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August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events March 31, 2023 - 10:32 am

It’s official: Lawrence Arts Center has purchased Salvation Army building

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence Arts Center has closed on the purchase of the former Salvation Army building next door at 946 New Hampshire St., according to an announcement Friday morning.

Arts & Events March 12, 2023 - 12:24 pm

Creating for a cause: A sneak peek at this year’s Lawrence Arts Center fundraiser

by Jordan Winter

The Lawrence Arts Center’s annual Benefit Art Auction is coming up on April 8. In this episode of Lawrence Times TV, we’re asking some of the more than 150 artists who donated work this year to share one word that describes their piece.

Arts & Events January 30, 2023 - 12:14 pm

Famed folk music trio The Refugees to perform at Lawrence Arts Center

by Maya Hodison

Renowned folk trio The Refugees will soon share their harmonic music in Lawrence for the first time. 

Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events January 28, 2023 - 4:18 pm

Lawrence Arts Center’s Souper Bowl fundraiser to return, along with Edible Ink print exhibition

by Chloe Anderson

Everyone is welcome to feast their eyes on the Lawrence Arts Center’s newest exhibition, purchase bowls and prints, and bid on handcrafted platters when the Souper Bowl fundraiser returns.

Arts & Events January 23, 2023 - 10:51 am

Kayla Cook, Jenea Havener win this year’s Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards

by Lawrence Times

Poet Kayla Cook and fiction writer Jenea Havener are the recipients of this year’s Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards, the Raven Book Store and Lawrence Arts Center announced Monday.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events January 13, 2023 - 6:54 pm

Lawrence Arts Center purchases former Salvation Army building, eyeing expansion of preschool

by Mackenzie Clark

A deal more than 10 years in the making is finally coming to fruition: the Lawrence Arts Center is purchasing the former Salvation Army building right next door, with the goal of transforming it into an arts-based early childhood center.

Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events December 9, 2022 - 2:07 pm

Averill family to stage Christmas show and ‘big party’ with vaudeville roots

by Tricia Masenthin

The moment they’ve all been waiting for soon will arrive. Finally, Ric and Jeanne Averill will perform on stage at the same time with their children, Will and Trish. The big event will take place on the mainstage at Lawrence Arts Center à la “Drunken Christmas Carol.”

Arts & Events December 5, 2022 - 12:40 pm

Lawrence Arts Center’s ‘The Nutcracker: A Kansas Ballet’ returns this week with livestreaming options

by Chansi Long

The Lawrence Art Center’s “The Nutcracker: A Kansas Ballet,” a Kansas-themed spinoff of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original story, returns Thursday.

Contributed/Kasha Mika
Arts & Events November 22, 2022 - 9:21 am

Grassroots-driven Bizarre Bazaar to offer unique gifts by Lawrence-area artisans

by Tricia Masenthin

An annual Lawrence shopping tradition, complete with its quirky name, returns this weekend.

Rob Holysz/Contributed photo
Arts & Events November 11, 2022 - 12:46 pm

Hari Kondabolu to return to Free State Festival with socio-political commentary, new dad jokes

by Tricia Masenthin

People face heavy issues these days, but comic Hari Kondabolu doesn’t think we should shy away from them — even while taking in a comedy show. After all, the best stand-up routines bring about some kind of healing, he says.

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