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Arts & Events August 23, 2025 - 4:13 pm

Renovated football stadium to have rededication ceremony with new WWI memorial installation

by Lawrence Times

A rededication of KU’s newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium will honor Jayhawks who died serving in World War I with a new memorial installation.

Arts & Events August 21, 2025 - 3:39 pm

KU Reads organizers to plan digital watch parties for John Green talk after all tickets claimed

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

Tickets for John Green’s free talk at the Lied Center have all been distributed, so organizers are planning watch parties. 

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Arts & Events August 20, 2025 - 2:59 pm

‘We have always created spaces for each other’: Free wellness event in Lawrence to center people of color

by Maya Hodison

A free wellness event in Lawrence will set four hours aside to build community in the name of rest. The summit is intended for entrepreneurs and leaders who are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color).

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Arts & Events August 19, 2025 - 12:31 pm

FidPick to return this weekend in Lawrence

by Lawrence Times

Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius will headline the 44th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, also known as FidPick, in Lawrence.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events August 16, 2025 - 6:19 pm

Lawrence Transit to offer bus service from downtown to KU football games and back

by Lawrence Times

Football devotees can park downtown and take fare-free Lawrence Transit buses to get to the Jayhawks’ games this fall.

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Arts & Events August 16, 2025 - 4:28 pm

Fall programming at Dole Institute to hit hot-button issues from electoral college to affordable housing

by Lawrence Times

KU’s Dole Institute of Politics has unveiled fall 2025 programming that hits on hot-button issues, including constitutional law, lessons from local governance, housing affordability, the electoral college and more. 

Arts & Events August 15, 2025 - 3:47 pm

KU Reads programming to include free John Green author talk at Lied Center

by Lawrence Times

KU Reads programming this school year will include a free community talk from John Green on his essay collection “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” which is this year’s common book.

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Arts & Events August 14, 2025 - 7:00 pm

KU Theatre & Dance season aims for the stars with performances on astronomers, astronauts and more

by Lawrence Times

KU’s Departments of Theatre and Dance have announced a 2025 season balancing the zero-gravity trailblazing of astronomers and astronauts with more grounded narratives of grief and belonging.

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Arts & Events August 13, 2025 - 6:00 pm

Tibetan Buddhist monks create sand mandala for healing, connection at Lawrence Arts Center

by Lawrence Times

Four Tibetan Buddhist monks from Ladakh, India are currently constructing a sand mandala at the Lawrence Arts Center. The mandala will be dissolved and distributed to the public in a ceremony Saturday.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events August 12, 2025 - 5:44 pm

Lawrence library to host multicultural fair and cap summer reading program

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence Public Library on Saturday will host a community celebration of cultures and mark the end of its annual summer reading program.

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