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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.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Holiday Farmers Market coming up; SNAP tokens available
The Lawrence Holiday Farmers Market will return Saturday, and this year, the market is offering anyone in need a hand up through Double Up Protein Bucks.
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Lawrence Art Guild’s Holiday Art Fair offers a chance to shop local this weekend (Sponsored post)
Twenty-nine local artists will be selling their work at the Lawrence Art Guild’s Holiday Art Fair this weekend at the Cider Gallery.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Lawrence community events to celebrate Hanukkah
Upcoming local celebrations of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah will welcome all ages of the public.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Community can reflect on Sacred Red Rock, returned to the Kaw Nation, during storytelling circle
The Spencer Museum of Art is hosting a storytelling circle focused on the Sacred Red Rock as part of a current exhibit exploring how the boulder was returned to the Kaw Nation.
Prairie Moon Waldorf School’s Winter Light Faire to return (Sponsored post)
Those who attend Prairie Moon Waldorf School’s annual Winter Light Faire can meet Queen Winter in her secret snowy kingdom, hand-dip beeswax candles, make a fairy house or gnome home and more.
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Organizations earn grant for exhibit to be spread across 6 Douglas County sites
Douglas County museums have earned a grant that will support an exhibition to be displayed across six historic sites throughout the county.
Lawrence High students win awards at 2D and 3D art competition
Four Lawrence High School students won top awards at a major art competition in Merriam this week.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
City study on North Lawrence corridor, Grant Township to progress with open house, survey
A city team is planning an open house to present the findings of last month’s North Lawrence corridor visioning session. The project also encompasses tracts of land from unincorporated Grant Township.
Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
‘By hook or by crook,’ the Lawrence Public Library’s collections team gets books, materials in patrons’ hands
Even as the library world experiences turbulence with the closure of a major book distributor, the oft-unseen denizens of the Lawrence Public Library’s basement remain steady in delivering materials to their patrons.
Lawrence Humane Pet of the Week: Forget White Fang – La Croix loves prancing in the snow, is house-trained
In spite of her rocky origins as an unclaimed stray, La Croix is a ray of sunshine in Lawrence’s snow-ridden landscape.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Annual Festival of Trees now open in downtown Lawrence
Dinosaurs, board games, the KC Current and more inspired themes at this year’s Festival of Trees. Here’s a sneak peek at the sights this season.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Low brass musicians from Lawrence schools, community to join for holiday concert
Low brass instrumentalists from ages 12 to 80 will soon join onstage for Brassmas, an annual holiday concert in Lawrence.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Rosy-cheeked rascal from the North Pole gets stranded again; Lawrence firefighters to the rescue
Lawrence was abuzz ahead of Friday’s downtown holiday lighting ceremony, wondering if Santa would once again find himself in an embarrassing predicament. The jolly man did not disappoint.
KU School of Music to present annual Vespers concert
KU instrumentalists and choral singers will perform at the 101st annual Vespers concert next week.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Van Go’s Adornment art show, Eudora Holiday Market and more coming up in Douglas County
There are plenty of festivities coming up around Douglas County to do your holiday shopping and support local artists and makers. Here’s a guide to events happening this weekend and in coming weeks.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
9th Street businesses ask people to keep shopping local as long-term road closure looms
The city will close a block of 9th Street for the Jayhawk Watershed project for several months starting Monday, and an impacted business is asking folks to make the slightly longer trek to their front doors to shop local this season.
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