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Lied Center of Kansas announces its 2024–25 season
The Lied Center of Kansas announced the 2024–25 season on Sunday, May 5, to the Friends of the Lied at the annual Season Announcement Party. A few highlights of the upcoming season, which kicks off in September, include Grammy-winners The Temptations, Lewis Black, Edgar Meyer, Blind Boys of Alabama and
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Lied Center of Kansas announces this season’s IMPACT Award winners
The Lied Center of Kansas has named Terence Blanchard, renowned composer and trumpeter, and Melissa Smith, assistant director of bands at Lawrence Free State High School and West Middle School, as the 2023–24 season’s IMPACT Award recipients. Each season, the Lied Center recognizes one artist or group for distinguished service to
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Lawrence Public Schools Honors Lied Center of Kansas Staff as its 2023 Outstanding Citizens
USD 497 NEWS RELEASE: The Lied Center of Kansas has partnered with Lawrence Public Schools since the performing arts center opened on the University of Kansas’ west campus three decades ago. Its support benefits all of the district’s schools, educators and support staff, and its 10,000 students. Superintendent Dr. Anthony
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Lied Center of Kansas announces its 30th-anniversay season
The Lied Center of Kansas announced the 2023–24 season on Sunday, April 30, to the Friends of the Lied at the annual Season Announcement Party. The upcoming season marks the 30th anniversary of the Lied Center, and the new season lineup includes national Broadway tours, legendary musicians, trailblazing artists, hilarious performances,
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Lied Center to present IMPACT Awards to a Lawrence educator and members of a physically integrated dance company
The Lied Center of Kansas has named the Dancing Wheels Company, America’s first and foremost physically integrated dance company, and Lysette DeBoard, instructional coach at Woodlawn Elementary School, as the 2022–23 season’s IMPACT Awards recipients. Each season, the Lied Center recognizes one artist or group for distinguished service to the
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Announcing “Modern Warrior LIVE”—the story and sound of a combat veteran’s journey
Presented by the Lied Center of Kansas in partnership with the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Lied Center of Kansas announces an addition to the 2022–23 season, “Modern Warrior LIVE,” on Thursday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. The performance is a uniquely immersive narrative and music experience
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“NORTH: The Musical” makes world premiere at the Lied Center Oct. 26
“NORTH” shares journey of freedom seekers through the Underground Railroad and includes local history LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Lied Center of Kansas is thrilled to present and serve as the lead commissioner of a new musical for intergenerational audiences. A story of relationships, grit, betrayal, ingenuity, joy and, above all,
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Lied Center of Kansas announces its 2022–23 season
The Lied Center of Kansas announced the 2022–23 season on Sunday, May 1, to the Friends of the Lied at the Season Announcement Party. The season has a wide variety of performances and genres, with award-winning national Broadway tours, Grammy winners, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, icons of classical music,
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2022 KU Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival returns with in-person event
For several decades, the University of Kansas First Nations Student Association (FNSA) has hosted the annual KU FNSA Powwow. The event celebrates the diversity of Native American cultures in the community through dancing, singing and honoring the traditions of Indigenous ancestors. The legacy of enriching the local community through Native American traditions
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Lied Center announces 2021–22 IMPACT Award winners
The Lied Center of Kansas presents IMPACT Awards to a local art teacher and a jazz artist who provided free entertainment during pandemic The Lied Center of Kansas has named Rachel Downs-Doubrava, Lawrence Free State High School art teacher, and Emmet Cohen, world-renowned jazz pianist, as the recipients of the
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Lied Center of Kansas announces its reopening for the 2021–22 season
JULY 6, 2021 — The Lied Center of Kansas has announced that it will open at full capacity for the 2021–22 season with some new performances in the lineup. A few highlights of the season include Grammy Award-winning artists, like Rosanne Cash, America–50th Anniversary Tour, the Steep Canyon Rangers and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis,
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Lied Center awarded $35K from NEA for Indigenous Cultures Festival
The Lied Center of Kansas has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a $35,000 grant in support of the 2022 KU Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival. The Grants for Arts Projects is the principal grant category of the NEA, supporting public engagement with, and
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Free Virtual Performances for Lawrence Students
Lied Center provides free virtual performances for all K-12 students in Lawrence during the 2020-21 season The Lied Center, in partnership with Lawrence Public Schools, is providing free access to age-specific virtual performances for grades K-12 in USD 497. In a typical season, the Lied Center hosts school-only performances for
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End of an Era as Two Lied Center Staff Retire
The Lied Center staff will be saying goodbye to two valued friends and colleagues when they retire at the end of December 2020—Business Coordinator Deb Kraushaar and Custodial Supervisor Doug Rendall. There have been many people working at the Lied Center during the last 27 years who have helped it
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Lied Center COVID-19 Update
Updated May 1, 2022 Important Links KU COVID-19 Info FAQs Friends of the Lied Ticket Info HEALTH & SAFETY Mask policy: The Lied Center’s mask policy follows the current University of Kansas mask guidelines. Additional health & safety information: Please do not attend events if you are feeling ill. Contact
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Rock Chalk Suite—Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
New York, NY – Wilt Chamberlain, Paul Pierce, Lynette Woodard and Jo Jo White are among the University of Kansas basketball legends honored on Blue Engine Records’s “Rock Chalk Suite” by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Lied Center
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Lied Center to present IMPACT Awards to a local music teacher and a Kansas native opera legend
The Lied Center of Kansas named Peter Gipson, Sunflower Elementary School music teacher, and Samuel Ramey, world-renowned opera singer and Kansas native, as the recipients of the 2019–20 season’s IMPACT Awards. Each season, the Lied Center recognizes one USD 497 educator for distinguished service to arts education and one artist
