Arts & events
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KU student art sale to offer creative gifts in an abundance of art forms
It’s hard to say what forms of art won’t be available at an upcoming KU student art sale, which will offer a comprehensive array of goodies for winter and holiday shoppers.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Winter Inclusive Market to return this weekend; Phoenix Awards set for Sunday
Lawrence’s third annual Winter Inclusive Market is coming up this weekend, and on Sunday it will feature the Phoenix Awards ceremony, honoring six local artists.
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KU Theatre & Dance season aims for the stars with performances on astronomers, astronauts and more
KU’s Departments of Theatre and Dance have announced a 2025 season balancing the zero-gravity trailblazing of astronomers and astronauts with more grounded narratives of grief and belonging.
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What to expect from this year’s Civil War on the Border event series in Lawrence
The Watkins Museum’s annual Civil War on the Border series of local history programming is set to kick off next week with a focus on religion of the era.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks create sand mandala for healing, connection at Lawrence Arts Center
Four Tibetan Buddhist monks from Ladakh, India are currently constructing a sand mandala at the Lawrence Arts Center. The mandala will be dissolved and distributed to the public in a ceremony Saturday.
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Lawrence library to host multicultural fair and cap summer reading program
The Lawrence Public Library on Saturday will host a community celebration of cultures and mark the end of its annual summer reading program.
Lawrence Arts Center announces new artists in residence; here are the fall classes they’ll be teaching
The Lawrence Arts Center has announced its artists in residence for printmaking and ceramics for the 2025-26 season.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Art installation at Lawrence library aims to inspire wonder, curiosity about native plants
A melange of shadow boxes with seed heads, pressed flowers, prints and faerie doors is on display at the Lawrence Public Library to foster wonder and enthusiasm for native plants and ecosystem diversity.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Mural to honor La Yarda completed; installation, unveiling set for September
Gardens, children playing basketball, a mischievous chicken and more illustrate the community of La Yarda in a mural to be installed soon in East Lawrence.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Young artists of Van Go build benches, connections
Perspective can be everything — particularly in the humanities, as one client of the Van Go Benchmark program pointed out. The KU Hall Center for the Humanities commissioned one of 20 custom benches unveiled Friday, each made by a young artist.
What to expect at Vinland Fair 2025
The 2025 Vinland Fair is gearing up for another year of tractor pulls, nail-driving contests and homemade pie, all in the name of celebrating small-town life.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Open house to celebrate 10 years of Free State High School prairie
An open house Sunday at Free State High School’s prairie will celebrate 10 years of a restoration project there.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence vendor market to center Black, Indigenous and people of color entrepreneurs
Black and brown entrepreneurs will sell and promote goods and services at an upcoming Lawrence vendor market.
Lane Rozin/Lawrence Times
Young artists with Van Go to reveal custom benches at annual ceremony
Young artists in the Lawrence arts organization Van Go will soon unveil 20 custom benches they designed and painted.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
‘Our job is to eliminate barriers’: Disability advocates celebrate anniversary of ADA at Lawrence event
Disability advocates shared stories of lived experience, inclusion and public policy Saturday afternoon to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
1986 sword-and-sorcery film made in Lawrence re-edited for new premiere at Liberty Hall
“Song of the Sword,” a 1986 sword-and-sorcery movie created by a Lawrence cast and crew, has been lovingly re-edited for a fresh premiere at Liberty Hall.
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