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  • Martha Redbone | Native & African American singer-songwriter

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

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  • Amirah Sackett | Muslim American hip-hop dancer

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

    A fusion of jazz and music of the Middle East

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  • Dancing Wheels Company | an expression of movement for all

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

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  • Rennie Harris Puremovement | American street dance theater

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

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  • Red Sky Performance | Indigenous performance art

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

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  • Mayhem Poets | spoken word

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

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  • Amir ElSaffar | fusion of jazz & Middle-Eastern music

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2023

    A fusion of jazz and music of the Middle East

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  • Paige Hernandez | Liner Notes

    Posted by ShalaS on May 4, 2023

    Dance, muslim, hip-hop, women

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  • Lied Center of Kansas announces its 30th-anniversay season

    Posted by Betsy Ostrander on May 1, 2023

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on March 30, 2023

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on November 11, 2022

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on October 6, 2022

    “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

    Posted by ShalaS on May 2, 2022

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on March 24, 2022

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on November 9, 2021

    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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  • KU Nondiscrimination Statement

    Posted by ShalaS on August 31, 2021

    Updated August 2021 The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university’s programs and activities.  Retaliation is also prohibited

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  • Lied Center of Kansas announces its reopening for the 2021–22 season

    Posted by ShalaS on July 6, 2021

    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

    Posted by Betsy Ostrander on June 6, 2021

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on April 1, 2021

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on December 15, 2020

    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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  • Art of the Lied

    Posted by ShalaS on October 27, 2020

    Art of the Lied “BLOOM” by Jan Gaumnitz The Lied Center commissioned a new piece of visual art for the 25th Anniversary—a physical landmark to memorialize the significant milestone. Local artist Jan Gaumnitz conceptualized and created the nearly 20-foot-tall sculpture that now resides in the circle drive at the main

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  • Lied Center COVID-19 Update

    Posted by ShalaS on March 12, 2020

    Updated May 1, 2022 EVENT CHANGES If there are any event changes in the 2022–23 season, they will be listed below and the Lied Center will contact and inform all ticketholders. HEALTH & SAFETY Mask policy: Effective Friday, March 4, 2022, the Lied Center’s mask policy follows the current University

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  • Rock Chalk Suite—Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

    Posted by ShalaS on March 11, 2020

    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

    Posted by Betsy Ostrander on March 5, 2020

    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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  • “Rhythm in the Bluestem” by Chris Wolf Edmonds

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    The Friends of the Lied commissioned a new piece from Chris Wolf Edmonds. Her inspiring artwork entitled “Rhythm in the Bluestem” is displayed in the Lied Center stairwell and featured on the 2019–20 program cover. Note from the artist Living in Kansas at the eastern edge of the Tallgrass Prairie

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  • Black Box VI / Aspects of Nature—Rita Blitt

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    Sculpted bronze. Gifted by artist, 1991.

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  • Rendall Garden Photos—John Clayton

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    Macro photographs of the Susan and Doug Rendall garden. Printed on brushed metal sheet.

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  • Secret Garden—Ron Rencher

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    Oil painting on canvas. Gifted by the KU Senior class of 1994, in honor of the Lied Center opening in 1993.

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  • The Planet, Birth & Life—Jeff Weinberg

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    Few events are more dramatic than the stages in the life of a planet. What comes into being, and eventually dies, is not a world but only its dispositions. We should observe everything including that which we cannot see, or know, or understand.

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  • The Susan and Doug Rendall Garden

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    The beauty of the sculpture is perfectly complemented by the lush flowers and plants surrounding it. The sustainable pollinator garden was designed by Susan Rendall, and planted and cared for by she and her husband, Doug Rendall, both master gardeners. Every detail of the garden, designated as a monarch waystation,

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  • “BLOOM” by Jan Gaumnitz

    Posted by ShalaS on February 21, 2020

    The Lied Center commissioned a new piece of visual art for the 25th Anniversary—a physical landmark to memorialize the significant milestone. Local artist Jan Gaumnitz conceptualized and created the nearly 20-foot-tall sculpture that now resides in the circle drive at the main entrance of the Lied Center. Note from the

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  • Lied Center receives Mellon Foundation grant for new DEI curriculum leveraging the performing arts

    Posted by ShalaS on October 10, 2019

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on October 2, 2019

    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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  • 2019–20 Lied Across Kansas Artist—Jazzy Ash

    Posted by ShalaS on May 14, 2019

    November 11–15, 2019 Each season, the Lied Center takes the show on the road to provide free performing arts experiences to other communities in Kansas, like Sabetha, Salina, Russell and Hays. Students, educators and community members in these areas experience the arts in an enhanced way through workshops, performances and

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  • Lied Center employee wins KU’s Employee of the Year Award

    Posted by ShalaS on May 10, 2019

    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

    Posted by Betsy Ostrander on May 5, 2019

    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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  • 2019-20 Ticket Packages

    Posted by ShalaS on May 5, 2019

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  • WindSync to travel to Kansas communities in the Lied Across Kansas tour

    Posted by ShalaS on April 9, 2019

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on March 19, 2019

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on December 5, 2018

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on September 20, 2018

    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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  • 2018-19 Ticket Packages

    Posted by ShalaS on April 29, 2018

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  • Lied Across Kansas Tour with Paige Hernandez

    Posted by ShalaS on October 4, 2017

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on October 4, 2017

    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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  • High School Students to Perform with Black Violin

    Posted by ShalaS on September 6, 2017

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  • Lied Center receives two grants from Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission

    Posted by ShalaS on July 27, 2017

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on June 15, 2017

    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

    Posted by ShalaS on March 21, 2017

    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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  • Expanded Beverage Service at the Lied Center

    Posted by ShalaS on September 2, 2016

    In partnership with KU Memorial Unions, the Lied Center offers an expanded beverage service to include beer and wine. These items will be available at Lied Center Series performances which take place in the auditorium. They will be available one hour prior to the performance and at intermissions, if applicable. Soda,

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  • Double the Just Friends Jazz Series Performances

    Posted by ShalaS on May 2, 2016

    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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