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Lied Center receives Mellon Foundation grant for new DEI curriculum leveraging the performing arts
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $466,000 grant over a three-year period to the University of Kansas’s Lied Center to support the “Utilizing the Performing Arts to Enhance Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives” project. The project will consist of the creation, implementation and assessment of a new
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Local high school students to perform with chart-topping group Black Violin at the Lied Center
Acclaimed music group Black Violin will welcome Lawrence High and Free State High School orchestra students onstage with them at the Lied Center on Saturday, October 19. Black Violin’s performance begins at 7:30 pm, and the students will perform with the group during a portion of the show. Mariah Barnett
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Lied Center employee wins KU’s Employee of the Year Award
On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 the University of Kansas held its annual Employee Recognition Ceremony. The Lied Center’s custodial supervisor, Doug Rendall, was recognized as employee of the year. This prestigious award is given to two outstanding KU staffers each year. All candidates for the award had been previously nominated
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Lied Center of Kansas announces the 2019–20 season
Sunday, May 5, 2019: The Lied Center of Kansas announced the 2019–20 season to the Friends of the Lied at the annual Season Announcement Party on Sunday, May 5. The season includes a wide variety of performances and genres, including four national-touring Broadway shows, several legendary musicians, world-renowned classical ensembles,
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WindSync to travel to Kansas communities in the Lied Across Kansas tour
For the fourth year in a row, the Lied Center of Kansas is taking the show on the road and bringing world-class artists to different communities in Kansas. The Lied Across Kansas program gives students and community members the opportunity to engage with artists and experience the arts in an
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2019 KU Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival features Indigenous artists’ work
This year, the annual KU Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival will encompass several events in the month of March, culminating with a full day of activities at the Powwow, which is being held at the Lied Center of Kansas on April 6. The 2019 KU Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival
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Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Announces Indigenous Arts Initiative
Now Accepting Applications The Indigenous Arts Initiative at the University of Kansas invites two emerging Indigenous artists to participate in a two-week residency from March 24 to April 6, 2019 (visual arts) or March 18 to April 1, 2019 (film). As a partnership between KU (The Spencer Museum of Art,
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Lied Center announces 2018–19 IMPACT Award winners
The Lied Center of Kansas is proud to announce Johannah Cox and Joshua Bell as the recipients of the 2018–2019 IMPACT Awards. Each season, the Lied Center recognizes one USD 497 educator for distinguished service to arts education and one artist or group for distinguished service to the performing arts.
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Lied Across Kansas Tour with Paige Hernandez
The Lied Center of Kansas is, again, teaming up with a world-class artist to bring arts education to students of all ages in selected communities in Kansas. The Lied Across Kansas program will give students the opportunity to learn from an artist and experience the arts in an enhanced way,
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Announcing the Lied Center IMPACT Award Winners 17-18
The Lied Center of Kansas is proud to announce Black Violin and Deborah Woodall Routledge as the recipients of the 2017–2018 IMPACT Awards. This is the fourth season the Lied Center has recognized one artist or group for distinguished service to the performing arts and one USD 497 educator for
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Lied Center receives two grants from Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
The Lied Center of Kansas has been awarded two grants from the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission. In the Innovative Partnerships category, a $10,000 grant will support a return visit by Chicago Children’s Theatre Company in spring 2018. The Lied Center, in partnership with the KU Edwards Campus and the
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Lied Receives $30,000 NEA Grant
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Lied Center of Kansas $30,000 to support a multidisciplinary performing arts series during the 2017–18 season. “We are thrilled to receive funding from the NEA in support of our project, Exploring Identities through Music, Movement and Word,” said Engagement/Education Director Anthea
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Announcing the Lied Center IMPACT Award Winners
The 2016-17 winners were presented with their awards just prior to the Imani Winds Quintet performance, March 15, 7:30 pm. The Lied Center of Kansas named Imani Winds and Sarah Bonner as the recipients of the 2016-2017 Impact Awards. This is the third season the Lied Center is recognizing one
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Double the Just Friends Jazz Series Performances
The Just Friends Jazz Series was such a hit last season, that we doubled the number of performances in the 2016-17 season. Check out the 2016-17 lineup. This series is exclusively for our Friends of the Lied. All levels of friends are invited to enjoy these outstanding performances in a jazz club-like atmosphere in
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2015-16 IMPACT Awards Presented
Branford Marsalis and Dani Lotton-Barker were presented the 2015-16 Lied Center IMPACT Awards on Wednesday, April 6, prior to the Branford Marsalis Quartet performance. This is the second season the Lied Center is recognizing one artist or group for distinguished service to the performing arts and one USD 497 educator for distinguished
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Gifts support student access at the Lied Center of Kansas
Two gifts for the Lied Center of Kansas will support the center’s Performing Arts Access Expansion program, which aims to increase access to arts programs for Lawrence school district middle- and high-school students. Continue reading on the KU Endowment website.
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Print at Home Tickets
The Lied Center provides the option to print your tickets at home. The process is simple: Once you have selected your tickets, select “Online Order – Print At Home Online Order – Print At Home.” Once you have completed your order, you will receive a confirmation email and your tickets
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