Arts & events
Where to see holiday lights in Lawrence – 2025 edition
Though the owners of a beloved holiday home have retired, there are plenty aglow this year to keep us inspired.
Jeff McPheeters/Contributed photo
KU band’s new album showcases student talent, music that’s ‘fun to play’
Student musicians are set to blow listeners away on the KU Wind Ensemble’s new album, “Midnight Sun,” a triumphant entry in the group’s repertoire.
Stan Herd’s earthwork revering John Brown to be unveiled Saturday in Osawatomie
Lawrence artist Stan Herd has created an earthwork portrait of Kansas abolitionist John Brown for the City of Osawatomie. The first-of-its-kind tribute to Brown is set to be unveiled on Saturday.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Community invited to celebrate Juneteenth in downtown Lawrence; Macy Gray to perform
Celebration of Black liberation will be in full bloom next weekend as community members gather to honor Juneteenth in downtown Lawrence. Grammy Award-winning artist Macy Gray is set to perform at the event.
Deja’s Reading Rainbow to return to Lawrence Public Library
A Pride Month edition of Deja’s Reading Rainbow this weekend at the library will feature stories “embracing our local LGBTQ+ community and celebrating families of all kinds,” according to the host.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Learn new skills and make new connections this weekend at Lawrence library’s How-To Festival
From meditation and folk dancing to folding origami and frosting a cake, there will be a plethora of skills on display at the library’s upcoming How-To Festival.
Shawn Engler/Contributed Photo
Community members show their colors at Lawrence PRIDE parade and block party
Lawrence PRIDE celebrated the first weekend of Pride Month with a downtown parade and block party. As people waved rainbow flags and walked dogs wearing rainbow tutus, the event showed what it can look like when a community comes together for the sake of diversity, love and acceptance.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence PRIDE to bring street parade, block party to Mass Street
Lawrence PRIDE will return Saturday, bigger than ever before. Featuring a street parade, block party and drag show, the event will also include info about Kansas’ new anti-trans legislation and a gender marker clinic.
State Library of Kansas announces 2023 notable books list
A serial killing family, a child trying to survive WWII-era Ukraine, the 50-year history of an acoustic music festival, a plot to save a family farm: These topics are among those featured in the 2023 Kansas Notable Books list, announced Tuesday by the State Library of Kansas.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Band summer concerts to return
It’s summertime again, and Wednesday’s kickoff show for the Lawrence City Band’s weekly concert series will celebrate that.
Lawrence Busker Festival 2023: See highlights from unicycling unicorns, acrobatic archers, and more
This weekend, the Busker Festival is filling the streets of downtown Lawrence with breakdancers, firebreathers, hula hoop contortionists and more.
Lawrence Arts Center’s Summer Youth Theatre to celebrate 50 years with alumni reunion cabaret
As the saying goes, the show must go on. And for 50 years, the Summer Youth Theatre has gone on, rain or shine. In spite of all sorts of other barriers, it’s brought energetic theatre performances to the community and given thousands of young performers their first chances onstage.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Q&A with Ric Averill, longtime leader of Lawrence’s Summer Youth Theatre
A common thread through almost all of Lawrence Summer Youth Theatre’s 50-year history has been Ric Averill, along with his wife Jeanne and their children.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Artists of Van Go Arts Train unveil new mural at Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters
Van Go artists unveiled “The Art of Listening,” a new mural that graces the front of Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters, in front of a crowd of eager spectators Wednesday evening.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times file photo
Art Tougeau to bring parade on wheels to downtown Lawrence, this year with a unique block party
All things with wheels will be decked out in decorations and parading down Massachusetts Street as part of the annual Art Tougeau event this weekend, which will also involve a new element: a unique block party in partnership with Hang12.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Busker Festival to return for the long weekend
A beloved celebration of street performers returns to downtown Lawrence this weekend. The Busker Festival will bring dance, art, music, magic, acrobatics and much more to Mass Street and beyond.
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