Events this weekend include an early-morning birding walk, live theater, Pride celebrations, the library s multi-topic How-To Festival and much more. F
”The University of Kansas last year placed Smith Hall on a list of 12 buildings deemed obsolete, ’demolition ready,’ and likely to be razed in fiscal year 2023. Those plans have changed, but the fight is not over,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
Groups in the Lawrence community have gathered in an attempt to save Irma I. Smith Hall after the Kansas Board of Regents announced it "mission critical" to demolish the building
”Irma I. Smith Hall can’t speak for itself. But as it possibly faces the wrecking ball, we seek to share its history and relevance as a significant, intact example of midcentury modern architecture,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
The road that led incoming mayor Courtney Shipley to local politics was quite literally a road. Shipley, who lives on Kasold Drive, said she first started goi