Joy Ludwig is a Journal-World writer.
Recent Stories
Postcards over the edge
Ottawa photographer's exaggerations are coming home
By Joy Ludwig Images of farmers pushing gigantic tomatoes in a wheelbarrow, fishermen scrambling to avoid monstrous pike and President Taft surrounded by corn and potatoes as large as railway cars were created here.
Scholarships boost theater
Couple who met, married at LCT want to urge student participation
By Joy Ludwig Marti and Mike Butell met through the Lawrence Community Theatre a couple years ago and were married on its stage last summer. Marti Butell's parents also met through a small theater in the 1930s on the East Coast, married and were active in a New Jersey drama club for many years.
Lawrence art group lobbying for Langston Hughes statue
By Joy Ludwig A Lawrence group is seeking the city commission's support for a statue of Langston Hughes to be erected in downtown Lawrence. The public art piece would add to the commemoration of the author and Lawrence resident's 100th birthday celebration next year. At its regular meeting Tuesday, the city commission will receive a letter from the Roundtable for the Arts and Culture asking for support.
Author conjures up ghostly romance in first novel
By Joy Ludwig It's not a sappy love story, but it can make you laugh, cry and believe that the improbable is possible. In "If Only It Were True," author Marc Levy develops the elements of mystery and romance once Arthur, a young San Francisco architect, discovers a young woman in his closet. He soon finds out he is the only one who can see, hear and talk to her.
Commission won't close problematic county park
Discussion of possible improvements brings proposal to shut down Wells Overlook
By Joy Ludwig Douglas County commissioners don't want to throw in the towel on a landmark park despite one commissioner's lament that the park creates "nothing but problems." At Monday's county commission meeting commissioner Jere McElhaney proposed closing Wells Overlook Park. The idea came up as commissioners discussed improvements to the often-neglected park, located east of U.S. Highway 59 on County Road 458.
