Friday, July 31 Final Friday Art Walk includes: • Community Mural Painting, 5:30-8 p.m., Eastside Brewery, 1927 Moodie Road. • Art Quilt Showcase, 5-8 p.m., Art Emergency, 721 E. Ninth St. • Works by Jen Unekis: “For the Sake of Fun,” 5-9 p.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania ...
A conversation billed as reassessing Douglas County's homelessness plan initially sparked tension between attendees on Wednesday, with advocates and service providers saying the meeting gave the impression that the community's existing strategy was looking to be dismantled. However, county and ...
Day two of the Douglas County Fair featured live music, rides, games, food and more.
At Tuesday’s Lawrence Opera Theatre rehearsal, Colin Bradt belts it out like only a classically trained tenor can. “Shoot for the moon, and we’ll go so far!” The show, “Brewed Ambition,” is about a coffee shop busboy who aspires to be the cafe’s top dog, but the lyrics seem ...
A new analysis written by a Douglas County commissioner argues that the city and county are not on track to meet the goal of reaching “functional zero” homelessness by 2028. The review was put together by County Commissioner Erica Anderson alongside John Ims, a Lawrence resident and ...
Fifty years after the O’Connell family donated its ranch to serve vulnerable youth, the O’Connell Children’s Shelter marked the milestone by celebrating the completion of a renovated home designed to expand crisis care for children. The O’Connell Children’s Shelter actually ...