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Insiders Guide to the 2010 Ren Fest

Organizers share how to get the most of your trip through history — and turkey legs

Whether you’re a Ren Fest rookie or regular, these insider tips from local festival participants will make your 16th-century Canterbury experience the merriest ever.

Lives in collaboration: Lawrence couple set aside, then resume, passion for art

The first sculpture Melissa McCormick created from clay was a telephone. Ed Noonen remembers depicting a “punch-drunk” boxer.

Piper native and KSU alum takes home Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series

Piper native Eric Stonestreet of "Modern Family" won the Emmy Award for best supporting actor in a comedy Sunday for his portrayal of a gay dad and partner who's a boisterous spirit.

Behind the Lens: Programs offer photographers a chance to create slideshows on the cheap

At the Journal-World’s online site we often have added content from photographers and videographers. Typically, this content takes the form of extra photographs in a photo gallery or audio and still image presentations in a video format.

Poet's showcase: 'Free Fall'

whatever life brings

Lawrence Community Theatre to kick off fundraising campaign for new building on West Sixth Street

Plans to move the Lawrence Community Theatre to a new site near Sixth and Wakarusa soon will take center stage.

Book review: ‘Operation Redwood’ young adult tale about environment

Julian Carter-Li, a 12-year-old San Francisco boy, is faced with a dilemma in “Operation Redwood.”

Poet's Showcase: ‘Exotic Haiku’

The voluptuous siren

Behind the Lens: Prep for fall sports photography

Soccer and football participation for a lot of area youths also means many of you will be trying to photograph your children or favorite players in action on area playing fields.

Audiences will feel beaten by ‘The Switch’

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston headline “The Switch,” which starts with a potentially adventurous sperm-donor premise and utilizes it as the backdrop for a tedious romantic comedy.

Net Worth: Pop music takes on surprising depth at different speed

Perhaps true art can be made from anything once it’s placed in a different perspective.

Street scene: Entertainers invade Downtown Lawrence for third annual Busker Festival

El Gleno Grande, Bruiser the dog and Mentoc the Mind Fuggler reveal their twisted techniques.

‘Handcuff kid’ masters suspenseful challenges

Readers often pick up a good book to escape from the real world and lose themselves in wordy forests of fiction. In Laura Quimby’s debut novel, “The Carnival of Lost Souls,” 12-year-old protagonist Jack Carr really does get lost in a forest, and it’s all thanks to his knack for escaping.