Wick the Plant Metaphor Shapes Community Play
Dickon Jacob Leets plays the nature loving brother in a community theater piece where the song Wick uses a plant’s spark of life as a metaphor for Marys growth. Ghosts accompany Mary with memories, guiding a cast of child actors toward a hopeful ending and shared family.
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Dickon
Jacob Leets
Mary
Leets
Wick
Workman
Mary Doveton
Sally Spurgeon
Spurgeon
Sally
Urban Wildlife Retreat certification guide
A resident explains steps to create a certified Urban Wildlife Retreat. The National Wildlife Federation outlines requirements including food and water sources, safe hiding and nesting places, and sustainable gardening practices such as mulching reducing water use, trimming lawns, and xeriscaping to support local wildlife.
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Nick Krug
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence
Jenna Coker
Coker
Native Kansas garden guide lists top 10 plants and tips
The guide from National Wildlife Federation highlights drought tolerant natives such as northern white cedar black oak and swamp milkweed. It promotes rain barrels replacing invasives with natives and certifying gardens with NWF including a yard sign and a national registry entry. Notable quotes include Coker praising dirt and birds while Jennifer Oldridge, a KU graduate, shares gardening passion.
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NWF
Coker
Soil testing steps from Douglas County Extension office
Jennifer Smith iconic note explains soil testing benefits and procedures for lawn and garden samples. It details sampling depth, area selection, 10 plus random spots, mixing, labeling, and bringing samples to the Douglas County Extension Office for analysis, with guidance on avoiding overfertilization and interpreting results.
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Jennifer Smith
Douglas County
Stan King
Harper St
Looking Glass adaptation at KU brings Alice to dreamlike chessboard world
John R. Phythyon Jr. reviews the Kansas University Inge Theatre production of Christine Christiles adaptation of Through the Looking Glass. Amy Buchanan stars as Alice in a set dominated by a shifting chessboard. The Red Queen and Red King drive the dream logic as Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee entertain, with puppets guiding magic moments. The show runs Saturday and Sunday with tickets from 5 to 10 dollars.
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Lewis Carroll
Alice
Rosemary Nursey-Bray
Dennis Christiles
Kansas University
Inge Theatre
Amy Buchanan
Red King
Logan Walker
Looking Glass Land
Humpty Dumpty
Brady Blevins
Flowers
Jordy Altman
Angela Chrysostomou
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Ben Cook
Matthew Crooks
Walrus
The
Chrysostomou
Chelsie Shipley
Harlem Renaissance book discussion registration opens
Lawrence Public Library and Spencer Museum host a four part Harlem Renaissance literature series at the museum 1301 Miss Thursdays at 6 pm with 7 pm films. Schedule includes Locke Hurston Toomer Larsen works led by Tidwell Mack Reeves Schultz and others. Free, registration required, books provided. Call 843-3833 ext 123 or email mbutler lawrencepubliclibrary.org.
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Lawrence Public Library
Spencer Museum of Art
Topeka
Aaron Douglas
Alain Locke
J. Edgar Tidwell
Zora Neale Hurston
Beverly Mack
Cane
Jean Toomer
Trish Reeves
Nella Larsen
Elizabeth Schultz
Lawrencepublictibrary
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K-State Research & Extension
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Ksu
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John R. Phythyon Jr
Journal-World
Inge
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