When you first enter the Main Campus at LMH Health, one of the first faces you’ll often see is that of a volunteer. “Our volunteers provide a special touch that eases the stress of our patients and families,” said Lauren Cobb, LMH Health volunteer services manager. “Volunteers want to ...
Bipartisan bills in the Kansas Statehouse to eliminate copays on diagnostic or supplemental breast exams for insured people fell short this legislative session. Supporters of the legislation say they are angry by the lack of action. Many other Midwestern states, like Colorado, Oklahoma and ...
Designing a set for a theater production requires creativity, passion and attention to detail, and can also be quite a challenge. Just ask Rana Esfandiary, assistant professor of design and technology in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Kansas. “I look at designing a ...
It’s important to be an active participant in your health, but what does that mean? For some, it means becoming more engaged with your doctor by asking questions, discussing treatment plans and making decisions together. It can also mean learning more about specific conditions and finding ...
Stan Hernly knows the possibilities of old homes. After all, he started his Lawrence architecture practice in an old home along Tennessee Street. It was more than 35 years ago that he founded his architecture practice, Hernly Associates, in that 1907 house, and since then the firm has grown ...
As the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second-best time is today. This is true even in the fall. In regions with four seasons, many tree species have better success rates when transplanted in the fall or winter rather than spring. Plant trees now, or spend ...
Sweet corn and popcorn are popular vegetable garden crops with a rich history of cultivation in North America. They are closely related to each other, to flint corn and flower corn, to the starchy field corn produced in large fields across the country, and to maize produced by Native Americans ...
What is the best way to water an indoor plant? Like so many things in gardening, the answer depends on a variety of factors. The most common methods are top watering, bottom watering and immersion watering. They all have pros and cons, but each one has a place in indoor plant care. Top ...
A good salad strikes a perfect balance of textures and flavors, but it's easy to overdo it with rich ingredients, especially when striving to add savory elements. For a vegetarian salad that hits all the right notes, combine tangy cheese with meaty mushrooms and bitter greens. In this recipe ...
The beauty of making a baked ham for Easter (or any holiday or large gathering) is that there's bound to be leftovers. Leftover ham, which will last for up to five days in the fridge, can be a springboard for other meals during the week. Of course you'll want a sandwich or two, but there are ...
Food trucks will become a weekly staple on the University of Kansas’ Lawrence campus in April. As part of a workplace satisfaction initiative, KU will host four food trucks on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Wednesday throughout the month of April. While the food trucks are part of a ...
Italians know well that the texture of pasta matters greatly. Hence, the emphasis on cooking it until just barely al dente, or until tender, but with a pleasant chew. But that's not where the lesson stops. In Lecce, an ancient city in southern Italy, we learned the delicious joy of mixing ...
FRIDAY • “Jennie Brooks: A Nature Lover in Lawrence,” 7-8 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St. In-person and livestream; see watkinsmuseum.org. • Lawrence Ballet Theatre: “The Firebird,” 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. See ...
Shakespearean drama isn’t really Theatre Lawrence’s thing — don’t expect to see Lady Macbeth wringing her guilty hands in West Lawrence — but having fun with Shakespeare most certainly is. In the last few years, the community theater has produced “Something Rotten,” a musical ...
Multiple musicians from Lawrence will be inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame on Saturday. Ric Averill, a longtime artistic director and performer at the Lawrence Arts Center, and the Lawrence-based Latino music band Son Venezuela are part of a class of six musicians who will be ...
FRIDAY Spring Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Enter on Kentucky Street side. Books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks for $2 or less; comics for 50 cents to $5 each. See lplks.org/book-sales for pricing and catalog lists. LPL Con: Teens-Only Night, 6-9 p.m., ...
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
The electric streetcars in Lawrence may have fallen out of favor, but at least one new neighborhood they made possible is still here. Breezedale — Lawrence’s first identifiable suburban neighborhood — is at the southern end of Massachusetts Street. It was developed by Charles E. Sutton, ...
It's easy to tell what the law offices at 1040 New Hampshire St. used to be. The stone building has all the hallmarks of a church, and indeed that was the purpose it was built for in the 1870s. Cathy Ambler, in a 1990 paper titled “An Early Stone Church: The English Lutheran Church ...
When you think of historic places in Lawrence, there's a long list to choose from, but high on it would have to be the Eldridge Hotel at Seventh and Massachusetts streets. It's not just the hotel, and its history that goes back to the 1800s, that make the site special. The land itself is ...
