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Arts & Events May 10, 2025 - 11:27 am

Liberty Hall launches silent movie series to celebrate 100 years of screenings

by Maya Hodison

Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence is celebrating a century of screening movies by showing a 1925 silent film once a month through the remainder of the year.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events April 23, 2025 - 3:50 pm

Haskell Cultural Center and Museum collection digitization among 12 projects earning heritage grants

by Lawrence Times

A preservation project at the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum and 11 other cultural projects have earned $210,000 in grant money from Douglas County.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events April 21, 2025 - 6:02 pm

Watkins Museum to celebrate 50 years with birthday party

by Maya Hodison

Watkins Museum of History will host a public celebration of half a century serving Lawrence and Douglas County.

Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life April 16, 2025 - 2:27 pm

Watkins Museum exhibit to showcase 75 years of Bert Nash in Douglas County

by Maya Hodison

A new exhibit at Watkins Museum of History will take visitors through Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center’s history since its inception in 1950.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 11, 2025 - 12:58 pm

Federal cuts raise challenges for Watkins Museum, Humanities Kansas

by Nick Spacek

A $250,000 grant for the Watkins Museum to expand exhibits on local Indigenous history is in limbo and a Lawrence event honoring veterans will be canceled amid federal cuts to humanities programs.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news March 27, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Watkins Museum, Lawrence library directors discuss potential fallout from federal order

by Mackenzie Clark

Much is still unknown about how a recent executive order targeting the federal agency known as IMLS will ultimately impact Lawrence’s museums and libraries, but the stakes are high.

Lawrence news March 20, 2025 - 8:12 pm

Proposed row houses to undergo design tweaks to fit into downtown Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Developers will work with architects to try to make the design of 15 proposed row houses better fit in with the area near Seventh and Rhode Island streets in downtown Lawrence.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life March 4, 2025 - 1:25 pm

New city website shows burial sites of 64,000 people laid to rest in Lawrence cemeteries

by Lawrence Times

The City of Lawrence has launched a new searchable database of burial records for Oak Hill, Memorial Park and Maple Grove cemeteries. People can also add information about the deceased.

Community Voices March 4, 2025 - 12:58 pm

Watkins Museum of History: Curtis Marsh book talk set to celebrate KU’s 160th anniversary

by Will Haynes, Watkins Museum of History

“Over the course of his 30-plus years of service to the University of Kansas, (Curtis) Marsh has amassed a wealth of knowledge about Jayhawk stats, history, and traditions,” Will Haynes writes in this piece from the Watkins Museum of History.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life January 17, 2025 - 3:15 pm

Grant funding available for Douglas County projects on cultural and natural heritage, historic preservation

by Lawrence Times

Douglas County community members have an opportunity to earn grant funding for projects that highlight cultural or natural heritage or preserve historic sites.

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