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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 2015
Page
3
A weekend guide highlights Wookiees, a country crooner and the official start of basketball season. Also features a tour glimpse of beer production at Free State Brewery in East Lawrence. More events in Going Out page 7A.
The Granada Theater hosts a free outdoor concert tonight featuring Texas country artist Stoney LaRue. Gates open at 7 p.m. at 1020 Massachusetts St. The 18 and up event precedes LaRue’s Us Time album release and highlights Red Dirt influences and a career spanning 15 years with over 500000 records sold.
Free State Brewery invites 21 and over to tour the East Side Brewery at 1923 Moodie Road on Saturdays. The monthly event runs at 2 p.m. and offers beer samples, with free admission for the public.
Kansas University celebrates its basketball season with a ceremonial men’s and women’s tip-off at Allen Fieldhouse. Festivities run 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. with free admission and first come seating. KU students enter at 4:30 p.m., general doors open 5 p.m. Details at kuathletics.com.
Lawrence Public Library hosts Star Wars Reads Day activities at the Makerspace 512 E Ninth St from 2 to 4 pm Saturday. Simultaneously National Chess Day events run 9 am to 6 pm at 707 Vermont St with kid lessons at 9 am and adult lessons at 11 am. The events converge in a Rebels vs Empire community chess game in the atrium.
A Kansas Ethics Commission attorney said Paul Davis, former Democratic lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate, may continue as attorney in a federal suit challenging voter registration restrictions. Davis and another Democratic attorney represent two northeast Kansas residents with incomplete registrations against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. The Kansas Republican Party sought his withdrawal over a potential conflict with state law.
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence receives a 5000 donation from the Mario V. Chalmers Foundation to fund a new teen center. The gift supports serving five times as many teens with after school and summer programs, aiding middle and high school students unsupervised after school. The pledge totals 25000 over several years.
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