This year’s Free State Festival will include a comedy from an acclaimed director and musician, films celebrating Algerian cinema and a documentary about a small-town Kansas newspaper that made national headlines over free speech. The Lawrence Arts Center announced its headliners Thursday and ...
Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, had cuts, close-ups and all the other tools of cinema to build the tension in his “Dial M for Murder.” But how do you translate that kind of tension to the stage at Theatre Lawrence? For director Sean Kenealy, the answer is this: Just make the ...
A Lawrence artist known for creating earthworks will help welcome the Algerian national team to Lawrence by creating an image of the nation’s flag. Score Lawrence, the group helping organize the city’s preparations for the FIFA 2026 World Cup, announced Thursday that renowned artist Stan ...
Friday, April 17 Lawrence Reviewed Pop-Up: Review the Bee Tree at the Natural History Museum, 10 a.m.-noon, KU Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. Author event: Lorie Hetrick-Volenberg, “Mosses Through a Hand Lens,” 4:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. ...
Douglas County commissioners allocated funding to 22 local heritage conservation projects on Wednesday spanning Indigenous history, ecological restoration and community arts. This year, there were 42 applications for 2026 Natural and Cultural Heritage Grants with the requested funding ...
Two Kansas lawmakers are requesting further input from Haskell Indian Nations University faculty and staff to better shape proposed legislation that would create new, independent governance for the school. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann — both Republicans — announced in a ...