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May Final Fridays Preview: The beautiful and the absurd
When it comes to Final Fridays, we have come to expect variety in the pieces, in the artists and in the messages they convey.
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.
April Final Fridays preview: Students at the Art Party, extrovert artwork at Wonder Fair, a look at Brazil's slums and more
Artwork from Lawrence’s budding artists will be in full bloom Friday night at this month’s Final Fridays.
Rediscovering Dickens: Book by Kansan explores author’s reformist mission
Author Andrea Warren did not go about her latest book, “Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London” (Houghton Mifflin, 2011) like her six earlier works.
Anatomy of a relationship, dissected
KU grad shares details of couple's therapy in 'George & Hilly' memoir
Combine a “neurotic, obsessive-compulsive, infantile-arrested, stuporous melancholi(c)” (George Gurley) with a “competent overachiever” (Hilary Heard), who also happens to have a “randy, nubile party girl” streak, and what do you get? Counseling.
Funny man: Pickles creator keeps comic strip fresh after 22 years
One of the fastest growing comic strips in syndication is Brian Crane’s Pickles now in over 800 newspapers, including the Lawrence Journal-World. The strip depicts Earl and Opal Pickles and follows them as they navigate their twilight years with humor and grace.
Lawrence locales: The haunts of Langston Hughes
Lawrence gets to claim one of the most important writers of the 20th century, and we could argue that it is here he first discovered his voice.
Lawrence author distills advice into 'Marriage Rules'
Clinical psychologist, best-selling author and relationship expert Harriet Lerner, of Lawrence, has just released her 11th book, “Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and Coupled Up” (Gotham Books, 2012). And just as its title suggests, the compact book teaches readers how to stay connected to their partners. How to navigate this most intimate and complicated of relationships, giving the best of ourselves without sacrificing our core values, beliefs and priorities.
From Stravinsky to Radiohead, musicians Christopher O'Riley and Matt Haimovitz pay homage to different genres
Pianist Christopher O’Riley has a simple philosophy when it comes to music. From Stravinsky to Arcade Fire, "there's good music and the other kind."
Lovely locations: Lawrence offers date destinations for any kind of couple
So where is a couple to go for this special day? The answer to that, of course, depends on your significant other’s likes and interests. And fortunately for Palasz, Lawrence has a wide array of options.
