Bang! k.d. lang sweeps into Lawrence for the first time
k.d. lang talks touring, inspiration and Pee Wee Herman.
Amateur and professional brewers work together to celebrate American Craft Beer Week
It’s American Craft Beer Week, and at least here in Lawrence, it’s not about competition.
Bar Food at Home: Skinny Buffalo Chicken
I love bar food. I love a menu that includes words like "popper" and "slider" and "dipping sauce." Unfortunately, pretty much everything on every bar ...
Bye-Bye Bounty, week 3: Use it or lose it stir-fry and hummus
OK, so call it a sophomore slump, but our second full week of CSA veggies, was much more of a challenge than the first week. ...
Percolator series encourages music fans to 'pass the hat'
The Lawrence Percolator is getting a new concert series off the ground this week that features potluck dinners along with performances from a wide range ...
Offbeat Occupations: Bartender shakes things up by creating cocktails
On a Sunday night in April, Katy Wade, 29, works behind the bar of 715, at 715 Mass.
Meatless Monday recipe of the week: Tempeh Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans
If you love a good curry and fresh, seasonal green beans, you'll love this Meatless Monday dish. It takes those Kermit-colored spring treats and gives ...
Deer Tick: down with stadiums, up with dive bars!
"Give us the opportunity and we'll play our asses off for you," says Deer Tick front man John McCauley.
EMU performing 'Waiting for Godot' at powwow space
The EMU Theatre is putting on free performances of a critically-deemed-important-but-infrequently-seen modernist play.
Summer film academy seeking youth applicants
LightLyre Films, 731 N.H., is looking for teenage participants in its summer film academy program.
Tickets for 2012-13 Lied Center season on sale Monday
The Lied Center on Kansas University’s campus is opening ticket sales to the public for its 2012-13 season Monday.
Behind the Lens: Camera tempts subjects to break the fourth wall
In news-gathering situations, most photographers make a conscious effort not to allow their presence to influence the events around them.
Watkins Museum exhibit explores fallout from 'The Day After'
Chelsea Kapfer was just 7 when she perched on Massachusetts Street and watched buildings, cars and people fall victim to nuclear fallout during filming for “The Day After.”
Are Depp and Burton washed up? Maybe you should go local!
After "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Sweeney Todd," and "Alice in Wonderland," you'd think they would be tired of remakes and adaptations, but Tim Burton ...
Stage set for new theater
Groundbreaking is latest act for community-produced plays
Years of campaign fundraising and planning culminated in a curtain-raising for a new act for the 35-year-old community theater group’s history in an event Thursday afternoon. Staff, volunteers, supporters and property developers gathered at 4660 Bauer Farm Drive near Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive to mark the ceremonial beginning of construction, which they hope to complete within a year.
Free State Film Festival lineup set
The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., has announced the lineup for the first Free State Film Festival, which runs Friday through Sunday.
Six things to do this weekend
Friday lit: Reading & Signing: Robert Fraga, author of The Greening of Oz How does the reddest county in America go green? On May 4, ...
Lawrence Locales: Haskell Cultural Center
The museum at 143 Barker Ave. on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University opened 10 years ago as part of a national effort by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium to create repositories for Native American art and culture. Among its missions is tracing the history of Haskell itself, from its origins in 1884 as the U.S. Indian Industrial Training School to its place today as a four-year, degree-granting university.
Style Off the Cuff: Seasonal staples can be repurposed
A pair of slip-on shoes that can be dressed up or down. I prefer something like leather Sperry Top-Siders or, as of late, leather-soled loafers like Bass Weejuns. These are shoes that work both thoughtfully dressed up for a summer wedding, or tossed on to go to a barbecue or farmers’ market. Check out Foxtrot and Urban Outfitters in downtown Lawrence for a nicely curated collection of spring shoes.
Style Scout: Keith Moore
Fashion trends you hate? I hate Crocs. I know everyone does, but still.
The Charlotte Street Foundation presents: The Fascinators
La Esquina Gallery, Address: 1000 West 25th Street, Kansas City MO 64108
Pool Room 785-749-5039
925 Iowa, Lawrence
Straight up pool hall. There are 16 tables (10 6' tables, 3 8' tables, 2 nine ball tables, 1 snooker table), six TVs (including one projection and two big screens), shuffleboard, a dance floor, Touch Tunes jukebox, and Mega Touch ...
La Familia Cafe (Downtown) 785-749-0105
733 New Hampshire, Lawrence
La Fam is widely known for its bottomless free chips and salsa (including their unique 'sweet' salsa), but there's much more to like here -- not least of which is the joint's cozy environment. All the standards are available a ...
Milton's 785-832-2330
920 Mass., Lawrence
Tasty coffee drinks made by pros may be Milton's specialty, but tasteful food draws breakfast and lunch crowds every day of the week. Breakfast makes elegance out of usually modest staples -- biscuits and gravy, bacon and eggs, french toast, ...
