Rotation with Maranda and Lucas
Come Join the fun and help kick off the holiday season! Featuring local clothing from Cherry Juice. Eccentricity, GoldMakers, StarStruck, Weavers, White Chocolate, Wildman, & Wink. Hair and makeup by the team at Static Hair Salon.
Tickets Can be purchased at Static or any of the participating store shops. Proceeds will benefit Headquarters Counseling Center.
Chanukkah Festibowl is going to be an exciting night of activity! We will be celebrating Chanukkah with exciting activities, delicious FREE food, a raffle, music, and of course BOWLING AT JAY-BOWL! This event is free and open to anyone and is going to be a blast! Come out to the bowling alley at KU Union on December 8th at 8 oclock PM for an amazing night and bring your friends- you don’t want to miss these festivities!
The 17th Annual Carnival of Chemistry will be held in Malott Hall on the KU Main Campus from 1 to 4 PM on Sunday, November 18th. Parking and admission are free. Preschoolers, elementary school students, and middle school students are especially encouraged to attend, but older students and parents will have fun, too. We look forward to presenting the award-winning Spectrapult, Physics Wonder Room, festive face painting, Cookie Walk of the Elements, and new exhibits about Nanotechnology, the smallest BIG idea in science!
Environs’ local food group invites you to a free screening of “Fresh” at Hashinger Hall Theatre on Wednesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. Fresh “celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.”As part of the local food celebration, KU Dining Services is providing free local food snacks, and speakers from the Community Mercantile and KU Dining Services will speak before the film.
Come early for free local food, a buy-one-get-one free coupon for Chipotle burritos, and witness the movement toward a healthier and fresher community!
Come out for a stompin’ good time at this family friendly music fest! 100% of the admission fee will benefit the Lawrence Community Nursery School, a non-profit parent-run preschool cooperative.
The rockin’ line up:
Kasey Rausch and Friends
The Bus Company
Signal Ridge
Galactic Acid
Brody Buster Band
Deadman FlatsBlue Collar Barbecue will be serving meal deals and LCNS parents will be selling baked goods and other kid-friendly snacks.
The EWB-USA Sunflower State Professionals are working on a clean water project in Guatemala and they need your help.
Your mission: Answer inane trivia questions from the world of sports, science, art, history, and pop culture and raise money for a great cause. Feel the rush of being an intellectual superior in a bar game played by amateurs. Winners go home with all kinds of gift certificates and awesome prizes donated from local businesses. Support your community and our sister community in Matazano, Guatemala by flexing your trivia muscle and bringing as many friends with you as possible.
An evening of music, snacks, party pics, an art sale and a silent auction. Everyone who attends will receive this year’s commemorative glass with a beverage of your choice.
Entertainment includes Monzie Leo, Drakkar Sauna and Pale Hearts
Join the Center for Community Outreach and Alternative Breaks for their second annual Story Slam!
Come hear students and alumni share their
service experiences and stick around afterward for a reception with food and drinks in the Traditions Lounge on the 4th floor of the Kansas Union!
The Center of Latin American Studies and the Peace and Conflict Studies Program join Ecumenical Campus Ministries and Witness for Peace to host Tomas Gómez Membreño, member of the non-profit Honduran Indigenous rights organization COPINH (Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations). Gómez visits the University of Kansas campus Oct. 23 to discuss the effects of United States policy in Honduras on indigenous peoples. The event will be held at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries building, 1204 Oread Ave, at 7 p.m. Parking is available at ECM and at the KU lot across the street next to the Kansas Union.
Gómez is a member of the Lencan people of southwestern of Honduras and is part of a nation-wide network of organizations that represent small farmers, women, Afro-descendants and members of the LGBTQ community. He has used adult education and community radio to mobilize indigenous communities.
About COPINH
Since the 2009 coup, Honduras has been in a human rights crisis. Mr. Gómez will discuss the effects of that crisis on indigenous peoples and share the results of his organization’s investigations of the role of the United States in the coup and the effects of military bases funded by the United States on neighboring indigenous communities.
North Lawrence (NoLa) merchants are opening their doors for special shopping nights on the second Thursday of each month.
Situated along Locust Street, businesses will offer “first look” previews of new merchandise in every style from charming, to quaint, to quirky. Visitors will be able to stroll from shop to shop to discover antiques, fine home decor, party planning and rentals, custom-designed clothing and much more.
Light refreshments will be offered at several locations, and a special prize drawing will be held for those who visit all the open locations that evening. Participating shops include Amy’s Attic, Antiques Plus, Bebe’s Cottage, Celebration Party Rentals, Eagle’s Rest, French Accent, My Father’s Daughter, Tooter and Tillaye’s Home Goods and Rocking W Designs.
