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Immersive art installation on La Yarda housing unit to open next month at Lawrence Arts Center
An art installation reimagining a housing unit where La Yarda community members lived during the 1920s-50s in eastern Lawrence is nearing completion.
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Shawn Alexander: Juneteenth and numerous other Emancipation Day celebrations (Column)
”For generations, no matter what date was selected, freedom and an understanding of the meaning of freedom has been at the center of Emancipation Day events. We must honor and respect that history and legacy,” Shawn Alexander writes in this column.
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Lawrence’s draft policy on brick streets and sidewalks complete; open house to invite feedback
A new policy that aims to balance preservation of Lawrence’s historic brick streets and sidewalks with accessibility and maintenance standards is available for review and feedback.
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Shawn Alexander: The little-known story of George R. King and Bailey Hall (Column)
”King is an example of why history matters and a testament of who gets lost in the retelling of history when certain stories, individuals and events are left out of the history books and public memory,” Shawn Alexander writes in this column.
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Weekend events to celebrate Lawrence Arts Center’s 50th birthday
The Lawrence Arts Center is celebrating five decades enhancing the local arts scene with events this weekend, including a mural unveiling and an award ceremony complete with birthday cupcakes and a champagne toast.
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Haskell Board of Regents ‘will not stand silently,’ opposes wetland-area development
Members of the Haskell National Board of Regents have voiced deep concerns about the planned New Boston Crossing development as well as the possible sale of land near the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center for affordable housing development.
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North Lawrence community to celebrate Woodlawn Elementary School’s centennial
The Woodlawn Elementary School community will soon recognize 100 years of the school’s existence with a North Lawrence block party-style celebration.
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Native Lands Restoration Collaborative, Leeway Franks among recipients earning heritage grants
Projects to restore edible native species, create programming around Indigenous food knowledge and several others have received $420,000 in grant money from Douglas County.
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Tom Harper: Project underway to restore Reuter building in downtown Lawrence (Column)
The former Reuter Organ Co. building in downtown Lawrence has a rich history, yet it was in such poor condition that its new owner was considering demolition. Instead, he chose to preserve it for future generations, Tom Harper writes in this column.
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Lawrence Historic Resources Commission defers decision on markers memorializing Tiger Dowdell, Nick Rice
Nearly four years after the conversation began to memorialize two teenagers killed by Lawrence police in 1970, the Historic Resources Commission on Thursday deferred a decision on the design and language of markers that would be placed near the scenes of the killings.
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