Free admission, seats limited; schedule and registration at kansaspublicradio.org. ...