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Displays opening at Lawrence museums for countywide exhibition on securing freedom for all Kansans
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (583+ words) Host sites for a countywide America 250 exhibition started opening their displays this week, including exhibits at The Watkins Museum of History and Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum in Lawrence on freedom for African Americans, Native Americans, women and LGBTQ+ people....
Kaw Valley Almanac for May 4-10, 2026
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (316+ words) Note from the Times: The Kaw Valley Almanac is a contributed piece that runs each week. Find more information and older editions at kawvalleyalmanac. com, and follow @KVAlmanac on Bluesky. The seasons are literally a cycle that repeats itself every…...
Lawrence artists open their studios for Art Spaces Tours; looks behind the scenes continue Sunday
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (792+ words) Saturday marked the first day of the fourth annual Art Spaces Studio Tours, where community members traveled across Lawrence to visit their favorite artists" studios, peek into their creative processes and build their collections." For those who missed the opening…...
Young Lawrence artists of Hang12 unveil 32 new pieces of art celebrating Kansas
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (303+ words) Lawrence High School juniors Wren Jay and Rilo Scholz designed the artwork featuring native Kansas plants and animals, but the pieces were brought to life with the collective work of the other Hang12 members who helped with painting, sanding, jigsawing and…...
Step inside Lawrence studios at Art Spaces (Sponsored post)
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (717+ words) Note: This is a sponsored post, meaning this article was not produced by our news team and the contributor paid this publication to post it. We accept sponsored posts on a limited basis for content that we believe has news…...
New program pairs Lawrence artists with vacant downtown retail spaces
1+ week, 3+ day ago (812+ words) Open Studios Lawrence connects local artists with vacant commercial spaces, allowing them to create and sell work while temporarily occupying storefronts. Its first location, Andante Home, will open on Friday, May 1 at 745 New Hampshire St. Open Studios Lawrence is a…...
Lawrence community invited to help paint mural on parking garage wall
1+ week, 4+ day ago (240+ words) Tokeya Waci U Richardson, Oglala Lakota and Haliwa-Saponi, was'selected by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission'to paint a mural on the ground-level, west-facing wall opposite the stairs on the Vermont Street side of the structure at 725 Vermont St. Weather permitting, folks…...
Young Lawrence artists to unveil new artwork in New Hampshire Street parking garage
1+ week, 4+ day ago (349+ words) Hang12 is an art entrepreneurship program through the Lawrence Arts Center that trains high school students to plan and run art shows and events in the community. The program is meant to give young artists an inside look at the art…...
Breeders" is a collaborative Lawrence art show on parenthood that took a village
1+ week, 6+ day ago (981+ words) For a collective of 17 Lawrence artists with children, parenthood looks like a frog watching over its tadpoles from a lily pad and a glittering, pink ceramic heart. It also looks like a painting of a building on fire and a…...
KU Theatre's "The Laramie Project' draws connections between 1998 anti-gay hate crime, modern Lawrence
1+ week, 6+ day ago (886+ words) For Clementine, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience. The shows are sold out, but an in-person waiting list opens up an hour before each performance. The play opens at 7 p. m. Friday, April 24 in…...