Jess Maceli has seen how the sausage is made. And he’s not fazed in the slightest. For the last 10 years, Maceli and his wife, Renee, have held onto the dream of opening an Italian market and deli in the tradition of Pallucca’s Meat Market and Deli, where Jess spent countless hours as a ...
The NCAA Tournament will soon be upon us, but Charlie Upton, co-chair of the Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee, is preparing for another breed of March madness this week. There’s still a “lot to bring together” in the next few days before approximately 30,000 spectators ...
Maxine James is still getting used to the occupational injuries of her new hobby. “You burn your fingers on the hot glue,” she says, explaining the messy practice of wrapping jute rope around vases and bowls. “It’s like sewing when you run the needle through your finger.” At ...
The Lawrence Arts Center is going to the dogs this weekend — and chickens and lions and kangaroos and donkeys. Actually, we’re not so sure about the dogs, but the [Arts Center’s productions][1] of “La Fille Mal Gardee” and “Carnival of the Animals,” premiering as a double ...
Ostensibly no one is more familiar with the Chekhov’s gun principle than Sidney Bruhl, the once-successful playwright now struggling with writer’s block in “Deathtrap,” Ira Levin’s Tony-nominated thriller. The well-known theatrical rule dictates that if a gun is seen on stage in ...
If you missed out on tickets for Saturday’s Kansas Craft Brewers Exposition, or if you simply want to maximize your intake of beer and beer-related events within one weekend, you’re in luck. Merchants Pub and Plate is hosting the second annual That DAM Beer Event at Abe and Jake’s ...