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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.
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.
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Shawn Alexander: ‘The Great Debaters’ and the University of Kansas (Column)
Many people are familiar with the film “The Great Debaters,” starring Denzel Washington as Wiley College’s debate coach. But the film omits KU’s role in Wiley’s rise in the debating world in the 1930s, Shawn Alexander writes in this column.
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Watkins Museum exhibition features items from Olympians of Lawrence and Douglas County
Artifacts and photographs from local Olympic participants, including Billy Mills and Phog Allen, are now on display at the Watkins Museum of History.
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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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Tom Harper: Developments at 11th and Mass create excitement for historic downtown Lawrence (Column)
”Mr. Krsnich, we are counting on you to deliver a thoughtfully designed and beautiful development that will provide for the needs of our community … This project could very well be your legacy in our town,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
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Workshop in gravestone preservation coming to Oak Hill Cemetery
Anyone interested in learning about gravestone cleaning and monument repair is invited to an event at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence for a day of hands-on lessons in preserving historic cemeteries and stones.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Land grabbing and restoration: New signs tell history, significance of Haskell lands
The wetlands at Haskell Indian Nations University now have interpretive signage to help visitors learn about and engage in the history and significance of the lands.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
New signs to be unveiled at Haskell Wetlands; community invited
The Haskell Greenhouse invites community members to view new signage at the Haskell Wetlands during an unveiling event Friday.
Grant to help restore and preserve B’nai Israel Cemetery in Eudora
The B’nai Israel Cemetery in Eudora, a historic Jewish cemetery where some of the town’s founders are buried, will undergo restoration and preservation efforts as part of a grant.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
‘They never forgot their Grandfather’: Sacred Red Rock reunited with Kaw people, Kaw land
Nearly 400 people attended a rematriation celebration Saturday at the Sacred Red Rock’s new home: on Kaw land at Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park near Council Grove.
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