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Join us for the annual KU Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival on April 11! This free, family-friendly event includes the powwow and a full schedule of presentations, workshops and activities focused on Indigenous cultures and history. Learn more at powwow.ku.edu.

Nataanii Means is an Oglala Lakota, Omaha and Diné hip-hop artist, organizer and culture-bearer, whose music carries the voice of a generation rising from the lands that made them. Check out his performance on Friday, April 10, 7:30pm, at the Lied Center of Kansas! This event is free and open to the public. Presented in conjunction with the KU Powwow & Indigenous Cultures Festival.

The 2026–27 Season Announcement Party is coming soon! 🎉 Now is the time to renew or become a Friend of the Lied, if you haven’t already, to be among the first to hear about the new lineup and get advance ticket sales! Learn more and donate at lied.ku.edu/friends-of-the-lied.

We are thrilled to host two amazing events next month with Renée Fleming, one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. She has performed at world’s greatest opera houses and concert halls, and you can see her perform live on the Lied Center stage in #lawrencekansas—Friday, April 17, 7:30 pm! Tickets: lied.ku.edu

As a devoted advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health and neuroscience, Fleming will also participate in a free panel about the powerful impacts of music on health and the human experience—the night before her Lied Center performance!

➡️ APR 16 | 7:30pm - Renée Fleming: Music and Mind, A Panel Discussion (free)
➡️ APR 17 | 7:30pm - Renée Fleming’s Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene concert (ticketed)

Learn more at lied.ku.edu.