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Annual Eastern European and Eurasian Spring Festival gives space for culture, music and bliny
The smell of crepes and the sound of music filled Liberty Hall on Sunday as KU’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) held its annual Spring Festival.
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Annual Eastern European and Eurasian Spring Festival gives space for culture, music and bliny
The smell of crepes and the sound of music filled Liberty Hall on Sunday as KU’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) held its annual Spring Festival.
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New play, panel discussion on reproductive justice argue ‘Choice is everything’
A community-workshopped production illustrating how birthing people have strived for reproductive justice across time made its debut Wednesday, and audiences have two more opportunities to join in the conversation.
Lawrence Schools Foundation seeks nominations for annual award for dedicated educators
The Lawrence Schools Foundation is looking for nominations for a big annual award given to teachers, staff members and paraeducators who go above and beyond.
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Haskell professor to discuss his latest nonfiction work at Raven Book Store event
Local author and Haskell professor Daniel Wildcat will round out the Raven Book Store’s 2023 event slate Friday with a discussion over his new book, “On Indigenuity: Learning the Lessons of Mother Earth.”
Lawrence school board approves tax breaks for affordable housing project
The Lawrence school board on Monday voted 5-2 to approve the school district’s portion of tax breaks to help fund construction of a downtown affordable housing project for people ages 55 and up.
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Rapper Supaman weaves together Indigenous, hip-hop cultures during Lawrence school assembly
Hundreds filled the main gymnasium at Billy Mills Middle School on Monday morning for a message of positivity and resilience from Indigenous rapper and fancy dancer Supaman.
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Hundreds of community members celebrate Liberty Memorial Central Middle School’s centennial
Generations of Lawrencians with connections to the school at 1400 Massachusetts St. — whether as Liberty Memorial High School, a junior high or a middle school — gathered Sunday to celebrate the school’s centennial.
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Lawrence school board to consider tax breaks for affordable housing project
Lawrence school board members will meet Monday for a brief agenda that includes considering the district’s portion of tax breaks to help fund construction of a downtown affordable housing project for people ages 55 and up.
Panelists to speak about gender-based violence in Indigenous communities
An upcoming panel at the Lawrence Public Library will focus on gender-based violence in Indigenous communities, the law, advocacy work to combat violence and opportunities to support that work.
In Kansas school board races, voters reject candidates pushing culture war issues
Kansas communities rejected multiple far-right candidates for school boards in what a national education group has characterized as a U.S.-wide trend of demanding “real solutions” on the local level.
Liberty Memorial Central Middle School community to celebrate school’s centennial
The Liberty Memorial Central Middle School community will celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary this weekend with an alumni choir performance, a journey down memory lane and more.
KU pharmacy student, Free State High graduate selected as finalist for Rhodes Scholarship
Sivani Badrivenkata, a KU senior from Lawrence, has been nominated for a prestigious scholarship that would pay for her to study abroad at the University of Oxford in England.
KU professors create website documenting the return of land to Indigenous owners
Two KU professors have teamed up to create an interactive online storymap that documents instances when stolen land has been returned to Indigenous people, and a collection of “#landback” resources.
Kansas issues grants of $10.2 million to expand child care in Lawrence, Hays and Emporia
Gov. Laura Kelly said the state committed $10.2 million to build or renovate community multipurpose facilities in Lawrence, Hays and Emporia to add at least 310 licensed child care slots.
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Lawrence school board election results: Incumbents reelected to school board along with newcomers Costello, Franklin
Lawrence residents split their votes on Tuesday between school board candidates who opposed the decision to close three schools earlier this year and two incumbents who had voted for the closings.
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Teal, kindness highlight lessons left behind by Lawrence High alum James Lynch
Amid the red and black adorning Lawrence High homecoming festivities this fall, a pop of teal ushered in a campaign promoting kindness at the school. Here’s the story behind the movement and James Lynch, the 2017 alum who inspired it.
