First Final Friday of 2013
FINAL FRIDAY, January 25th, 2013 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted www.finalfridayslawrence.wordpress.com Final Fridays are made possible by support from The Lawrence Arts Center, Downtown Lawrence Inc., The City Of Lawrence and CornerBank LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER (940 New Hampshire) www.lawrenceartscenter.org Vim show. featuring new works by: ... Continue reading
“Final” Final Friday of 2012
FINAL FRIDAY, December 28th , 2012 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted As the year draws to a close and the wintry weather is upon us, Final Fridays brings together galleries, artists, merchants, restaurants, studios, coffee shops and bars for one last 2012 art hoopla before ... Continue reading
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
I was going to think up a nice introduction for this review, but then I remembered that the title of this movie is *Santa Claus Conquers the Martians*. I'll pause for a moment to let that sink in a little. Okay, let's get started. We begin in ... Continue reading
Final Friday, November 30th Kicks Off the Holiday Season
With group shows, gift shows, benefit shows, flash spaces, music, dance and performance of all kinds, you won't want to miss this Final Friday. Final Fridays are a monthly arts and culture festival in Downtown, East and North Lawrence that highlight local, national and international artists in ... Continue reading
Yellow Submarine (1968)
From the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1963 would emerge a quartet which would forever change the face of popular music. What could be said about the Beatles that hasn't already been said millions of times by millions of people in the past few decades? Apart from ... Continue reading
The Witches (1990)
Ah yes. Roald Dahl. My and many a person's favorite children's author, whose books about chocolate factories, big friendly giants and telekinetic child prodigies have wowed readers for decades, and whose books have just as often been turned into feature films. Based on the eponymous book written ... Continue reading
October 26th Final Friday Events
FINAL FRIDAY, October 26th, 2012 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted www.finalfridayslawrence.wordpress.com -Lawrence, KS Join hundreds of artists, performers and visitors on Final Friday in Downtown Lawrence, East Lawrence, the Warehouse Arts District and North Lawrence. Final Friday will kick off a weekend of studio tours ... Continue reading
The Black Hole (1979)
*The Black Hole* was a milestone for the Walt Disney studio--it was their very first PG rated production. Fifty years after the founding of the only major movie company that was devoted exclusively to squeaky-clean family-friendly entertainment, they had finally made a film where people were using ... Continue reading
Ana Sia: One Of EDM’s Leading Ladies @ The Bottleneck This Sat. Sept.29
When it comes to women who are highly regarded in electronic music the list of names is not exactly long to say the least, usually Bjork's name comes up as one of the frontrunners maybe Tokimonsta but needless to say the field of electronic producers/djs is not ... Continue reading
Final Fridays teams up with the 2nd Annual Campus Art Walk on September 28th
FINAL FRIDAY, September 28th , 2012 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted www.finalfridayslawrence.wordpress.com Final Fridays is excited to team up with the Campus Art Walk for the second year with a record number of events all over town! The Campus Art Walk kick-off event is at ... Continue reading
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
Karl Friedrich Heironymus, better known to the English-speaking world as Baron Munchausen, born in 1720, died in 1797, was a nobleman of German descent who served under Duke Anthony Ulrich II of Brunswick-Luneburg in his youth, and later fought the Turks of the Ottoman Empire with the ... Continue reading
Brazil (1985)
*Dear Sid Sheinberg,* *When are you going to release my film, 'BRAZIL'?* *Terry Gilliam* This was from a full-page ad that Gilliam took out in a 1985 issue of *Variety*. It was addressed to Universal Pictures head Sid Sheinberg, whose company had obtained the U.S. distribution rights ... Continue reading
Final Fridays Second Anniversary!
FINAL FRIDAY, August 31st , 2012 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted www.finalfridayslawrence.wordpress.com Final Fridays Second Anniversary! Two years down the road, Final Fridays has become Lawrence's preeminent art event each month, bringing thousands of visitors to the downtown area in search of outstanding visual art, ... Continue reading
Time Bandits (1981)
The 1980s were a golden age for sci-fi/fantasy movies. Before hobbits, teenage wizards and CG effects dominated the market, you had movies like *Labyrinth*, *The Dark Crystal*, *Tron*, *The Neverending Story*, *Gremlins*, *Ghostbusters* one AND two, the original *Indiana Jones* and *Conan the Barbarian* movies, two of ... Continue reading
July 27th Final Friday Events
FINAL FRIDAY, JULY 27th, 2012 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted www.finalfridayslawrence.wordpress.com LAWRENCE, KS- It is HOT HOT HOT out there, Lawrence, Kansas, and this Final Friday turns up the heat even more with some hot art in cool places. With ever-expanding offerings and opportunities on ... Continue reading
June 29th Final Friday Events in a Nutshell… and more for the truly dedicated
FINAL FRIDAY, JUNE 29th, 2012 5 until 9 pm unless otherwise noted www.finalfridayslawrence.wordpress.com **This Final Friday in a Nutshell:** Join hundreds of artists and dozens of locations in the Downtown, East and South Lawrence areas on Friday, June 29th, for visual arts exhibitions, performances, fashion, studio tours ... Continue reading
Demolition Man (1993)
The year is 1993, and Sly Stallone's career had fallen on hard times. His reputation as an actor had been tainted with such cinematic disasters as *Rocky V*, *Oscar*, and *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!*, and the Iron Curtain had fallen two years ago which meant ... Continue reading
Sports Buddaye 75: “MLB Draft Special”
The MLB Draft is here, and we examine who the Kansas City Royals will select at pick No. 5. The Royals have a desperate need for starting pitching. Scooter Jones tells us which college pitchers will be available, and we also take a look at a couple ... Continue reading
Volcano (1997)
Everybody has one. There are no exceptions. It is the antithesis of entertainment. It symbolizes everything you hate about Hollywood. It exists for no other purpose than to watch you squirm. It is that one particular movie that just PISSES YOU OFF. And everybody has one. Maybe ... Continue reading
