Arts & events
Watkins Museum exhibit, film screening and more will commemorate The Merc’s 50-year history
Lawrence’s community-owned cooperative grocery store, The Merc Co+op, is turning 50 and the public is invited to mark the milestone with a Watkins Museum exhibit and more.
Haskell Welcome Back Powwow set for this weekend
Haskell Indian Nations University will host its fall 2024 Welcome Back Powwow on Saturday, and the community is welcome.
Local child author battling cancer to hold book signing Friday at Dusty Bookshelf
When Nicholas Parscale was diagnosed with pineoblastoma, a type of brain cancer, at age 10 […]
Kansas Public Radio to launch book club, starting with ‘Ladybird, Collected,’ tonight
Kansas Public Radio is launching a book club, and its first meeting tonight will feature “Ladybird, Collected” and its author, Lawrence’s Meg Heriford.
Short film to document culture, history of Mexican community in East Lawrence
A recent University of Kansas graduate is working on a project to capture the history […]
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan to give virtual reading Saturday
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan, poet and co-founder of the collaborative group BLACK (Black Literature & Arts […]
Free State Festival to return with outdoor events this summer
Lawrence’s Free State Festival will return this summer, split into two acts. Act One, set […]
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