Lawrence Arts Center

With more shoreline than the coast of California, the Lake of the Ozarks in mid-central Missouri is a popular tourist destination for land-locked Midwesterners. But few know the origin of this man-made lake and the communities it displaced. Plus: A Kansas City artist has turned his car into not just a vehicle, but a piece of art.

When artist Philo Northrup works on his car, he’s not just changing oil or inflating his tires — he’s using found objects to tell a story. And when you see his car in your rearview mirror with painted flames and outrageous accessories, what you're seeing is more than just a vehicle — it's a movable sculpture.

'Ghosts of Segregation' presents photographic evidence of the prejudice and exclusion people of color faced.

People still have things to say about "Moby-Dick," Herman Melville's 1851 novel about Captain Ahab's obsessive and dangerous hunt for a great white…

Segment 1: A new documentary explores the life of abstract expressionist painter Albert Bloch.Albert Bloch lived the final decades of his life in…

Segment 1: Kansas city of 10,000 has survived its hospital closing and may be the model for other rural communities. For the last eight years, non-urban…

The Berlin Wall was six years from falling when “The Day After” premiered on television in 1983. The film, shot in Lawrence, follows three Kansans as they…

The Kansas City Symphony has released an album of music it commissioned from one of America's most promising composers. We learn about that collaboration,…

In 1949, Langston Hughes wrote,Democracy will not comeToday, this yearNor everThrough compromise and fear.Langston’s Lawrence, a new short documentary…

East Lawrence, Kan., is a mecca for artists with its affordable housing and studio space.But an influx of funds for creative placemaking could change all…

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer William S. Burroughs, an icon of the Beat movement. Burroughs lived in Lawrence, Kan., from…

For more than 35 years, the Lawrence Arts Center has run Summer Youth Theatre, an intensive theater arts program for kids in grades three through 12. This…