Beginners are welcome at the Watkins Museum of History’s [introduction to genealogy class][1] Saturday. Slated for 10 a.m. to noon at the museum, 1047 Massachusetts St., the class will be led by genealogy veterans Richard Branham, a professor of industrial design at Kansas University, ...

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2015/dec/12/300582/ “Chi-Raq,” the latest effort from local filmmaker Kevin Willmott, opens in Lawrence today at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Willmott, an associate professor of film and media studies at Kansas University, [co-wrote][1] and ...

Saturday will see the premiere of “Scenarios,” a new dance piece by Lawrence Arts Center dance education resident Eleanor Goudie-Averill, at Lawrence’s Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. Inspired by the UK-based art duo Gilbert & George, the choreography evokes “a strange kind ...

In a Sunflower Showdown not unlike the football and basketball match-ups between Kansas and Kansas State, Lawrence and Manhattan will battle it out to see which city boasts the best tap water (yes, tap water) Tuesday evening at the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St. The program, called ...

If you grew up around northeast Kansas, or anywhere in the Sunflower State, you’re probably familiar with the Westboro Baptist Church, the Phelps clan and their picketing of military funerals, gay-rights organizations and just about everything else under the sun. The church, classified as a ...

Big Brother is watching you. At the Lawrence Public Library, the oft-quoted line from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984” isn’t just text from a book lining its shelves. Not this week, with a public art project exploring similar themes installed in the library’s atrium. ...