Art collector leaves legacy
Major Asian art collection to go on auction block this weekend
By Tom Meagher When Mary Gray died in June 1999, she left a third of her vast Asian art collection to Kansas University's Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. The other 266 pieces will be auctioned this weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center.
Arts center breaks new ground
Community leaders celebrate start of long-awaited building plan
By Tom Meagher After a decade of road blocks, changed plans and hope, staff and residents broke ground Sunday for the new Lawrence Arts Center building in the 900 block of New Hampshire Street. Arts supporters celebrated the turning of the dirt with music, dance performances and arts and crafts. Director Ann Evans said she expects construction of the $7.35 million building to begin within a month.
Dodge rocks on and on
Lawrence band gives marathon performance
By Tom Meagher Few musicians have the perseverance to sing 100 songs in one sitting.
Chicago act mixes punk, pub tunes
The Tossers' music taps into Irish background
By Tom Meagher Journal-World Writer Eight years and countless pints later, Chicago's answer to the Pogues are finally hitting the road to tour nationally.
Writer's obsession kicks in
McGinness follows journey of soccer team
By Tom Meagher Journal-World Writer A soccer club from a drab mountain town of 5,000 rises through the ranks of the professional leagues.
