Out & About

Local filmmakers’ script a Beverly Hills Film Festival official selection

The script for the [locally penned fantasy flick][1] “From Ashes to Immortality” is now an official selection of the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Co-written by Lawrence residents Eric Hyde, Jazzmyne Matchette, George Dean and Mike Anderson, the “From Ashes to Immortality” tells ...

Lawrence Home Show set for this weekend

The Lawrence Home Show returns to the Crown Toyota Pavilion, 3430 S. Iowa St., this weekend, bringing with it more than 60 of the area’s top home improvement experts and building professionals. Hosted by the Lawrence Home Builders Association, the 16th annual show is expected to draw ...

Singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt to perform Saturday in benefit concert for Just Food

When musician Kelley Hunt was growing up, her mother could always be counted on to bring cheer to those who needed it most. She’d offer her humor, a few kind words and, perhaps most strikingly, her soulful, bluesy voice, at the drop of a hat to anyone who needed it. Anywhere, too, Hunt ...

Boy Scouts troops’ handcrafted planetarium now open at library

Stargazers, particularly those of the small variety, should appreciate the latest addition to the Lawrence Public Library’s atrium. In honor of the library’s space-themed [Read Across Lawrence][1] teen series, which blasted off earlier this week, a pair of local Boy Scouts troops have ...

Dueling Dukes sing-off puts local men in the spotlight for Theatre Lawrence

More than a quarter century has passed since Jason Edmonds and Matt All last shared the stage together, when the two then-students tied for the big prize (it was something along the lines of “best male vocalist” or “best male performer,” though neither can remember for certain) at ...