It sometimes takes Hibiki Miyazaki most of a year to make a print, but it’s taken a fraction of that time for Lawrence to make its imprint on her. Miyazaki is one of the Lawrence Arts Center’s two new artists in residence. She grew up in a small town of about 300 people in western ...
Friday, August 21 Quantrill’s Raid Walking Tour, 8-9:30 a.m., advance tickets required; see watkinsmuseum.org for details. Early Churches of Lawrence Walking Tour, 10 a.m.-noon, advance tickets required; see watkinsmuseum.org for more information. FidPick Pre-Party, 5-10:30 p.m., ...
The Lawrence Humane Society's 2026 Clear the Shelter event is scheduled for the last weekend in August. The weekend-long event at 1805 E. 19th St. is an annual occurrence at which pet adoption fees are waived. It is scheduled for noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 29 and noon to 6 ...
The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation will celebrate its new mural Friday with a potluck dinner and other activities. The vividly colored 10-by-50-foot mural on the LJCC's north wall at 917 Highland Drive was designed by local muralist Dave Loewenstein. It depicts an elder tree and is ...
The Watkins Museum of History is partnering with a national arts nonprofit to bring a major work of 19th-century American painting to Lawrence. Edward Hicks’ "Washington Passing the Delaware," on loan from the Art Bridges Collection, will anchor "Sharing Heritage Through Art," a yearlong ...
Updated at 5:42 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 A Douglas County judge on Monday granted a Lawrence transgender woman the temporary restoration of her driver's license after the State of Kansas invalidated it earlier this year under a controversial anti-trans law known as SB 244. "We're pleased ...