After a short fall-off in posting for The Lasso, let's get back in the saddle, shall we? Here's a round-up of what local blogs are up to post-Fourth of July, moving into the heart of summer. • There's a [groundbreaking][1] for a new hotel today at 9th and New Hampshire streets, a place ...

Summer is officially here! The local blogosphere is bursting with things to do and lovely summer sights around town: • Tomorrow morning, the Lawrence Public Library offers a chance for KU professors to [get out of their academic box][1]. Ukeleles are involved. • Meryl at My Bit of ...

The lasso's rounding up a lot of local food and music today. Let's see what we've got: • This is one is for the beer lovers. The Pitch writes about Boulevard and Sierra Nevada's second collaboration, which is available today: the earthy [Tierra Incognita][3]. • Mrs. Mass continues ...

Summer is in full swing, so let's take the temperature of the Lawrence blogosphere and see what the Internet has in store for us: • Heard of [Wonkette][1]? The [political satire blog][2] is on a [tour][3] of sorts and will stop by Frank's North Star Tavern tonight at 6 p.m. If you go, tell ...

This week on the local blogs, the theme seems to be "get out and do something!" • It's concert season and I Heart Local Music is in overdrive. Check out its latest photo gallery from [the Foals concert][1] at the Granada. • A new gallery, Nesting, opens Saturday at the [Lawrence ...

Local links from around the web, leaning toward the artistic side: • While this video may not be a classic medium for a museum, it certainly evokes emotion like art does. Our friends over at [KUsports.com][1] ([KSHB][2], too) posted a video about a little girl so incredibly sad that her ...