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Dorothy and the Dolls, a group of local drag performers, are holding spaces across the Lawrence drag scene to foster a new generation of avant-garde performers.
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Babies and Beer, a newborn class for dads, is coming to Lawrence to teach baby basics and help new fathers support their partners and connect with other dads.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
KU Theatre is set to open a play about the anti-gay hate crime that took the life of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in 1998 in Wyoming. For the director, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Haskell seniors Aziza Smith and Aiyanna Tanyan look at each other and see a reflection of an ambitious woman taking on the world. They’re leaving their mark on campus with a “girl’s girl” exhibition at the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Service industry workers who keep the Lawrence bar and restaurant scene afloat had the tables turned on them when a refreshed pubcade and pool hall served them a night of camaraderie and billiards.
Logan Pierson / Lawrence Times
Tokeya Waci U Richardson will be inviting Lawrence folks to help him paint the Vermont Street garage mural to instill community ownership in the project.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Crescendo, an adult choir in Lawrence with a “come one, come all” attitude, wants every voice to shine, regardless of musical experience. They’ll showcase their harmonies at an upcoming concert with a local children’s choir.
Logan Pierson / Lawrence Times
A local bicycle collective called Lawrence Community Cycles is not only a place to buy or earn a repaired bicycle — it’s also a community hub that aims to teach people how to fix their own bikes, and to expand access to cycling.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Tucked next to the local history room in the library’s basement, patrons can find a DIY Memory Lab dedicated to digitizing older media formats from MiniDV camcorder tapes to Super 8mm film to shellac 78 rpm records.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Nate Ericson, a Lawrence resident who turned 102 this month, says he thinks people need a reminder of what he learned eight decades ago in the Battle of the Bulge: “War is hell.”
