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Here’s the lineup for the 2024 Douglas County Fair
The 2024 Douglas County Fair is getting underway, with the carnival, demolition derby and more set to return to Lawrence next week.
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Lawrence Public Library to celebrate 10 years of ‘new’ building at summer reading Last Bash
The Lawrence Public Library will celebrate 10 years in its renovated building Friday as part of its annual summer reading Last Bash, which will feature music, performances, food trucks, a movie screening and more.
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Lawrence Times – celebrating 6 months publishing – launches digital events calendar
We at The Lawrence Times are excited to share that we have been publishing for six months today. We are very excited to introduce our newest feature: The Lawrence Times Community Calendar.
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Free State Film Society aims to unite movie-goers, support festival; Act 2 dates announced
Free State Festival organizers have launched the Free State Film Society, a new, year-round membership program for movie lovers. They’ve also announced the dates of the festival’s Act 2.
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Longtime artist, teacher gives back to Eudora community through a new sculpture
Eudora now has a sculpture from longtime high school art teacher Gary Hinman gracing the front of its community garden.
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River Rat, Lawrence Parks & Rec team up to hold skateboarding competition this Saturday
River Rat Skate Shop has teamed up with Lawrence Parks and Recreation for the first time, and they’re planning a big event with lots of prizes to give out.
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East Lawrence’s Wishing Bench rises from the ashes, retains its new history
East Lawrence’s beloved Wishing Bench was brought back to life Thursday.
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Which Free Stater are you? Watkins Museum quiz can tell you
A fun online quiz from the Watkins Museum of History will help you answer a question you might not have asked yourself before: Which Free Stater do you most resemble?
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It’s sunflower season! Grinter Farms lays some ground rules for visitors
It’s that time of year again — the time when many Kansans actually embrace one of the tropes for which we are known. Here are some ground rules to be a team player when visiting Lawrence sunflower farms.
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For longtime hobbyist musicians, new instruments strike a chord
Over the last year and a half, the consistency of learning a new instrument has helped some Lawrence musicians in more ways than one.
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The To Do List! from The Lawrence Juice – Aug. 29-Sept. 12, 2021
Some highlights in this To Do List: Grand reopening of KSPHQ; a museum exhibition on John Brown debuts; a haunting photo exhibition opens; and a delicious new podcast.
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Photo gallery: First annual Kaw River Roots Festival draws crowd to downtown Lawrence
More than two dozen bands and musical artists — including headliners The Travelin’ McCourys, who won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2019 — came to Lawrence this weekend for the first annual Kaw River Roots Festival.
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Kaw River Roots Festival to bring more than two dozen performers to Lawrence this weekend
The first annual Kaw River Roots Festival will celebrate roots music and culture this weekend in downtown Lawrence.
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League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County to celebrate 100 years, set the record straight
A local organization is celebrating a century of encouraging civic engagement and responsive governance by elected officials. It’s also setting straight a “historicized record.”
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Massive mural spans renovated school, Lawrence High history
A massive new mural project reveals snapshots of Lawrence High School’s storied past, including images of social justice and the football bonfire, cultural representations of communities that comprise the school and the school’s mascot, Chesty Lion.
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Want to help rebuild the Wishing Bench? Here’s how to get involved
Just a day after East Lawrence awoke to find its beloved Wishing Bench burnt and devastated, the phoenix has begun to rise from the ashes.
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