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The Lawrence Public Library and community partners have organized a series of activities and two donation drives that start Jan. 8 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and King’s legacy of service.
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People are better when working together, Lawrence poet and storyteller Tai Amri Spann-Ryan told children and families in attendance at a Kwanzaa storytime at the library.
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan, a Lawrence poet and storyteller, will lead a community storytime that aims to honor the meaning of Kwanzaa this holiday season.
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The Lawrence City Band invites you to get in the holiday spirit and enjoy festive music at its upcoming concert, and two singalongs will continue the musical celebrations.
Ann Dean, a Lawrence artist and photographer, will give a presentation Thursday evening on the impact and inspiration found in Gordon Parks’ books.
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The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and trans people affects all of Indian Country. Powerful change could start in Lawrence because of its strong and active intertribal community, activists say.
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A Lawrence man who has clashed with local authorities for more than two years has filed a civil suit alleging that the city commission and public library have violated his freedom of speech and his right to equal protection under the law.
An upcoming panel at the Lawrence Public Library will focus on gender-based violence in Indigenous communities, the law, advocacy work to combat violence and opportunities to support that work.
The Lawrence Public Library has rolled out new rules for its campus and lawn — including banning smoking, vaping and verbal harassment — and prescribed consequences for breaking them.
Two local veterans will speak at a community event Saturday in honor of women who have served in the United States military.
