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Community supports local small businesses at Inclusive Winter Market in Lawrence
As part of the Inclusive Winter Market, nearly 100 local artists and small business owners showcased their work Saturday at the Lied Center. It opens for a second day on Sunday.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Community supports local small businesses at Inclusive Winter Market in Lawrence
As part of the Inclusive Winter Market, nearly 100 local artists and small business owners showcased their work Saturday at the Lied Center. It opens for a second day on Sunday.
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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.
As Kansas farms grow bigger, more people leave and rural life gets lonelier
Kansas farms have expanded their operations and are now bigger than ever, which has led to an economic boom. But that also means fewer farmers, and that has contributed to depopulation in rural parts of the state that were socially isolated to begin with.
Lane Rozin/Lawrence Times
Cleo & Leo, a woman-owned bakery, soon to open in North Lawrence
Elm Street has become home to a new Mexican woman-owned bakery, Cleo & Leo, set to open by October.
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Los Guapos Latin Food opening in Lawrence this week
A new restaurant from a former owner of Cielito Lindo will hold a grand opening this week. Los Guapos Latin Food is set to open its doors on Saturday.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Demolition underway at Allen Press building in downtown Lawrence
Demolition began Wednesday on the former Allen Press buildings at 11th and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
How to unionize your workplace: Lawrence union leaders share tips
Happy Labor Day! The holiday is rooted in the late 19th-century labor movement and honors the sacrifices of workers. We reached out to some Lawrence union leaders and organizers to find out how to go about unionizing a workplace here.
Abby Bayani-Heitzman
MixMaster Music Conference returning to Lawrence; 2-day event includes health clinic
The Lawrence music scene is preparing to tune into this year’s 11th annual MixMaster Music Conference, expanded to provide a free health clinic for workers in the music industry.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Alleyway between Lawrence Farmers’ Market parking lots getting a facelift
Construction work on a downtown alley this week got a bumpy start with the Lawrence Farmers’ Market staff and vendors, but things should smooth out nicely. Plus: updates on the goal of a permanent space for the market.
Google Fiber is coming to Lawrence. Here’s what we know so far
Google Fiber’s fiber optic internet service is coming to Lawrence, and the first customers in town should be able to sign up by the end of next year.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Brothers, KU students, curating fashion show on campus
Two brothers who have launched into the local fashion and entertainment scene have imagined an experience where art walks among art for their next project.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
KU planning to launch entrepreneurship hub at site of former cafe
KU is set to develop and open a brand new hub for student programs at the former home of McLain’s Market.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Applications open to young adults for paid artist apprenticeship with Van Go
Young adults in Douglas and Jefferson counties have an opportunity to apply for a nine-month paid artist apprenticeship with Van Go.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Community Children’s Center to open expansion in southwestern Lawrence
Community Children’s Center will soon open CCC Southwest, an expansion that will be licensed to care for up to 77 children, the center announced in a news release Tuesday.
Lane Rozin/Lawrence Times
9th Street Cafe set to open soon in Lawrence
A new woman-owned breakfast and lunch spot, 9th Street Cafe, will be opening its doors in August, a few blocks west of downtown Lawrence.
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Secure Attachments, ‘your neighborhood stapler store,’ soon to open in downtown Lawrence
A new store in downtown Lawrence will offer a novel take on a very old […]
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