The Lawrence Kansas Monthly Blog

Autumn in Larryville When the autumn season comes, September begins. And summer will return next year. And now here's something that you'd like to know. When Labor Day comes, we celebrate. How? Downtown. But the real question is, how do you celebrate Labor Day on this special time of year somewhere in Lawrence. Here's some ideas. 1. Hang out with my friends, get together and meet somewhere for lunch. 2. Join in at the Lawrence Public Library for some special events. 3. Entertain kids at Cordley with my puppets. 4. Get together for Best Buddies once again. (which you already knew about that) 5. Participate at Van Go for a Zine Fest (Paper Plains) 6. Hang out at Americana Music Academy for a jam session. (I'll think about it.) Here are some of the local events I wanna join in. My first September event is the Street Party. It was on Saturday September 3rd at 826 Pennsylvania St. in East Lawrence. When I look at a street party in Lawrence, I think of an all-age type of part...

"May" There Be Plenty of Stories And Ideas [May Issue]   In the month of May, it's almost summertime. But first off, Memorial Day comes. Right now, I wanna talk about the next ideas for the month of May right here in Lawrence Kansas. Every May on the 27th-30th, there's a Busker Festival downtown. According to Downtown Lawrence's website, it says here that it's four-day street performer festival in the fun, funky and historic downtown of Lawrence, KS. Over 25 different acts are scheduled and lots of surprises on the streets. Best of all, its free to attend. Only you decide how much to tip the performers. At the Lawrence Busker Festival, things can get really weird every year. My future idea for attending the Busker Festival is to bring my Axtell puppet with me to the event and do a little segment.  If I had to pick one puppet to take with me, it would be either Buzzy the Bee or Rocky Fox. For example, if Buzzy wants to talk about music at the festival, he would...