"Women's Lib" was all but defeated.The year was 1980, and the 27th Amendment to the Constitution, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, was effectively dead. The Republican party had pulled support for the ERA from its official platform, only 35 of the required 38 states had ratified it, ...

Auditions for the Lawrence Arts Center's annual holiday extravaganza, "A Kansas Nutcracker," are Sunday. The show is set in Lawrence in 1861 and combines the classic Tchaikovsky ballet with a cast of well known Kansas historical figures, including Charles Robinson, John Brown, and many ...