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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 2015
Page
3
Joanna Hlavacek previews a weekend of cultural events including film screenings and classical music. The column highlights a quirky “Mr. Sweet Potato Head decorating” feature and directs readers to the Journal-World datebook on page 6A for more upcoming events.
A Lawrence Kansas weekend festival co presented by the Japan Foundation and local libraries screens four Japanese documentaries on ethnicity immigration and politics. Saturday features Lone ly Swallows at 1 pm and Hafu at 3 pm. Sunday shows Children of the Woods at 1 pm and Campaign at 3 pm.
Lawrence hosts the second annual Celebrate Sweet Potatoes Month with a potluck at Carnegie Building 200 W Ninth St from 6 to 8 30 p m on Sunday. Attendees are urged to bring sweet potato dishes to share and enjoy prizes for tastiest entries along with trivia and Mr Sweet Potato Head decorating. For details visit the Celebrate Sweet Potatoes Facebook page.
The Lawrence Community Orchestra and Lawrence Youth Symphony perform Czech works at 3 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence High School 1901 Louisiana St. The program features Smetana The Moldau and Dvorak Symphony No 9 From the New World plus Slavonic Dance 1. Tickets 10 to 15 dollars available at the door or online at lawrenceorchestra.org.
The 1999 cult sci fi comedy Galaxy Quest screens at 8 p m Sunday at Liberty Hall 644 Massachusetts St starring Tim Allen Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman The film parodies Star Trek fandom and features a real space emergency plot Tickets are eight dollars available at the Liberty Hall box office.
Kansas Supreme Court begins oral arguments in the Gannon v Kansas school finance case. The 2010 suit by Schools for Fair Funding includes districts such as Kansas City Wichita Hutchinson and Dodge City with high poverty and non English speaking student populations. The case challenges funding cuts from the Great Recession tied to Governor Mark Parkinson’s administration and seeks remedies aligned with Monroy v Kansas.
At a Thursday University Senate meeting, KU members voiced disgust and dismay over Kansas statute allowing concealed guns on state university campuses in 2017. Faculty and students urged action while professor Geraldo Sousa called the law bad and said the campus must oppose it to Topeka.
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