Learn to cook and dance for a healthier year
Susan Krumm of Douglas County extentsion discusses easy New Year resolutions like learning to cook with affordable aids and planning simple meals. Jorge Ortiz of KU Ballroom Dance Club recommends starting with salsa or swing, taking lessons, and enjoying social dance as a healthy activity.
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Douglas County Extension
Family and Consumer Sciences
Better Homes and Gardens
Betty Crocker
Douglas County Extension Office
Oznet.ksu
Douglas
Community Mercantile
Communitymercantile.com
Krumm
Jorge Ortiz
Kansas University Ballroom Dance Club
Kansas Union
Lawrence Parks and Recreation
Ortiz
Lawrence area explores: classes, clubs, and adventures
A local guide lists opportunities to try new activities in Lawrence and surrounding towns. Readers can join writing workshops with Caryn Mirriam Goldberg in May, explore hobby groups, take language classes, learn CPR, brew or knit, garden, watch classic films, and even try skydiving and exploring Kansas via the Kansas Sampler Festival.
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Kelley Hunt
Council Grove
Bravevoice.com
Lawrence
Liworld.com
Lawrence Brewers Guild
Lawrencebrewers
Knitlawrence
Douglas County Extension Office
Oznet.ksu
Douglas
Lawrence Parks & Recreation
Lord
Lawrence, Parks & Recreation
Ac Ora
Rhve
Douglas County Red Cross
Douglascountyks
Redcross
Kansas
Marci Penner
Kansas Explorers Club
Garden City
Penner Sug
Lawrence Events Calendar Highlights Nightlife and Arts
A dense list of events across Lawrence and nearby Kansas City venues features performances by Log Lady, Beyond Blue, Rev Payton's Big Damn Band, Matt Whipkey, Billy Ebeling, and more at The Gaslight Tavern, The Jackpot Music Hall, The Granada, Knuckleheads, and The Jazzhaus. Also includes museum openings and exhibits in Lawrence and Topeka, with details on venues, times, and contact numbers.
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N. Second St
Lee McBee
Pat Nichols
Jackpot Music Hall
Mass
Payton
Rochester
Kansas City
Lawrence Go
Billy Spears
Johnny's Tavern
The
Jazzhaus
Lawrence Fear
Lila
Samothrace
Brody Buster
N. Second
Levee Town
Stu
Iowa
Billy Ebeling
N. Third St
Floyd the Barber
Limerance
Wakarusa
Sweet February 14 party ideas from Murphy Long
Murphy Long suggests a bitter bash for singles with a jewelry exchange and a party for single women where guests buy a piece of jewelry within a set price. Coed options include beer trading, a story exchange, and a cash pot funded by $20 bills for voting on horror tales.
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Murphy Long
Travolta Returns in Staying Alive Special on VH1
TV listings note Travolta in Staying Alive on VH1 Classic at 7 p.m. and a set of prime time programs including How I Met Your Mother on CBS Deal or No Deal hosted by Howie Mandel on NBC Wife Swap on ABC CSI: Miami at 9 p.m. CBS and What About Brian on ABC at 9 p.m.
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Howie Mandel
NBC
ABC
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Haskell
Cultur
al Center
Penner
Leavenworth
Atchison
Terry Rombeck
Lawrence Boo
Boo
Cash O'Riery
Jazz
Louisiana Kitchen
State Line
Lawrence Sarah Blacker
Henry's On
Eighth
E. Eighth
Wobbly H
Granada
Pacharnama's
New Hampshire
John Weatherwax
Junkyard
American Legion
Sixth St
Kaw Valley Project
Gaslight
David Allan Coe
Davey
Uptown
Main
Knuckleheads
Motorcar Courtney
Shudder
Woo
Grant Richards
Grand Emporium
Lawrence Brent Berry
Second St
Shawn Ward
Sion Ride Roadhouse
Third St
the Granada
Pachamama’s
Dentistry
Metal Chapter
Broadway
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Blue Room
Vine
Gary Nichols
Billy Doores
Beaumont Club
Pennsylvania Ave
Gaslight Tavern
Eighth Street
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Topeka
Great Spaces
William Jewell College Choir
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S.W. Eighth
Lawrence Kansas Music Hall of Fame
Blue Riddim
Common Few
Rising Suns
Silver Tones
Tide
Liberty Hall
Lworld.com
American Heartland Theatre
Crown Center
Grand
MISC
Gottileb Planetarium
Union Station
W. Pershing Road
City Stage Theater
Budig Hall
Bartle Hall
W. 12Th
Bartle
W. 13Th
Madrid Theatre
38Th and Main
Lawrence Clinton Lake Museum
Clinton Lake
Underground Railroad
J.C. Steele
Spencer Museum of Art
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North Balcony
Oskaloosa Old Jefferson Town
John Steuart Curry
Ottawa
William Kanengiser
White Hall
UMKC
Center For the Performing Arts
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Bartie
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Dad” Martin
Lawrence Art & Insight
Quail Crest Place
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Paul Hotvedt
Lisa Grossman
Prairie Print Makers
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Diane's Artisan Gallery
Peet Robison
Lake Lotawana
Dole Institute of Politics
World Trade Center Memorial
Douglas County Law Library
Th St
Douglascolawlibrary.org
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Lynn A. Metzger
Lawrence Arts Center
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Carol Ann Carter
Pachamamia
Louis Copt
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SilverWorks and More
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Ron Hinton
Fred Scott
Southwest and
Susan McCarthy
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Vermont Street
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Wildcat Studio
Peterson Road
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Wink Eyewear
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