This review of "Doubt" at the Lawrence Community Theatre is from Sarah Young, a Kansas University lecturer in English: On a dimly lit stage of Lawrence Community Theatre, Father Flynn asks the question central to John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt: A Parable”: “What if there is no ...

The Kansas Arts Commission this week released a study showing expenditures by arts and culture organizations, as well as audiences, totaled $153.5 million in 2007. In addition, the study, by Americans for the Arts, found that arts-related activities generated: • 4,612 full-time ...

The deadline for Lawrence's Community Arts Grants is next month. The grants of up to $1,000 each are funded through the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission's budget from the city. The grants are designed to "help fund new or expanding arts programs, engage fresh audiences in arts ...

A Lawrence educator is among those who will be honored this summer with a Governor's Arts Award, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announced this morning.Lanell Finneran, who uses the arts to teach special education students with Lawrence Public Schools, was one of six recipients. She's pictured ...

This review of "Patience" at KU Opera was submitted by Megan Helm, an educator and musician.The Kansas University Opera production of “Patience,” which opened Friday at Swarthout Hall in Murphy Hall, was an entertaining romp filled with witty characterizations and over the top ...

This review of "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial," which was presented Wednesday night at the Lied Center, is by Megan Helm, a Lawrence musician and educator.The battle between religion and science raged under the sweltering summer sun in Dayton, Tenn., in July 1925 as Clarence Darrow defended ...