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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Summer reading program to kick off with party at Lawrence Public Library
As school ends this week, the Lawrence Public Library is celebrating the launch of its summer reading program with a party on the library lawn.
Derek Mecca
Downtown Lawrence’s Summer Sidewalk Sale moving to June evening as Mid Summer Night on Mass
Downtown Lawrence Inc. is making big changes to its traditional annual sidewalk sale. The new Mid Summer Night on Mass will move the fun to the evening hours on June 23.
Wichita Sky Kings’ free fan fest to feature former KU hoops stars (Sponsored post)
The Wichita Sky Kings, Kansas’ pro basketball team, are hosting their first annual fan fest, including meet-and-greets with some Jayhawk legends and NBA players and champions.
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Artists’ works respond to roadside attractions that lean on stereotypes and misappropriate cultures
In “Roadside Inappropriation,” artists Armando Minjarez, Mona Cliff and Erika Nelson each created a display responding to roadside attractions that appropriate elements of their cultures or portray people as caricatures.
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