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In-person appearances by filmmaker John Waters, comedian Cameron Esposito, musicians The Black Creatures and Oscar winner Kevin Willmott are among some of the highlights of Free State Festival’s Act 2.
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A Lawrence Arts Center show this weekend will capture key movements and weave together portraits of people throughout local history.
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The kinetic creativity of Art Tougeau is coming back to downtown Lawrence this spring, and event organizers are hoping financial incentives will encourage even more community participation.
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An upcoming production sponsored by Lawrence’s Free State Film Society, “Night of 1,000 Candles,” will incorporate live music and experimental films in a candlelit environment.
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A recent college graduate and a local nonprofit administrator have been named the recipients of this year’s Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards.
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Vocal opponents of critical race theory aim to perpetuate the myth of meritocracy and the single story of American exceptionalism, author Clint Smith told the crowd at Liberty Hall Monday night.
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Clint Smith — poet, journalist and author of “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” — will speak at Liberty Hall Monday evening.
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Hundreds showed up for the Lawrence Arts Center and Lawrence City Band’s joint production of “The Music Man, Concert Version” Saturday evening at South Park.
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Harold Hill returns this weekend with his timeless message of hope and the importance of community when the Lawrence Arts Center joins with the Lawrence City Band to bring “The Music Man, Concert Version” to South Park.
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Although candidates for Lawrence City Commission agreed that arts assets are a crucial part of the community’s culture, their attitudes toward what more stable funding for the arts would look like differed at the Arts, Culture & Creative Industries forum on Saturday.
