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Art Emergency to participate in Lawrence Art Guild’s second annual Art Spaces (Sponsored post)
Artists across Lawrence will welcome the public to their studios during the Lawrence Art Guild’s open studio event, Art Spaces, coming up Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5.
Art Emergency to participate in Lawrence Art Guild’s second annual Art Spaces (Sponsored post)
Artists across Lawrence will welcome the public to their studios during the Lawrence Art Guild’s open studio event, Art Spaces, coming up Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5.
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KU music student selected for Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship
Taylor Zickefoose, a KU School of Music student, has been selected from among applicants worldwide as one of two rising talents who will participate in the inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriting Fellowship.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Workshop to invite public input on future of Robinson Park in Lawrence
Following the Sacred Red Rock’s move to the Kaw Nation, the future of Robinson Park, ways it’s accessed and stories it should represent moving forward will be decided with community input.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Indian taco sale to raise funds for Haskell student who had a stroke at KU Powwow
An upcoming Indian taco sale will support the family of 22-year-old Haskell student Corrin Lamere, who suffered a severe stroke at a powwow Saturday that has left her unable to speak.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Kansas River Cleanup, Earth Day Fair and more events to return to Lawrence
The 10th annual Kansas River Cleanup is coming up Saturday morning, to be followed by the Lawrence Earth Day Fair. Here’s info on those and more events to celebrate the earth.
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Downtown Lawrence Music Crawl aims to demonstrate ‘music is for everyone’
Organizers of an upcoming free music festival hope temporarily transforming downtown spaces into venues for concerts, workshops and open jams will break down barriers that stand between community members and music.
No damage reported in Douglas County after tornado; wind advisory in effect and storms possible
No damage has been reported to Douglas County Emergency Management after an EF1 tornado nearby early Tuesday, though two people were injured and there was some damage to the southwest of the county.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Residents of North Lawrence campsite prepare to say goodbye
People have had a lot to say about the camp in North Lawrence over the past couple of years. But those who live there are mourning as they pack up to leave the place where they’ve made their homes.
Kaw Valley Almanac for April 15-21, 2024
Hoary puccoon is a sunny, yellow flower found on area prairies, emerging amongst last year’s still mostly dormant grasses to capture the light, bloom and go to seed before the warm season grasses shade out the ground.
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Musician, teacher melds parody with song in hopes of finding forever families for shelter animals
If Lawrence Humane Society pets could sing and play instruments, what would their songs sound like? Emily Boedeker has some ideas and she’s creating tunes to bring attention to the shelter’s longest residents.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence community comes together to support Haskell students traveling for Cole Brings Plenty’s memorial service
More than 60 community members attended an Indigenous open mic and silent auction fundraiser to support Haskell students traveling to Eagle Butte, South Dakota to attend the memorial service for Cole Brings Plenty.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Douglas County Commission approves permit for solar farm north of Lawrence
Following a nearly 10-hour meeting Saturday, Douglas County commissioners voted to approve a permit for the Kansas Sky Energy Center, a massive solar farm to be built north of Lawrence.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Photos: Lawrence community members gather for FNSA Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival
Community members gathered at the Lied Center Saturday for the KU First Nations Student Association’s 35th powwow and seventh Indigenous Cultures Festival.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Stories for All Festival in Lawrence aims to amplify voices of marginalized people
An upcoming three-day festival in Lawrence will highlight storytelling projects dedicated to gathering marginalized and suppressed histories, interconnecting them and amplifying them through digital media.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
City to clear North Lawrence campsite Monday
Camping will no longer be allowed in the North Lawrence area behind Johnny’s Tavern effective Monday. Advocates dispute the city’s account that many former residents have “exited street homelessness.”
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Raven Book Store curating free book collection for queer youths
Lawrence booksellers want to make it “perfectly clear” they support youths who are “perfectly queer.”
